Career Path

Materials Science and
Engineering

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Dreaming of discovering the new and perfect material.

Materials Science and Engineering is a discipline focused on the fusion and development of various material properties to create new or improved materials. Students in this field eagerly conduct research in pursuit of discovering the perfect material.
Graduates are advancing into government-funded research institutions and domestic universities, and they are actively contributing to diverse sectors both domestically and internationally, including the steel, ceramics, semiconductor, electronics, chemical materials, and biomedical industries.

Informative·Electronic

삼성전자 SK하이닉스 LG디스플레이

Energy·Environmental

삼성SDI LG에너지솔루션 SKOn

Organic·Bio

LG화학 LG생활건강 오스템임플란트

Structural·metal

현대자동차 포스코 현대제철

Research institute

한국과학기술연구원 한국재료연구원 한국표준과학연구원 한국자동차연구원 한국화학연구원 한국세라믹기술원

Companies and Institutions

Academia · Industry
Professors and engineers in fields such as Information & Electronics, Energy & Environment, Organic & Bio, and Structural & Metallic Materials
Researchers
Specialists at domestic/overseas government-funded research institutes, R&D researchers at domestic and international companies
Government · Public Institutions · Legal Profession
Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea, and roles such as patent attorneys

Outstanding Employment Cases

Domestic and International Professors
Korea University Department of Materials Science and Engineering(Kor), Korea University Department of Integrative Energy Engineering(Kor), POSTECH Department of Materials Science and Engineering(Kor), Hanyang University Department of Photonics and Nanoelectronics(Kor), Hanyang University Department of Bionano Engineering(Kor), Sungkyunkwan University Department of Nano Engineering(Kor), Chungang University Department of Advanced Materials Engineering(Kor), Stevens Institute of Technology(USA), University college of London(UK), University of Glasgow(UK), University of Kentucky(USA). University of Oklahoma(USA)
Government-funded research institute Research institute/Domestic and foreign researcher
Korea institute of Science and Technology(KIST), Korea institute of Materials Science(KIMS), Korea Automotive Technology institute(KATECH), Korea Research institute of Standards and Science(KRISS), Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology(KRICT), Korea institute of Ceramic Engineering&Technology(KICET), Florida State University(USA), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(USA), Michigan State University(USA), MIT(USA)
CEO/Executive
SK Hynix(CEO, Executive Director), Mpeco(CEO), KOES(CEO)