About Pusan National University:

Pusan National University (PNU), also called Busan National University, is one of the ten national Universities in South Korea. Located mainly in Busan (or Pusan), the university's English name is a translation of its former Korean name, "Gungnip Pusan Daehakgyo", but has since dropped "national" from its Korean moniker. Pusan National University was founded as a two-year college in 1946 and became a regular four year university in 1953. The University started initially with just two faculties, the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Fisheries. It now compriseds fifteen colleges, one independent division, one general graduate school, four professional graduate schools and five special graduate schools.



World University Rankings

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World University Rankings - - 468 494 474 423 434 460 402 404 386 377 551-600 460 430 451 451

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agriculture - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Engineering 258 282 250 269 194 200 234 196 190 187 224 224 217 250 262 351-400
Life Sciences - - - - - - - - - 401-450 401-450 451-500 451-500 451-500 - -
Medicine - - - - - - - - - 401-450 401-450 401-450 401-450 451-500 - -
Natural Sciences - - - - - - - - - 290 267 298 301-350 287 301-350 272
Social Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agricultural Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chemistry - - 299 - 262 230 203 220 291 203 216 248 301-350
Chemical Engineering 152 131 149 146 143 154 158 172 186 204 216 245 225
Civil Engineering - - - - - - - 301-350 401-450 301-350 - 301-350 -
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 401-450 401-450 401-450 - -
Computer Science - - - - - - - - - 451-500 - 401-450 401-450
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Electrical Engineering - - - - - - 301-350 301-350 351-400 301-350 351-400 301-350 351-400
Environment / Ecology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Geosciences - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Materials Science 188 151 146 182 166 148 137 154 164 156 161 169 202
Mathematics - - - - - - - 401-450 401-450 351-400 - 401-450 -
Mechanical Engineering 143 109 132 133 106 125 135 147 179 194 197 200 251
Microbiology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 257 250 291 272 212 251 245 401-450 272 280 351-400 351-400
Physics - - - - - - 279 228 173 252 223 226 192
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 200 194 -
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - 351-400 -
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -