Seoul National University of Science and Technology

Seoul National University of
Science and Technology

Campus of Seoultech
Former name	Seoul National Industrial University (1988–1993) Seoul National University of Technology (1993–2010)[1]
Motto	Our Dream, Your Future.
Type	National
Established	1910; 114 years ago (1910)
President	Lee, Dong-Hoon
Academic staff	865 (2020)[2]
Administrative staff	1329 (2020)[2]
Students	11,472 (2020)[2]
Undergraduates	9,929 (2020)[2]
Postgraduates	1,543 (2020)[2]
Address	232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu , Seoul , South Korea 37°37′54″N 127°04′43″E / 37.63167°N 127.07861°E / 37.63167; 127.07861
Campus	Urban
Colors	Royal blue
Nickname	SeoulGwagidae (서울과기대·서울科技大)
Mascot	Black Dragon
Website	www.seoultech.ac.kr
Korean name
Hangul	서울
Hanja	서울
Revised Romanization	Seoul Gwahak Gisul Daehakgyo
McCune–Reischauer	Sŏul Kwahak Kisul Taehakkyo

Seoul National University of Science and Technology (abbreviated SeoulTech) is a national university located in Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

Seoul National University of Science and Technology originated from Public Eoeudong Vocational Continuing School.^[3] Later the school was re-organized as Gyeongseong Public Industrial School, Gyeonggi Technical College, and Seoul National University of Technology before it was finally reborn as Seoul National University of Science and Technology in September 2010 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its foundation. The institution is also known as 'Seoultech'.

Today Seoultech is a large and comprehensive university consisting of six colleges, 23 departments, seven graduate schools and a student enrolment of 11,500 people in a spacious campus of 508,690 square meters (124 acres).^[4] This is the fifth-largest campus in the universities of Seoul. The campus, formerly occupied by the colleges of engineering of Seoul National University,^[5] is in Nowon-gu in the northern part of Seoul. Seoul National University of Science and Technology was ranked second in South Korea and 23rd in Asia in field of focused university in the 2015 by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)^[6][7] and ranked 15th in South Korea in the field of Science and Engineering in 2015 by Korea Economic Daily (한국경제신문).^[8]