Seoul National University of Science and Technology

Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech) is a national university in Nowon-gu, in the north of Seoul, South Korea, and is the only national comprehensive university located in the capital city.首尔科技大学（Seoul National University of Science and Technology，简称 SeoulTech）是位于韩国首尔北部芦原区的国立大学，也是首都圈内唯一一所国立综合性大学。

It grew out of the Public Eoeudong Vocational Continuing School founded on 15 April 1910, and adopted its present name in September 2010 to mark the centenary of that foundation.其渊源可追溯到 1910 年 4 月 15 日创办的公立於议洞实业补习学校，2010 年 9 月为纪念建校一百周年而改用现名。

The university enrols about 12,300 students, employs some 1,420 faculty members across 10 colleges, and is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027.该校现有约 12,300 名学生，在 10 个学院中拥有约 1,420 名教师，并入列 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名的 1001-1200 区间。

History

• The institution began on 15 April 1910 as the Public Eoeudong Vocational Continuing School, a vocational school founded in the last years of the Korean Empire to train artisans and industrial technicians.学校于 1910 年 4 月 15 日以公立於议洞实业补习学校之名创办，是朝鲜帝国末期为培养工匠与工业技术人才而设立的实业学校。
• In March 1931 it was reorganised as the Gyeongseong Public Vocational School and moved to the Ahyeon-dong area, widening its industrial training during the colonial period.1931 年 3 月学校改组为京城公立职业学校，并迁至阿岘洞一带，在殖民时期扩大了工业技术培训。
• It was reorganised again in March 1944 as the Gyeonggi Public Technical School, answering the wartime demand for skilled industrial labour in Korea.1944 年 3 月学校再次改组为京畿公立工业学校，以应对战时对朝鲜熟练工业劳动力的需求。
• In March 1953, as Korea rebuilt after the war, the school was renamed the Gyeonggi Technical High School and resumed its technical education programmes.1953 年 3 月，随着战后重建，学校更名为京畿工业高级中学（Gyeonggi Technical High School），恢复技术教育课程。
• It became the Gyeonggi Technical High Special School in March 1963, extending its curriculum beyond ordinary secondary-level industrial training.1963 年 3 月学校升格为京畿工业高等专门学校，课程超出了普通中等工业培训的范围。
• The school was renamed Gyunggi Technical College in March 1974, taking on a college-level role in educating industrial engineers for the Seoul region.1974 年 3 月学校更名为京畿工业专门大学（Gyunggi Technical College），承担起为首尔地区培养工业工程师的高等教育职能。
• After the college was wound up under a revision of the national school establishment decree in 1982, it was renamed Seoul National Industrial University by Presidential Decree No. 1407 of 24 February 1988.1982 年学院依国立学校设立令的修订而调整，随后于 1988 年 2 月 24 日依第 1407 号总统令更名为首尔产业大学（Seoul National Industrial University）。
• By Presidential Decree No. 13895 of 24 February 1993 it was renamed Seoul National University of Technology, which fixed its standing as a national engineering institution in the capital.1993 年 2 月 24 日，学校依第 13895 号总统令更名为首尔技术大学（Seoul National University of Technology），确立了其作为首都国立工科院校的地位。
• On 1 March 2000 the university founded its Graduate School of Railroad Technology, the first of a series of specialised graduate schools created in the following decade.2000 年 3 月 1 日，学校创办铁道技术研究生院，这是随后十年间设立的一系列专门研究生院中的第一个。
• It added a Graduate School of Housing on 24 February 2001, and in March 2002 the railroad graduate school was upgraded to offer doctoral study.2001 年 2 月 24 日学校增设住宅研究生院，2002 年 3 月铁道研究生院升格，可授予博士学位。
• On 1 September 2005 the Seoul Technopark was formally designated, and in December 2004 its non-profit corporation had already been established to link the university with industry.2005 年 9 月 1 日首尔科技园（Seoul Technopark）正式获批设立，而早在 2004 年 12 月其非营利法人即已成立，用以联结学校与产业界。
• Mirae Hall was completed on 1 June 2006, the Language Center on 1 October 2007, and a third student dormitory followed on 1 January 2008.未来馆（Mirae Hall）于 2006 年 6 月 1 日竣工，语言中心于 2007 年 10 月 1 日竣工，第三学生宿舍随后于 2008 年 1 月 1 日建成。
• The Centennial Memorial Hall, begun in April 2007, was completed on 3 December 2009, ahead of the university's hundredth anniversary celebrations.百年纪念馆于 2007 年 4 月动工，2009 年 12 月 3 日竣工，赶在百年校庆之前落成。
• On 1 September 2010 the institution was renamed Seoul National University of Science and Technology, and the same day a centennial memorial sculpture was unveiled on campus.2010 年 9 月 1 日，学校更名为首尔科学技术大学，同日校园内的百年纪念雕塑揭幕。
• On 1 March 2012 the university completed its transition from a focused technology institute to a broad general university, widening its humanities and social science provision.2012 年 3 月 1 日，学校完成了从专门工科院校向综合性大学的转型，扩充了人文与社会科学的学科布局。
• In 2013 and 2014 a symbolic committee surveyed 12,807 undergraduates and postgraduates, and the university adopted the Daesanbang, the sycamore and the Haitai as its symbols.2013 至 2014 年，象征委员会征询了 12,807 名本科与研究生的意见，学校最终采用大山房（Daesanbang）、无花果与獬豸作为标志。
• Jong-Ho Kim was inaugurated as the eleventh president on 9 November 2015, and by 2025 the university was led by its thirteenth president, Dong-hwan Kim.金钟浩（Jong-Ho Kim）于 2015 年 11 月 9 日出任第十一任校长，至 2025 年学校已由第十三任校长金东焕（Dong-hwan Kim）执掌。
• On 15 November 1989 the university founded programmes in electric engineering, chemical engineering and mechanical design and automation engineering within its Graduate School of Industry and Engineering.1989 年 11 月 15 日，学校在产业与工程学院研究生院内开设电气工程、化学工程与机械设计与自动化工程等方向。
• In 1990 it founded Schools of Engineering I and II, the School of Art and Design and the Department of Applied Fine Arts, broadening the curriculum beyond engineering.1990 年学校成立第一、第二工学院、艺术与设计学院以及应用美术系，使课程超出工科范围。
• On 1 March 1992 it added the Department of Industry Administration and the Department of Fine Chemistry, together with new schools of engineering and of humanities, social and natural sciences.1992 年 3 月 1 日，学校增设产业管理系与精细化工系，并新设工学院以及人文、社会与自然科学学院。
• In 1993 the university founded design and automobile engineering and automatic chemical engineering programmes within its Graduate School of Industry and Engineering.1993 年，学校在产业与工程学院研究生院开设设计、汽车工程与自动化学工程等方向。
• On 23 September 2004 it founded the Seoul Technopolis Promotion Centre and the Centre for Engineering Education, deepening its links with regional industry.2004 年 9 月 23 日，学校成立首尔科技城促进中心与工程教育中心，深化与地区产业的联系。
• On 1 March 2008 it opened the Graduate School of Nano IT Fusion Technology and completed the Seoul Techno Park, extending its research infrastructure.2008 年 3 月 1 日，学校开办纳米 IT 融合技术研究生院并建成首尔科技园，拓展了科研基础设施。

Academics

• As of 2025 the university comprises 10 colleges with 34 departments and 6 divisions, taught by about 1,420 faculty members and attended by roughly 12,300 students.截至 2025 年，学校设有 10 个学院、34 个系与 6 个学部，拥有约 1,420 名教师、约 12,300 名学生。
• Its undergraduate colleges include Engineering, Information and Communication Engineering, Energy and Biotechnology, Art and Design, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Business and Technology.其本科院校包括工学院、信息与通信工程学院、能源与生物技术学院、艺术与设计学院、人文与社会科学学院以及商业与技术学院。
• The College of Engineering offers programmes in mechanical system and design engineering, mechanical and automotive engineering, safety engineering, materials science and engineering, civil engineering and architecture.工学院开设机械系统与设计工程、机械与汽车工程、安全工程、材料科学与工程、土木工程以及建筑学等专业。
• The College of Information and Communication Engineering covers electrical and information engineering, electronic and IT media engineering, and computer science and engineering.信息与通信工程学院涵盖电气与信息工程、电子与 IT 媒体工程以及计算机科学与工程。
• The College of Energy and Biotechnology teaches chemical and biomolecular engineering, environmental engineering, food science and technology, fine chemistry, optometry and sports science.能源与生物技术学院教授化学与生物分子工程、环境工程、食品科学与技术、精细化工、验光学以及运动科学。
• Postgraduate teaching is organised into one general graduate school, two special graduate schools and three professional graduate schools, including schools of railway, and of public policy and information technology.研究生教育分为 1 个普通研究生院、2 个特殊研究生院与 3 个专业研究生院，其中包括铁道研究生院以及公共政策与信息技术研究生院。
• The professional graduate schools cover railway management and policy, railway construction, electric and signalling engineering, rolling stock systems, new energy and environmental energy engineering.专业研究生院涵盖铁道管理与政策、铁道建设、电气与信号工程、机车车辆系统、新能源与环境能源工程等方向。
• Its Institute for Language Education and Research provides English, Korean, Chinese and Japanese courses and is staffed by 26 full-time faculty members.其语言教育与研究所提供英语、韩语、汉语与日语课程，配有 26 名专任教师。
• The Central Library, completed at the end of 2004, holds 600,987 volumes, 11,928 e-books, 23,259 audiovisual items and 446 periodicals and academic journals.中央图书馆于 2004 年底落成，藏有 600,987 册图书、11,928 种电子书、23,259 件音像资料以及 446 种国内外期刊与学术杂志。
• The library building of 9,281 square metres has three floors, and its 2011 annex added 4,896 square metres of reading rooms and study space.图书馆建筑面积 9,281 平方米、共三层，其 2011 年落成的附楼又增加了 4,896 平方米的阅览室与研习空间。
• About half of the student body receives scholarships, with an average annual award of 2.99 million Korean won per student and a scholarship rate of 58 per cent based on tuition revenue.约半数学生获得奖学金，人均年度奖学金为 299 万韩元，按学费收入计奖学金返还率为 58%。
• Its tuition is set at roughly 40 per cent of the average private university's fees and about 80 per cent of the fees charged by other national universities.其学费约为私立大学平均水平的 40%，也约为其他国立大学收费的 80%。
• The university runs a dual bachelor's degree programme with Northumbria University in the United Kingdom, alongside several funded international cooperation programmes.学校与英国诺森比亚大学（Northumbria University）合办双学士学位项目，并设有若干有资助的国际合作项目。
• Its Institute for Language Education and Research, with 20 native English instructors, supports the university's internationalisation and academic English teaching.其语言教育与研究所聘有 20 名英语母语教师，支撑学校的国际化与学术英语教学。
• Research indexed by OpenAlex amounts to 14,768 works and 454,596 citations, reflecting the university's output in engineering, materials and the applied sciences.OpenAlex 收录该校 14,768 篇研究成果与 454,596 次引用，体现了其在工程、材料与应用科学领域的产出。
• Across its colleges the university awards degrees in engineering, the natural sciences, design, the humanities, the social sciences and business administration.学校通过各学院授予工程、自然科学、设计、人文、社会科学与工商管理等学科的学位。
• The College of Art and Design offers programmes in design, ceramic arts and design, metal arts and design, and fine arts, taught by studio-based faculty.艺术与设计学院开设设计、陶瓷艺术与设计、金属艺术与设计以及美术等专业，由工作室制教师授课。
• The College of Humanities and Social Sciences teaches English language and literature, public administration and creative writing.人文与社会科学学院教授英语语言文学、公共行政与创意写作。
• The College of Business and Technology offers industrial and systems engineering, business administration and global technology management.商业与技术学院开设工业与系统工程、工商管理以及全球技术管理等专业。
• Its Graduate School of Industry, taught in the evening, provides continuing professional education in healthcare, disaster safety, technology management and food science.其产业研究生院以夜间授课，在医疗保健、灾害安全、技术管理与食品科学等领域提供职业继续教育。
• The College of Multidisciplinary Studies Toward the Future and the College of Creativity and Convergence Studies extend the curriculum beyond traditional engineering and design.面向未来的跨学科研究学院与创意与融合研究学院，把课程拓展到传统工程与设计之外。

Campus

• The main campus lies in Nowon-gu in the north-east of Seoul, on the site formerly occupied by the colleges of engineering of Seoul National University.主校区位于首尔东北部的芦原区，所在地曾为国立首尔大学工科学院使用。
• The campus covers 504,922 square metres, or about 154,148 pyeong, and is described by the university as the fifth-largest campus among Seoul's universities.校区占地 504,922 平方米（约 15.4 万坪），校方称其在首尔各大学校园中规模位列第五。
• Its grounds include a building site of 467,475 square metres and an athletics field of 37,447 square metres, with buildings totalling 273,865 square metres.校园用地包括 467,475 平方米的建筑用地与 37,447 平方米的运动场，各类建筑总面积达 273,865 平方米。
• The Centennial Memorial Hall, completed in December 2009, and the earlier Mirae Hall and Frontier Hall are among the campus's landmark buildings.2009 年 12 月竣工的百年纪念馆，以及更早建成的未来馆与前沿馆（Frontier Hall），都是校园的标志性建筑。
• The Central Library of 2004 and its 2011 annex form the academic core of the campus, with reading rooms, archives and group study space.2004 年建成的中央图书馆及其 2011 年附楼构成校园的学术核心，设有阅览室、档案室与小组研习空间。
• Student housing has grown in stages, with a second dormitory completed in August 2007 and a third in January 2008 as the university expanded enrolment.学生住宿分阶段扩建，第二宿舍于 2007 年 8 月建成，第三宿舍于 2008 年 1 月建成，以配合学校招生规模的扩大。
• The campus is reached by Seoul Metro and a network of trunk, branch and airport buses that connect Nowon-gu with central Seoul and Incheon International Airport.校园可通过首尔地铁，以及连接芦原区与首尔市中心、仁川国际机场的多条干线、支线与机场巴士到达。
• The historical connection to Ahyeon-dong, where the school settled in 1931, remains part of the university's account of its own development across the twentieth century.学校 1931 年迁驻阿岘洞的历史联系，仍是其叙述二十世纪发展历程的一部分。
• The Language Center building of 2007 houses the university's language teaching facilities, including conversation classrooms and conference rooms.2007 年建成的语言中心大楼设有学校的语言教学设施，包括会话教室与会议厅。

Reputation

• Seoul National University of Science and Technology is placed in the 1001-1200 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, a tied interval in the global table.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，首尔科技大学位列 1001-1200 区间，这是该全球榜单中的一个并列区间。
• In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021 it ranked 51-100 worldwide in petroleum engineering, 200-240 in art and design and 401-450 in electrical and electronic engineering.在 2021 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，该校石油工程位列全球 51-100，艺术与设计位列 200-240，电气与电子工程位列 401-450。
• In 2015 Quacquarelli Symonds placed it second in South Korea and 23rd in Asia among focused universities.2015 年，Quacquarelli Symonds 在专门类大学中将其列为韩国第二、亚洲第 23 位。
• The Korea Economic Daily ranked it 15th in South Korea in the field of science and engineering in 2015.2015 年，《韩国经济新闻》在科学与工程领域将其列为韩国第 15 位。
• Research output indexed by OpenAlex records 14,768 works and 454,596 citations for the university.OpenAlex 收录该校 14,768 篇研究成果与 454,596 次引用。
• It stood in the 1201-1400 band of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, outside the top thousand.该校在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中位列 1201-1400 区间，未进入前一千名。
• It was ranked 1,642nd in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026-2027 list.该校在 US News 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名中位列第 1,642 位。
• It did not enter the main table of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。
• As the only national comprehensive university in Seoul, it combines a national-university tuition structure with engineering and design strengths.作为首尔唯一的国立综合性大学，该校把国立大学的学费结构与工程与设计方面的优势结合在一起。

Student life

• In 2014 the university adopted the Daesanbang, the sycamore tree and the symbolic animal Haitai, chosen after consultations with 12,807 students in 2013.2014 年，学校采用大山房、无花果与象征动物獬豸，这些标志是在 2013 年征询 12,807 名学生意见后选定的。
• The university has no formally adopted Latin motto, and expresses its identity instead through its symbols and its century-old vocational and scientific tradition.该校没有正式采用的拉丁校训，而是以象征标志与百年实业与科学传统来表达自身定位。
• About 58 per cent of tuition revenue is returned to students as scholarships, and the average annual scholarship per student is 2.99 million Korean won.约 58% 的学费收入以奖学金形式返还学生，人均年度奖学金为 299 万韩元。
• Dormitory accommodation covers about 22 per cent of students, and student housing has been built up in successive phases since 2007.宿舍可容纳约 22% 的学生，学生住宿自 2007 年以来分阶段陆续建成。
• Through its language institute students can study English, Korean, Chinese and Japanese, supported by native-speaker instructors.学生可通过语言研究所学习英语、韩语、汉语与日语，并配备母语教师授课。
• The university provides scholarships that make study comparatively inexpensive, with about half of the student body benefiting from a scholarship programme.学校提供的奖学金使求学成本相对低廉，约半数学生受益于奖学金项目。
• Its sport and cultural societies, dormitories and campus festivals form student life on a campus that sits in a residential district of northern Seoul.其体育与文化社团、宿舍与校园节庆，构成了坐落于首尔北部住宅区校园中的学生生活。
• The campus's athletics field and sports facilities support student sport, while the university's location within Seoul gives students access to the wider capital.校园的运动场与体育设施支撑学生体育活动，而学校地处首尔，也使学生得以接触更广阔的首都资源。

Notable people

• Soon-Cheol Hong served as the first dean of the institution from March 1979, when it was still a technical college.洪淳哲（Soon-Cheol Hong）自 1979 年 3 月起担任该校首任院长，当时学校尚为工业专门大学。
• Ho-Keun Kim was inaugurated as the second president on 30 March 1983.金浩均（Ho-Keun Kim）于 1983 年 3 月 30 日出任第二任校长。
• Dong-Hee Lee became the third president on 21 March 1987.李东熙（Dong-Hee Lee）于 1987 年 3 月 21 日出任第三任校长。
• Dae-Byeong Yoon was inaugurated as the fourth president on 21 March 1991.尹大炳（Dae-Byeong Yoon）于 1991 年 3 月 21 日出任第四任校长。
• Dong-Gyu Choi became the fifth president on 1 April 1995.崔东圭（Dong-Gyu Choi）于 1995 年 4 月 1 日出任第五任校长。
• Jin-Seol Lee was inaugurated as the sixth president on 1 April 1999.李镇雪（Jin-Seol Lee）于 1999 年 4 月 1 日出任第六任校长。
• Hee-Beom Lee became the seventh president on 21 April 2003.李熙范（Hee-Beom Lee）于 2003 年 4 月 21 日出任第七任校长。
• Jin-Shin Yoon was inaugurated as the eighth president on 26 March 2004.尹镇信（Jin-Shin Yoon）于 2004 年 3 月 26 日出任第八任校长。
• Jun-Hyong Roh became the ninth president on 17 October 2007, and Keun Namkoong the tenth on 25 October 2011.卢俊亨（Jun-Hyong Roh）于 2007 年 10 月 17 日出任第九任校长，南宫根（Keun Namkoong）于 2011 年 10 月 25 日出任第十任校长。
• Jong-Ho Kim was inaugurated as the eleventh president on 9 November 2015.金钟浩（Jong-Ho Kim）于 2015 年 11 月 9 日出任第十一任校长。
• Dong-hwan Kim leads the university as its thirteenth president, according to the university's 2025 profile.据学校 2025 年简介，金东焕（Dong-hwan Kim）作为第十三任校长执掌该校。