POSTECH is participating in 2016 League of Legends Collegiate Battle May (2016 LCB May), hosted by Riot Games, supervised by Korea e-Sports Association (KeSPA), sponsored by Samsung and Intel, broadcasted and organized by Inven. League of Legends (LoL) is an online game gaining popularity worldwide. Genre of LoL is Multi Online Battle Arena (MOBA). MOBA is a type of games that 2 teams compete with each other to destroy enemy’s core building, which is called Nexus in LoL. Each team is consisted of 5 players, and each player plays one Champion, which is a game character. Players grow their Champ

Postechians face various situations during school years. They often eat meal at school restaurant, use shuttle bus, register courses, reserve places for any activities, etc. There are some mobile applications and websites helping students have comfortable school life. But many people don’t know about websites and their functions in detail. Here are some websites and applications that are useful and have unknown functions to Postechians.First of all, about phone applications, Posroid and In-Po-Stack made by developers’ network of POSTECH, PoApper, are most famous. These two applications offer s

The Postech Times conducted a poll about the actual condition of eating alone in POSTECH campus from Apr. 15 to Apr. 22. A total of 339 Postechians replied to the poll. The survey was composed of the questions about the frequency, reason, main place, and the adequacy evaluation (Yes/No) of POSTECH cafeterias for eating alone. One interesting aspect is that most Postechians eat alone, and it is no longer something shameful as often portrayed in media. According to the survey, about half of Postechians (46.0%) said they eat alone at least once a day, and two thirds of Postechians (64.6%) replied

Beginning this semester, lectures are being “flipping” throughout the campus. Diverse major lectures are adopting the new type of education called “Flipped Learning”. The Postech Times interviewed Innovation Center for Education (ICE) Research Professor Seung-Yoon Oh to talk about the direction and background of flipped learning. A few weeks ago, ICE announced the support policy for flipped learning in the 2016-Spring semester. ICE revealed that a total of 40 lecturers and 39 professors applied for this semester’s flipped learning development support, and a total of 30 lectures were finally ch

Recently, as summer vacation become longer, Postechians’ and POSTECH’s interests in summer programs have increased, especially the internship program. POSTECH’s internship program is conducted through various companies and provides opportunities to learn things that can not be fully covered and experienced in a classroom: more relationships, real work, hierarchy, etc. The Postech Times has wondered how many students would want to join the internship program and how it differs according to the department students belong to. Below is an analysis of the results of a survey on this topic conducted

From the summer of 2016, POSTECH will more strongly encourage Postechians to participate in the internship program. About 70 Postechians have previously participated in the internship program through activity-based general education course (ABC) every year. The education committee held on February 22nd approved the establishment of a common course for the internship program. To implement this program, POSTECH changed the academic calendar and the period of summer vacation was expanded, starting from June 15th and ending at September 4th. The Postech Times interviewed Mr. Choi Hak Soon, a manag

President Doh-Yeon Kim once emphasized recruiting new professors in his address. He mentioned recruiting 100 professors for a long term project, during his term. This year, POSTECH will mark its 30th anniversary of foundation. Consequently, the number of retiring professors within a few years is a troublesome for school. This is the main reason why POSTECH decides to put its effort on finding new professors. The Postech Times interviewed the two main institutes that demand professor recruiting, the Department Offices and the Office of Academic Affairs. The article will cover the overall proces

Whenever a Postechian or a group of Postechian try to do something that is beneficial to POSTECH or the public interests, they meet an obstacle, money. Often, it is hard to overcome this obstacle. The 27th general students’ association wants to help and created a budget autonomy system. After budget autonomy system was built, DAP, Adrip, POSTECH Hackathon and Porori have used the system. The Postech Times investigated the criteria and application process.The purpose of budget autonomy system is activating self-governing activity and promoting various activities through financial support. Accor

POSTECH, SNU and KAIST have consistently been the 3 highest Korean universities in World University Rankings by QS and The Times. The three universities have different kinds of dormitories so students of each university pay different boarding fees.POSTECHSince 2014, POSTECH has been remodeling dormitories. This has improved the dormitories but also increased the boarding fees. In Residential College (RC), undergraduates pay 517,500 KRW per semester and graduates pay 828,000 KRW. Among the other dormitories (building 1 – 19), remodeled buildings are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 11. They have fees 45

The rumors about the reconstruction of the academic calendar of POSTECH has eventually emerged into a solid shape. One of the main changes is shortening winter vacation and extending summer vacation. To do so, the first term of 2017 is rendered to start earlier, on 22nd. Feb, and the second term starts in late September and finishes in late December. This leads to the summer vacation starting in early June, being lengthened to about 90 days, and the winter vacation being shortened to about 50 days. The policy has been originated from with President Doh-Yeon Kim’s much enthusiasm. According to

In this year, orientation for freshmen had been spot-lighted since chairman of orientation preparing organization was elected between 2 candidates suggesting different system of the organization. Kim Dong seock (CSE 12) was that chairman. He suggested cooperation with PBS, DAP, club organization and president meeting of classes. More properly, the suggestion means they will divide labor with other organizations. PBS makes videos, DAP designs banner on 78 stairs, club organizations host introductions of each club, president meeting of classes manages leaders of class at the orientation, and fin

Having started on Dec. 22, 2015, the renovation work for the main street of campus is scheduled to be finished on May 31, 2016. Entrance was restricted from Dec 22, 2015 to Feb 28, 2016. The renovation may seem abrupt and unexpected at a glance for some people. However, in fact, it had been planned and organized since 2014 in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the school. In 2014, the school conducted an idea contest in order to set a direction for the renovation work. Ideas from eight different teams with one from students and the other seven from the staff were propos

From Nov. 9-10, representatives of the Undergraduate Association (UA), and Female Undergraduate Association (FUA) were elected. The 30th leaders of UA are Kim Sang Su (LIFE 13) and Shin Yong Won (CSE 13). The 28th leaders of FUA are Kim Ha Eun (EE 14) and Kang Min Ji (CHEM 15). They presented their plans for next term in office. Plans of UAThe 30th UA presented many plans for next term and they are separated into 3 main topics: communication, welfare and business. First, the new UA will try to improve communication between the UA and Postechians. Like its name ‘Cider’, it aims for active and c

On Nov. 9-10, Postechians voted for the president of the UA and the FUA. Naturally, the election for the president of the Dormitory Student Union must be conducted at the same time. However, it could not be held since there was no candidate. The Postech Times investigated why no one applied and how the Election Commission copes with the absence of a candidate.From 2011 to 2014 a candidate for the dorm-union has existed every year. The candidate was elected without competition because there was only one candidate each year. In this year, however, no one applied to be a candidate for the preside

In these days, it is common to see many high school students in student cafeteria. They are from Pohang Jecheol Technology High School. According to POSTECH Food Services, POSTECH is allowing them to eat in the student cafeteria from Dec. 14 – Feb. 4 because the cafeteria of the high school is under renovation during that period.All of the high school students live in dormitory, so they need a big cafeteria that can accommodate them. Actually about 450 students come to POSTECH every meal except weekend and holidays. The middle school next to the high school is also under renovation and other s

Nowadays, it is not so hard to see international students in POSTECH. The number of international students at Korean universities has been steadily increasing over the last five years (44,415 international students in 2015). So why have some specifically chosen POSTECH over other Korean universities? The Postech Times interviewed a number of international students to look for the answers.The nationality of international students significantly varies, but the largest groups are from South America and Europe. About 90% of international students came to POSTECH through exchange programs, and the

When international students come to POSTECH to study, they can live with many Korean Postechians. There are many programs for international students to make friends with Korean Postechians. DICE, the dormitory for foreign students, has programs for this. The Postech Times interviewed Jeong Seon Young (LIFE 13), dormitory representitive of DICE, and 3 international students.According to Seon Young, there are many programs in DICE, and through them, many international students make friends with Korean students and learn Korean culture. For example, DICE students participate in I-PUB in the POSTE

Recently, for various specializations of major, Korean university students try to get a double major. A portion of Postechians also try to get a double major even though getting the double major is very challenging: managing assignments and schedules for two majors is difficult. The Postech Times investigated the number of credits that must be earned for a double major and the number of students who graduate with a double major interviewing students pursuing a double major.Firstly, the qualification for the double major in POSTECH is separated into two sections based on the number of credits c

Firstly, regular checks, including fixing and cleaning of washing machine, are entirely up to the Dorm Union. Rental washing machines, which are located in dormitory number 16, 19, 21 and women’s dormitory number 1, are checked twice per month. The free washing machines in the other dormitories are not checked regularly. However, when free washing machines cause serious problems, POSTECH replaces them with rental washing machines as a policy. When a dormitory is remodeled, POSTECH buys a new washing machine for every floor. Most problems the Dorm Union has checked were related to free washing

Start-up is a dream or future for someone, while it remains vague to others. President Doh-Yeon Kim mentioned the importance of “start-up” in his inauguration speech, and Choi Yanghee, the Minister of Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, recently visited C5 and APGC-Lab building. It shows how university and the whole country focus on start-up in POSTECH. Information of the other universities was provided by interview in writings with relevant university start-up managers, and information about POSTECH is from the interview with APGC-Lab and Business Incubation Center (BIC).GIST's cent