Cancellation of PKNU’s entrance ceremony due to ’Novel Corona’
Decisions made through the emergency preparedness meeting of the University President ...Significantly reduced graduation scale, only ’conferment ceremony for doctorate’ is planned.Pukyong National University decided to cancel the entrance ceremony this year because of the spread of new coronavirus infection.
Pukyong National University announced on the 3rd that it decided to cancel the entrance ceremony for the freshmen of 2020, which was scheduled to be held on the 28th of this month, through the new anti-coronavirus prevention emergency meeting held by president Kim Young-seup.
Pukyong National University also decided to cancel the degree conferment ceremony on the 21st of this month, canceling the degree conferment ceremony for the bachelor’s and master’s degree, and granting the degree to the doctoral degree graduates who wanted to attend.
In addition, the university decided to postpone indefinitely the freshman preparatory university program, which was scheduled to be held in the middle of this month and asked to postpone and refrain from various events in the new school year.
An official from Pukyong National University said, "This decision was taken to prevent the spread of the disease as the number of new coronavirus infections increased and the infectious disease situation became severe in Korea." <Pukyong Today>