During the spring semester, the Student Union holds the annual “Sunrise Festival.” The university actively supports these events so that students can release the stress of studying and enjoy a relaxing atmosphere with other university students.
The POSTECH-KAIST Students Grand Festival (a.k.a. 'Science War'), held in September each year, is a friendly competition between the two the two leading domestic universities in science and technology. Athletic competitions are held in soccer, basketball, and baseball. Scientific competitions include computer hacking, StarCraft game playing, science trivia, artificial intelligence (AI) programming and more. POSTECH and KAIST take turns hosting the festival, and it has drawn national attention from the media.