University festivals are large annual social events that have established themselves as an integral part of university culture. The Sunrise Festival is the name given to POSTECH’s annual festival and due to the pandemic, the school has been unable to host the event over the last three years. Notwithstanding the loosened social distancing measures and the decline in daily COVID-19 cases, the school withheld the decision to host this year’s Sunrise Festival – and also because there was not a suitable candidate to lead the so-called Sunrise Festival Organization Committee. The majority of the cur

POSTECH held an official ceremony on May 19 to nurture future medical scientists (MD-PhDs). At the ceremony, President Moo Hwan Kim said, “The rapid entry into an ultra-aged society and the challenge of new viruses lies ahead of human society. POSTECH will contribute to the development of Korea and mankind by fostering MD-PhDs who will contribute significantly to the health of humanity via innovative medical education.” The ceremony discussed the following advantages and plans for the POSTECH Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering (GSMSE).POSTECH is a world-class Sci-ence and Engin

To the 767 graduates here who have completed your studies despite the seemingly endless COVID-19 pandemic!My sincere congratulations to you all. I would also like to express my deep appreciation to the parents, professors and staff, and the entire POSTECH community who, despite unprecedented challenges, supported these talented individuals who will serve our nation and humanity in the future.I would like to thank all guests who have taken the time from their busy schedules to join us today, including Vice President Duk-Lak Lee of POSTECH Foundation, National Assemblyman Byongwook Kim, Deputy M

The meta-lens research at Professor Junsuk Rho's Lab of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering is attracting worldwide attention as they attempt to design and manipulate the lens surface on a nanoscale which allows it to behave just like a traditional glass lens while significantly reducing the size. Their research has frequently appeared in Nature and Science. His team plans to commercialize their meta-lens technology by developing a large-scale electron beam lithography process – which is immensely costly and backed by POSCO’s annual funding. (Electron Beam Lit

On March 23, POSTECH announced a plan for the creation of the “Pohang Bigdata-AI Innovation Center”. The center will be established over the next five years with an investment worth 20 billion KRW and public funds. The Postech Times contacted Professor Sangmin, Choi of the POSTECH Institute of Artificial Intelligence (PIAI) for further information about the center.The vision of the Pohang Bigdata-AI Innovation Center is to make Pohang an innovative and accessible city that will lead the data and AI industry. Accordingly, it aims to serve as a control tower for the data industry by establishing

POSCO Chemical signed an agreement with POSTECH’s Graduate Institute of Ferrous & Energy Materials Technology (GIFT) on March 22 to raise experts in battery materials, especially cathode and anode materials, by establishing an “e-Battery Track” graduate program. President Moo Hwan Kim, Kyung-Joon Min, CEO of POSCO Chemical, and key stakeholders from both institutions attended the signing ceremony.The track kicks off with graduate admissions in the fall semester and will select students for the masters’ program or the integrated program. The students will be provided with full tuition and schol

On Feb. 23, POSTECH announced that it will shift to face-to-face classes from the eighth week (April 11) of the Spring Semester.As the vaccination rate in Korea reached 80%, the Ministry of Education has recommended universities to resume face-to-face classes, due to the concern of “accumulated learning deficits.”From the midterm exam period, professors can choose between staying non-face-to-face or converting to face-to-face. The exact plan for each course will be announced by the individual course instructors. Students are allowed to move into the dormitories from March 31 to April 3. April

While many students were away from campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, POSTECH prepared various facility renovations for the convenience of students. Renovations were carried out on many different buildings all over campus.Dormitory RenovationAs many students have experienced, the Housing Service Team continued to remodel the dormitory buildings. Most dormitories were built in the early days of POSTECH, and the environment is improving through annual remodeling. So far, 19 dormitories have been remodeled, and dormitory building 14 has undergone renovations since 2021, which is part of a long-

The 2022 Freshmen Orientation (OT) was held online from Feb. 14 to 17, followed by a matriculation ceremony on Feb. 18, which was also held online. It was held in a similar fashion to last year’s orientation, with the incoming freshmen attending through Zoom meetings and YouTube live streams. While the Freshmen OT was originally intended to be an offline event, the rapid spread of the Omicron variant caused the school’s Infectious Disease Control to declare a six-week Omicron Prevention Period from Jan. 27 to March 11, forcing all events to take place online.On the first day of the OT, the fre

POSTECH’s first “Korean Speech Contest,” hosted by the POSTECH Language Education Center (POSLEC) was held. All non-Korean POSTECH undergraduates, graduates, and exchange students were eligible to apply for the contest. The final round, in which participants gave a five-to-seven-minute PowerPoint presentation (PPT), was held online on Jan. 19 from 1 P.M. to 3 P.M. This year, a total of nine candidates participated in the contest. The topic of the speech was their personal experiences with the Korean language and culture, or anything related to Korea.The final round began with welcoming remarks

The new sun of 2022, the Year of the Black Tiger, breaks through the deep blue sea and darkness, awakening the sleepy land as it rises. With the energy from this sun that shines its rays in the morning, I wish for a healthy new year for every member of our POSTECH family.We are ushering in a new year again amidst the pandemic that has lingered on, longer than expected. However, 2021 was not a year of uncertainties or limitations for POSTECH, but rather a year of affirming the possibilities of expanding into new realms.Under the new banner of metaversity—a combination of the words “metaverse” a

In Dec. 2021, a series of events commemorating the 10th anniversary of Tae-Joon Park’s passing was held. The founder of POSTECH, Tae-Joon Park, is widely known as a business tycoon who founded POSCO, a global steelmaker company.The event began with a symposium on Dec. 3 hosted by POSTECH and organized by the Tae-Joon Park Institute. Under the theme of “Eternal Resonance, Under the Spirit”, the symposium was held at POSCO CENTER from 2:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. and was broadcasted live on YouTube. The symposium’s goal was to discuss POSTECH’s future direction, and three presentations discussing this

The 11th “Guamegi startup competition” was held on Nov. 12 at the POSTECH CHANGeUP Ground. The Guamegi startup competition is an annual contest held by POSTECH’s Research and Business Development Foundation (PRBDF). Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only participants and judges could attend the contest in person and the audience attended online. A total of 21 teams participated this year. Before the final presentation, in which teams gave a five-minute presentation to explain their business model to the judges, the teams had to submit a brief introduction of their project and the presentation file

On Nov. 23, the “Presentation on Science and Technology Universities and other Domestic Universities Student Exchange Programs” was held by the Department of Educational Affairs and Records. The presentation featured four topics: student exchanges among other science and technology universities, student exchanges to other domestic universities, student exchange programs during winter and summer, and online course credits during military service.The first topic was about student exchanges between other domestic science and technology universities: KAIST, DGIST, GIST, and UNIST. The second topic

In compliance with the “living with COVID-19” strategy by the government, partial face-to-face classes recommenced at POSTECH on Nov. 8, the 10th week of the semester.The “living with COVID-19” will ease social distancing restrictions and return life back to normal in progressive steps. The first phase of the “living with COVID-19” strategy started from Nov. 1 and will last for four weeks, and up to 10 people can gather in private meetings. The plan is to lift all restrictions by Feb. 20, 2022. Following the strategy, most universities, including POSTECH, will implement a mix of online and fac

On Sept. 27, officials from POSTECH, Apple, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Pohang-si signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). Under the MOU, Apple will cooperate with POSTECH to establish and manage the Apple Developer Academy and Manufacturing R&D Support Center. This is part of Apple’s major investment program which aims to foster economic development and worldwide innovation. The Apple Developer Academy will be established in the C5 building, and the Manufacturing R&D Support Center will move into the National Institute for Nanomaterials Technology (NINT) building at POSTECH.The Apple Developer A

The 2021 Cyber POSTECH-KAIST Science War (PKSW) was held from Sept. 24 to Sept. 25. All games were conducted online for the second consecutive year. Offline events including the festive booths were canceled due to COVID-19 cases on campus. This year’s PKSW was held under the motto of “Final’e”, signifying the hope that this year will be the last online PKSW. This year’s PKSW began with three friendly e-sports matches consisting of—Starcraft1, FIFA Online 4, and League of Legends (LOL). Five games were selected as regular games consisting of the e-sports games of Crazyracing KartRider and LOL,

On Sept. 16, the “Undergraduate Students Online Meeting with the President” was held. The event was attended by undergraduate students who signed up in advance and school faculty panels including President Moo Hwan Kim, the Director of Admission and Student Affairs, the Dean of Academic Affairs, and other office directors and leaders.This year’s “Undergraduate Students Online Meeting with the President” marked its third anniversary since the first event was held in 2019 after President Kim took office. For this year’s meeting, students who wished to attend were given a survey from Sept. 2 to S

On Aug. 9, the Academic Affairs team announced that the 2021 Fall Semester will begin online. All classes in POSTECH, including experiment and graduate courses, will be conducted non-face-to-face for five weeks from the start of this semester—from Sept. 6 to Oct. 8. Further decisions regarding whether face-to-face classes will resume after five weeks are to be announced by Sept. 27.According to the Academic Affairs team’s notice, students should refer to the syllabus or contact each department’s office to check their modified course plans. Inquiries regarding overall academic changes can be ma

On July 21, the opening ceremony of CHANGeUP Ground, a startup incubation center in POSTECH for fostering venture companies, took place along with a symposium entitled “Three years of citizen-directed entrepreneurship of POSCO becomes a path to future management”.At the symposium held earlier that day, there were presentations on various research analyzing the value and performance of corporate employee management ideology. In the afternoon, the opening ceremony was held with the attendance of Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, Gyeonsangbuk-do Governor Lee Chul-woo, and POSCO Chairman Choi Jung-woo.