Busan City’s countermeasures

Busan Metropolitan City is preparing a step-by-step strategy to expand the attraction of foreign students to overcome the crisis at local universities. Through this, we plan to systematically provide a variety of support ranging from education, employment, and settlement.

42nd Emergency Economic Countermeasures Meeting

The city of Busan has established a vision of 'Busan as a great place to study abroad and leaps forward as a global hub city' and plans to revitalize the local economy by attracting foreign students. To this end, we plan to set and focus on the following three major goals.

1. Attracting 30,000 foreign students

We plan to significantly expand the number of people we can attract from the current capacity of 13,000.

2. Increase the proportion of international students majoring in science and engineering by 30%

We will further increase the proportion of science and engineering majors from the current 12%.

3. Increased employment/job-seeking visa conversion rate by 40%

We plan to increase the conversion rate for employment/seeking visas from the current 22% to 40%.

detailed strategy

1. Pre-attraction stage: Promote diversification of international students by actively utilizing overseas trade offices and international student attraction centers.
2. Attraction stage: Study abroad information sessions are held in Japan, Vietnam, etc., and top talents are attracted through Busan-style international student attraction scholarships.
3. Talent development stage: A new 'Study in Busan' center is established to support international students' academic and life adjustment.
4. Talent Utilization Stage: We provide employment opportunities for international students by introducing a customized field training system tailored to local key industries.

Busan Mayor’s Emphasis

The Mayor of Busan emphasized that this plan will be an important stepping stone for revitalizing the local economy and developing Busan into a global hub city. Together, we pledged to achieve prosperity and growth in the local community by attracting foreign students.