Busan University of Foreign Studies

Busan University of Foreign Studies
부산외국어대학교
Latin: Busan Oegugeo Daehakgyo
Motto Faith (신의), Truth (진실), Creativity (창의)
Type Private
Established 1981
President Chung Hae-lin
Academic staff
196
Undergraduates 7,796
Location Busan Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
Campus Urban
Nickname Woe-Seong (외성)
Website www.bufs.ac.kr
Busan University of Foreign Studies
Hangul 부산외국어대학교
Hanja
Revised Romanization Busan Oegugeo Daehakgyo
McCune–Reischauer Pusan Oegugŏ Taehakkyo

Busan University of Foreign Studies (Hangul: 부산외국어대학교), often shortened to 부산외대 and BUFS, is a private, Christian university in Busan, the Republic of Korea, which specializes in teaching foreign languages.

History

Busan University of Foreign Studies was founded in 1981 by the late Chung Tae-sung. His philosophy for education was that young intellectual minds must become leaders internationally. Busan University of Foreign Studies was founded as a college for studying foreign languages in April 1982 with its first students studying English, French, Japanese, Chinese, German, Indonesian, Malay, and Thai. Through the 1980s, the college expanded its programmes and finally became a university in 1991. As of 2009, Busan University of Foreign Studies has academic exchange program agreements with 94 universities in 24 countries. It's published in May in 1994 Quarterly Pusan International Forum.

Whatever the religious history of the institution may be, notably, at present, the university expresses its mandate in Christian-missionary terms (e.g., "building up a leader's character based on Christianity").[1]

Courses

BUFS consists of 7 colleges, four graduate school programs, and nine research institutes. The language portion of the school is structured in three of the colleges: College of English, Japanese, and Chinese, College of Occidental Studies, and College of Oriental Studies. In addition to English, other Western languages offered include French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and German. Eastern languages in addition to Japanese and Chinese include Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Burmese, Hindi, Arabic, Turkish, and Uzbek.

The university also provides programs of study in international studies, Korean language and literature, international law, international business, and IT.

Colleges

New Campus at Namsan-dong

By injecting 160 billion won of its budget, Busan University of Foreign Studies plans to construct a new campus on the slope of Mt. Geumjeongsan in Namsan-dong, Geumjeong-gu. Aiming to create one of the most beautiful, environmentally friendly campuses, Busan University of Foreign Studies is making strides to be a world-class university specialized in foreign language education.

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Coordinates: 35°07′28″N 129°04′58″E / 35.12451°N 129.08283°E / 35.12451; 129.08283

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