We’ve just celebrated 10 years from the Foundation of PUST in October 2009! On 3rd October 2019, we had a formal Anniversary Ceremony followed by the traditional tree-planting activity, where faculty, members of the Pyongyang diplomatic community and international guests joined students in adding more ‘green’ to the PUST campus. The formal anniversary ceremony was held in the main auditorium on the campus and was attended by many official guests … Read more…
On Saturday 11th May, 45 undergraduate PUST students took the Chinese language test HSK (hanyu shuiping kaoshi) at the newly-established test site at the PUST. Earlier in the week on 7th May, the university was honoured to receive the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the DPR Korea; the Deputy Director-General of the National Chinese Language … Read more…
Yet another semester has just started at PUST. On 4th March at the opening ceremony, the DPRK-side university president extended a warm welcome to all the teachers and students, and expressed his hopes for a successful new semester. This semester there are currently around 50 foreign professors, staff and families on campus, with more due … Read more…
The Fall Semester 2018 has got off to a good start at PUST, with 114 new freshmen students joining us. This includes 18 female students. As usual, these students begin their time at PUST with two semesters of intensive English classes, to prepare them ready for taking major subjects taught in English by foreign professors. … Read more…
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology recently continued the PUST Research Lecture Series that was started last semester (Spring 2017). This research lecture series is an opportunity for the PUST foreign faculty to present their research. Read more…
In spite of various difficulties due to travel restrictions on US passport-holders and the increased tensions around the Korean peninsula, the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) has commenced the Fall semester 2017 on the planned day, today, Monday 4th September. The initial arrangements for classes have been adapted to suit the available resources … Read more…
During the Spring 2017 term, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology has hosted a research lecture series for the PUST foreign faculty to present their research. All members of the PUST community, including DPRK faculty and students, have been invited to attend the series. The lecture series began on Wednesday, 29 March, with Dr. Eneko Axpe’s talk about tissue … Read more…
The Research Seminar continued in May with three more members of the foreign faculty presenting their research addressing medical research and the importance of a society to establish a learning community. On 10 May, Dr. Charles D. Sands, Professor and Founding Dean, PUST College of Pharmacy, presented an excellent talk entitled: Pulse Pressure and Mean Arterial … Read more…
The Research Seminar Series continued through the month of April with several members of the foreign faculty presenting their research to the PUST faculty and community. On 19 April, Dr. John Robinson, who recently received his Ph.D. degree, spoke about his dissertation results. He gave an interesting overview of how Asian social networking impacts the … Read more…
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology continues our research lecture series with a presentation from Dr. Glenn Wehtje, research agronomist at Auburn University (USA). Glenn spoke about his research in herbicides and weed control methods. He specifically outlined three different projects and how he carefully designed the experiments to maximize his data collection efforts, how he … Read more…
During the Spring 2017 term, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology has hosted a research lecture series for the PUST foreign faculty to present their research. All members of the PUST community, including DPRK faculty and students, are invited to attend the series. In the second lecture seminar, Adjunct Assistant Professor Dominik Naeher of Germany presented his … Read more…