History
POSTECH was established by Park Tae-joon, the CEO of POSCO. The university's founding president was Dr. Hogil Kim, who envisioned a research-oriented institution for Korea modelled after the California Institute of Technology. Initially, the full name of POSTECH was Pohang Institute of Science and Technology. The official opening of the university took place on December 3, 1986.
The first students matriculated on March 2, 1987, all of whom lived in 4 dormitories in their first year.
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