About Seoul Tech (Facts and Figures)
March 10, 2012 Leave a comment
Facts and Figures
- Name : Seoul National University of Science&Technology
- Founded : 1910
- Location : 138 Gongnuenggil, Nowon-Gu, Seoul (Northeast part of Seoul )
- Campus Size : 509,331㎡
- Employees : 610 (faculty 303, staff 307)
- Student : Undergraduate 12,908, Graduate 1,120)
- Average high school grade for freshmen : 3.71 (total 15 grades)
- Competitive ratio for acceptance 17.48 : 1
- Five Colleges with 32 departments for undergraduates
- Six Graduate Schools(2 special schools & 4 professional schools : 55 Master’s course, 14 Doctor’s courses offered)
- Pursuing industry-oriented education as a focused strategy so that its students can be well equipped with practical and applicable knowledge to meet industry needs and labor market demand.
- Selected as one of the 50 choice universities for the nation’s future engineering education and innovation by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy in July 2007 and also designated as one of the 5 core universities which will function as hub centers to lead the nation’s engineering education innovation program financially supported by the government.
- Ranked No.1 in the Student’s Employment Rate at Graduation among universities with 2,000~3,000 graduating students according to the annual report by the Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development.
- Constructing ‘Seoul Techno Park’ with the financial support of Seoul Metropolitan Government to form a future-oriented technology cluster on campus which will be called as ‘Seoul Technopolis’.expected to be completed by the end of 2008.