Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech) is one of Korea's national universities. Seoul National University of Science and Technology originated from a Vocational Supplementary School established in 1910 by Emperor Gojong’s Royal Decree. Later the school was re-organized as Gyeongseong Public Industrial School, Gyeonggi Technical College, Gyeonggi Open Industrial University, and Seoul National University of Technology before it was finally reborn as Seoul National University of Science and Technology in September 2010 with celebrate the 100th anniversary of its foundation. The institution is also known as 'SeoulTech'.
Today SeoulTech is a large and general university housing six colleges, 23 departments, seven graduate schools and a student enrolment of 11,500 people in a spacious campus of 508,690 square meters (124 acres). This is the 3rd largest campus in the universities of Seoul. The campus, formerly occupied by the engineering departments of Seoul National University, is in Nowon-gu in the northern part of Seoul. Seoul National University of Science and Technology was ranked 42th and 32th in Asia in field of focused university in the 2014 and 2015 by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and ranked 15th in Korea in field of Science and Engineering in 2015 by Korea Economic Daily (한국경제신문) and ranked 20th in Korea in field of university in 2014 by JoongAng Ilbo (중앙일보)
Colleges and schools
College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical System Design EngineeringDepartment of Mechanical & Automotive EngineeringDepartment of Safety EngineeringDepartment of New Materials EngineeringDepartment of Constructional System Design EngineeringDepartment of Architecture (majors in Architectural Engineering)Department of Architecture (majors in Architecture)College of Information & Telecommunication
Department of Electric Information System EngineeringDepartment of Electronic IT Media EngineeringDepartment of Computer Science & EngineeringCollege of Energy and Biotechnology
Department of Chemical & Biotechnology EngineeringDepartment of Environmental Engineering ( major in Environmental Engineering )Department of Environmental Engineering ( major in Environmental Policy Science )Department of Food Science & TechnologyDepartment of Precision ChemistryDepartment of Sports ScienceDepartment of Optical ScienceCollege of Art & Design
Department of DesignDepartment of Pottery CultureDepartment of MetalworkDepartment of Plastic ArtsCollege of Humanities & Social Sciences
Department of Science of Public Administration ( major in Science of Public Administration )Department of Science of Public Administration ( major in Environmental-Public Administration )Department of English LanguageDepartment of Literary CreationDepartment of Basic EducationCollege of Business & Technology
Department of Industrial & Information Systems Engineering- Major in Industrial and Information System Engineering- Major in Manufacturing System and Design Engineering(MSDE)- Major in IT Management Programme(ITM)
Department of Business Management- Major in Business Management- Major in Grobal Technology Management(GTM)
There are also three professional graduate schools and three special graduate schools within the university. Aside from these, there are a number of specialist research institutes.
The library at Seoul National University of Science and Technology has been operational since the foundation of Eoeudong Public Vocational Continuing School in April 1910. Today, the Library has 600,987 volumes, 11,928 e-books, 23,259 audiovisual materials, and 446 periodicals and academic journals published domestically and abroad.
The Central Library building, completed at the end of 2004, consists of three stories with an area of 9,281 m2 (2,807 pyeong). The first floor houses the library office, seminar rooms, Western archive, and information processing center. The second floor is occupied with Eastern archives and references, periodicals, and an academic journal room. The third floor houses a multimedia room, group study room, and reading room. The annex to Central Library, remodelled in 2011, is a building with an area of 4,896.25 m2 (1,400 pyeong) that is equipped with a reference room, reference room for western books, room for study groups, notebook computer reading room and general reading room. The library has collected academic research works of the professors and the students for the past 100 years.
Aside from the library there is also an Information and Computer Center; a Press and Broadcasting Center; a General Laboratory Building; a Business Incubation Center; an Educational Equipment Management & Technical Support Center; and an International Office/ Centre for International Exchange. Finally, there is an Institute for Language Education and Research staffed by twenty native-speaking English instructors.
About half of the student body benefit from a scholarship program which offers education at a comparatively low cost. In 2015, about 6,000 of 11,500 students benefited from scholarship. The school’s current tuition only amounts to 40% of an average private university’s costs and 80% of tuition fees charged by other national universities. In 2014, 47% of tuition was reused for scholarships. SeoulTech also has a number of funded international cooperation programs, and two joint degree programs with Northumbria University in the United Kingdom.
The Institute for Language Education and Research (ILER) provides a variety of language programs to serve the University's English, Korean, Chinese and Japanese learning needs. The ILER has built a qualified, knowledgeable, and supportive faculty where collaboration is valued to design curriculum relevant for our particular students' needs. There are currently 26 full-time faculty positions. The ILER has a dedicated language center building which houses all needed facilities: professors' offices, administration offices, conference hall, conversation classrooms with round tables, etc. The ILER is a developing PLC (Professional Learning Community), focused on modernizing curriculum, expanding opportunities for research and publication, and fostering a spirit of intercultural exchange.
9 November 2015 – Inauguration of Jong-Ho Kim as 11th president1 March 2012 – Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Technology University to Broad General University transition25 October 2011 – Inauguration of Keun NamKoong as 10th president1 September 2010 – Changed university name From Seoul National University of Technology to Seoul National University of Science & Technology1 September 2010 - Completion of Centennial (100-year) Memorial Sculpture construction1 February 2010 - Completion of Frontier hall construction3 December 2009 – Completion of the construction of Centennial(100-year) Memorial Hall (start of the construction, 3 April 2007)1 March 2008 – Opening of Graduate School of NID Fusion Technology1 March 2008 – Completion of Seoul Techno Park(STP) construction1 January 2008 – Completion of Student Dormitory III construction17 October 2007 – Inauguration of Jun-Hyong Roh as 9th president1 October 2007 – Completion of Language Center construction1 August 2007 – Completion of Student Dormitory II construction1 June 2006 – Completion of Mirae Hall construction1 September 2005 – Designation authorization of Seoul Technopark25 February 2005 – Completion of Student Library II construction17 December 2004 – Establishment authorization of Seoul Technopark Nonprofit Corporation23 September 2004 – Foundation of Seoul Technopolis Promotion Center and Center for Engineering Education26 March 2004 – Inauguration of Dr. Jin-Shin Yoon as 8th president27 September 2003 – Establishment of SNUT Industry-Academic Alliance Corporation23 September 2003 – Establishment authorization of Graduate School of Energy & Environment21 April 2003 – Inauguration of Dr. Hee-Beom Lee as 7th president1 March 2003 – Establishment of Graduate School of Public Policy & Information Technology1 March 2002 – Change of Graduate School of Railroad Technology to Graduate School of Railroad (PhD Course)24 February 2001 – Foundation of Graduate School of Housing1 March 2000 – Foundation of Graduate School of Railroad Technology1 March 2000 – Foundation of Department of English, Department of Creative Writing and Department of Social Sports Science (Daytime)Establishment a dual bachelor’s dual program in collaboration with Northumbria University in the UK1 April 1999 – Inauguration of Dr. Jin-Seol Lee as 6th president2 April 1998 – Opening of Foreign Language Education Center1 April 1998 – Opening of Laboratory Center6 October 1995 – Foundation of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Industry & Engineering1 April 1995 – Inauguration of Dr. Dong-Gyu Choi as 5th president3 September 1994 – Foundation of Computer Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Industry & Engineering1 March 1994 – Foundation of Department of Creative Writing and Department of Social Sports Science1 March 1993 – Foundation of Design and Automobile Engineering and Automatic Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Industry & Engineering24 February 1993 – Renamed Seoul National University of Technology in accordance with the revision of national school establishment decree (Presidential Decree No. 13895, February 24, 1993)24 November 1992 – Foundation of Industry Craft, Graduate School of Industry & Engineering. Completion of Dormitory construction1 March 1992 – Foundation of Department of Industry Administration and Department of Fine Chemistry Foundation of School of Engineering III, School of Engineering IV and School of Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences21 March 1991 – Inauguration of Prof. Dae-Byeong Yoon as 4th president1 March 1990 – Foundation of School of Engineering I, School of Engineering II, School of Art & Design, and Department of Applied Fine Arts15 November 1989 – Foundation of Electric Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Design and Automation Engineering, Graduate School of Industry & Engineering1 March 1988 – Renamed Seoul National Industrial University (Presidential Decree No. 1407, February 24, 1988)21 March 1987 – Inauguration of Dr. Dong-Hee Lee as 3rd president29 February 1984 – Foundation of Department of Environmental Engineering, Department of Industrial Safety Engineering, and Department of Mould Design30 March 1983 – Inauguration of Dr. Ho-Keun Kim as 2nd president1 March 1983 – Unification into Gyunggi Technical Open University31 December 1982 – Closing of Gyunggi Technical College in accordance with the revision of national school establishment decree6 April 1982 – Promulgation of regulations on establishment and operation of Open University (Presidential Decree No. 10786)17 February 1982 – Opening ceremony of Gyunggi Technical Open University25 February 1982 – Founded in accordance with regulations on establishment and operation of Open University (Presidential Decree No. 10728 of Establishment and Operation of National School, revised February 15, 1982)31 December 1981 – The Revision of education laws in accordance with regulations of establishment and operation of Open University (Law No. 3525, revised December 31, 1981)March 1979 – Inauguration of Dr. Soon-Cheol Hong as 1st DeanMarch 1974 – Renamed Gyunggi Technical CollegeMarch 1963 – Renamed Gyunggi Technical High Special SchoolMarch 1953 – Renamed Gyunggi Technical High SchoolMarch 1944 – Reorganized into Gyunggi Public Technical SchoolMarch 1931 – Reorganized into Gyungsung Public Vocational School15 April 1910 – Public Eoeudong Vocational Continuing School
