Seoul National University of Science and Technology

Seoul National University of Science and Technology is a national university located in Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Seoul National University of Science and Technology originated from Public Eoeudong Vocational Continuing School. Later the school was re-organized as Gyeongseong Public Industrial School, Gyeonggi Technical College, and Seoul National University of Technology before it was finally reborn as Seoul National University of Science and Technology in September 2010 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its foundation. The institution is also known as 'Seoultech'.
Today Seoultech is a large and comprehensive university consisting of six colleges, 23 departments, seven graduate schools and a student enrolment of 11,500 people in a spacious campus of. This is the fifth-largest campus in the universities of Seoul. The campus, formerly occupied by the colleges of engineering of Seoul National University, is in Nowon-gu in the northern part of Seoul. Seoul National University of Science and Technology was ranked second in South Korea and 23rd in Asia in field of focused university in the 2015 by Quacquarelli Symonds
and ranked 15th in South Korea in the field of Science and Engineering in 2015 by Korea Economic Daily.

WWW seoultech.ac.kr

Departments

Undergraduate Colleges

College of Engineering

Department of Mechanical System and Design Engineering
* Mechanical Design and Automation Engineering Program
* Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering Program
Department of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering
* Mechanical Engineering Program
* Automotive Engineering Program
Department of Safety Engineering
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
School of Architecture
* Architecture Program
* Architectural Engineering Program

College of Information and Communication Engineering

Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
Department of Electronic and IT Media Engineering
* Electronic Engineering Program
* Media IT Engineering Program
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

College of Energy and Biotechnology

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Department of Environmental Engineering
* Environmental Engineering Program
* Environmental Policy Program
Department of Food Science and Technology
Department of Fine Chemistry
Department of Optometry
Department of Sports Science

College of Art and Design

Department of Design
* Visual Communication Design Program
* Industrial Design Program
Department of Ceramic Arts and Design
Department of Metal arts & Design
Department of Fine Arts

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of English Language and Literature
Department of Science of Public Administration
* Major in Science of Public Administration
* Major in Environmental Public Administration
Department of Creative Writing

College of Business and Technology

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
* Major in Industrial and Information Systems Engineering
* Major in Manufacturing Systems and Design Engineering
* Major in IT Management
Department of Business Administration
* Major in Business Administration
* Major in Global Technology Management

Graduate school

There are three professional graduate schools and three special graduate schools within the university. Aside from these, there are a number of specialist research institutes.
Graduate School of Engineering:

Department of Mechanical Design and Robot Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Safety Engineering
Department of Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering
Department of Data Science
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Department of Automotive Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Architectural
Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
Department of Electronic Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Media IT Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Environmental Engineering
Department of Food Science and Technology
Convergence Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials
Department of Interdisciplinary Bio IT Materials

Graduate School of Science:

Department of Fine Chemistry
Department of Optometry

Graduate School of Art and Physical Education:

Department of Industrial Design
Department of Visual Design
Department of Ceramic Art
Department of Metal Arts & Design
Department of Fine Arts
Department of Sports Science

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences:

Department of Business Administration
Department of English Language and Literature
Department of Creative Writing

Professional Graduate Schools

Graduate School of Railway:

Department of Railway Management & Policy
Department of Railway Construction
Department of Electric & Signaling Engineering
Department of Rolling Stock System
Department of Railway System

Graduate School of Public Policy and Information Technology:

Department of Public Policy
Department of Industrial & Information Systems
Department of Broadcasting and Communication Policy
Department of Digital & Cultural Policy

Graduate School of Energy and Environment

Department of New Energy Engineering
Department of Environmental Energy Engineering
Department of Energy System Engineering
Department of Energy Safety Engineering
Department of Energy Policy
Graduate School of Nano IT Design Fusion
Nano IT Fusion Program
Broadcasting Communication Fusion Program
IT Design Fusion Program

Special graduate schools, evening course

Graduate School of Industry

Convergence Program of Healthcare & Biomedical Engineering
Disaster Safety & Fire Protection Program
Management of Technology Program
Global Project Management Program
Manufacturing Technology Convergence Program
Department of Food Science and Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Architectural Design
Department of Metal Art & Design

Graduate School of Housing

Department of Housing Environment and Service Technology
Department of Housing Construction Engineering
Department of Housing Planning and Design
Department of Housing Management
Department of Housing Development and Management

Library

The library at Seoul National University of Science and Technology has been operational since the foundation of Eoeudong Public Vocational Continuing School in April 1910. Today, the Library has 600,987 volumes, 11,928 e-books, 23,259 audiovisual materials, and 446 periodicals and academic journals published domestically and abroad.
The Central Library building, completed at the end of 2004, consists of three stories with an area of 9,281 m². The first floor houses the library office, seminar rooms, Western archive, and information processing center. The second floor is occupied with Eastern archives and references, periodicals, and an academic journal room. The third floor houses a multimedia room, group study room, and reading room. The annex to Central Library, remodelled in 2011, is a building with an area of 4,896.25 m² that is equipped with a reference room, reference room for western books, room for study groups, notebook computer reading room and general reading room. The library has collected academic research works of the professors and the students for the past 100 years.

Other support facilities

Aside from the library there is also an Information and Computer Center; a Press and Broadcasting Center; a General Laboratory Building; a Business Incubation Center; an Educational Equipment Management & Technical Support Center; and an International Office/ Centre for International Exchange. Finally, there is an Institute for Language Education and Research staffed by twenty native-speaking English instructors.

Scholarships

About half of the student body benefit from a scholarship program which offers education at a comparatively low cost. In 2015, about 6,000 of 11,500 students benefited from scholarship. The school's current tuition only amounts to 40% of an average private university's costs and 80% of tuition fees charged by other national universities. In 2014, 47% of tuition was reused for scholarships. Seoultech also has a number of funded international cooperation programs, and two joint degree programs with Northumbria University in the United Kingdom.

The Institute for Language Education and Research

The Institute for Language Education and Research provides a variety of language programs to serve the university's English, Korean, Chinese and Japanese learning needs. There are currently 26 full-time faculty positions. The ILER has a dedicated language center building which houses all needed facilities: professors' offices, administration offices, conference hall, conversation classrooms with round tables, etc. The ILER is a developing PLC, focused on modernizing curriculum, expanding opportunities for research and publication, and fostering a spirit of intercultural exchange.

Symbols

In March 2014, the university's Public Relations Office held its first Symbolic Committee to determine its symbolism. Following the first questionnaire for teachers and faculty members in April 2013, we conducted a second questionnaire involving 12,807 undergraduate and graduate students in June 2013 in order to enact the symbol of university. The second questionnaire for undergraduate and graduate students who answered 91% of the total enrollment was Daesanbang, Sycamore, and Symbolic Animals. Haitai won the most votes.

Rankings

In 2021, Seoul National University of Science and Technology ranked 51-100 globally in Petroleum Engineering field, 200-240 globally in Art and Design field, and 401-450 globally in Electrical and Electronic Engineering based on QS Subject Ranking.

History

November 9, 2015 – Inauguration of Jong-Ho Kim as 11th president
March 1, 2012 – Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Technology University to Broad General University transition
October 25, 2011 – Inauguration of Keun NamKoong as tenth president
September 1, 2010 – Changed university name From Seoul National University of Technology to Seoul National University of Science & Technology
September 1, 2010 – Completion of Centennial Memorial Sculpture construction
February 1, 2010 – Completion of Frontier hall construction
December 3, 2009 – Completion of the construction of Centennial Memorial Hall
March 1, 2008 – Opening of Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology
March 1, 2008 – Completion of Seoul Techno Park construction
January 1, 2008 – Completion of Student Dormitory III construction
October 17, 2007 – Inauguration of Jun-Hyong Roh as ninth president
October 1, 2007 – Completion of Language Center construction
August 1, 2007 – Completion of Student Dormitory II construction
June 1, 2006 – Completion of Mirae Hall construction
September 1, 2005 – Designation authorization of Seoul Technopark
February 25, 2005 – Completion of Student Library II construction
December 17, 2004 – Establishment authorization of Seoul Technopark Nonprofit Corporation
September 23, 2004 – Foundation of Seoul Technopolis Promotion Center and Center for Engineering Education
March 26, 2004 – Inauguration of Dr. Jin-Shin Yoon as eighth president
September 27, 2003 – Establishment of SNUT Industry-Academic Alliance Corporation
September 23, 2003 – Establishment authorization of Graduate School of Energy & Environment
April 21, 2003 – Inauguration of Dr. Hee-Beom Lee as seventh president
March 1, 2003 – Establishment of Graduate School of Public Policy & Information Technology
March 1, 2002 – Change of Graduate School of Railroad Technology to Graduate School of Railroad
February 24, 2001 – Foundation of Graduate School of Housing
March 1, 2000 – Foundation of Graduate School of Railroad Technology
March 1, 2000 – Foundation of Department of English, Department of Creative Writing and Department of Social Sports Science
Establishment a dual bachelor's dual program in collaboration with Northumbria University in the UK
April 1, 1999 – Inauguration of Dr. Jin-Seol Lee as sixth president
April 2, 1998 – Opening of Foreign Language Education Center
April 1, 1998 – Opening of Laboratory Center
October 6, 1995 – Foundation of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Industry & Engineering
April 1, 1995 – Inauguration of Dr. Dong-Gyu Choi as fifth president
September 3, 1994 – Foundation of Computer Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Industry & Engineering
March 1, 1994 – Foundation of Department of Creative Writing and Department of Social Sports Science
March 1, 1993 – Foundation of Design and Automobile Engineering and Automatic Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Industry & Engineering
February 24, 1993 – Renamed Seoul National University of Technology in accordance with the revision of national school establishment decree
November 24, 1992 – Foundation of Industry Craft, Graduate School of Industry & Engineering. Completion of Dormitory construction
March 1, 1992 – Foundation of Department of Industry Administration and Department of Fine Chemistry Foundation of School of Engineering III, School of Engineering IV and School of Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences
March 21, 1991 – Inauguration of Prof. Dae-Byeong Yoon as fourth president
March 1, 1990 – Foundation of School of Engineering I, School of Engineering II, School of Art & Design, and Department of Applied Fine Arts
November 15, 1989 – Foundation of Electric Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Design and Automation Engineering, Graduate School of Industry & Engineering
March 1, 1988 – Renamed Seoul National Industrial University
March 21, 1987 – Inauguration of Dr. Dong-Hee Lee as third president
February 29, 1984 – Foundation of Department of Environmental Engineering, Department of Industrial Safety Engineering, and Department of Mould Design
March 30, 1983 – Inauguration of Dr. Ho-Keun Kim as second president
December 31, 1982 – Closing of Gyunggi Technical College in accordance with the revision of national school establishment decree
March 1979 – Inauguration of Dr. Soon-Cheol Hong as first dean
March 1974 – Renamed Gyunggi Technical College
March 1963 – Renamed Gyunggi Technical High Special School
March 1953 – Renamed Gyunggi Technical High School
March 1944 – Reorganized into Gyunggi Public Technical School
March 1931 – Reorganized into Gyungsung Public Vocational School
April 15, 1910 – Public Eoeudong Vocational Continuing School