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INTRODUCTION

History

The Department of Nuclear Engineering at KAIST was established
in March 1980 with the master and doctoral degree program opening
in March 1982 and 1984, respectively.
Our first undergraduate class was admitted in March 1991 following the move to the current Daejeon campus. The name of our department was changed to Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering in January 2002 to reflect the diversity of our education and research activities.

Today, our Department has 16 full-time tenured or tenure track faculty members with a total of about 315 students (80 undergraduate students, 101 master students, and 139 doctoral students in 2017). Our department features research activities in the areas of nuclear energy systems, nuclear fuel cycle and environment, radio-medical technology, and radiation nanoscience and technology.

Since the inception till 2017, we have produced a total of 1,360 graduates (205 BS, 778 MS, and 377 PhD). In particular, our doctoral graduate production has been leading the country in the field. Our annual research funding level as of 2014 was US $9.2 million. The total number of publication by our faculty members between 2013 and 2014 was 140 which is favorably compared to 167 of MIT, 99 of University of Michigan, and 80 of UC Berkeley.

The total number of citation of our publications in the same period was 157 compared to 478 of MIT, 123 of University of Michigan, and 124 of UC Berkeley. About 18 percent of our students are international students representing Asia, Africa, Europe, and the U.S. and all of our classes are conducted in English. Our goal is to become a global leader in nuclear and quantum engineering research and to produce future leaders for peaceful and responsible use of nuclear energy and for improvement of human health.

1980

1980.

03

Department of Nuclear Engineering established at KAIST, Seoul

1982.

03

Master's Course was established

1984.

02

The first graduation of Master's degree

03

Opened Doctoral degree Program

1990

1990.

04

Department of Nuclear Engineering relocated to Dajeon Campus

1991.

03

Undergraduate Course was established

CARR (Center for Advanced Reactor Research) was established

2000

2002.

01

Department of Nuclear Engineering renamed as Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering

2003.

03

Operation of RCA-KAIST Master Program for Growth of Nuclea Manpower in Pacific Asia Region

2004.

01

Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering extended the building

2006.

07

Radiation and Nuclear Medical Engineering Research Center was established

2009.

03

Operation of International Nuclear Safety Master Degree Program

2010

2011.

07

Lee Byong Whi Nuclear Energy Policy Center was established

2012.

05

International Nuclear and Radiation and Safety Master Degree Program (Revision of Program Title)

06

Launching AMC-KAIST Joint Graduate Program on Radiological Engineering for Medicine

2014.

04

NEREC (Nonproliferation Education and REsearch Center) was established