The Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) completed another annual academic cycle last Wednesday, with a Graduation ceremony at the campus on the south side of Pyongyang, capital of the DPR Korea. One hundred (100) undergraduate students in science and technology received Bachelor degrees from the international and DPRK-side co-Presidents and other academic leaders … Read more…
Earlier this week, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology administration had the opportunity to meet with and present to a select group of officials at Texas A&M University in the United States to discuss an academic partnership. Jon Herskovitz, Reuters, reported on the meeting and presentation.
APPLY FOR EUROPEAN UNION FUNDING TO COME TO PUST – ‘ERASMUS’ PROJECTS: CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS, NOW OPEN PUST is a full partner in two EU academic exchange projects in the Erasmus scheme; and they both have Calls open at the moment, for applications to come from the EU to Asia on academic exchange. This means … Read more…
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) is inviting you to glimpse life at PUST from the perspective of a first-year (freshman) English student in this video clip.
On Thursday 19th May, His Excellency Mr Alastair Morgan, United Kingdom Ambassador to the DPR Korea, visited the PUST campus. Mr Morgan arrived in Pyongyang last winter as the new British ambassador and had asked to visit PUST after hearing about our work. He spent a morning on the campus, with his Japanese wife and another … Read more…
The Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) was honoured today by the visit of Nobel Prize-winners Professor Finn Kydland (Economics, 2004; from Norway) Professor Aaron Ciechanover (Chemistry, 2004; Israeli) and Dr Sir Richard Roberts (Medicine, 1993; British). They presented a series of formal lectures and had discussions on their specialist topics with PUST students. The … Read more…
This week, a fluorescence spectrophotometer arrived at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) campus and will soon be used by the students in the Agriculture and Life Sciences (ALS) school. This new laboratory equipment, along with all other laboratory materials and equipment are donated by foreign faculty and staff and foreign supporters. The fluorescence … Read more…
Last week, 14 female and 16 male students, enrolled at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST). These students recently graduated middle school (equivalent to secondary school in Western countries). This is only the second group of students to immediately attend PUST after middle school graduation. In April 2015, 24 students enrolled at the university directly … Read more…
If you are thinking of teaching at PUST, even for short term, then you might be eligible for EU funding. PUST is the local DPRK partner in three EU-funded Erasmus projects, for academic exchanges. The projects fund students from PUST, or other DPRK universities, to go to partner universities in the EU. The projects also … Read more…
In the third graduate graduation ceremony and second undergraduate ceremony held March 30, 2016, 104 students graduated from Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST). PUST is now operating in its sixth year and has just held another graduation ceremony, in which 98 undergraduate students graduated with Bachelor’s of Science degrees from the Schools of … Read more…