In September, the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) announced the QS World University Rankings 2014/15. According to this chart, POSTECH ranks 86th globally with an overall score of 72.9. Compared to last year, it has moved 21 steps higher. The ranking is based on 6 criteria: academic reputation (40%), employer reputation (10%), faculty/ student ratio (20%), citations per faculty (20%), international student ratio (10%), and international staff ratio (5%). This year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) came in first place, the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London came in sec
News | Reporter Chung Yu-sun | 2014-10-15 07:51
“Bangti”, Pohang Canal Festival, was held on Oct. 2-4 at the Pohang Harbor. Bangti, a big washbowl, is a word from Gyeongsang provinces’dialect. This festival was supported by Pohang MBC and everyone was welcome to participate. There were five special programs in Bangti: making, running, buying, seeing, and riding. Participants could make sustainable boats using waste resources of industry, agriculture, and fishing. The purpose of this program was to reuse resources and graft science technology onto artistic values in Pohang, where the three aforementioned fields co-exist. Participants also co
News | Reporter Choi Na-youn | 2014-10-15 07:48
A saying, “Money cannot buy time,” is right. Even Bill Gates cannot go back to his youth. It shows how important time is. First-semester freshmen in POSTECH are very busy meeting people in order to become a part of their department, section, and clubs. Also, almost all freshmen in the Department of MSE, MATH, CHEM, CE, IME practice dances for the Sunrise Festival. In the second semester, there are main performances of each club, such as dances, plays, orchestras, concerts, etc. So they spend a lot of time preparing for their performances. Then they become sophomores. Sophomores are also busy b
Opinion | Reporter Lee Ji-a | 2014-10-15 07:45
Every autumn, KAIST-POSTECH Science War is held. To win, Postechians do their best in the game, but also before the game. Every year, players of sports and other competitions prepare with special strategies.There are three sports games: soccer, baseball, and basketball. Each of those teams shared their special strategies in an interview. KAISER, POSTECH soccer club, did harder training than last year from Aug. 1 to the day just before the game started. They focused on increasing their stamina because it is the most important thing in soccer, which runs for 80 to 100 minutes. Also, they had wei
Campus | Reporter Park Min-young | 2014-10-15 07:44