Busan Polytechnic College, formerly Busan IT Polytechnic College, is a private two-year technical college in southeastern South Korea

South Korea

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. The campus is situated in the Buk-gu district of Busan

Busan

Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...

 Metropolitan City. The school's current president is Jo Yong-ho (조용호). The official maximum enrollment is 920, of whom 200 may be enrolled in evening classes.

Academic departments

As a polytechnic college, the school's academics focus heavily on industrial and technological training. There are currently six academic departments

• Computer Assisted Design
• Applied Computer Modelling
• Electronic Instrumentation
• Mechatronics
  Mechatronics
  Mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, control engineering, and systems design engineering in order to design, and manufacture useful products. Mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field of engineering, that is...
  
  
• Automotive Electronics
• Information Communications Systems

History

The college opened its doors on March 8, 1995. The first president was Kim Byeong-gi (김병기). At the time it was known by the same name as today, Busan Polytechnic College. In 2002, the name was altered to Busan IT Polytechnic College (부산 디지털 정보 기능대학). The name was finally changed back to the current version in 2003.

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• List of colleges and universities in South Korea
• Education in South Korea
  Education in South Korea
  Education in South Korea is viewed as being crucial for success and competition is consequently very heated and fierce. A centralized administration oversees the process for the education of children from kindergarten to the third and final year of high school. Mathematics, science, Korean, social...