Advanced Materials Engineering Kookmin University

Overview

Materials science is the study of the properties and applications of materials. It is a highly multidisciplinary field that encompasses engineering disciplines and basic sciences such as chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics. 

It is desirable to complete the graduate courses at Kookmin University focused on the research and experiments, so that students can fully understand how the principles of materials engineering can be applied to the industry and undertake highly specialized research projects. 

These research opportunities help students to grasp how the fundamental understanding of materials science learned from undergraduate studies can be applied and used in leading-edge technology and product development. T

he Center for Advanced Materials Technology will have received $6 million in research funding for 9 years, since its winning of the University Research Centers Program funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea. Moreover, the Center for Materials and Processes of Self-Assembly has successfully carried out the Global R&D Center Program with the University of Texas at Dallas, and will have received $4 million in research funding for 6 years. 

With these national research projects, Kookmin University also takes on the university-industry partnership projects with major companies like Hyundai Motors and Samsung Electronics. Students pursuing a master’s or doctoral program will conduct academic research systematically on the cutting-edge research topics under the guidance of faculty advisers whom they would like to work with. 

All graduate students work as research assistants in the lab and receive tuition fellowships or other forms of scholarships from research funds. 

The Graduate School of Advanced Materials Engineering at Kookmin University is publishing top-notch research journal articles and patents, and is drawing considerable attention from relevant fields both domestically and internationally. 

After completing a degree, students can pursue their chosen career in nearly all engineering fields, including steel, automotive, semiconductor, display, info-communications, environmental/energy, and bio/medical industries. In addition, some students get admission from world-renowned university graduate programs or post-doc research programs for their post-graduate studies.