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  • Goal

    Cultivating creative and global leaders in science and technology through creative reforms in learning and teaching.

  • Strategies

    • Creativity
    • Interdisciplinary Studies
    • Globalization
    • Creativity: IT-based student-centered discussion classes (flipped learning)
    • Interdisciplinary: All professors are appointed to undertake two or more schools.
    • Globalization: All courses at UNIST are conducted in 100% English/ Expansion of foreign professors and students by 20%

  • Special Education at UNIST

    • The only institution in Korea where 100% of lectures are conducted in English
    • IT-based student-centered discussion classes (Flipped learning)

  • Faculty

    A Total Number of Faculty Members: 770 Full-time Professors: 322 Part-time Professors: 448

    • Average Age of Professors45.9 years old
    • Foreign Professor Rate11.8%
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UNIST tries its very best to cultivate future global leaders. All academic courses at UNIST are conducted in English to promote globalization and of its research and education.

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    Colleges and Schools

    All students are enrolled as non-majors and required to major in two or more tracks to build their own creativity. During their freshmen year, students learn basic science and cultural education and upon completing freshmen curricula, students choose to study major fields of their choice.

    • Colleges and Schools at a Glance (Click)
    • College of Engineering

      Department of Mechanical Engineering
      Department of Civil, Urban, Earth, and Environmental Engineering
      Graduate School of Semiconductor Materials and Devices Engineering
      Department of Materials Science and Engineering
      School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
      Department of Nuclear Engineering
      Graduate School of ​Carbon Neutrality
      Semiconductor Engineering

    • College of Information and Biotechnology

      Department of Design
      Department of Biomedical Engineering
      Department of Industrial Engineering
      Department of Biological Sciences
      Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence
      Graduate School of Health Science and Technology
      Department of Electrical Engineering
      Department of Computer Science and Engineering

    • College of Natural Sciences

      Department of Physics
      Department of Mathematical Sciences
      Department of Chemistry

    • School of Business Administration
    • School of Liberal Arts
    • School of New UNISTars
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    Graduate Programs

    The graduate programs, offered at UNIST are divided into three areas of specialization: Creative Design Engineering, Interdisciplinary Management, and Technology & Innovation Management.   professional degree programs, UNIST strives to enhance the professional and career skills of its graduate students.

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    Scholarship

    UNIST offers a wide range of fully-funded scholarship opportunities to prospective, current, and international exchange students of high academic ability with potential to be global leaders in creative science and technology.

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    Academic Support

    Academic support services, offered at UNIST help students achieve their academic goals. UNIST runs highly specialized curriculums through various training classes, related specialties, and high tech educational facilities to cultivate global talents.