POSTECH: Pioneering Global Excellence in Education, Research, and Industry Collaboration
Since its establishment in 1986, POSTECH has created new value by innovating and solving challenges, and has solidified its position as a world-class institution. Our students, faculty, and researchers work together to address global challenges by devising innovative approaches in education, research, and industry collaboration. POSTECH operates on the philosophy of selective and intensive education, and thereby fosters academic leadership by providing exceptional research environments and achievements, and realizing the value of industry-academia collaboration by connecting research outcomes to industries and society.
POSTECH selects a small number of talented students and provides them with high-quality education to cultivate future global leaders who have both knowledge and honorable character. POSTECH is a "small but strong" university that invests intensively in each student, and has achieved excellent results, including being ranked 2nd globally in the 'THE World University Rankings for Small Universities' for two consecutive years (2023, 2024). POSTECH's remarkable achievements in both domestic and international university rankings demonstrate our commitment to continuous investment in education.
| Year of Ranking Publication | Score (Out of 100) |
Ranking by Indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | South Korea | ||
| 2025 | 99.9 | 27th | 1st |
| 2024 | 99.9 | 24th | 1st |
| 2023 | 99.9 | 21th | 1st |
| Indicator | Engineering | Natural Sciences | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Environment Category | Educational Expenditure per Student | 1st | 1st |
| Scholarship-to-Tuition Ratio per Student | 4th | 3rd | |
| Scholarship per Student | 3rd | 4th | |
| Educational Expenditure to Tuition Ratio | 4th | 4th |
POSTECH demonstrates academic leadership and produces world-leading research outcomes, driven by an exceptional research environment and outstanding human resources.
| Year of Ranking Publication | Score (Out of 100) |
Ranking by Indicator | |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | South Korea | ||
| 2025 | 98.3 | 45th | 4th |
| 2024 | 96.9 | 45th | 4th |
| 2023 | 98.3 | 29th | 4th |
| Year of Ranking Publication | 'Citation Impact : FWCI' Score (Out of 100) |
'Research productivity: Paper per Faculty' Score (Out of 100) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.6 | 93.5 |
| 2024 | 70.8 | 97 |
| 2023 | 68.8 | 96.9 |
POSTECH was established to foster industry-academia-research collaboration by producing outstanding research achievements, disseminating research outcomes to industries, and contributing to society and humanity. POSTECH actively applies research results to industry by establishing industry-academia collaboration, which yields a positive cycle between academia and industry.
Indicators of industry-academia collaboration and patent-related indicators in various university rankings, consistently rank POSTECH in a top position. This success demonstrates that POSTECH's research extends beyond academic achievements and translates to industrial applications that create tangible value for society.
| Indicator | Engineering | Natural Sciences | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty Research Category | Industry-academia collaboration revenue per faculty member in the science & technology department | 1st | 1st |
| Technology transfer income per faculty member in the science & technology department | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Income per technology transfer case | 3rd | 3rd | |
| Patent registration per faculty member in the science & technology department | 2nd | - |
| Year of Ranking Publication | 'Industry Income per Faculty' Score (Out of 100) |
'Patents' Score (Out of 100) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | 100 |
| 2024 | 100 | 100 |
| 2023 | 100 | 100 |