Types of Graduate Schools

Facts and Figures in Research Area

BK21 PLUS Project http://bk21plus.skku.edu/main/main.jsp

• BK21 PLUS is a national human resources development project initiated to produce creative masters and doctoral-level human resources that will lead the “Creative Economy” of Korea.
• Project Visions

  ① To strengthen research groundwork as a research-oriented university and to improve global competencies
  ② To cultivate advanced, creative human resources
  ③ To strengthen regional graduate school’s education and their research competencies

• Groups/Teams in SKKU Participating in the Project

No.	Dept. of	Project Group/Team Name	Website
1	Interaction Science	Interaction Science for Developing Global Human-Informatics leaders focusing on UI/UX	http://is.skku.edu/
2	History	A Project Group for Transversal Education and Research of History in the Global Age	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/history/main/main.jsp
3	Journalism and Mass Communication	Center for Conflict Resolution and Social Integration Communicator	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/csc/main/main.jsp
4	Eastern Philosophy	Constructing Educational and Research Global Integration Lab for Confucian Studies	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/confu/main/main.jsp
5	Business	Center for Creative Leaders in Frontier Management	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/biz/main/main.jsp
6	Public Administration	Pursuing an Empathic Government: Through Convergent Leadership Development Program	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/empathicgov/main/main.jsp
7	Law	A Research on Educational Reform for Cultivating Law Professional in ICT Global Legal Standards	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/law/main/main.jsp
8	Social Welfare	A Research Team for Social Services Responding Proactively to Future Social Risks	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/welfare/main/main.jsp
9	Psychology	Research Group for Training Empathy-Based Leadership	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/psychology/main/main.jsp
10	Education	Cultivating Creative Talents Through Educational Informatics	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/education/main/main.jsp
11	Sociology	A Training and Research Team for Social Research Experts on Social Integration Infrastructure	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/sociology/main/main.jsp
12	Consumer and Family Science	Big Data Based CACI(Consumer Analysts for Consumer Insight) Development Group	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/caci/main/main.jsp
13	Energy Science	Integrated Energy Center for Fostering Global Creative Researcher	http://does.skku.edu/
14	Physics	Division of HRD for Next-Generation Leaders in Physics	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/physics/main/main.jsp
15	Electrical and Computer Engineering	ICT HRD Institute for New value Creation	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/ice/main/main.jsp
16	Chemical Engineering	Creative Convergence Institute for Chemical Engineers	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/chemeng/main/main.jsp
17	Mechanical Engineering	HRD Center for Human-Friendly Convergence System	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/mech/main/main.jsp
18	Pharmacy	Center for Global Creativity in Pharmaceutical Education and Research	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/pharm/main/main.jsp
19	Medicine	21st Century Biomedical Sciences Leader Development Program	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/med/main/main.jsp
20	Nano Science and Technology	Pioneering Nano-Based Convergence HRD Center	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/nano/main/main.jsp
21	Mathematics	Creative Mathematical Science Division	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/math/main/main.jsp
22	Chemistry	HRD Center for Creative Convergence Chemical Sciences	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/chem/main/main.jsp
23	Advanced Materials Sciences and Engineering	Global Elite Cultivation (GEC) center for Emergent materials	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/amse/main/main.jsp
24	Biological Sciences	Education Center for Creative Leaders in Integrative Biology	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/bio/main/main.jsp
25	Genetic Engineering	HRD team for creative global biomedical engineers	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/gene/main/main.jsp
26	Civil, Architectural and Environmental System Engineering	ICT Convergence Management of Buildings and Infrastructures	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/ict/main/main.jsp
27	Water Resources	Global Frontiers of Eco-smart Water NEXUS	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/smartwater/main/main.jsp
28	Industrial Engineering	Research & HRD Team for Smart Factory Design, Operation and Optimization based on Industrial Data Analytics	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/IE/main/main.jsp
29	Food Science and Biotechnology	Creative HRD team for food development for life-care	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/foodlife/main/main.jsp
30	Service Design Convergence	Interdisciplinary Human-Centered Service Design	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/sdi/main/main.jsp
31	Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management	Creative Technology of Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management	http://bk21plus.skku.edu/risk/main/main.jsp

IBS(Institute for Basic Science) Project

• IBS Project aims to achieve world-class research performance through large, long-term group research on basic science.
• Groups/Teams in SKKU Participating in the Project

  ① Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (view more: http://cinap.ibs.re.kr)
  ② Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (view more: http://cnir.ibs.re.kr)

Global Ph.D Fellowship

• GPF(Global Ph.D Fellowship) aims to train world-class Doctors and provides financial support to graduates for their study and research.
• Fundings: 30,000,000KRW per year for 5 years
• 164 SKKU graduates were selected for the project since 2011.

BICS(Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU)

• BICS aims to extend on-campus cooperative research in Biology and to train experts in Research Troika of New Challenge Project.
• Research Fields

  Field	Graduate School
  1. Imaging-based diagnosis techniques 2. Imaging-inducted treatment system 3. Image processing techniques 4. Molecule/cell/tissue biometric imaging 5. Disease imaging system	1. Developing next-generation biometric materials 2. Developing nervous/sensory sensors 3. Developing next-generation drug delivery techniques 4. Developing converged(Nano+Material+Neuroscience) diagnosis techniques 5. Developing fundamental technology for disease clinical research

Other Main Research Projects/Groups

Campus	Name of Project/Group
Humanities and Social Sciences Campus	SSK(Social Science Korea) Project, Project for Infrastructural Basic Research, HK(Humanities Korea) Project, CORE(initiative for COllege of humanities’ Research and Education) Project
Natural Sciences Campus	LINC(Leaders in INdustry university Cooperation) Project, Plant Study Project, SW-Centered University Project, Research Support by Grand ICT Center, Project for Developing Fundamental Technology, Support by SRC(Scientific Research Center), Support for Grad. School of Entrepreneurship, Project for Developing High-tech Medical Treatments