2016 GIST Faculty Positions Open

 

Faculty Positions available at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), a government-funded university in Gwangju, Republic of Korea.

 

GIST seeks candidates whose interest lies in the fields listed below:

School		Opening Area	Reference
Graduate School	School of Information and Communications	- Computer Graphics/Software Engineering - Compound Semiconductor Devices - Nanophotonic Devices
	School of Materials Science and Engineering	Energy - Electrolyte for fuel cell - Battery-related fields Organic materials synthesis - new polymer synthesis, organic electronic/nano materials synthesis, energy/environment-related organic materials synthesis Future electronic materials and device - Biomimic materials and devices (Biomimetic devices, Nature-inspired sensing technology etc.) - Semiconducting materials and devices (Neuromorphic devices, optoelectronics)
	School of Mechatronics	All fields of mechanical engineering including Structural Analysis/Optimization, Thermodynamics, and Manufacturing
	School of Environmental Science and Engineering	- Earth Science and Environmental Eng.
	School of Life Sciences	- Any area of life sciences (The following research fields are preferred: Optogenetics, Immunology, Metabolism, Cancer research, and Genome editing)
	Department of Physics and Photon Science	- optics - laser-plasma physics - condensed matter physics
	Department of Medical System Engineering	- All fields of medical science(MD)
	School of Integrated Technology	Graduate Program of Energy Technology - Energy IT/Microgrid, Power Engineering, Energy storage Graduate Program of Culture Technology - Digital Art and Entertainment - Media Spatial Design - Computer Animation and Visual Effects
College		- Psychology[Cognitive Science] - Science and Technology Policy [including History of Science and Technology] - Business Administration/ Business Management	※ Requirement: Three representative publications (pdfs)

 

 

What is GIST?

GIST was established by the Korean Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning in 1993.

As a research-oriented graduate & undergraduate school with superb laboratories, research centers and facilities, GIST allocates a minimum teaching load so that faculty members can devote themselves to research activities. GIST is proud of the following records:

- Nation"s highest number of papers published in SCI journals during the recent 9 consecutive years.

- The 2nd in the world in citations per faculty member (QS World University Rankings 2015)

 

 

 

Requirements

- Candidates must possess a Ph.D. degree in a pertinent field at the time of application and should be able to deliver their lectures in English.

- Qualified international or female scholars are encouraged to apply.

- Senior professors who has 10 year or more research/education experience are encouraged to apply.

 

 

How to Apply

1. GIST offers an electronic version of its application forms in Microsoft Word format.

  Please download the application forms attached at the bottom of this page.

2. Three letters of recommendation only if the school requests.

  (to be mailed directly to the school from the recommenders.)

3. Applicants must upload all application materials at https://faculty.gist.ac.kr

(Please upload only 1 file – the application form)

4. Applications will be accepted until 4PM on Februry 12^th (Fri.), 2016. (Korean Time)

 

For more information, send an e-mail to academy@gist.ac.kr.