Nationality of Foreign Postechians
These days we can see many foreign Postechians around campus. Have you ever wondered ‘How many foreigners are here in POSTECH?’ and ‘Where are they from?’ To satisfy your curiosity, The Postech Times prepared a brief chart about foreign Postechians as of Sep. 2009.
What is unusual about this year is that many exchange students are from France and China. A total of 14 out of all 25 exchange students are French or Chinese.
Beside the above countries in the chart, there are students from 30 different countries in POSTECH. If you want know this precisely, watch for the national flags at the Student Union Building.
Reporter Ahn Joon-hyung
About Undergraduate Exchange Students
As POSTECH is diligently pacing its way to achieving globalization for VISION 2020, one of the notable factors to look upon is the increase in undergraduate exchange students from around the world. 
POSTECH has 71 partner universities in 19 countries. The proportion of nationalities among exchange students is not strikingly different from that of the overall international population at POSTECH, but almost 70% of the exchange students are from France, China, the U.S. and Germany.
An interesting statistic to observe is the percentage of female international students compared to Korean female undergraduates. Although the latter shows a decreasing trend in the last three years, from 22% to 16%, the former displays no sign of slowing down so far.
Reporter Kim Eun-ji
