Overseas Local Recruitment Event Goes Cyber... Online 'Busan Study Abroad' Expo Held

Busan City to Operate 'Online Promotion Booths' for 11 Universities from 22nd to 25th
7 Universities to Hold 'Real-Time Online Briefings' ... Video Consultations for Prospective International Students

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] If you don't have teeth, use your gums. Plans to attract students locally overseas have been changed to an online event to attract international students to Busan.

The 'Cyber Busan Study Abroad Fair' to attract foreign students to universities in the Busan area is being held for the first time in the COVID-19 era.

Busan City, Busan International Exchange Foundation, and the National Institute for International Education will hold the '2020 Cyber Korea Study Abroad Fair with Busan Metropolitan City' on the Study in Korea website from the 22nd to the 25th.

Eleven universities in the Busan area, including Gyeongnam Information College, Dongseo University, Dong-A University, Dong-Eui University, Pukyong National University, Busan Catholic University, Pusan National University, Busan Women's University, Busan University of Foreign Studies, Youngsan University, and Korea Maritime and Ocean University, will participate in the 'online promotion booths' at this fair planned to attract foreign students to universities in the Busan area.

Among them, seven universities will hold 'real-time online briefings' for pre-registered applicants to meet prospective international students who wish to study in Busan via video conference.

The fair, originally planned to be held locally overseas, was changed to an online format due to COVID-19. Only universities in the Busan area are participating in this fair.

The Busan International Student Support Center will also participate to promote 'Studying Abroad in Busan,' an international city.

The center, opened in 2019, operates various programs with 22 universities in Busan to support international students' recruitment, academics, daily life, employment, and settlement in Busan.

Jung Jong-pil, Secretary General of the Busan International Exchange Foundation, said, "The number of international students at universities in the Busan area has been steadily increasing, but it is regrettable that we cannot directly conduct recruitment activities overseas due to the spread of COVID-19."

He added, "This fair, held online, will be a better recruitment method and opportunity in the untact era."

Byun Sung-wan, Acting Mayor of Busan, said, "We will actively support promoting universities in the Busan area and attracting excellent foreign students through this cyber fair held in line with the non-face-to-face era caused by COVID-19."

The fair will continue to be promoted online for about a week after the event period, reaching out to people worldwide who wish to study in Korea.

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