Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, commonly known as UNIST, is a public science and technology university in the industrial city of Ulsan in south-eastern South Korea.蔚山科学技术院（Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology，简称 UNIST）是位于韩国东南部工业城市蔚山的一所公立科学技术大学，与韩国科学技术院等院校同属国家科技研究体系。

It is one of the four publicly funded science and technology institutes in the country, alongside the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, and it was founded in 2007.它与韩国科学技术院、光州科学技术院与大邱庆北科学技术院并列，是韩国四所由国家资助的科学技术研究机构之一，创建于 2007 年，以回应工业城市对高等教育的迫切需求。

It places 299th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings and operates a single fully residential campus at Eonyang in the north of Ulsan, where most students live and study.学校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 299，并在蔚山北部的彦阳邑设有唯一一座全寄宿制校园，绝大多数学生在其中学习与生活。

History

• Ulsan is South Korea's industrial capital, home to a clustered base of automotive, shipbuilding, petrochemical and secondary-cell industries that include Hyundai Motor, Hyundai Heavy Industries and SK Energy.蔚山是韩国的工业之都，聚集着汽车、造船、石化与二次电池产业集群，其中包括现代汽车、现代重工业与 SK 能源，这些企业长期需要大批工程与技术人才。

• Despite having more than 1.1 million residents and the country's highest per-capita GDP among its regions, the city contained only one university within its limits, Ulsan University.尽管蔚山拥有逾 110 万居民、地区人均 GDP 居全国之首，市内当时却只有一所大学，即蔚山大学，本地学子往往须远赴他乡求学。

• Roh Moo-hyun, president of South Korea from 2003 to 2008, made the creation of a national university in Ulsan part of his election platform and gave the project sustained political backing.2003 至 2008 年任韩国总统的卢武铉，把在蔚山创办一所国立大学列入其竞选纲领，并持续为该计划提供政治支持。

• Planning for the new institution began three years into Roh's presidency and proceeded in tandem with construction of Ulsan Station, the high-speed rail stop built to serve the city.新学府的筹划在其任内第三年启动，并与服务该市的高速铁路站点蔚山站的建设同步推进，使交通与高教同步升级。

• The campus site at Eonyang was finalised in 2006, a year before the university was formally chartered by national legislation, giving planners time to lay out the grounds.位于彦阳邑的校址于 2006 年敲定，早于学校依国家立法正式立案一年，使规划者得以从容布局校园。

• UNIST was established in 2007 by an act of the National Assembly known as the UNIST bill, passed at the request of the people and city of Ulsan.UNIST 依据国民议会 2007 年应蔚山市民与市政府诉求通过的《UNIST 法案》而设立，立法由此成为其建校的法律基石。

• Moo Je Cho was selected in 2007 as the university's first president, and he argued that the new school should be oriented towards science and technology in order to find its niche.2007 年，曹武济获选为学校首任校长，他主张新校应定位为科学技术导向，方能在众多高校中确立自身特色。

• Cho drew an explicit analogy with the synergy between Stanford University and Silicon Valley, and between KAIST and the Daedeok Innopolis research complex near Daejeon.曹武济明确援引斯坦福大学与硅谷、以及韩国科学技术院与大田附近大德研究园区之间的协同效应为例，主张大学与本地产业共生。

• On its foundation in 2007 UNIST became the first national university in South Korea to be incorporated, governed by an independent board of trustees while still funded by the central government.2007 年建校时，UNIST 成为韩国首所实行法人化、由独立理事会治理但仍获中央政府拨款的国立大学，在体制上开风气之先。

• UNIST opened its doors in 2009 to welcome its first class of undergraduate students, completing the transition from a legislative project into a working campus with laboratories and dormitories.2009 年，UNIST 正式开学，迎来首届本科生，完成了由立法项目到拥有实验室与宿舍的实体校园的转变。

• In March 2015 the National Assembly passed a further bill recognising UNIST as one of four nationally funded research institutes in South Korea, alongside KAIST, GIST and DGIST.2015 年 3 月，国民议会通过新法案，承认 UNIST 为韩国四所国家资助研究机构之一，与韩国科学技术院、光州科学技术院及大邱庆北科学技术院并列。

• The same 2015 legislation changed the school's Korean name from Ulsan Gwahak Gisuldae to Ulsan Gwahak Gisurwon, signalling a reorientation towards graduate research.同一部 2015 年法案把学校韩文名称由「울산과학기술대」改为「울산과학기술원」，标志着其定位向研究生科研倾斜。

• The 2015 measure also placed greater emphasis on graduate education and waived the alternative military service examination for UNIST doctoral students.2015 年的举措还更为强调研究生教育，并豁免了 UNIST 博士生的替代兵役考试，以吸引并留住科研人才。

• On 12 May 2019 the university marked its tenth anniversary since opening with an all-day ceremony attended by members of the National Assembly and by the mayor of Ulju County.2019 年 5 月 12 日，学校以整日活动庆祝建校十周年，国民议会议员与蔚州郡郡守等嘉宾出席，共同回顾十年发展。

• The commemorative open concert held on the evening of 12 May 2019 was carried by the Korean Broadcasting System and drew some 7,000 spectators to the campus.2019 年 5 月 12 日晚举行的纪念露天音乐会由韩国放送公社转播，吸引约 7000 人到场，成为校园一大盛事。

• In 2017 the Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed UNIST in the 201-250 band, an early benchmark for the then decade-old institution.2017 年，泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名把 UNIST 列入 201 至 250 区间，成为这所当时刚满十年的学府的早期标杆。

• It repeated that 201-250 position in the 2018 edition of the same ranking, having been recognised as a national research institute three years earlier.在 2018 年同一榜单中，学校再度处于 201 至 250 区间，此时距其获认定为国家研究机构已过去三年。

• In the 2019 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking UNIST stood 368th in the world, 51st in Asia and 7th in South Korea.在 2019 年 US News 全球最佳大学排名中，UNIST 位列世界第 368、亚洲第 51、韩国第 7，显示出快速的上升势头。

• By 2021 it had climbed to 178th worldwide in the Times Higher Education ranking, 21st in Asia and 5th among South Korean universities.到 2021 年，其在泰晤士高等教育榜单中升至世界第 178、亚洲第 21、韩国第 5，国际声誉随科研产出同步提升。

• UNIST has since been designated a national research institute charged with graduate-level training and basic science in the south-east of the country.此后 UNIST 被定位为国家研究机构，在韩国东南部承担研究生培养与基础科学研究，与当地产业集群形成互补。

• The university's founding was driven by the ambition to keep science and engineering talent in Ulsan, whose automotive, shipbuilding and petrochemical firms had long watched graduates leave for other cities.创办这所大学的初衷，是让科学与工程人才留在蔚山，因为当地的汽车、造船与石化企业长期目睹毕业生流向其他城市。

• The city's campaign for a national university formed part of a broader effort to strengthen Ulsan's science and engineering workforce in the early 2000s.蔚山争取创办国立大学的行动，是其在新世纪初整体提升科学与工程人才储备努力的一部分。

Academics

• UNIST is a medium-sized research-oriented university modelled in part on KAIST, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.UNIST 是一所中等规模的研究型大学，部分参照韩国科学技术院、麻省理工学院与香港科技大学而建，强调理工并重与跨学科。

• All courses at the university are taught in English, and it actively recruits international students and professors to build a bilingual research culture.学校全部课程均以英语授课，并积极招募国际学生与教授，以营造双语科研文化，便于参与全球学术交流。

• Undergraduates must pursue two areas of specialisation called tracks, the first roughly a major and the second comparable to a minor at other universities.本科生须修读两个称为「track」的专业方向，第一个大致相当于主修，第二个相当于其他大学的辅修，以拓宽知识面。

• The university has adopted flipped learning in its classrooms to promote active participation and mastery of core subjects in science and engineering.学校在课堂中采用翻转学习模式，即学生课前自学、课上研讨，以促进主动参与并掌握科学与工程核心课程。

• As of the mid-2020s UNIST comprises 13 science and engineering departments, a business school and a School of Liberal Arts that oversees the first-year undergraduate curriculum.至 2020 年代中期，UNIST 设有 13 个理工科系、一个商学院以及负责本科一年级课程的文理学院，架构紧凑而聚焦。

• Its departments span mechanical engineering, urban and environmental engineering, materials science and engineering, and nuclear engineering.其系科涵盖机械工程、城市与环境工程、材料科学与工程以及核工程等领域，紧贴韩国核心产业需求。

• They also include industrial engineering, biological engineering, electrical engineering, computer science and engineering, and energy and chemical engineering.此外还包括工业工程、生物工程、电气工程、计算机科学与工程以及能源与化学工程等系，覆盖制造与信息技术。

• Physics, mathematical science, chemistry, biomedical engineering and design round out the departmental roster and support the natural and applied sciences.物理、数学科学、化学、生物医学工程与设计等则构成了其余系科，支撑自然科学与应用科学的根基。

• Graduate programmes are organised through a Graduate School of Technology and Innovation Management and a Graduate School of Creative Design Engineering.研究生教育通过技术与创新管理研究生院、创意设计工程研究生院等组织实施，面向产业与设计前沿。

• Further graduate schools cover interdisciplinary management, artificial intelligence, and semiconductor materials and devices engineering.其他研究生院涵盖跨学科管理、人工智能以及半导体材料与器件工程，回应新兴技术领域的人才需求。

• Research is supported by affiliates such as the Korean Genomics Center at UNIST and the Hans Schöler Stem Cell Research Center.科研由韩国基因组中心、汉斯·舍勒干细胞研究中心等附属机构支撑，聚焦生命科学与生物医学。

• UNIST hosts three laboratories of the Institute for Basic Science, a nationally funded research organisation operating across South Korean universities.UNIST 设有三所基础科学研究院实验室，后者是遍布韩国各大学的国家资助研究机构，其实验室落户提升了本校基础研究实力。

• These are the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, the Center for Soft and Living Matter and the Center for Genomic Integrity.它们分别是多维碳材料研究中心、软物质与生命物质研究中心以及基因组完整性研究中心，均由国际知名学者领衔。

• The three centers are directed respectively by Rodney Ruoff, Steve Granick and Myung Kyungjae, all internationally recruited senior scientists.三所中心分别由罗德尼·劳夫、史蒂夫·格拉尼克与明京宰主持，三位均为国际引进的资深科学家。

• The university is funded by the central government yet governed by an independent board of trustees, an arrangement in place since its 2007 incorporation.学校由中央政府拨款，却由独立理事会治理，这一安排自其 2007 年法人化以来一直延续。

• Because it is national yet incorporated, UNIST blends public accountability with the flexibility prized by science and technology institutes in recruiting faculty and setting research priorities.既属国立又已法人化，UNIST 把公共问责与科学技术机构所看重的灵活性结合在一起，在延揽师资与设定科研方向上更具弹性。

• The School of Liberal Arts coordinates the common first-year curriculum that every undergraduate follows before choosing departmental tracks.文理学院统筹全体本科生在选专业方向之前共同修读的一年级课程，为专业学习奠定通识基础。

• Its departments are organised so that mechanical, electrical, computer, chemical and materials engineering sit alongside basic science departments in physics, chemistry and mathematics.其系科编排使机械、电气、计算机、化学与材料工程与物理、化学、数学等基础科学系并列，便于学科交叉。

• The Hans Schöler Stem Cell Research Center and the Korean Genomics Center give the university a distinctive profile in stem-cell and genomic science.汉斯·舍勒干细胞研究中心与韩国基因组中心，使学校在干细胞与基因组科学上形成鲜明特色。

Campus

• UNIST maintains a single fully residential campus at Eonyang, in Ulju County on the northern edge of Ulsan.UNIST 在蔚山北缘蔚州郡的彦阳邑设有单一一座全寄宿制校园，校址集中便于管理。

• The site lies adjacent to the older part of Ulsan and is ringed by low mountains, giving the campus a self-contained and inward-looking character.校址毗邻蔚山旧城区，四周为低矮群山环绕，使校园呈现自成一体的内向格局，远离城市喧嚣。

• At the centre of the campus sits a large man-made pond named Gamakmot, around which the grounds and walkways are laid out.校园中心坐落着一座名为「Gamakmot」的大型人工湖，校园布局与步道即围绕其展开，构成景观核心。

• Almost all students live in university dormitories, and undergraduates and graduate students in good standing receive full tuition and living expenses.几乎所有学生都住在校内宿舍，成绩良好的本科生与研究生可获全额学费与生活费资助，从而专心学业。

• The campus is served by Ulsan Station on the high-speed rail network, which was built in step with the university's creation for the city.校园由高速铁路网上的蔚山站提供服务，该站是为城市与该大学的创建而同步建成的，交通可达性良好。

• The affiliated research centers, including the three Institute for Basic Science laboratories, are housed on the same single campus.包括三所基础科学研究院实验室在内的附属研究中心都设在这同一个校园内，便于学科交叉与合作。

• Because the campus is residential and self-contained, most student life, dining and sport take place within its boundaries.由于校园为自成一体的寄宿制，多数学生的生活、餐饮与体育活动都在校内进行，形成紧密的社群氛围。

• UNIST began with the 2006 selection of its Eonyang site and has expanded its buildings and dormitories as enrolment has grown since 2009.UNIST 起步于 2006 年彦阳校址的选定，并随着 2009 年以来招生规模扩大不断增建楼舍与宿舍。

• The greenfield Eonyang site allowed UNIST to plan laboratories, dormitories and the central Gamakmot pond together from the outset.彦阳的未开发地块使 UNIST 得以从一开始就把实验室、宿舍与中央的人工湖一同纳入规划。

• Dormitories house the great majority of the student body, a feature that distinguishes UNIST from most large South Korean universities.宿舍容纳了绝大多数学生，这一特点使 UNIST 有别于韩国多数大型大学。

Reputation

• UNIST places 299th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings.UNIST 在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 299。

• It is placed at 281st in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，学校位列第 281。

• The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking places it 421st in the world.2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将其列为世界第 421。

• The 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, or ARWU, places UNIST in the 301-400 band.2026 年软科世界大学学术排名把 UNIST 列入 301 至 400 区间。

• In the 2019 Times Higher Education Young University Rankings it stood 20th worldwide among institutions aged 50 or younger, and 22nd among universities in Asia.在 2019 年泰晤士高等教育年轻大学排名中，学校在世界 50 岁以下高校中位列第 20，在亚洲高校中位列第 22。

• According to OpenAlex, UNIST has produced 23,593 research works that have attracted 2,911,613 citations.据 OpenAlex 统计，UNIST 已产出 23,593 项研究成果，累计被引用 2,911,613 次，科研产出具一定体量。

• Its faculty include Rodney Ruoff, director of the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.其师资包括多维碳材料研究中心主任罗德尼·劳夫，他是美国国家工程院院士，以碳材料研究见称。

• As a science and technology institute founded in 2007, UNIST counts no Nobel laureate, Turing Award winner or Fields Medallist among its alumni or faculty to date, its reputation resting instead on research output and recruited faculty.作为 2007 年创办的科学技术研究机构，UNIST 迄今尚无校友或教师获得诺贝尔奖、图灵奖或菲尔兹奖，其声望更多建立在论文产出与师资引进之上。

• In national terms UNIST is counted among South Korea's leading science and technology institutes, alongside older peers such as KAIST and POSTECH.在国内层面，UNIST 被视为韩国顶尖科学技术研究机构之一，与韩国科学技术院、浦项工科大学等老牌院校并列。

• Its rise from a 2009 opening to a top-300 position in the 2027 QS ranking, in under two decades, reflects a deliberately research-intensive model.从 2009 年开办到 2027 年 QS 榜单跻身前 300，不到二十年间取得的跃升，体现出其刻意偏向研究型的办学模式。

Student life

• UNIST has no formal motto, and its identity rests instead on English-only instruction and a fully residential campus.UNIST 没有正式校训，其特色反而体现在全英文授课与全寄宿制校园上。

• Because almost all students live on campus, the university provides a residential college-style environment within its single site.由于几乎所有学生都住在校内，学校在单一校园内营造出类似住宿学院的环境，利于同学间日常交流。

• All undergraduates complete two specialisation tracks, a structure that defines much of the undergraduate experience.全体本科生都须完成两个专业方向，这一结构塑造了本科阶段大部分的求学体验。

• Flipped-learning classes encourage students to prepare in advance and use class time for active problem solving in groups.翻转学习课堂鼓励学生课前自学，把课堂时间用于小组式的主动解决问题。

• Students in good standing receive full tuition support and living expenses, a policy that shapes daily life for undergraduates and graduate students alike.成绩良好的学生可获全额学费与生活费资助，这一政策同样塑造着本科生与研究生的日常生活。

• The student body is largely Korean, though the university actively recruits international researchers and graduate students to its English-medium programmes.学生以韩国本土为主，但学校积极为其全英文项目招募国际研究者与研究生，校园因此日趋多元。

• As a residential campus, UNIST provides dormitories, dining halls and sports grounds that host most of its student activity.作为寄宿制校园，UNIST 提供宿舍、餐厅与体育场地，承载了大部分学生活动。

• The 2019 tenth-anniversary concert, broadcast by the Korean Broadcasting System to some 7,000 attendees, remains the university's largest public gathering to date.2019 年由韩国放送公社转播、约 7000 人到场的十周年音乐会，至今仍是该校规模最大的公开集会。

• Student societies and recreational sport are concentrated on the residential campus, where the small student body fosters close contact between undergraduates and researchers.学生社团与休闲体育集中于寄宿校园，规模不大的学生群体使本科生与研究者之间保持密切互动。

Notable people

• Roh Moo-hyun, president of South Korea from 2003 to 2008, championed the founding of a national university in Ulsan that became UNIST.2003 至 2008 年任韩国总统的卢武铉，力主在蔚山创办国立大学，这所学校后来成为 UNIST。

• Moo Je Cho was appointed UNIST's first president in 2007 and guided its founding as a science and technology oriented institute.曹武济于 2007 年获任 UNIST 首任校长，主导学校以科学技术为定位创办。

• Rodney Ruoff, a materials scientist and member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, directs the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials at UNIST.材料科学家、美国国家工程院院士罗德尼·劳夫，在多维碳材料研究中心担任主任。

• Steve Granick, a physical chemist known for his work on soft matter, directs the Center for Soft and Living Matter.以软物质研究著称的物理化学家史蒂夫·格拉尼克，主持软物质与生命物质研究中心。

• Myung Kyungjae directs the Center for Genomic Integrity, one of three Institute for Basic Science laboratories at the university.明京宰主持基因组完整性研究中心，它是校内三所基础科学研究院实验室之一。

• Hans Schöler, a stem-cell biologist, is the namesake of the university's Hans Schöler Stem Cell Research Center.干细胞生物学家汉斯·舍勒是学校汉斯·舍勒干细胞研究中心的冠名人。

• Its 2019 anniversary ceremony was attended by National Assembly members Lee Chae-ik, Jeong Kab-yoon and Kang Ghil-boo.2019 年校庆典礼上，国民议会议员李采益、郑甲润与姜吉富到场。

• Ulju County mayor Lee Seon-ho joined the same 2019 ceremony, reflecting the university's ties to its host county.蔚州郡郡守李善浩亦出席同一场 2019 年典礼，体现了学校与其所在郡的联系。

• The founding leadership assembled by Cho in 2007 established the English-only curriculum and the two-track system that still define an UNIST degree.曹武济于 2007 年组建的创校团队确立了全英文课程与双方向制，这两项安排至今仍定义着 UNIST 的学位特色。

• The founding board that appointed Cho in 2007 drew on figures from industry and government, mirroring the university's original partnership model.2007 年任命曹武济的创校理事会由产业界与政界人士组成，呼应了学校最初的合作办学模式。