The Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT POSTECH) is an institute for graduate-level education and research in the field of iron and steel technology at Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea. It has nine specialized laboratories covering all sides of metallurgy. However, the Institute now has a reduced focus on steels, having introduced laboratories on battery electronics.
POSCO, one of the world's biggest steel production companies, in 1986, initiated a founding of a science and technology university in the city of Pohang, about 200 miles southeast of Seoul, the capital city of Korea. Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has now become one of the top research universities in Asia. GIFT was founded to provide an academic environment for education and research on ferrous materials.
The Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology has nine laboratories with key areas of expertise:
Among the faculty members who have worked at the Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, several Professors are distinguished world-widely: