Seoul National University of Science and Technology

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Seoul National University of
Science and Technology
seoulgwahaggisuldaehaggyo Seoul National University of Technology.jpg
Campus of SeoulTech
Former name
Seoul National Industrial University (1988–1993)
Seoul National University of Technology (1993–2010) [1]
MottoOur Dream, Your Future.
Type National
Established1910;115 years ago (1910)
President Lee Dong-hoon
Academic staff
865 (2020) [2]
Administrative staff
1329 (2020) [2]
Students11,472 (2020) [2]
Undergraduates 9,929 (2020) [2]
Postgraduates 1,543 (2020) [2]
Address, ,
South Korea

37°37′54″N127°04′43″E / 37.63167°N 127.07861°E / 37.63167; 127.07861
CampusUrban
Colors   Royal blue
Nickname SeoulGwagidae
(서울과기대·서울科技大)
MascotBlack Dragon
Website www.seoultech.ac.kr
Korean name
Hangul
서울과학기술대학교
Hanja
서울科學技術大學校
Revised Romanization Seoul Gwahak Gisul Daehakgyo
McCune–Reischauer Sŏul Kwahak Kisul Taehakkyo
Seoul National University of Science and Technology
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Seoul National University of Science and Technology (abbreviated SeoulTech) is a national university located in Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

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Seoul National University of Science and Technology originated from Public Eoeudong Vocational Continuing School. [3] 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 508,690 square meters (125.70 acres). [4] This is the fifth-largest campus in the universities of Seoul. The campus, formerly occupied by the colleges of engineering of Seoul National University, [5] 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 (QS) [6] [7] and ranked 15th in South Korea in the field of Science and Engineering in 2015 by Korea Economic Daily (한국경제신문). [8]

Departments

Undergraduate Colleges

College of Engineering

College of Information and Communication Engineering

College of Energy and Biotechnology

College of Art and Design

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

College of Business and Technology

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:

Graduate School of Science:

Graduate School of Art and Physical Education:

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences:

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. [9]

The Central Library building, completed at the end of 2004, consists of three stories with an area of 9,281 m2 (2,807 pyeong). 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 (1,400 pyeong) 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

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Seoul National University of Science and Technology campus map

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

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The part of campus of Seoul National University of Science and Technology

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. [10] 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 (ILER) [11] 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. [12] 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 (Professional Learning Community), 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. [13]

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. [14]

University rankings
JoongAng National [15] Domestic =20
QS National [16] General =38
THE National [17] General =31
USNWR National [18] General 38
QS Asia
(Asia version) [19]
General =324
THE Asia
(Asia version) [20]
General 351–400
USNWR Asia [21] General =604
QS World [22] General 1201–1400
THE World [23] General 1201–1500
USNWR World [24] General 1614

History

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Seoul Techno Park, NT and IT Educational-Industrial Cooperation center

See also

References

  1. "HISTORY". SEOULTECH Official website. SEOULTECH. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "STATISTICS". SEOULTECH Official website. SEOULTECH. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  3. "SEOULTECH < About SEOULTECH < Introduction of SEOULTECH < History < Main History". Seoul National University of Science and Technology. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  4. "SEOULTECH < About SEOULTECH < University Statistics < Statistics". en.seoultech.ac.kr. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  5. "서울사랑". love.seoul.go.kr. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  6. "[2014 아시아 대학평가] 醫大 없는 '强小大' 포스텍·서강대·한국외대 강세". The Chosun Ilbo . Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  7. "[2015 아시아 대학평가] 포스텍, 특성화 대학 중 1위… 6년 연속 아시아 최고 입증". The Chosun Ilbo . June 11, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  8. "[STRONG KOREA] 서울대·연세대·고려대·한양대, 기업들이 꼽은 '최고의 이공계'". The Korea Economic Daily . July 5, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  9. "Seoultech Central Library(Korean)". library.seoultech.ac.kr. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  10. "Seoultech, 3.35 billion dollars for national scholarship in 2015". www.seoultech.ac.kr. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  11. The Institute for Language Education & Research
  12. "Institute for Language Education and Research, Seoultech". language.Seoultech.ac.kr. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  13. http://fund.seoultech.ac.kr/news/univ/?do=commonview&searchtext=&searchtype=-1&nowpage=1&bnum=3596&bidx=63069&cate=14
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  20. "Asia University Rankings 2025". Times Higher Education. 2025. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  21. U.S. News & World Report (2024). "2024-2025 Best Global Universities in Asia" . Retrieved June 24, 2024.
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  24. U.S. News & World Report (2025). "2025-2026 Best Global Universities Rankings" . Retrieved June 17, 2025.
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