Location: South Korea
The Pohang University of Science And Technology, shortened to POSTECH, slips one place in the Asia ranking this year, but remains within the top 10. A private research institution located in Pohang, POSTECH is 86th in the latest world rankings, and is also featured in the QS Top 50 Under 50, having been established in 1986 by steel company POSCO. Relatively small compared to the other top universities in Asia, POSTECH has a current student enrollment of 2,100 postgraduates and 1,300 undergraduates.
POSTECH is ranked within the top 50 worldwide for chemical engineering and materials sciences, and in the top 200 in a further eight subjects.