DGIST President Gukyang: "University Change Must Continue with Innovative Thinking"... 19th Anniversary Ceremony

DGIST (President Kook Yang) held a commemorative event on the 6th at the DGIST Convention Hall, attended by over 700 faculty, staff, and students, to celebrate its 19th anniversary.

This event was held normally for the first time in four years since the COVID-19 pandemic, during which DGIST shared its future vision and took time to encourage the efforts of DGIST members who have dedicated themselves to the institution's development in various fields.

DGIST faculty and staff celebrating the 19th anniversary of the founding.

In his commemorative speech, President Kook Yang stated, “Although DGIST has the shortest history among science and technology specialized universities, it is rapidly growing into a world-class education and research institution with global competitiveness,” and emphasized, “In the future, changes to pursue excellence must continue based on innovative thinking and practice, as well as diversification through domestic and international cooperation.”

DGIST was established in 2004 as a government-funded research institute and has been operating graduate programs for master's and doctoral degrees since 2011 and undergraduate programs since 2014. It has established itself as a cradle for nurturing convergent talents through its unique innovative single-department system without majors.

Furthermore, DGIST is striving to cultivate talents who will lead future society in AI and semiconductor fields by establishing a new major in Artificial Intelligence in 2022 and signing a business agreement with Samsung Electronics this March to create a ‘Semiconductor Contract Department.’

DGIST was also ranked 7th in the world for ‘number of citations per faculty member’ in the global university rankings conducted this year by QS, a UK-based global university evaluation organization, marking its first time being evaluated.

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