Pusan National University (PNU) has created a <2023-2027 PNU Long-term Development Plan> 

to alleviate tuition burdens and to implement psychological counseling programs while setting a maximum 

annual dropout rate. 

For 2023, the dropout rate was set at 4.57%, ensuring that over 95.43% of students remained enrolled. 

The tuition burden reduction target for undergraduates was 65.20%, and the goal for psychological counseling participation was 12,853 students.

This plan aims to support low-income students in focusing on their education without financial stress. 

Additionally, PNU identifies low-income students as scholarship recipients through its scholarship regulations and

scholarship selection guidelines. 

Scholarship recipients are chosen annually based on living costs and health insurance standards.

- Under the PNU Scholarship Regulations, recipients are those "in financial difficulty" or "eligible for educational protection"

  as defined by law.

- The PNU Scholarship Selection Guidelines specify recipients as students from families living on welfare, graduate students

  in economic hardship, and scholarship or research assistants facing financial challenges."

▶ Evidence Link(1): PNU Scholarship Selection Guidelines

▶ Evidence Link(2): PNU Scholarship Regulations