Pyongyang University of Science and Technology
| Pyongyang University of Science and Technology Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) |
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| founding | September 2010 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Pyongyang , North Korea |
| Students | 570 (fall 2014) |
| Website | www.pust.kr |
| Korean spelling | |
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| Korean alphabet : | 평양 과학 기술 대학 |
| Hanja : | 平壤 科學 技術 大學 |
| Revised Romanization : | Pyeongyang Gwahak Gisul Daehak |
| McCune-Reischauer : | P'yŏngyang Kwahak Kisul Taehak |
The University of Science and Technology Pyongyang (English Pyongyang University of Science and Technology , PUST for short ) is the first privately financed university in North Korea .
The university was officially opened in September 2010 and began teaching in October 2010. The university was founded by the American and evangelical Christian Chin-Kyung "James" Kim. In 1992, he founded the Yanbian University for Science and Technology in Yanji , People's Republic of China . Kim raised $ 35 million over ten years for his project and also received a $ 1 million donation from the South Korean government.
The university is designed to help with Korean reunification and provide both North Koreans and South Koreans with an opportunity to study. The lectures are to be given in Korean and English . 160 students were admitted for the first semester of 2011; Over the next few years the number is expected to rise to 2,600. In autumn 2014 there were 570 students, 70 of them graduate and 500 undergraduate students.
In contrast to the rest of the population of North Korea, the students at PUST have access to the Internet to research projects. Teachers are instructed to use the SiliVaccine program to check their computers for malware.
PUST cooperates with the Northeast China University of Science and Technology Yanbian and is supported by several South Korean universities.
Web links
- http://pust.kr/ Official English website
- PUST on the YUST PUST Foundation website
- Chris Rogers and Marshall Corwin: Inside North Korea's Western-funded university . In: BBC , February 3, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2015. ( Educating North Korea - BBC documentary , Panorama 2014. video )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) Introduction . Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- ^ First university founded by two Koreas to open in Pyongyang next week. Yonhap , October 22, 2010, accessed March 7, 2012 .
- ↑ Michael Alison Chandler: Private university in North Korea offers lessons in science and world peace. In: Washington Post . October 7, 2011, accessed March 7, 2012 .
- ^ Mark McDonald: An Unlikely Pairing Bears Fruit in North Korea. In: New York Times . October 25, 2010, accessed March 7, 2012 .
- ↑ Kim Young-jin: North Korean students get access to the Internet. In: Korea Times . March 11, 2012, accessed March 11, 2011 .
- ↑ Computer Science in the DPRK (31c3) video , Schedule 31. Chaos Communication Congress . Accessed December 31, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.northkoreatech.org/2014/09/16/silivaccine-north-koreas-anti-virus-scanner/
Coordinates: 38 ° 57 ′ 15.5 " N , 125 ° 42 ′ 4" E