- Pohang University of Science and Technology
Infobox University
name = Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
native_name = _ko. 포항공과대학교
image_size = 150px
motto = Integrity, Creativity, and Aspiration
( _ko. "성실, 창의, 진취")
established =1986
type = Private
head_label = President
head = Sunggi Baik
city =Pohang
state = North Gyeongsang
country =South Korea
undergrad = 1,300
postgrad = 1,700
postgrad_label = graduate
faculty = 225
campus = Urban
mascot = Poscat (Unofficial)
free_label =
free =
website = [http://www.postech.edu/ www.postech.edu]
Infobox Korean name
hangul = 포항공과대학교 (포항공대) "or" 포스텍
hanja = 浦項工科大學校 (浦項工大) "or" 포스텍
rr = Pohang Gonggwa Daehakgyo (Pohang Gongdae) "or" Poseutek
mr = P'ohang Kongkwa Taehakkyo (P'ohang Kongdae) "or" P'osŭt'ekPohang University of Science and Technology or POSTECH is a private university, based in
Pohang ,South Korea , which is dedicated to research and education inscience andtechnology . In 1998, it was ranked byAsiaweek as the best science and technology university in Asia. [cite web|url=http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/98/0515/cs3.html|title=Ahead of the curve: Asia's science and technology institutes mix students and success|work=Asiaweek May 15, 1998|accessmonthday=July 6 |accessyear=2005] Furthermore, from 2002 - 2006, one of Korea's most circulated daily newspapers, Joongangilbo ranked POSTECH as the leading university in Korea.History
The official history of POSTECH begins on
November 9 ,1986 . However, the school's opening is actually celebrated onDecember 3 (concatenating 12 from the month and 3 from the day gives 123). The full name of POSTECH at the beginning was Pohang Institute of Science and Technology.The first students matriculated on
March 2 ,1987 , all of whom lived in 4 dormitories in their first year.Departments
The university has ten undergraduate departments and 15 graduate departments which includes five professional schools.
Academic department s
* Mathematics
* Physics
* Chemistry
* Life Science
* Materials Science and Engineering
* Mechanical Engineering
* Industrial and Management Engineering
* Electronic and Electrical Engineering
* Computer Science & Engineering
* Chemical Engineering
* Division of Humanities and Social SciencesProfessional
Graduate School s
* 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)
* Technology Innovation & Management Graduate Program (TIM)Notes
External links
* [http://www.postech.edu/ Official site]
* [http://www.postech.edu/eng/ Official site in English]
* [http://library.postech.ac.kr/ Library (POSTECH Tae-Joon Park Digital Library)]
* [http://postechlibrary.tistory.com/ Library Blog]
* [http://times.postech.ac.kr/ POSTECH Newspaper]
* [http://www.postech.ac.kr/center/poslec/ POSTECH Language Education Center]Departments
* [http://math.postech.ac.kr/ Dept. of Mathematics]
* [http://www-ph.postech.ac.kr/english/index.html Dept. of Physics]
* [http://www.postech.ac.kr/department/chem/ Dept. of Chemistry]
* [http://www.postech.ac.kr/department/life/ Dept. of Life Science]
* [http://mse.postech.ac.kr/ Dept. of Material Sciences and Engineering]
* [http://mecad.postech.ac.kr/ Dept. of Mechnical Engineering]
* [http://ie.postech.ac.kr/ Dept. of Industrial and Management Engineering]
* [http://ee.postech.ac.kr/ Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering]
* [http://www.postech.ac.kr/department/cse/ Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering]
* [http://www.postech.ac.kr/department/ce/ Dept. of Chemical Engineering]
* [http://www.postech.ac.kr/department/hss/ Division of Humanities and Social Sciences]
* [http://see.postech.ac.kr/ School of Environmental Science and Engineering]
* [http://www.postech.ac.kr/gift/ Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology]Research
* [http://pal.postech.ac.kr Pohang Accelerator Laboratory]
* [http://www.postech.ac.kr/pirl POSTECH Information Research Laboratories]
* [http://www.biotechcenter.org/ POSTECH Biotech Center]
* [http://www.rist.re.kr/ Pohang Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology, RIST]
* [http://www.apctp.org/ Asia Pacific Center for the Theoretical Physics, APCTP]
* [http://www.nano.re.kr/ National Center for Nanomaterials Technology, NCNT]
* [http://www.piro.re.kr/ Pohang Institute of Intelligent Robotics, PIRO]
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