11 universities and 27 vocational colleges in the Daegu and Gyeongsan area contribute to the overall participant draw for domestic and international academic conventions held throughout the year. Daegu is an educational city composed of 7 universities in the Daegu area, 4 universities from the Gyeongbuk Province area and 27 vocational colleges from Daegu (including Gyeongsan). Universities in Daegu specialize in information technology (IT), life sciences (BT), electronics, medicine, textile, fashion, environmental sciences, physics and more.