On the afternoon of Aug. 21, the final announcement was made that the 2020 Fall Semester is to be held online. The school announced that the intensive class period, which was to start on Aug. 31, is canceled, and that Face-to-Face classes that were to start on Sept. 20 are withdrawn until further notice. Instead, the online semester is to initiate on Sept. 7 and conduct for 16 weeks.Previously, the school planned to hold Face-to-Face classes for the fall semester due to the decrease in daily confirmed COVID-19 patients. After the three-week-long intensive class period for students enrolled in

In response to the increased number of daily confirmed COVID-19 patients, the General Affairs team reinforced the school’s “COVID-19 Prevention Measures” on Aug. 21. The announcement made is as the following:1. Refrain from traveling to other regions, especially the Seoul metropolitan area.Avoid business trips and refrain from visiting families in the Seoul metropolitan area during weekends. In case of an inevitable visit, submit a preliminary report before traveling and a general questionnaire upon return. Avoid public transportation, wear a mask, and practice good personal hygiene. Do not at

The once-postponed 2019 commencement ceremony has been completely canceled due to the continuous spread of COVID-19. However, photo zones will still be installed at the lobby of the Student Union Building from July 9 to 13. Graduates of the 2019 academic year may attend the commencement ceremony of the 2020 academic year on Feb. 5, 2021, if they wish.This year, a total of 828 students will receive their degrees, including 307 bachelor’s degrees, 222 master’s degrees and 299 PhDs. There are 88 graduates in natural sciences and 219 in engineering. Also, there are 42 Masters of Science and 180 Ma

Mueunjae 19 undergraduates have selected majors.Since 2018, freshmen have matriculated POSTECH as undeclared majors. Instead, they are enrolled in the Mueunjae School of Undergraduate Studies, which provides students opportunities to explore diverse academic interests. After experiencing a wide range of studies for three semesters, students choose which department to spend the remaining five semesters of their bachelor’s in.This year, 276 out of 283 Mueunjae 19 undergraduates decided which field to major in. In the initial selection before enrollment, 12 students selected MATH; 19 for PHYS; 19

To mitigate any further confusion or disruption that may arise from the continuing spread of COVID-19, POSTECH has officially announced the following changes to the fall semester.The start of the semester will be expedited by one week. The first three weeks (Aug. 31 to Sept. 18) will be dedicated to experiment and practice courses. These courses will be held on campus; however, in the event of a confirmed case or other serious circumstances, all offline courses will be aborted until further notice.A separate course registration confirmation and add/drop period will be held to account for this

POSTECH is continuing its efforts to maintain the campus as a virus-free zone, and zero incidents of COVID-19 have been reported since March. Moreover, POSTECH has made excellent use of its infrastructure to provide quality online courses to Postechians and other students around the world. Here, The Postech Times has constructed a synopsis of the most recent and relevant events and survey results.Efforts to Stop the SpreadCampus buildings are access controlled. Outsiders without an ID card are not granted entry. Thermal cameras are continuously monitoring facilities with high traffic. The disi

POSTECH’s first library was inaugurated in 1986, where Mueunjae Memorial Hall currently stands. This library has supported the research and education of Postechians for 17 years. The current Tae-Joon Park Digital Library opened in 2003, and 17 years have passed since its opening. The Tae-Joon Park Digital Library has served as a state-of-the-art library and has supported scientific research and the technical development of students and faculty of POSTECH. However, over the years the facilities and equipment of the library have aged, and to cope with the change of the needs of library users, PO

On Feb. 4, POSTECH officially canceled its major annual events, including the 2019 Commencement Ceremony, the 2020 Matriculation Ceremony, and the 2020 Freshman Orientation, and postponed the start of the spring semester to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. President Moo Hwan Kim announced such changes through a notice⁠—“Message from the President”⁠—which was posted on the POVIS Announcements board. Due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the 2019 Commencement Ceremony that was to be held on Feb. 7 has been postponed to July 10. Although a YouTube live stream of a shortened Co

The new morning of 2020, the Year of the White Rat (Gyeongjanyeon), has dawned. I would like to wish all members of the POSTECH community a hopeful and bright new year like the sun that first rises from Homigot and radiates throughout Korea.Last year, POSTECH took another step closer to its founding goal of being a “university that contributes to the nation and humanity” with the passionate dedication and hard work of our members. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the professors, staff, students, and partner employees who have done their best in their respective places.In 2019, w

Last year, Ak-bo, consisting of the president Lee Ho-hyeong and the vice president Choi Myeong-hwan, became the Student Union of POSTECH. Ak-bo had five main pledges: 1) perform, 2) lead, 3) tune, 4) foster, and 5) maintain. As Ak-bo’s term has ended and the ‘POSTECH Happiness Lab’ took over the Student Union, The Postech Times decided to look into Ak-bo’s pledges and find out which of those were carried out as promised.As a part of the first pledge ‘perform’, Ak-bo planned to host events where the postechians themselves can create a new POSTECH culture. The events Ak-bo hosted consisted of ‘P

On Nov. 9, the third STadium was held at POSTECH. STadium is a friendly competition where students from POSTECH and other institutions of science and technology (DGIST, GIST, KAIST, and UNIST) compete and interact with each other through academic and athletic games. The event consists of a total of six sports games (soccer, baseball, table tennis, badminton, basketball, and E-sports), an academic festival (ALL:moST), busking booths, and celebratory performances. STadium is the first sports and cultural exchange event involving all five science and technology colleges.This year, an academic fes

POSTECH announced on Nov. 6 at the Revised Course Registration and Domestic University Exchange Program Explanation Seminar that the course registration methods has been revised. The host of the seminar explained that the revisions were “planned for more than approximately three years along with the undergraduate student union, the professors of each department.” To prevent illegal course trading completely, POSTECH has applied the following changes: Preliminary Course Registration SystemStarting from the 2020 Semester 1 Course Registration, the registration period is divided into 3 sections:

Student Leadership Election Committee (SLEC) announced the candidates for Senior Leadership of Student Union of POSTECH (SU) and Dormitory Union (DU) on Oct. 27. It was declared that two candidates will run for the senior leadership of the SU and one candidate will run for the president of DU. Since there was no candidate for the Female Student Union (FSU).The first candidate campaign ‘POSTECH Happiness Lab’, consisted of Noh Jin-u (CE 14) and Lee Hyo-in (ME 17) running for Senior Leadership of the SU. Their main values are creating an atmosphere of happiness on campus. The ‘POSTECH Happiness

The 33rd Student Union of POSTECH, Ak-bo, hosted a special Halloween party on the first-floor of the Student Union building on Oct. 31 for three hours from 9:00 P.M.. The theme of this year’s Halloween party was ancient Europe. The setting of the Halloween party was largely divided into two sections: Atlas Hall for special concerts, and first-floor hall and Serio for Halloween booths.At 9:00 P.M., the Halloween party started with SARMTER at the Atlas Hall, performing Korean traditional percussion quartet performance. The jazz concert hosted by Blue Peanuts followed. The president of Blue Peanu

A total of seven typhoons have affected South Korea this year, marking the largest number since observations have been made. The 18th typhoon, Mitag, hit the southern parts of the country on Oct. 3 and caused heavy downpours and strong gusts causing serious damage. Winds were blowing at speeds of 20 to 30 meters per second, and downpours of more than 100 millimeters per hour were reported.The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters has reported 10 deaths and 4 people missing since of Oct. 4. Casualties were mostly caused by flooding and landslides. About 750 people were evacuat

On Sept. 23, the C5 conference hall was crowded with Postechians who came to join the first POSTECH “Safety Goldenbell.” POSTECH’s “Safety Goldenbell” event was inspired by the famous TV program, “Challenge! Goldenbell”, which is a quiz program for high school students around the country. “Challenge! Goldenbell” follows the typical form of a quiz program; participants answer the given questions on their whiteboard, and the contestants with right answers remain, wrong answers drop out. In a total of 50 questions, a student who solves them all gets to ring the golden bell and is awarded various

From Sept. 20 to 21, the 18th POSTECH-KAIST Science War (PKSW) was held at the KAIST campus. PKSW has been held every September since 2002. The first game took place in KAIST and since then, it was held alternatly at each university. For each school trying to show superiority to the other, the way students call this match differs depending on the school they belong to. In POSTECH, it is called the “Pokajeon” while it goes by the name goes by the “Kapojeon” in KAIST. As PKSW is a change to share experience and a matter of pride, representative teams had been preparing for this event since the l

On Sept. 19, the POSTECH-KAIST Science War (PKSW) eve festival was held in the auditorium. The festival started a little past 7 P.M. but there was a distribution of supporters’ items, including cheering tools, water bottles, T-shirts and more, from 6:30 P.M. in front of the auditorium. There was a long waiting line for the items and the first 500 supporters were given the items. Inside the auditorium, there were two hosts on the stage and teams for each competition and supporters in their seats.The science war started in 2002 and the year 2019 marks the 18th PKSW. The hosts introduced that up

Receiving the baton from the former President Kim Doh-Yeon, Professor Moo Hwan Kim was elected the eighth president of POSTECH. The POSTECH board of directors appointed Prof. Kim, from the Mechanical Engineering department, as the new president on July 17. The former president’s term ended on Aug. 31, and the new President Moo Hwan Kim’s term commences from Sept. 1 and will end on Aug. 31, 2023.President Moo Hwan Kim graduated from Seoul National Universities (SNU) Department of Nuclear Engineering for undergraduate studies, received his master’s degree from SNU and doctoral degree from the Un

The Haedong 78 Tower and Alumni Road of Honor completion ceremony was held on Aug. 9 in POSTECH. Standing as a new landmark, the Haedong 78 Tower and Alumni Road of Honor connect the residential area and the office area which was perceived as separated before by the 78 stairs. The Haedong 78 Tower has two elevators moving from the bottom to the top of the stairs, and an observation platform which views over the Jigok community center and residential area of POSTECH. Alumni Road of Honor, located in the Hill, joints the Haedong 78 Tower and the lower part of the office area. It is the product o