On Oct. 15, a survey was mailed out to all undergraduates in POSTECH to investigate their monthly incomes and expenditures, as well as their culture of consumption. Questions included how much they get and spend per month, what they think about how much they get and spend, the dominant factor for their expenditures, and how they deal with the situation when they spend beyond their monthly budget. A total of 141 Postechians ranging from freshmen to seniors participated in the survey. As expected, the main source of Postechians’ income was their parents, with 65 (46%) answering they only get the

At POSTECH, global learning programs are under operation, but mostly concentrated on several departments, such as CSE and CiTE. The CiTE has a reputation in POSTECH for providing their students an opportunity to study abroad for a short period. The purpose of the program is to combine foreign universities’ strengths in studies of humanities and POSTECH’s IT skills. The students are expected to develop open-minded values and a higher degree of understanding of foreign cultures. CiTE has been continuing this program since 2012, starting with State University of New York at Stony Brooks (SBU). In

Recently, the Internet speed has been a big issue among Postechians. The Internet policy has changed and some Postechians made complaints. The Internet quality is crucial for Postechians’ research, communication, and daily lives. To investigate the specific satisfaction with the Internet network, The Postech Times conducted a survey on the satisfaction with the Internet network and interviewed the Information Technology Services Team to know about the specifications and the policy of the network.The first question was to rate the overall satisfaction with the network when doing daily-life task

At the end of every semester, students are encouraged to participate in the course evaluations through POVIS during the period of about 2 weeks. The purpose of evaluations is to find out what students are satisfied with and what they need for better education environments. Students who do not participate in the course evaluations cannot view their course grades during a specified period. Course evaluations have been conducted from the first semester of 1997 and online evaluations were introduced in the first semester of 2000. As POSTECH is a bilingual campus, students must take several courses

POBBA fought hard until the endThe basketball game was the first official sports game of the POSTECH-KAIST Science War. The score gap early in the game was quite big, 10:31. After the second quarter, POBBA narrowed the gap, but they did not have enough time to pull out a victory. KAIST won by 36:51. To discover the reasons of defeat and the strategies of POBBA, The Postech Times interviewed Hyun Soo Chae, the coach of POBBA.Q. What was the main reason POBBA struggled early in the game?A: KAIST threw in a player called Won Guk Kim from the beginning. He is an all-round and outstanding player. F

On the first day of competition, there was a basketball game. Players of POBBA, basketball club in POSTECH, played very fiercely but were defeated 34:51. Although the game was lost, Coach Hyun Soo Chae chose best players from his team. He is No. 91, Bong Jo Ju (CSE 10). Coach chose him because he led the team as one of the veteran players in POBBA and plays center. In an interview, Ju said he was sorry because they couldn’t play as well as they had practiced. However, he said player Hyun Woo Kim (CSE 14) performed well, especially considering he is a sophomore. He also said the team will win n

My beloved students, proud alumni, faculty, staff, and distinguished guests! It is with my heartfelt gratitude and joy that I welcome your presence here today. Today I humbly accept the honor and responsibility to lead POSTECH as its 7th president. As a top research university in science and engineering, this university is a crown jewel of our nation, and I am beyond honored and thrilled to join the POSTECH community. Yet, standing up here, I am once again reminded of the sheer gravity of the responsibility to raise POSTECH to even greater international prominence. I pledge that I will devote

On Aug. 27, three press organizations including The Postech Times interviewed President Kim and the answers are followed below.Q. What is the most important to POSTECH? A. It is more important than anything else and I will try my best to employ talented new professors in the near future. In addition, POSTECH will open everything to students including administration policy. This is ethical and the best way to communicate with students, which is core of education in college.I want to say the opinion of each student is critical to the development of the college. Some problems have resulted from l

I wanted to do something challenging during summer vacation, so I participated in the "rail-ro". The biggest advantage was that I could enjoy the trip with my friends at a low price. Our plan was to visit Jeonju, Seoul, Yangpyeong, and Gangneung. We had a lot of good foods in Jeonju, visited Cheon-an on our way to Seoul, and tried paragliding, which provided us awesome experiences. We really looked forward to hanging out at the beach in Gangneung but security guards did not let us in due to high waves. However, we still managed to secretly play near the beach. This was actually the first time

Most students make vacation plans with the purpose of learning, getting an experience that can’t be acquired in school, etc. Postechians also try to achieve their own goals in summer and winter vacation. Many fail and many succeed. The results depend on individual characteristics and mindsets. So, The Postech Times surveyed students on how many goals they have tried to achieve, how they could have achieved them better, and why they failed to achieve their goals if they failed.Studying English, their majors, or materials to prepare them for the next semester was the most common goal of students

What kind of academic exchange do you have with your lab students?I arrange a meeting with my lab students once a month and give them any advice that they require, such as changing subjects and how to schedule each day in order to work efficiently. I want students not to be pressured about meeting their professors. Having conversation with professors may look formal on the surface, but professors were once students, just like them. Thinking in that way should help students to approach their professors more intimately, I hope.Is there any specific suggestion to your lab students?Every time I se

"The relationship that you have with your supervising professors becomes closer when you become postgraduates”, said Baek Jong-won (ME M.S. candidate). Different from undergraduates, postgraduates are required to not only study their majors, but also construct a project on their own. During this process, postgraduates are introduced by their supervisors to the labs that are undergoing research similar to their project topics. "In my case, I get to see my supervisor about once a week, whenever I need to, as long as the professor does not have any overlapping schedules. I think it is a huge meri

POSTECH is famous for its low ratio of professors to students. In comparison to other universities, POSTECH professors and students seem to have closer relationships.In POSTECH, once freshmen enter the university, an advisor professor is designated for each of them. Advisors are from the same department as the students they advise. All departments have money allocated for advisors to have meals with students they advise. This support is possible because the number of Postechians is very small. During the dinner time with advisor, Postechians have a talk with advising professors and become clos

Most Postechians might have voted for the present representative of Student Body last year. As a result, Lee Wonjong (IME 13) was elected as the 29th representative of Student Body. He made various campaign promises during the campaign period. Postechians have the right to know the extent to which he has delivered on his promises. Therefore, The Postech Times interviewed the representative Lee Wonjong about some major campaign promises and their current progress.The first campaign promise is generating the KaKaotalk Yellow ID. One of the fundamental problems occurring in promoting their busine

Unlike high school, there is extra time between classes in universities. The use of this time differs greatly among students. The Postech Times conducted a survey of Postechians from Apr. 16 – 23 to determine what people do between classes.In POSTECH, there are students who have a free time on Friday, which means no class on Friday. The number of total respondents is 201 and the number of people who have no class on Friday is 77. Mostly, they spend free Friday on doing assignments or studying enough for weekdays. Some of them also take a rest on that day. Taking oversleep or nap and having del

POSTECH has a bilingual campus. There are some groups for foreigners such as International Relations, ISSS, and DICE. Also POSTECH has many interchange activities with overseas groups or universities. To know what programs are related to POSTECH, The Postech Times interviewed Jiyeon Han, the director of the International Relations. In the university, there are exchanges among faculties, employees, and students. The purposes are various and in the case of faculty exchange, the main purpose is joint research. POSTECH is included in The Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU), whi

How often do you call your family? Does this affect your personal life? Postechians, most of whom live in a dormitory far away from their hometown, especially tend to spend less time with their family compared to other university students. Thus, from Apr. 16 to 23, The Postech Times carried out a survey asking how often Postechians communicate with their family. Also, we had an interview with Choi Seungeh, who is the head of the counselors at the POSTECH Counseling Center, and asked her about the implication of communication with family.In the survey, 279 students participated. We asked studen

The value of school welfare society tickets has been an issue among Postechians because some students think they have some inconvenient features. The Postech Times had a poll on the value of school welfare society tickets from Mar. 15 - Mar. 24 to get students’ opinions. A total of 119 students participated in the poll. The first question asked whether they have ever used the tickets. About 62.2% of students answered “Yes” and the rest answered “No”. For those, who answered “Yes”, the second question was how they got the tickets. About 32.8% of them got the tickets as rewards for events from a

Campus health service center is different from outside medical institutions because it does not seek the profit but tries its best to enhance student health. The campus nurse of health service center, Kim Bonghwa, explained what medical programs are prepared for Postechians this semester.MarchResponsible Drinking Culture Campaign was held in the Student Union on Mar. 20 to alarm students the danger of excessive drinking at the start of semester and to help students form corrects notions related to alcohol. In addition, from Mar. 16 – 20, Human Papillomavirus (HPV) registration proceeded in Und

Who works to keep our school safe? Who directs the fire drill in our dormitory? The answer is faculties in the department of General Affairs & Safety Management, which is under the Office of Business Affairs. Since the Sewol Ferry disaster occurred last year, there has been increasing emphasis and interest on the importance of safety management, accident prevention, and emergency drills. Therefore, The Postech Times interviewed Young Soo Kim, who is the director of General Affairs & Safety Management. According to him, General Affairs & Safety Management has been trying to boost all the works