inspire

your
creativity
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science & technology
www.ust.ac.kr

(305-350) 217 Gajeong-ro Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Korea Tel : +82 42 864 5551 Fax : +82 42 864 5554

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UST Vision

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Global UST

UST Campuses

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Representative

UST Majors

Achievements

Meet my creativity.
In 60 seconds, your creativity will also bloom in your mind.

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A small opportunity is often the beginning of great things.

Campus Life

International Exchanges
and Collaboration

We support your new possibilities actively and creatively.

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Brief History

Modeled by Mr. RAGAI MOHAMMAD FLALEH ALTAMMI

Masters course in Advanced Nuclear System Engineering At UST-KAERI(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) Campus

Please acquaint yourself with UST now.

UST, national research institute based university

unique in Korea, realizing new possibilities
makes the future of science and technology
through the ecosystem for global professionals.

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What have you gained through UST?

When asked this question, what would be your answer?
Knowledge without borders and academic diversity
might be a good and important answer.
However, that does not seem to be enough to describe UST.
Communicative research field and convergence are also crucial, but not enough.
You may not even have noticed that creativity is already blooming in your mind.
UST has so many good things we wish to give you.
If we have to choose only one among them, it is creativity,
the starting point of everything.
We believe in the creativity in your mind.

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UST
vision

UST is the unique graduate university based on national research

institutes(NRIs)* in Korea. It produces world class performances and nurtures distinguished professionals of top 1% through
the advanced R&D focused education operated in the NRIs.

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global
UST

Advanced countries in S&T early expanded establishment of

NRIs based graduate universities fostering highly qualified professionals in national strategic areas of science and technology.
UST is the only graduate university based on NRIs in Korea.

*NRI(National Research Institute) = GFRI(Government Funded Research Institute)

mission

UST with NRIs

nurtures S&T professionals
creating future values.

Watson School(1998)

IMPRS(1999)

Cold Spring Harbor Lab.

Max Planck Institutes

UST(2003)

Helmholtz(2006)

vision

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Helmholtz Institute

Global Leading,
Asian Best NRI based University

goals
Excellent UST

Entrepreneur UST

Global UST

Smart UST

World Best
Educational
Competitiveness

Industry-AcademiaResearch Institute
Integrated University

Global Reputation
as NRI based
Graduate University

Creative Knowledge Management System

Germany

China
USA

Israel
Korea

Settling down the Education

System for Life-cycle professionals

Establishing the Distinguished

Education System

Nurturing Industry-oriented
higher professionals

Establishing cooperation system among

Industry-Academia-Research fields

Japan

SOKENDAI(1988)

strategies

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Improving
Brand Value

Enhancing
Collaboration Network

Building advanced
Educational Environme

Enhancing
Management Efficiency

Kellogg School(2002)

The Scripps Research Institute

Feinberg School(1958)

core values

Weizmann Institute

UCAS(1978)

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Creativity, Challenge, Convergence, Credibility

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UST-KRRI (Korea Railroad Research Institute) Campus

Transportation and Logistics System & ITS Engineering Ph.D Candidate Song Ji-Young

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UST
campusES

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The 30 NRI campuses in the nation focus on-site education in

order to foster creative R&D professionals. UST creates an
ecosystem of professionals attracting global excellent students
through the practical R&D education by the top qualified faculty
of NRIs and state-of-the-art research facilities and equipments.

Seoul
Headquarters

Incheon
Daejeon

Gyeonggi-do

National Fusion
Research Institute

Chungcheongnam-do

Gyeongsangnam-do
Korea Institute of
Materials Science

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ust
campusES

kist

KIRAMS

KOPRI

KICT

KIOST

KIMM

KBSI

KARI

ADD

KRIBB

www.kist.re.kr

www.kirams.re.kr

www.kopri.re.kr

www.kict.re.kr

www.kiost.ac

www.kimm.re.kr

www.kbsi.re.kr

www.kari.re.kr

www.add.re.kr

www.kribb.re.kr

Designed to advance
science and technology
by the development of
creative, original technology and basic & applied
sciences. KIST also aims
at collaborative research
work with other Korean
research institutes, industry, and universities.

Responsible for research

on medical usage of
radiation and emergency
treatment for radiation
exposure.

Working for the establishment of infrastructure of

research activities in the
polar regions and building
up national competitiveness by the advancement
of research activities
related to the polar regions,
affiliated with the Korea
Institute Of Ocean
Science & Technology.

As special research
institute in construction
area, responsible for
developing construction
technologies in general
and supporting government policy.

Leading the basic

and applied maritime
R&D in Korea.

Responsible for
R&D and applied
research activities on
mechanical engineering,
metals, and shipping.

Responsible
for supporting basic
sciences and conducting
joint research activities.

Responsible for advancing aerospace science

and technology, conducting new exploration, and
disseminating research
achievements.

Responsible for investigation and research in the

field of national defense.

Responsible for the

development of research
in the field of life sciences
and technology.

KRRI

KFRI

KITECH

KERI

KIMS

IBS

KIOM

NIMS

KITOX

NFRI

www.krri.re.kr

www.kfri.re.kr

www.kitech.re.kr

www.keri.re.kr

www.kims.re.kr

www.ibs.re.kr

www.kiom.re.kr

www.nims.re.kr

www.kitox.re.kr

www.nfri.re.kr

Responsible for investigating implementation

of railroad policies, R&D
of railway technology,
and the nurturing and
dissemination of research
achievements.

Responsible for the

development of original
technology in the areas of
food industry, and the dissemination of its research
achievements and with
technology support.

Responsible for supporting small-and mediumsized companies by R&D

of production technology.

Responsible for research

and test in the field of
electrical technology.

Responsible for the R&D

on materials technology,
testing and evaluation,
and technology support.

Responsible for performing world-class basic science research activities.

Responsible for oriental

medicine-related basic
research, clinical research medicine, policy
development in this area,
and the globalization of
oriental medicine.

Responsible for the

development of basic
mathematics and related
science and technology
through the research on
basic science.

Responsible for R&D on

safety evaluation technology and the provision of
testing services in related
fields.

Responsible for constructing Korean nuclear

reactors and developing
technologies in nuclear
reactor energy.

ETRI

KINS

KAERI

KIGAM

KRISS

KASI

KRICT

KINAC

KIER

KISTI

www.etri.re.kr

www.kins.re.kr

www.kaeri.re.kr

www.kigam.re.kr

www.kriss.re.kr

www.kasi.re.kr

www.krict.re.kr

www.kinac.re.kr

www.kier.re.kr

www.kisti.re.kr

Responsible for

Responsible for the

protection of the public
and environment from
radiation disasters in producing and using nuclear
energy.

Responsible for R&D on

nuclear technology and
nuclear activities in
applied areas such as
medicine, agriculture,
and food and life sciences.

Responsible for securing national strategic

resources and energy
and conservation of
homeland.

Responsible for establishing national measurement standards, R&D on

measurement science
and technology, and
dissemination of its R&D
achievements.

Responsible for research

and technology development on astronomy and
space science and
dissemination of
achievements.

Responsible for R&D on

chemical technology and
dissemination of its R&D
achievements.

Nations only nuclear

non-proliferation and nuclear security agency, established for the purpose
of preventing nuclear
power from being used
for military purposes and
improving international
and domestic credibility and transparency of
nuclear activities.

Responsible for developing core technology in the

field of energy technology
development. KIER contributes to the development of the national
economy by expanding
research achievements
as an economic growth
engine.

Responsible for research

activities in the field of
science technology
information.

development
of information
and communication
technologies.

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Representative
Achievements

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UST students are attaining world-class performance though

on-site education, differentiated from other research universities. The achievements of numerous students have been
recognized in terms of their quality, with published studies in
major science journals as first authors.

Key Research Achievements

Employment and Career Path

On-site Education, differentiated from existing

science and technology educational institutions

Fostering professionals available for contributions

in industry and research labs immediately

Remarkable Educational Achievement(2013, per PhD)

Employment Rate and Types of Employer (As of 2013)

SCI Thesis : 5.02

SCI Thesis as 1st author : 2.29
I.F per SCI Thesis : 3.68
Patents : 2.04

National Research Institutes : 37%

Corporations : 31%
Public agencies : 14%
Educational institutions : 7%
Others : 11%

81%

Employment Rate

Major Research Achievement (Published as First Author at Prestigious Global Journal) & Employment

Representative Employers

National
Research
Institutes

Nature
Marine Biotechnology
Bae Seung-Seob
September, 2010.
Deep sea micro-organism
generates own energy

Applied Physics Letters

Nanomaterials Science
and Engineering
Chong Eugene
August, 2011.
Amorphous silicon-indiumzinc oxide semiconductor thin film transistors
processed below 150 C

Science
Neuroscience
Yoon Bo-Eun

Circulation
Bio-Analytical Science
Moon Hye-Young

September, 2010.
Discovery of new function
of non-neuron cell

April, 2012.
Noninvasive Assessment
of Myocardial Inflammation by Cardiovascular
Magnetic Resonance in a
Rat Model of Experimental
Autoimmune Myocarditis

Cell
Neuroscience
Woo Dong-Ho
September, 2012.
Neurotransmitter secretion
process of astroglia cell

ETRI,
KRIBB,
KAERI,
KRISS,
etc

Government
agencies and
public agencies

KBS,
Korea Rail Network
Authority,
Korea Environment and
Resources Corporation,
etc

Domestic
and foreign
corporations

Samsung Electronics,
LG Electronics,
Hanwha,
Posco,
IBM,
etc

Small-andmedium-sized corporations/venture companies

and private research
institutes

Korea Pasteur Institute,

Ilchin Electronics,
Humax,
etc

Educational
institutions

Dankook University,
New York University,
Baylor Colllege of
Medicine,
etc

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UST-KRIBB (Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology) Campus

Green Chemistry and Biology Professor Kim Hee-Sik

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UST
majorS

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UST offering about 80 field-oriented majors that the nation is

strategically concentrating on as promising national science

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natural sciences

and technology areas, including natural sciences, IT, BT, NT,

ST, and ET, UST fosters core professionals who will commit to
R&D. (As of 2014)

Major
Science and Technology Policy / UST, IBS, KIST, KISTI, KRIBB,

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry / KRICT

KAERI, KERI, ETRI, KASI, KARI, KRICT

Medical Physics / KRISS, UST

Mineral & Groundwater Resources / KIGAM

Astronomy and Space Science / KASI

Polar Science / KOPRI

Green Chemistry and Environmental Biotechnology / KRICT, IBS,

Functional Genomics / KRIBB, KBSI

KBSI, KRIBB, UST

Nano and Bio Surface Science / KRISS, IBS

Science of Measurement / KRISS

Nano Science / KRISS, IBS

Korean Medicine Life Science / KIOM

Isotope Geochemistry / KBSI, KIGAM

Marine Environmental Chemistry and Biology / KIOST

Bioingormatics / KRIBB

Marine Biology / KIOST

Bio-Analytical Science / KBSI, IBS, KRIBB, KRISS

Marine Environmental System Science / KIOST

Biological Chemistry / KIST

Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Science / NFRI

Biomolecular Science / KRIBB, IBS, KIST, KRICT

Chemical Convergence Materials / KRICT

Neuroscience / KIST, IBS

Biosystems & Bioengineering / KRIBB
Radiological Cancer Medicine / KIRAMS

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Information Technology

Biotechnology

An opportunity for
self-transformation.
At UST, infinite opportunity opens.

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Major

Electronic Packaging Engineering / KITECH

HCI & Robotics / KIST

Information Security Engineering / ETRI

Virtual Engineering / KITECH, KRRI

Information and Communications Technology Management / ETRI

Broadband Network Technology / ETRI, KISTI

Intelligent Robot Engineering / KITECH

Transportation and Logistics System & ITS Engineering /

Knowledge and Information Science / KISTI

Food Biotechnology / KFRI

KRRI, KICT

Advanced Device Technology / ETRI, KRISS

Biomedical Engineering / KIST

Grid and Supercomputing / KISTI

Computer Software / ETRI

Human and Environmental Toxicology / KITOX, KIST

Electronic Counter Counter-Measure Communications Technology /

Marine Information and Communication Engineering / KIOST

Marine Biotechnology / KIOST

ADD
Big Data Science / KISTI, KIOM
Mobile communication & Digital Broadcasting Engineering / ETRI
Electrical Equipment Information and Communications Engineering
/ KERI

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Major
Nanobiotechnology / KRIBB, IBS, KIMM, ETRI
Radiation Biotechnology and Applied Radioiostope Science / KAERI
Bioprocess Engineering / KRIBB

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NanoTechnology

Space Technology

Major

A time to prepare
for a new future.
What UST imagines
becomes reality.

Accelerator and Beam Nano Engineering / KAERI, IBS, KIGAM

Nano-Mechatronics / KIMM, KBSI, KERI
Nanomaterials Science and Engineering / KIST, IBS, KIGAM, KRISS, KRICT
Electrical Functionality Material Engineering / KERI

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Major
Weapon Systems Engineering / ADD
Space Launch Vehicle System Engineering / KARI
Satellite Systems & Applications Engineering / KARI
Aircraft System Engineering / KARI, KRISS

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Environmental Technology

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We foster creative science and

technology professionals through
communicative and harmonious in-field
education inside and outside of Korea.

Major
Construction Environment Engineering / KICT, KIST

Advanced Nuclear System Engineering / KAERI

Geophysical Exploration / KIGAM

Quantum Energy Chemical Engineering / KAERI

Radiation Measurement and Radiation Safety / KINS, KAERI, KRISS

Energy and Power Conversion Engineering / KERI

Petroleum Resources Technology / KIGAM

Energy System Engineering / KIER, KITECH

Ship and Ocean Plant Engineering / KIOST

Energy and Environmental Engineering / KIST

Advanced Materials Engineering / KIMS

Resources Recycling / KIGAM

Advanced Energy Technology / KIER

Renewable Energy Engineering / KIER

Geotechnical & Geo-Space Engineering / KICT
Railway System Engineering / KRRI
Green Process and System Engineering / KITECH, KIST
Clean Energy and Chemical Engineering / KIST
Plant System and Machinery / KIMM
Nuclear Nonproliferation Engineering / KINAC
Environment & Energy Mechanical Engineering / KIMM
Rare Metals Engineering / KITECH

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campus
life

UST students are qualified researcher-class students carrying

out masters and PhD course work while conducting national
R&D projects. UST provides various highest-level benefits for
students in order that they can be better immersed in research
activities, and educates them as global science and technology
leaders.

Student Welfare

University Awards

Comprehensive Insurance e-Library

Medical Check-Up
Dormitory(availability limited
Psychology Consultation
in some campuses)
Freshmen Mentoring Program

UST
Research Paper
Award

Best
Faculty
Award

Best
Lecture
Award

Best Thesis
Supervisor
Award

Scholarship

A system to improve educational quality and nature excellent manpower by awarding faculty and students who attain remarkable research achievements.

Monthly Stipend
Doctoral Program

Masters Program

Minimum of KRW 1,600,000 per month

Minimum of KRW 1,200,000 per month

All students are scholarship beneficiaries, and are granted the

highest amount of monthly training incentives to ensure their
commitment to research and academic performance.

Overseas Exchange Study

Overseas
Training
Program

Overseas
Exchange
Program

To foster global science and technology leaders by providing

international exchange program.

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International
Exchanges
& Collaboration
Exchange Agreement Signings
with Domestic University and Institutions

Exchange Agreement Signing

with Foreign Universities and Institutions

Universities
KAIST, Kangwon National University, Konkuk University, Korea University,
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Donga University, Pusan
University, Sogang University, Seoul National University of Science and
Technology, Seoul National University, University of Seoul, Ajou University,
Yonsei University, Yeungnam University, Chonbuk National University, Jeju
National University, Changwon National University, Chungnam National
University, Chungbuk National University, Korea Aerospace University,
Korea Maritime and Ocean University, Hanyang University

Universities

Institutions
International Intellectual Property Training Institute, Air Force Headquarters, Sejong City Education Office, Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation
Foundation, National Research Foundation of Korea, Korea Federation of
Small and Medium Business, Institute for Basic Science, Gyeonggi Institute of Science and Technology Promotion, Daejeon City Education Office,
National Science Museum, Daejeon National Cemetery, LG Electronics,
Science and Technology Policy Institute, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation
Planning, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies

Collaboration among Industry, Academia,

and Research Institutes
Department on Contract
This system, designed to respond flexibly to diverse industrial manpower
demands, aims to foster industry customized manpower. It also promotes
further education of staff members and enhancement of their performance capability through contracts with central and local governments and
industrial corporations.
Types

/ Conditional Employment Type /

Under the condition of employment, a company signs a contract with UST
to support tuition fees for students, and requests the administration of a
special educational curriculum.

/ Reeducation Type /
In order to enhance company employees job performance capacity,
job transfer training, and reeducation, the company pays full or partial
expenditures of reeducation fees of employees.

South Africa
Germany

CSIR(Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)

KIST Europe, University of Paderborn,

University of Hildesheim
Vietnam VMI(Vietnam Metrology Institute),

Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Brazil
CNPq, FAPEMIG, UEPG, UNESP, UNISINOS
Ethiopia
AAIT(Addis Ababa Institute of Technology),

ASTU(Adama Science and Technology University)
Japan
SOKENDAI
Thailand
AIT(Asia Institute of Technology)
Paraguay
CONACYT

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Brief
History
2002 12
Amendment of Government-Funded Research
Institutes Law based on the establishment of
UST (legislated by National Assembly)

2003 08
Amendment of
Government-Funded Enforced Ordinance
based on the establishment of university management committee and university organization and
operation plans prepared

2003 10
2004 03
Opening of University and First Entrance

2006 02

Establishment of university, approved

by the Ministry of Education

2003 11
Dr. Jeong Myeong Se inaugurated as
the first president

First Commencement

2007 10
Dr. Lee Se Kyung inaugurated
as the second president

2008 02
Amendment of Government Organization Law
Oversight of the University Transferred to the Ministry
of Education, Science and Technology from the
Ministry of Science and Technology

2011 12
Dr. Lee Un Woo inaugurated as the third president

2013 03
Oversight of the University Transferred to the Ministry
of Science, ICT and Future Planning from the Ministry
of Education, Science and Technology