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Prime Minister Chung Un-chan Visited GIST
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- REG_DATE : 2010.02.03
- HIT : 1127
Prime Minister Chung Un-chan Visited GIST
The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST, SONU Jung-Ho, president of GIST) reported that Prime Minister Chung Un-chan visited GIST on January 26, 2010 and was given a briefing on its status during his official visit to Gwangju and Jeollanam-do.
He acknowledged GIST"s achievements, especially that it ranked 14th place in the world and 1st in Asia in terms of "Citations/Faculty in the Times Higher World University Ranking". He also praised its fast growth as a key research university in Korea. The prime minister emphasized that the GIST’s Renewable Energy Laboratory, currently under construction, would play a key role in the research and development of renewable energy technologies such as solar cells, at a time when the government is fostering green technologies as a next-generation growth engine of Korea.
* GIST Renewable Energy Lab:
Construction Duration: May, 2010–August, 2011
Estimated Construction Cost: 18 billion Korean won
Size of Lab: 12,562 m2
· Heeger Center for Advanced Materials
Developing plastic electronics and organic photovoltaic solar cells
· Solar Energy Center
Developing thin film solar cells and solar energy technologies
· Ertl Center for Electrochemistry and Catalysis
Conducting research on the catalysis of hydrogen cells and fuel cells
SUNO Jung-Ho, president of GIST, welcomed the prime minister and said, "GIST established undergraduate courses this year as planned. Along with that, the faculty and I will make the utmost effort to foster GIST as one a world-renowned university, not only in the research sector but also in the education sector. We will work hard to make sure that GIST will play a key role in helping Gwangju grow as a center of education, science and technology."
In addition, GIST ranked first in the number of Science Citation Index per faculty member and articles per graduate student, patents, and transfer of technology. A track record of research successes proved GIST"s research capacity on the world stage: 「Developing Plastic Solar Cell (published in Nature Photonics, a scientific journal」and 「Creating the first transistor made from a single molecule, "Scientist Create World"s First Molecular Transistor, published in the December 24, 2009 issue of the journal Nature」.
GIST with its world-proven researching capacity and manpower established am undergraduate course this year and attracted many talented students from science high schools across the country. The admission rate for the university was high. GIST is confident that it will produce good science and technology talents capable of matching those of world prestigious universities by leveraging its research center and faculty.
The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST, SONU Jung-Ho, president of GIST) reported that Prime Minister Chung Un-chan visited GIST on January 26, 2010 and was given a briefing on its status during his official visit to Gwangju and Jeollanam-do.
He acknowledged GIST"s achievements, especially that it ranked 14th place in the world and 1st in Asia in terms of "Citations/Faculty in the Times Higher World University Ranking". He also praised its fast growth as a key research university in Korea. The prime minister emphasized that the GIST’s Renewable Energy Laboratory, currently under construction, would play a key role in the research and development of renewable energy technologies such as solar cells, at a time when the government is fostering green technologies as a next-generation growth engine of Korea.
* GIST Renewable Energy Lab:
Construction Duration: May, 2010–August, 2011
Estimated Construction Cost: 18 billion Korean won
Size of Lab: 12,562 m2
· Heeger Center for Advanced Materials
Developing plastic electronics and organic photovoltaic solar cells
· Solar Energy Center
Developing thin film solar cells and solar energy technologies
· Ertl Center for Electrochemistry and Catalysis
Conducting research on the catalysis of hydrogen cells and fuel cells
SUNO Jung-Ho, president of GIST, welcomed the prime minister and said, "GIST established undergraduate courses this year as planned. Along with that, the faculty and I will make the utmost effort to foster GIST as one a world-renowned university, not only in the research sector but also in the education sector. We will work hard to make sure that GIST will play a key role in helping Gwangju grow as a center of education, science and technology."
GIST, in its 16 years, placed 14th and 1st in the world and in Asia in "Citations/Faculty of the Times Higher World University Ranking", respectively. It also took the first rank in the "Number of Papers per professor" among 463 universities in Asia.
In addition, GIST ranked first in the number of Science Citation Index per faculty member and articles per graduate student, patents, and transfer of technology. A track record of research successes proved GIST"s research capacity on the world stage: 「Developing Plastic Solar Cell (published in Nature Photonics, a scientific journal」and 「Creating the first transistor made from a single molecule, "Scientist Create World"s First Molecular Transistor, published in the December 24, 2009 issue of the journal Nature」.
GIST with its world-proven researching capacity and manpower established an undergraduate course this year and attracted many talented students from science high schools across the country. The admission rate for the university was high. GIST is confident that it will produce good science and technology talents capable of matching those of world prestigious universities by leveraging its research center and faculty.
