Pohang University of Science and Technology

WORLD RANK

2011-12
53

Pohang, Republic of Korea

Region: Asia

  • Overall score
    64.6
  • Teaching
    56.4
  • International outlook
    25.0
  • Industry income
    100.0
  • Research
    51.9
  • Citations
    92.3

"You cannot import talent," said the chairman of the Pohang Iron and Steel Company on setting up Postech in 1986. Today, this private research academy, with strong links to industry, has nearly 3,100 students and more than 350 scholars on its 378-acre wooded campus in south-east Korea. It also boasts an Institute for Intelligent Robotics.