Pusan National University
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| Motto: | Truth, Liberty, Devotion (진리 - 자유 - 봉사) |
| Established: | 1946 |
| Type: | National |
| President: | Kim, Inn Se |
| Faculty: | full-time 839 |
| Undergraduates: | 17,347 |
| Postgraduates: | 9,138 |
| Location: | Pusan, South Korea |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Mascot: | Sanjinee (산지니) |
| Website: | www.pusan.ac.kr |
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Pusan National University (PNU) (also called Busan National University) is one of the most recognized national institutes of higher education in South Korea. The main campus of the university is located in Busan (also called Pusan), South Korea. The university's English name is translated from its former Korean name, "Gungnip Pusan Daehakgyo" (국립 부산 대학교), but the university's name in Korean is now simply "Pusan Daehakgyo" ("Pusan University").
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[edit] History
Pusan National University (PNU) was founded on May 1946 in Busan, the Republic of Korea's second largest metropolis by the Korean government, and it was established five months earlier than Seoul National University in Seoul. PNU has grown to be a prestigious university standing abreast with other world renowned universities. As of 1998, graduates of PNU included 89,632 bachelor's degree holders, 12,755 master's degree holders, and 2,399 doctoral scholars, all of whom have been playing central roles as leaders of society. PNU is now comprised of 12 colleges and general graduate schools and 6 professional graduate schools, and it contributes to the development of the nation and the world by producing prominent experts and talented leaders.
Pusan University has 2 more campuses, one in Miriyang and the other in Yangsan.
[edit] Undergraduate colleges
- College of Humanities
- College of Social Sciences
- College of Natural Sciences
- College of Engineering
- College of Law
- College of Education
- College of Business Administration
- College of Pharmacy
- College of Medicine
- College of Dentistry
- College of Human Ecology
- College of Arts
- College of Nano Science and Technology
[edit] Graduate schools
- Graduate School of Humanities
- Graduate School of Social Sciences
- Graduate School of Natural Sciences
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Graduate School of Law
- Graduate School of Education
- Graduate School of Business Administration
- Graduate School of Oriental Medicine
- Graduate School of Pharmacy
- Graduate School of Medicine
- Graduate School of Dentistry
- Graduate School of Human Ecology
- Graduate School of Arts
- Graduate School of Nano Science and Technology
- Graduate School of Management
- Graduate School of Public Administration
- Graduate School of Industry
- Graduate School of Environment
- Graduate School of International Studies
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