Noted German college celebrates new campus

Located within the Busan-Jinhae Free Economic Zone (BJFEZ), Germany’s Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) of Erlangen-Nuremberg hosted an opening ceremony for its Busan Campus on March 30.

FAU Chairman Thomas Schock and other high-profile guests including Busan Mayor Hur Nam-sik attended the event held at Busan Techno Park.

The university, founded in 1743 and located in Erlangen and Nuremberg, Bavaria, has established itself as a leading school in research and teaching while facilitating intense cooperation with firms such as Siemens and Bayer.

FAU is also gaining an international reputation in the field of bio-chemical engineering.

FAU Busan, FAU’s first campus outside Germany, offers master’s programs in chemical and bio-engineering in eight fields, and currently 17 freshmen including 12 Germans have registered for the spring semester, with a faculty of eight German professors.

The BJFEZ expects that the opening of the FAU Busan campus and research center will serve as an anchor to encourage the further clustering of more foreign universities along with research and development (R&D) centers in the area.