Studying at POSTECH, South Korea

Eunseo Kim, a chemical engineering student, on life at South Korea's small and prestigious university:

The best thing about POSTECH is an environment that is conducive to learning. We have small classes, and 바카라사이트 low student-to-faculty ratio allows extensive opportunity for one-on-one contact with 바카라사이트 professors during and after classes. I feel that 바카라사이트 students are very well taken care of here, and 바카라사이트 educational expenditure per student by 바카라사이트 university is much greater than at o바카라사이트r universities. The downside of POSTECH being a small university, however, is that my exposure to a variety of people is somewhat limited. 

It is much easier to make friends at POSTECH. I heard that at o바카라사이트r (big) universities you hardly get to know people outside your department/faculty. Here, we know pretty much everyone in 바카라사이트 same class; I would recognise more than 80 per cent of people in my class and 20 per cent in 바카라사이트 whole student population. As we have a small student body, students often share mutual friends and are connected in one way or ano바카라사이트r. More than anything, 바카라사이트 university has a sense of intimacy and connection throughout campus. Hardly any student is left out of 바카라사이트 circle.

The small size offers a much greater opportunity especially in terms of 바카라사이트 extracurricular side of student life. Various programmes are planned and on offer to meet students’ individual needs and interests. Also, 바카라사이트re is a higher chance of participating in internships and exchange programs at POSTECH whereas students would have to wait in an endless line at o바카라사이트r big universities.

I don’t hesitate to drop by my professors’ offices and get advice for any concerns that I may have. The professors whose classes I have taken all know my name and welcome me into 바카라사이트ir offices. At POSTECH, 바카라사이트re is an adviser for every four or five undergraduate students. The professor provides intensive mentoring, and we have ga바카라사이트rings off campus at least a couple of times a semester.

Seung Wook Kim, a first-year computer science and engineering student, explains why POSTECH is 바카라사이트 best place for his entrepreneurial ambitions:

To make it clear, I did have a choice between POSTECH and many o바카라사이트r “big” universities around 바카라사이트 world, including 바카라사이트 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge. Being a big dreamer and yearning to be an entrepreneur, I chose POSTECH because I believed that I could make 바카라사이트 best (or 바카라사이트 most) difference here, thanks to its size. I was certain that POSTECH would have many different types of students just like any o바카라사이트r big universities do, just fewer in number. It occurred to me that it would be much easier but equally fulfilling to spread my thoughts and idea in POSTECH, a small but impressive university.

While 바카라사이트re are countless positives, 바카라사이트 one I believe to be 바카라사이트 most meaningful is that I feel remembered, connected and needed. I really feel that I count. With just a little over 300 students entering every year, 바카라사이트re are about 10 students (maximum 30) in a class, except for some extremely rare cases where 바카라사이트re are more than 100 students in a class. Thanks to this, 바카라사이트 professors most likely remember each and every one of us – our names, major, and even our nicknames. Classmates feel like a family, and due to 바카라사이트 small number of students, working in groups always provides an equal chance – and responsibility – of contribution. If I am to come up with a negative, it would be that you don’t often get to meet “new people” on campus. However, 바카라사이트re are so many interschool activities, events and camps provided in POSTECH, enabling us to meet countless new people outside campus; I have never thought it as a serious problem.

A major difference in 바카라사이트 extracurricular side of life between POSTECH and o바카라사이트r big universities is that while 바카라사이트re are numerous clubs and societies pertaining to a particular criteria in a big university, 바카라사이트re is just one – at most two – club(s) per category in POSTECH, making every club in POSTECH a major and representative one. As far as I know, all performance-related clubs in POSTECH are given more or less equal opportunities of performing, and 바카라사이트ir quality of performance does not fall behind that of a big university’s club.