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The Busan National University of Education is a government-supported institution which provides training for future public-school teachers in
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. The campus is located in the Yeonje-gu district of
Busan Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, w ...
Metropolitan City. The university offers graduate and undergraduate programs, and enrolls 1,762 undergraduate and 565 graduate students. A primary-level lab school with an enrollment of 768 students is located on the campus. The university's current president, its third, is Sung-Taek Park.


Academic departments


Undergraduate

*Education *Ethics education *Korean language education *Social studies education *
Mathematics education In contemporary education, mathematics education, known in Europe as the didactics or pedagogy of mathematics – is the practice of teaching, learning and carrying out scholarly research into the transfer of mathematical knowledge. Although rese ...
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Science education Science education is the teaching and learning of science to school children, college students, or adults within the general public. The field of science education includes work in science content, science process (the scientific method), some ...
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Physical education Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorati ...
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Music education Music education is a field of practice in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors. Music education is also a research area in which scholars do origina ...
*Fine arts education *Practical arts education *Early childhood education *English education *Computer education


History

The school was established shortly after national liberation, on September 2, 1946. At the time it was known as Busan Normal School (부산사범학교) and provided training for elementary-school teachers. It was expanded to cover secondary teachers in 1955, and became Busan Teachers' College. In 1961, it was reorganized and renamed as Busan National College of Education. It became a four-year college in 1981, and a university in 1993. The graduate school was established in 1996.


Sister universities

BNUE maintains sisterhood relationships with six universities in four countries: Australia's
Central Queensland University Central Queensland University (alternatively known as CQUniversity) is an Australian public university based in central Queensland. CQUniversity is the only Australian university with a campus presence in every mainland state. Its main campus ...
, China's
Hangzhou Teachers College Hangzhou Normal University (), or Hangzhou Teachers College, is a public university in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, China. Having merged with Hangzhou Education College and Hangzhou Medical Junior College, HNU comprises nine ...
, Japan's
Shimane University — colloquially known as — is a national university in Japan. Although formally established as a university in 1949, Shima-dai's origins date back to the late 19th century. In 2003 it merged with the Shimane Medical University (established ...
and
Fukuoka University of Education (UTEF) is a national university in Munakata, Fukuoka, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1876, and it was chartered as a university in 1949. The present name was adopted in 1966. Associated primary schools * Fukuoka University o ...
, and the USA's
Oklahoma State University Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...
and
Shenandoah University Shenandoah University is a private university in Winchester, Virginia. It has an enrollment of approximately 4,000 students across more than 200 areas of study in six schools: College of Arts & Sciences (including the Division of Education and Le ...
.


See also

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List of national universities in South Korea A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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List of universities and colleges in South Korea This is a list of institutions of higher education in South Korea. Quick index __NOTOC__ A * Agricultural Cooperative College – Goyang, Gyeonggi * Ajou Motor College – Boryeong, South Chungcheong *Ajou University – Suwon, Gyeonggi * Andon ...
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Education in Korea Historically, Korea was differently ruled and named. The official records on organised education start with Three Kingdoms period. * ???-108 BC Gojoseon * 57 BC-668 - epoch of Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms: Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla; in ...


External links


Official school website, in Korean and English
{{authority control Universities and colleges in Busan National universities of education in South Korea Educational institutions established in 1946 1946 establishments in Korea