A light emitting device and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. The light emitting device comprises: a patterned sapphire substrate (PSS) including a plurality of concave parts and protruding parts on the upper surface thereof; a buffer layer including a concave part buffer layer, which is positioned on the concave part, and a protruding part buffer layer, which is positioned on the side surface of the protruding part and dispersed and arranged in a plurality of island shapes; a lower nitride layer positioned on the buffer layer and the PSS and covering the protruding part; a void positioned on an interface between the side surface of the protruding part and the lower nitride layer; a first conductive type semiconductor layer positioned on the lower nitride layer; a second conductive type semiconductor layer positioned on the first conductive type semiconductor layer; and an active layer interposed between the first and second conductive type semiconductor layers.