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CONTENTS President’s Greeting 01 A Message from the President History 03 History Introduction 05 Vision/Goal/Strategies 07 World Class Faculty 09 UNIST At a Glance 11 World Rankings Research 13 UNIST Research Brands 15 Research Infrastructure Globalization 17 UNIST in the World Education 19 Education Model 21 Undergraduate Studies 23 Graduate Studies 25 Student Support Services Campus 27 Industry-University Convergence Campus 29 Main Campus Endowment 31 Giving to UNIST UNIST's Symbolic Landmark - Face the Future UNIST has established a new symbolic landmark to further enhance its global presence. Professor Yunwoo Jeong in the School of Design and Human Engineering at UNIST proposed the design. The key theme of this new landmark is “Face the Future”. The theme encompasses UNIST’s vision to contribute to the prosperity of humankind, as well as the light that illumi- nates the world with scientic and technological advances. 01 First in Change UNIST 02 “UNIST has been reborn as a national research institute for science and technology.” Greeting President’s In respond to the upcoming Fourth Industrial Revolution, A Message UNIST will play an active role as a national think tank, as well as a regional research hub from In its short history, UNIST has truly grown to become a world-class research intensive university, with a rapidly growing the President reputation for pioneering research and academic excellence. Leading scholars from all over the world have joined UNIST to deliver cutting-edge research and high-quality education in an unparalleled research environment. History UNIST has improved its global competitiveness, rising to 1st place nationally and 36th place (FWCI) worldwide in the 2017 CWTS Leiden Ranking, which evaluates the quality of scientic publications. In addition, in September of the same year, UNIST demonstrated evidence of research excellence by ranking 5th place nationally in the 2018 THE World University Rankings, appearing there for the rst time since its establishment in 2009. Intoduction UNIST will undertake three main tasks to cultivate outstanding scientic and technological talents who will lead the future of the Korean industrial growth and bring about scientic and technological innovation. First, UNIST will incentivize high quality research by promoting excellence, diversity, and inclusion in science and technology. In order to attain our goal of being ranked among the “World’s Top 10 Universities of Science and Technology by 2030”, UNIST will work diligently to deliver noteworthy research outcomes. We have been actively promoting the development of Research outstanding and useful research brands that well-represent UNIST in accomplishing our new goal of “Raising a $10 Billion Development Fund by 2040”. Second, UNIST will establish successful models for startups and industry-university collaboration and startups. UNIST will establish a one-stop support system not only to help promote entrepreneurship among students and faculty, but to help young startups succeed as they enter new international markets. We will also provide strong and continuous institu- Globalization tional support to promote an active collaboration between the university and industry. ird, UNIST will play an active role as the ‘ink Tank’ of Ulsan and Korea. Today, we are living in an era where creativity and ideas can move the world. UNIST will play an active role as the ‘ink Tank’ of Ulsan and Korea through the cultivation of innovative minds who will lead the future of science and technology. Our mission is to be a real force, capable of making a dierence in the world by taking a leading role as a ‘First Mover’ to Education advance science and technology for the prosperity of humankind. UNIST, as a “Cradle of Innovative Talents in Science and Technology”, will continuously deliver cutting-edge research and prepare our students to tackle global challenges. We ask for your continued support and encouragement, as we lay the foundation for an exciting future. ank you. Campus President of UNIST Mooyoung Jung Endowment 03 First in Change UNIST 04 President’s Greeting President’s HISTORY History 2017 · Hosting of the 4th Industrial Revolution Forum in Ulsan · Opening of UNISPARK Intoduction Research Globalization Education Campus Endowment · Opening of the Industry-Academia ‘Challenges’ for a Better World : 2015 Battery R&D Center · Declaration of Ulsan National Institute of Science UNIST’s Ongoing Journey and Technology Act. · Ocial launch of UNIST, as a government-funded research institute for science and technology · Inauguration of Dr. Mooyoung Jung, as the 3rd President of UNIST · Ocial launch of the UNIST Global Innovation Campus at UC Berkeley 2009 2010 2013 2016 · UNIST’s 1st Entrance Ceremony · Opening of Hans Schöler Steam Cell · UNIST’s 1st Graduation Ceremony · Completion of the 2nd phase expansion of research space (Founding President Dr. Moo Je Cho) Research Center · The oce of the ministry concerned was changed 2014 · Ocial launch of the UNIST Business Innovation Center · 2 undergraduate schools, selected for to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning World Class University (WCU) Nurturing (UNIST, KAIST, GIST, DGIST) · Ocial launch of IBS ‘Center for Soft and Living · Establishment of Korean Branch of Fraunhofer Research Group Project 2011 Matter’ · Ocial launch of IBS ‘Center for · Selected as one of 4 national research Multidimensional Carbon Materials’ · Completion of construction work for IBS institute of science and technology ‘Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials’ with special support by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. · Ocial launch of IBS ‘Center for Genomic Integrity’ · Vision 2030 Declaration Ceremony 05 First in Change UNIST 06 Vision Goals Strategies President’s Greeting President’s VISION World-leading university to advance science and technology for the prosperity of humankind. GOAL • To be ranked among the world’s top 10 universities of science and technology by 2030 • Securing USD 10 billion Development Fund by 2040. History STRATEGIES Creativity Interdisciplinary Globalization Intoduction Non-major Flipped Learning Matriculation 100% English Education Self-directed 2 or more -taught Courses Learning interdisciplinary majors Research Nurturing Domestic Research Researcha Brands Local and Industry /International (Interdisciplinary Specic Research Research Group Research) Collaboration Globalization Creation of New Development of Creation of Contribution Industries Based One-Stop Startup Innovation-led to the National on Original Core Ecosystem Growth Engines Economy Technologies Education Campus Endowment 07 First in Change UNIST 08 President’s Greeting President’s WORLD CLASS FACULTY DISTINGUISHED “Competitiveness of professors speaks to YOUNG SCHOLARS the competitiveness of a university” Footsteps of global scientists are headed towards UNIST. Promising young scholars in their 40s are knocking at UNIST’s door. We are opening up the future of new science for mankind. History Intoduction Research Jae Sung Lee Steve Granick Rodney S. Ruoff Christopher W. Bielawski Bartosz Grzybowski Choi Eunmi • World leading Scientist in Photo- Catalytic • Director of ‘Center for Soft and Living Matter’ • Director of ‘Center for Multidimensional • A Most Cited Researcher in Materials Science • Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (Foresight • World-top research in THz source development Water Splitting area Institute, 2016) • Member of American Academy of Arts and Carbon Materials’ and Engineering according to Elsevier (2016) • First experiment in Remote radioactive material • Research on photo-catalytics hydrogen, Sciences (2016) • No. 16 among world's material scientists • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2014) • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2015) detection fuel cell and Eco-friendly catalyst selected by ‘Thomson Reuters’ (2007) • Member of the U.S. National Academy of • Recipient of many awards, including PECASE • Nanoscience Prize (International Society for Nanoscale • UNIST Rising-Star Distinguished Professor 2017 Globalization • Author of over 340 SCI papers and a holder Science (2015) • Research papers cited over 42,000 times (2009), Sloan Foundation (2008), etc. Science, Computation and Engineering) (2013) • KIEES Young Research Award 2017 of over 100 registered patents • Received ACS (American Chemical Society) • Reaching the H-index of 100 (2015) • Author of over 250 publications in leading • Sloan Fellowship (2007) & Pew Scholar in the • Received 2007 Thomson Scientic Citation Award in Colloid (2013) scientic journals Biomedical Sciences (2006) Laureate Award Education Campus Kyungjae Myung Kwang Soo Kim Sang Il Seok Jaesik Choi Kyung Rok Kim Youngsik Kim • Director of ‘Center for Genomic Integrity’ • National scientist in chemistry eld (2010) • Korean Science·Engineering Award (2017) • Director of Explainable Articial Intelligence •Selected for ‘Next-generation Semiconductor’ •Established world’s 1st seawater battery (2013) Center, Ministry of Science & ICT (2017-) Project by Samsung Science and Technology • Leader of anti-cancer medicine development • Korea’s Best Scientist & Engineer Award (2010) • PVSEC Award (2015) •CEO of Energy Technology Startup “4 to One” • POSCO Steel Fellow Professor (2017-) Foundation (2017) (2015) • Lifetime researcher of NIH, US • The rst Korean member of International • Science and Technology Medal from Paper Presentation at IEEE Symposium on • Winner of International Digital(AI) Curling • •Organization of an industry-academia-related