To improve students’ competence about real work in society, to give them opportunity to experience society and determine their careers, POSTECH adjusted the semester and vacation schedule to 16 weeks semester, 3 months of summer vacation, and two months of winter vacation. For internships and other programs, POSTECH made agreements with more than 170 organizations including enterprises, and global and domestic institutes like Max Planck Institute, Canada Fields Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), etc. Furthermore, Undergraduate Research Program (URP) was also expected
News | Reporter Choi Jong-hyeok | 2016-09-07 17:35
Overcoming boundaries between universities, POSTECH, KAIST, and SNU (Seoul National University) opened a common class for the first time. While teaching Entrepreneurship and Venturing, the class is gaining attention as a model of an inter-university cooperative education course. The class was hosted by POSTECH during the summer vacation semester from Jul. 27 to Jul. 30. Fourteen, 11, and 15 students participated from POSTECH, KAIST, and SNU, respectively, learning entrepreneurship, technology innovation, practical training on business model, etc. The class was unique in the way it shifted from
News | Reporter Gwak Jun-ho | 2016-09-07 17:32
From May 18 to 20, the only festival in POSTECH, Sunrise Festival, was held. This year, the festival preparing organization prepared the festival with the theme ‘Fest 101,’ focusing on the basics of festivals: things to do, things to see, and things to taste. During the festival, freshmen belonging to several departments danced on stage, sophomores managed bars, and upperclassmen enjoyed the festival in various ways. On the first day, President Doh-Yeon Kim appeared on stage. He said “This festival would be the place for relieving the stresses from studying. Let’s take off our ties and enjoy t
News | Reporter Choi Jong-hyeok | 2016-06-01 12:34
On May 17, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced its a plan for abolishing the system for alternative military service until 2023. The reason for this announcement is to solve insufficient military service resources problem. The MND stated that the current number of men aged 20 is approximately 350,000, but will decrease to 250,000 by 2023. This could create a deficit of 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers.According to its plan, the number of people assigned in skilled industrial personnel will be 6,000 in 2018, reduced to 3,000 in 2020 and removed completely in 2023. Also, the system for tec
News | Reporter Park Min-young | 2016-06-01 12:34