Busan Foreign Language High School

Busan Foreign Language High School (Korean: 부산외국어고등학교, Hanja: 釜山外國語高等學校) is a private foreign language high school that is located in Yeonsan-dong, Yeonsan-gu, Busan, South Korea.

Busan Foreign Language High School
부산외국어고등학교
Address
St. Gobun 144 (Yeonsan-dong), Yeonjae-gu, Busan

South Korea
Information
Other name釜山外國語高等學校
School typePrivate establishment/Coed school
Motto생각하고 행동하는 사람이 되자, 큰 희망을 품고 꾸준히 노력하자
(Think and act. Continuous effort with great hope)
Established1985
PrincipalJongsun Lee
Teaching staff62
Websiteschool.busanedu.net/pfl-h/main.do

Majors
  • English-Japanese major (class 1~3)
  • English-French major (class 4~5)
  • English-Deutsche major (class 6~7)
  • English-Chinese major (class 8~10)

Scholarship

Busan Foreign Language High School has three scholarship; one for freshmen, and two for enrolled students. The freshmen scholarship is recognized to ten students every year they matriculate. Two students each from French and Deutsche major, and three students each from Japanese and Chinese major; total of ten students with the highest placement test score receives the scholarship. Enrolled scholarship are divided into internal and external one. Internal test score scholarship is also recognized to ten students but many factors other than test score are considered. The external scholarship is a whole recommendation system. First two scholarship is 1,000,000 won. External scholarship differs by its kind.[1]

History
  • January 9, 1985: Permission for the establishment of Busan Foreign Language High School, doctor of law Yijoe Han inaugurated as the first chairman of the board.
  • March 1, 1985: Gyucheol Lee inaugurated as the first principal.
  • March 7, 1985: Opening and matriculation ceremony.
  • March 2, 1986: Construction of the school building complete.
  • February 11, 1988: The first graduation ceremony.
  • February 28, 1989: Expansion of the school building complete.
  • September 17, 1991: Permission as special-purpose high school for Busan Foreign Language High School.
  • April 22, 2015: Doctor of commerce and trade Seungwan Han inaugurated as the third chairman of the board.
  • March 1, 2017: Jongsun Lee inaugurated as the 10th principal.
  • February 12, 2019: The 32nd graduation ceremony (229 students graduated, accumulated number 13,600)
  • March 4, 2019: The 35th matriculation ceremony (237 students matriculated)[2]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Scholarship for BFLHS students". Pusan Foreign Language High School. Archived from the original on 2020-04-07.
  2. "History of BFLHS". Pusan Foreign Language High School. Archived from the original on 2020-04-07.
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