‣ Establishment of POSTECH (Korea’s first research university)
Opening of the Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT), the only institute of its kind, now the Graduate Institute of Ferrous & Eco Materials Technology
Opening of the National Center for Nanomaterials Technology (currently the National Institute for Nanomaterials Technology)
‣ Completion of the world's third 4th-generation synchrotron radiation accelerator
First Korean university to open a Bio Open Innovation Center (BOIC)
Establishment of the Institute of Membrane Proteins (IMP)
KRW 124 million per student (among universities with over 3,000 students)
Total research funding: KRW 316.4 billion Total number of faculty: 294 (as of February 2024)
115% of undergraduate tuition fully covered
2nd for two consecutive years (2023–2024)
3rd for three consecutive ears (2019–2021)
1st in Basic Science 1st in Engineering (2024)
20 government-accredited research institutes & 124 university-approved research centers (as of October 2024)
Home to Northeast Asia's only Apple Academy and the world's fi rst Apple Manufacturing R&D Accelerator
2021: KRW 261.4 billion
2022: KRW 298.7 billion
2023: KRW 316.4 billion
(as of October 2024)
Europe: 58, Asia: 60, North America: 17, Oceania: 4, Africa: 1, Latin America: 1
A total of 282 startups, including faculty-led ventures, with KRW 19.2 billion raised in investments (2020–2023)
