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A Marine sports class is opened to introduce Busan’s attractions
- The session is gaining popularity from 162 foreign students from 12 countries, including England and France.
As the summer vacation has already started, Pukyong National University’s international summer session is becoming popular for foreign university students.
The summer session started on July 1st, and 162 students from 12 countries applied for the session - 102 of them are from abroad.
The students who started the session from the beginning are from 9 countries and 13 universities: Bangor University (England), University Paris Diderot (France), University of Limerick (Ireland), The University of Queensland (Australia), The Lulea University (Sweden), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), Norwegian University (Norway), and Universidad de Concepcion (Chile).
Also, 17 Chinese students from Hong Kong Shue Yan University will take part in the program from the 15th of this month, and 34 Japanese students from 16 universities such as Kagoshima University, will attend from August 5th.
The students will stay in the dormitory for 2 or 3 weeks until August 16th. They will take 5 classes (6 score) and learn about Korean culture, international management, sports diving and practice, and they will participate in a global culture experience with PKNU’s students.
PKNU especially opened a marine sports class "Sports Dive and Practice" as the session’s official subject to introduce Busan’s attractions to people from abroad. The target of this educational program has also expanded to include Chinese and Japanese students since the class first opened.
592 domestic and foreign students have attended PKNU’s summer session since it started in 2009, 5 years ago. This program provides an opportunity for foreign students to study in Korea and to experience Korean culture. It also enhances our exchange relationship with foreign universities and enables PKNU’s students to learn a foreign language.
Hyung Gu Nam, the team manager of the Office of International Relations of Pukyong National University, said that the number of foreign students who are coming to Korea to take PKNU’s international summer session is increasing because Busan has beautiful beaches such as Haeundae and Gwanganri, and the living expenses are also relatively cheap.<Pukyong today>
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