Pukyong National University

South Korea · Higher Education

Toward the Future, Dreaming Together! Busan’s first university, Pukyong National University, is painting a new vision for education, research, and community service in advanced fields to lead the future. With world-class expertise in marine, fisheries, and engineering studies, Pukyong National University nurtures talents capable of leading future industries and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in areas such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, robotics, secondary batteries, digital finance, and biotechnology. The university is gaining recognition as a model for creative growth, establishing itself as a specialized comprehensive national university. Pukyong National University is a creative institution that emerged from the successful integration of Busan Fisheries University and Busan University of Technology in 1996. This marked the first-ever integration of a comprehensive national universities in Korea, and has served as a model for the role and development direction of national universities across the country. Busan Fisheries University, established in 1941 as Korea’s first higher education institution for fisheries and the first university in the Busan, and Busan University of Technology, founded in 1924 as Korea’s first modern industrial technology education institution, have nurtured and produced talents who have contributed to the nation and the local community. Their enduring success has been closely tied to the remarkable economic growth and modernization in Korea’s history. • A specialized comprehensive national university with 22,000 students • Innovating academic organization to cultivate creative talents in advanced fields through convergence • Abundant government financial support projects • Dragon Valley, the center of industry-university cooperation and regional innovation • Pioneering creative convergence education and research in fisheries and marine industries • Nurturing "Pukyong People" who pave new paths