Faculty positions available at the GIST College, the undergraduate program at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), a government-funded school in Gwangju, Korea.

GIST seeks candidates whose has a doctoral degree in physics. The candidate should be able to teach physics and related courses at an undergraduate level with enthusiasm and excellent teaching skills. The responsibility will also include developing physics laboratories and laboratory courses. The candidate should also show highly qualified performance in his/her research fields.

What is GIST?

GIST is a research-oriented university that was founded in 1993 by the Korean government to meet the nation’s need to advance research and to enhance the development of higher education in science and engineering. For the past 17 years, GIST has been successful in performing research and development as demonstrated by the QS.com ranking (world #14^th in citations per faculty in 2009) that evaluates the research universities in the world.
This year GIST opened its door to undergraduate students by starting an undergraduate program, the GIST College. GIST College admitted 100 highly qualified students: 60 from science high schools in the nation and 40 top students from other high schools. We run a two-year general studies program that emphasizes in-depth teaching in math and science, and also humanities and arts and social science courses. We are also establishing an inquiry-based learning environment with a very low students/ faculty ratio (10:1).  All our class instructions are given in English except humanities and social science courses. Our undergraduate students are also encouraged to be involved in research at the graduate laboratories.

Requirements

The applicant is expected to possess a Ph.D. degree in physics or related fields at the time of application and be committed to high quality teaching in English.

How to Apply

Submit the application forms on-line by September 30, 2010 at http://its.gist.ac.kr/faculty along with 3 representative papers (in PDF format).

For more information, send e-mail to hinho@gist.ac.kr or acdemy@gist.ac.kr.