UST-KITECH School

UST-KITECH School has been operating master's and doctorate degrees since 2004 to foster excellent researchers who can contribute to the development of the industry.

UST-KITECH School also operate various curricula depending on the demands of industries such
as robots, industrial materials, smart manufacturing, clean processes, and energy systems.

World-class researchers participate as professors to guide students,
and the selected students directly participate in the research and receive field-oriented education.

This school provides all students with benefits including training incentives and offers them the opportunity to participate in international academic competitions.

The UST-KITECH School consists of two majors and two detailed majors to train professional researchers in the fields of robots, industrial materials, smart manufacturing, Green process, and energy system industries related to Korea's main industries and the 4th industry.

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  • UST-KITECH School (Integrated Ph.D. Program )

    Division Credit System Field Study Thesis Degree Program
    UST 불필요 불필요 불필요 Public
    KITECH 필요 필요 필요
  • Selection Procedure

    • 모집공고(UST) 화살표 Student Recruit
      (UST)
    • 대학본부 서류심사 화살표 University Administration
      Document Examination
    • KITECH School 서류/면접심사 화살표 KITECH School
      Document Examination/Interview
    • 대학본부 최종심의 화살표 Final Consideration
      of University Administration
    • 합격자 발표 & 지도교수 매칭 화살표 Announcement of the names of the applicants who passes the examination
      & matching academic advisor
    • 입학 및 입소 Admission
  • Qualification for Application

    Integrated Ph.D. Program

    Those who hold a bachelor’s degree or is scheduled to obtain it before the date of admission

    Those who are deemed eligible for a bachelor’s degree or higher by law

    Ph.D. Program

    Those who hold a bachelor’s degree or is scheduled to obtain it before the date of admission

    Those who are deemed eligible for a bachelor’s degree or higher by law

    Certified English Score

    Division TOEFL TOEIC New TEPS IELTS
    iBT PBT(Revised)
    Regular Admission 79 59 730 342 6
    Admission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 20 20 365 137 4.5
  • Student Status

    Student Classification The Number of Students Average Entrance Age and Average Graduation Period Age and Period
    Student 15 students Average Admission Age for Master’s Course 25.99 years old
    Student on Leave 2 students Average Admission Age for Doctoral Program 29.39 years old
    Graduate 22 graduates Average Admission Age for Integrated Doctoral Program 25.52 years old
    Master’s Graduates 79 graduates Average Graduation Period for Mater’s Course 2.18 years
    Doctoral's Graduates 31 graduates Average Graduation Period for Doctoral’s Course 4.8 years
    Number of Foreign Students 5 foreign students Average Graduation Period for Integrated Doctoral Program 6.2 years
  • Major Employments for Graduates in the Last Five Years

    Graduate 19 Doctor’s Graduate 9 Master’s Graduate 10
    Division Employed Institution
    Government Agency/Public Sector Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Robot Industry Promotion Agency, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Korea Railroad Research Institute
    Private Sector LG Electronics, POSCO, Vision Semicon, CASTEC Korea, TE Connectivity Korea, Hyundai Rotem, Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Motor Company
    Educational Institution alborg university,Addis Ababa University,University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore Pakistan
  • Student Research Achievements

    Year Classification of Research Achievements Journal Research Achievement Name
    2020 Academic Journal OURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME Effect of Runner Blade Thickness on Flow Characteristics of a Francis Turbine Model at Low Flowrates
    2020 Academic Journal RENEWABLE ENERGY Effect of interface condition on the hydraulic characteristics of a pump-turbine at various guide vane opening conditions in pump mode
    2020 Academic Journal Energies Electromagnetic Field Analysis and Design of an Efficient Outer Rotor Inductor in the Low-Speed Section for Driving Electric Vehicles
    2020 Academic Journal ACS Omega Furan-2, 5-and Furan-2, 3-dicarboxylate Esters Derived from Marine Biomass as Plasticizers for Poly (vinyl chloride)
    2020 Academic Journal IEEE Access Multi-Level DC/DC Converter for E-Mobility Charging Stations
    2020 Academic Journal IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific Optimal Design and Analysis of Interior Permanent Magnet Motor for High-thrust Drone
    2020 Academic Journal TETRAHEDRON LETTERS Palladium-catalyzed reductive carbonylation of nitrobenzene for producing phenyl isocyanate
    2020 Academic Journal Polymers A Comparative Study on the Impact and Delamination Performance of Epoxy-Based Structural Adhesives Reformed with Different Reinforcement Agents
    2019 Academic Journal Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology Analysis of internal flow and cavitation characteristics for a mixed-flow pump with various blade thickness effects
    2019 Academic Journal Molecules Conversion of D-fructose to 5-acetoxymethyl-2-furfural Using Immobilized Lipase and Cation Exchange Resin
    2019 Academic Journal APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL uSe2/CeO2 as a novel heterogeneous catalyst for reductive carbonylation of nitroarenes for generating urethanes
    2019 Academic Journal SENSORS Design and Implementation of Respiration Rate Measurement System Using an Information Filter on an Embedded Device
    2019 Academic Journal Applied Sciences-Basel Development of Pant-Type Harness with Fabric Air-Pocket for Pain Relief
    2019 Academic Journal IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Effect of Blade Thickness on Hydraulic Performance of a Mixed-flow Pump Impeller
    2019 Academic Journal Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics Multi-objective optimization of a high efficiency and suction performance for mixed-flow pump impeller
    2019 Academic Journal Applied Sciences-Basel Optimizing Android Facial Expressions Using Genetic Algorithms
    2019 Academic Journal TETRAHEDRON LETTERS Palladium-catalyzed reductive carbonylation of nitrobenzene for producing phenyl isocyanate
    2019 Academic Journal ENERGY Positive displacement turbine - A novel solution to the pressure differential control valve failure problem and energy utilization
    2019 Academic Journal Polymers Preparation of Peelable Coating Films with a Metal Organic Framework (UiO-66) and Self-Crosslinkable Polyurethane for the Decomposition of Methyl Paraoxon
    2019 Academic Journal EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL Property enhancement of dental composite prepared with an isosorbid-based photocurable compound by mixing with TEGDMA
    2019 Academic Journal IEIE SPC (Transactions in smart processing and computing) Support Vector Machine algorithm in Bluetooth Low Energy passenger detection system
    2019 Academic Journal Energies Electric Field Interpretation of Torque Ripple and Cogging Torque Reduction on Electric Vehicle Drive Platform with Rotor Notches
    2019 Academic Journal Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems The Implementation of Reacting Motion for Human-Like Robot Based on Position of Counterpart and Situation on the Stage
    2019 Academic Journal The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery Effect of a Leakage Wall on Hydraulic Performance of Spiral Casing Tongue in a Francis Hydro Turbine
    2019 Academic Journal The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery A Study on the Effect of Impeller Leading Edge Blockage on the Hydraulic Performance of a Mixed-flow Pump
    2019 Academic Journal Energies A Study on Offsetting and Reducing of the Cogging Torque of the Dual Rotor Internal Permanent Magnet Motor Applied to an Electric Vehicle Drive Unit Platform
    2019 Academic Journal Materials A Study on Mechanism for Reducing the Density of Soft Magnetic Materials by Ultrasonic Vibration Compression of Electric Vehicle Driving Motors
    2019 Academic Journal The Korean Society for Railway Performance Evaluation of Automated Compact Rail Surface Grinding Machine for Railway Rolling Noise Reduction
    2018 Academic Journal CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN Concomitant removal of NOx and SOx from a pressurized oxy-fuel combustion process using a direct contact column
    2018 Academic Journal Science of Advanced Materials Effect of Deformation on the Magnetic Domain Orientation of Rapidly Solidified Nd?Fe?B Powders Using Pulsed Current Assisted Sintering
    2018 Academic Journal Journal of the Korean Society for Power System Engineering Effect of chevron angle on heat transfer performance in plate heat exchanger using lithium bromide solution
    2018 Academic Journal Journal of Alloys and Compounds Effect of grain size on the electrical conductivity of copper?iron alloys
    2018 Academic Journal Journal of Alloys and Compounds Effect of lattice strain on the electrical conductivity of rapidly solidified copper-iron metastable alloys
    2018 Academic Journal INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL AUTOMATION AND SYSTEMS Egocentric teleoperation approach
    2018 Academic Journal APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING Experimental investigation on mass flow characteristics of R245fa through electronic expansion valve
    2018 Academic Journal HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER Experimental study on heat transfer performance of fin-tube exchanger and PSHE for waste heat recovery
    2018 Academic Journal Journal of Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Microstructural Characterization of Gas Atomized Copper-Iron Alloys with Composition and Powder Size
    2018 Academic Journal Archives of Metallrgy and Materials Microstructure Development of Spark Plasma Sintered Ti-Nb Alloy by Heat treatment
    2018 Academic Journal Metals and Materials International The Effect of Microstructure on the Electrical Properties of Gas-Atomized Copper?Iron Metastable Alloys
    2018 Academic Journal Journal of Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Trends and Implications of International Standardization for Rare Earths
    2017 Academic Journal Archives of Metallurgy and Materials CARBON CO-DEPOSITION DURING GAS REDUCTION OF WATER-ATOMIZED Fe-Cr-Mo POWDER
    2017 Academic Journal International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Design and evaluation of the thermal capability to secure a working time of cryogenic explosion-proof camera in LNG carrier tank
    2017 Academic Journal Journal of Alloys and Compounds Effect of grain size on the electrical conductivity of copper-iron alloys
    2017 Academic Journal Archives of Metallurgy and Materials FABRICATION OF A SPHERICAL TITANIUM POWDER BY COMBINED COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS AND DC PLASMA TREATMENT
    2017 Academic Journal European Polymer Journal Property enhancement of dental composite prepared with an isosorbide-based photocurable compound by mixing with TEGDMA
    2017 Academic Journal Archives of Metallurgy and Materials REACTION KINETICS AND MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF TiNb2O7 SYNTHESIZED BY SOLID-STATE REACTION
    2017 Academic Journal Korea Foundry Society Elevated Temperature Properties of Austenitic Heat-resistant Ductile Irons
    2017 Academic Journal Korea Foundry Society A Study on the Effects of Flow Adaptive Gating System and Ceramic Filter on Flow Stability
    2016 Academic Journal SENSORS A Neural Network-Based Gait Phase Classification Method Using Sensors Equipped on Lower Limb Exoskeleton Robots
    2016 Academic Journal International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems Absolute Navigation Information Estimation for Micro Planetary Rovers
    2016 Academic Journal Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Catalytic Depolymerization of Alkali Lignin Using Supported Pt Nanoparticle Catalysts
    2016 Academic Journal INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH Effects of Coal characterstics to performance of highly efficient thermal power generation system based on pressurized oxy-fuel combustion
    2016 Academic Journal International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology Fabrication of Ag?SnO2 Contact Materials from Gas-Atomized Ag?Sn Powder Using Combined Oxidation and Ball-Milling Process
    2016 Academic Journal Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Highly Dispersed Pt Nanoparticles for the Production of Aromatic Hydrocarbons by the Catalytic Degrading of Alkali Lignin
    2016 Academic Journal ENERGY Performance evaluation of co-firing various kinds of biomass with low rank coals in a 500MWe coal-fired power plant
    2016 Academic Journal Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology Simple Walking Strategies for Hydraulically Driven Quadruped Robot over Uneven Terrain
    2016 Academic Journal Purifier Highly Efficient Clean Synthesis of Xylose-Derived Furfural by Duplex Reaction Using Purifier Bio-Based Non-Uniform Acid Catalysis and Microwave
    2016 Academic Journal The Journal of Korea Robotics Society Development of a 16 DOF Anthropomorphic Robot Hand with Back-Drivability Joint for Stable Grasping
    2015 Academic Journal International Journal of Automotive Technology Development of a new analytical model for a railway vehicle equipped with independently rotating wheels
    2015 Academic Journal Korea Society for Precision Engineering Development of HMD-based Cable Drive Simulator
    2015 Academic Journal Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology Improving unmanned ground vehicle navigation by exploiting virtual sensors and multisensor fusion
    2015 Academic Journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Reusable Polystyrene Functionalized Basic Ionic Liquids as Catalysts for Carboxylation of Amines to Disubstituted Ureas
    2015 Academic Journal International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems Stable Path Tracking Control of Skid Steering Movement Platform with Dynamic Uncertainty
    2014 Academic Journal Applied Energy Air-blown gasification of woody biomass in a bubbling fluidized bed gasifier
    2014 Academic Journal Energy Effect of heating rate on biomass liquefaction: Differences between subcritical water and supercritical ethanol
    2014 Academic Journal IJMMM Experimental Study on Cartesian-Space PD Control for Hydraulic Manipulator
    2014 Academic Journal Korea Foundry Society Finite Element Analysis Method for Impact Fracture Prediction of A356 Cast Aluminum Alloy
    2014 Academic Journal Powder Technology Hydrodynamics of cold-rig biomass gasifier using semi-dual fluidized bed
    2014 Academic Journal Bioresource Technology Long-term operation of biomass-to-liquid systems coupled to gasification and Fisher-Tropsh process for biofuel production
    2014 Academic Journal Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems Real-time Polygon Generation and Texture Mapping for Tele-operation using 3D Point Cloud Data
    2013 Academic Journal The Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers Analysis of Impact Behavior of Al-alloy Castings considering Internal Defects
    2013 Academic Journal Journal of Korea Foundry Society Effect of Cooling Rate on the Prediction of Mechanical Properties of Al Alloys
    2013 Academic Journal China Foundry Prediction of mechanical properties of Al alloys with change of cooling rate
    2013 Academic Journal Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems Gait Phases Classification using Joint angle and Ground Reaction Force: Application of Backpropagation Neural Networks
    2012 Academic Journal International Journal of Artificial Life and Robotics Crutch Gait Pattern for Robotic Orthoses by the Use of Feature Extraction
    2012 Academic Journal Journal of Korea Foundry Society, Vol. 30, No. 5 Modeling for the Fatigue Analysis of Al Alloy Casting Containing Internal Shrinkage Defect
    2012 Academic Journal The Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering A, Vol. 35, No. 10 Shape Simplification Analysis Model for Fatigue Life Prediction of Casting Product considering Internal Defect
    2012 Academic Journal International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems[36/58] Walking Intent Detection Algorithm for Paraplegic Patients using Robotic Exoskeleton Walking Assistant with Crutches
    2012 Academic Journal Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics, and Systems Organization of Sensor System and User's Intent Detection Algorithm for Rehabilitation Robot
    2012 Academic Journal The Journal of Korea Robotics Society Development of a 16 DOF Anthropomorphic Robot Hand with Back-Drivability Joint for Stable Grasping
    2012 Academic Journal Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics, and Systems Development of Gait Assisting Rehabilitation Robot for SCI (Spinal Cord Injury) Patient
    2011 Academic Journal International Journal of CAD/CAM An Efficient Method for Thermal Stress Analysis considering Influence of Displacement Boundary Conditions
    2011 Academic Journal Int J. of cast Metals Research Development of casting shrinkage cavity modelling toolkit for finite element analysis using ellipsoidal approximation technique
    2011 Academic Journal International Journal of Automotive Technology Effect of Punch Angle on Energy Absorbing Characteristic of Tube-Type Crash Elements
    2011 Academic Journal Journal of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers Effect of Punch Shapes on Failure Instability of Expansion Tube
    2011 Academic Journal China Foundry Impact analysis of casting parts considering shrinkage cavity defect
    2011 Academic Journal China Foundry Measurement of heat treatment induced residual stresses by using ESPI combined with hole-drilling method
    2011 Academic Journal Int J. of cast Metals Research Structural analysis considering shrinkage defect of cast part
    2011 Academic Journal Journal of the Korean Society for Railway Study on Buckling Instability of Expansion Tube using Finite Element Method
    2011 Academic Journal World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology Study on Rupture of Tube Type Crash Energy Absorber using Finite Element Method
    2011 Academic Journal Journal of the Korean Society for Railway Study on the Axial Crushing Behaviors of UD Kevlar/Epoxy and Carbon-Kevlar/Epoxy Composite Tubes
    2011 Academic Journal Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems Optimization of Input Parameters by Using DOE for Dynamic Analysis of Bio-inspired Robotic Fish ‘Ichthus’
    2011 Academic Journal Journal of the Korean Society for Composite Materials A Study on the Axial Direction Crushing Behavior by the Trigger Modeling Technique of Unidirectional kevlar-Epoxy Composite Tubes by Using Numerical Analysis
    2011 Academic Journal Korea Foundry Society Fatigue Analysis of Aluminum Alloy Castings with Internal Defects in Castings
    2010 Academic Journal Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics, and Systems A Study on Dynamic Analysis and Propulsive Algorithm of 3 DOF Fish Robot 'Ichthus'
    2009 Academic Journal The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers A Study on Simulation Technique for Occupant Behavior and Injury Evaluation in Train Collision Accident
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry A Double Wall Reactor for Supercritical Water Oxidation: Experimental Results on Corrosive Sulfur Mustard Simulant Oxidation
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry A New Correlation to Predict the Stability of Liquid Jet in Dense Carbon Dioxide
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology Chemical Agent Disposal Technology by a 2-step Process(II) (Agent Hydrolysis followed by Supercritical Water Oxidation)
    2008 Academic Journal Chemistry Of Materials Continuous One-pot Synthesis of Surface-odified Metal Oxide Nanoparticles using Supercritical Methanol for Highly Stabilized Nanofluids
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Environmental Sciences Decomposition Kinetics of Dimethyl Methylphospate (Chemical Agent Simulant) by Supercritical Water Oxidation
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Hazardous Materials Destruction of Chemical Agent Simulants in a Supercritical Water Oxidation Bench-Scale Reactor
    2008 Academic Journal JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Destruction of OPA from Munitions Demilitarization in Supercritical Water Oxidation: Kinetics of Total Organic Carbon Disappearance
    2008 Academic Journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Dimethyl carbonate synthesis via transesterification over nanostructured MgO?CeO2 mixed oxide catalyst prepared by modified coprecipitation using ionic liquids
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Supercritical Fluids Extraction of Bioactive Components from Centella asiatica using Subcritical Water
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Ceramic Processing Research Formation of Titanium Hydroxide Nanoparticles in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
    2008 Academic Journal International Journal of Green Energy Hydrogen Production by Gasification of Isooctane using Supercritical Water
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Hydrothermal Decomposition Rate of Thiodiglycol in Supercritical Water
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Environmental Sciences Hydrothermal Decomposition of Pentachlorophenol in Subcritical and Supercritical Water with Sodium Hydroxide Addition
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Model to predict the DMC synthesis via transesterification of ethylene carbonate with methanol using K/MgO fixed-bed catalyst
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Hazardous Materials OPA Oxidation Rates in Supercritical Water
    2008 Academic Journal JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Pentachlorophenol Oxidation Rates in Supercritical Water
    2008 Academic Journal APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL Preparation and characterization of Cu/Fe/Al2O3 composite granules for SO3 decomposition to hydrogen production
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Colloid and Interface Science Preparation of mesostructured barium sulfate with high surface area by dispersion method and its characterization
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Hazardous Materials Recycling of Transformer Oil Contaminated by Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) using Catalytic Hydrodechlorination
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Cleaner Production Simultaneous Recovery of Chromium and Destruction of Organics from LCD Manufacturing Process Wastewater by Supercritical Water Oxidation
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology Sol?gel synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic activity of mesoporous TiO2/g-Al2O3 granules
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Environmental Sciences Supercritical Water Oxidation for the Destruction of Toxic Organic Wastewaters: A review
    2008 Academic Journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research Supercritical Water Oxidation of Thiodiglycol
    2008 Academic Journal Journal of Supercritical Fluids Supercritical Water Oxidation of Wastewater from LCD Manufacturing Process: Kinetic and Formation of Chromium Oxide Nanoparticles
    2008 Academic Journal Catalysis Letters Synthesis of dimethyl carbonate by transesterification with various MgO?CeO2 mixed oxide catalysts
    2008 Academic Journal Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Total Organic Carbon Disappearance Kinetic for Supercritical Water Oxidation of Dimethyl Methylphospate (Chemical Agent Simulant)