Pohang University of Science and Technology

The university held its first matriculation ceremony on March 5, 1987. The Department of Life Sciences was founded on March 1, 1989. The first master's degrees were conferred on February 7, 1990, and the first bachelor's degrees on February 20, 1991. The Pohang Light Source was completed on December 7, 1994. In 1998, Asiaweek Magazine ranked POSTECH first among science and technology universities in Asia.