Pohang University of Science and Technology
포항공과대학교 | |
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| Motto | Integrity, Creativity, and Aspiration ([성실, 창의, 진취] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1986 |
| Endowment | USD$2 billion[1] |
| President | Yongmin Kim |
Academic staff | 244 (April 2009)[2] |
| Undergraduates | 1 399 (April 2009)[2] |
| Postgraduates | 1 658 (April 2009)[2] |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Poscat (Unofficial) |
| Website | www.postech.edu |
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| Pohang University of Science and Technology | |
| Hangul | [포항공과대학교 (포항공대) or 포스텍 ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) |
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| Hanja | [浦項工科大學校 (浦項工大) or 포스텍 ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) |
| Revised Romanization | Pohang Gonggwa Daehakgyo (Pohang Gongdae) or Poseutek |
| McCune–Reischauer | P'ohang Kongkwa Taehakkyo (P'ohang Kongdae) or P'osŭt'ek |
Pohang University of Science and Technology or POSTECH is a private university, based in Pohang, South Korea, which is dedicated to research and education in science and technology. In 1998, it was ranked by Asiaweek as the best science and technology university in Asia.[3] Furthermore, from 2002–2006, one of Korea's most circulated daily newspapers, JoongAng Ilbo ranked POSTECH as the leading university in Korea. In 2010, Times Higher Education[4] ranked the university as the 28th best university in the world, the third best in Asia, and the best in South Korea. In 2011, QS World University Rankings[5] ranked the university 98th overall in the world. It remains second best ranked in Korea, after KAIST, in the QS Asian University Rankings.[6][7] However, in the Times Higher Education rankings, it scored highly after compilers placed less emphasis on "reputation and heritage" and gave more weight to objective measures including the influence of universities' research, placing 53rd.[8]
History
POSTECH was established by Park Tae-joon, the CEO of POSCO. The university's founding president was Dr. Hogil Kim, who envisioned a research-oriented institution for Korea modelled after CalTech.[9] Initially, the full name of POSTECH was Pohang Institute of Science and Technology. The official opening of the university took place on December 3, 1986.
The first students matriculated on March 2, 1987, all of whom lived in 4 dormitories in their first year.
Departments
The university has 11 undergraduate departments and 15 graduate departments which includes five professional schools.
- Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Life Science
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Industrial and Management Engineering
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Creative IT Excellence Engineering
- Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professional Graduate Schools
- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering (I-BIO)
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering (SEE)
- Graduate School for Information Technology (GIST)
- Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT)
- Graduate Program for Technology & Innovation Management (TIM)
- Division of IT Convergence Engineering (ITCE)
- Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering
- Division of Advanced Materials Science
- Graduate School for Wind Energy
Notes
- ^ "To Raise Its Global Profile, a Korean U. Shakes Up Its Campus". Chronicle.com. January 5, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
- ^ a b c http://www.postech.edu/
- ^ "Ahead of the curve: Asia's science and technology institutes mix students and success". Asiaweek May 15, 1998. Retrieved July 6, 2005.
- ^ "Times Higher Education's 2010-2011 World University Rankings".
- ^ http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011?page=1
- ^ http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2011
- ^ special Reporting Team, "Kaist maintains its No. 1 ranking," Joongang Daily, september 27, 2010, p. 1.
- ^ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AonYZs4MzlZbdGZ2dkdSX1FLZEpYejJTX3h0cnRFYnc&hl=en#gid=0
- ^ http://www.postech.ac.kr/mueunjae/eng/page/subpage.php?Pcode=POSTECH&Ccode=07&pageNum=2&subNum=7
External links
- Official site
- Library (POSTECH Tae-Joon Park Digital Library)
- Library Blog
- POSTECH Newspaper
- POSTECH Language Education Center
Departments
- Dept. of Mathematics
- Dept. of Physics
- Dept. of Chemistry
- Dept. of Life Science
- Dept. of Material Sciences and Engineering
- Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Dept. of Industrial and Management Engineering
- Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
- Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
- Dept. of Chemical Engineering
- Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering
- Graduate School of Information Technology
- Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology
- Technology & Innovation Management
- Graduate School for Wind Energy
Research
- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory
- POSTECH Information Research Laboratories
- POSTECH Biotech Center
- Pohang Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology, RIST
- National Center for Nanomaterials Technology, NCNT
- Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics, PIRO
