South Korea

POSTECH

Pohang, South Korea

Pohang University of Science and Technology opened in December 1986 with 240 students in nine departments and focuses on science and engineering research, with an undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of about 5 to 1 (April 2026). It declared itself a bilingual Korean-English campus in 2010.

Known for

Materials scienceChemical engineeringPhysicsLife sciencesSemiconductor engineering

Facts

Type
Private university
Founded
1986
Degree levels
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD
Teaching language
Many programmes in English

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