1986
1986
- Establishment of POSTECH (Korea’s first research university)
1994
- Completion of the first 3rd-generation synchrotron radiation accelerator in Korea; Advocate for reforming Korea's college admission system by allowing students to apply to multiple universities
1996
- Introduction of Korea’s first MS/Ph.D. integrated program
2000
2000
- Establishment of Pohang Technopark (Collaborative project between Pohang City, POSCO, and POSTECH)
2005
- Opening of the Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT), the only institute of its kind, now the Graduate Institute of Ferrous & Eco Materials Technology
2007
- Opening of the National Center for Nanomaterials Technology (currently the National Institute for Nanomaterials Technology)
2008
- First Korean university to introduce residential college where all freshmen live in dormitories
2010
2010
- First Korean university to implement an admission officer system
- First Korean university to declare bilingual campus
- Introduction of a MOOC course credit-certification system
2011
- Establishment of the Korea Foundation for Max Planck/ POSTECH Korea Research Initiative
2016
- Completion of the world's third 4th-generation synchrotron radiation accelerator
- Introduction of an academia-industry collaboration professor system
2018
- Matriculation of first class of freshmen with undeclared majors
- Launch of the Summer Experience in Society (SES) program
2019
- First Korean university to establish a block-chain campus
- Establishment of the Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence
2020
2020
- First Korean university to open a Bio Open Innovation Center (BOIC)
2021
- Establishment of the Institute of Membrane Proteins (IMP)
2022
- Opening of the Apple Developer Academy (the only one in Northeast Asia)
- Apple Manufacturing R&D Accelerator (the only one in the world)
- Establishment of the Department of Semiconductor Engineering
2023
- Designated as a Glocal University
- Opening of the Graduate Institute of Ferrous & Eco Materials Technology
2024
- Declaration of POSTECH 2.0