About SAINT

Vision & History

  • 2025

    • Started Undergraduate Department (Department of Quantum Information Engineering)

  • 2022

    • Establishing a Scholarship Program with SK on Co., Ltd.

    • Industry-Academia Research Collaboration with ENPlus Co., Ltd.

  • 2021

    • CNS Research Center and FabLab construction began

    • Industry-Academia Research Collaboration with Kyungshin Holdings Co., Ltd.

    • Technology Transfer and Industry-Academia Research Collaboration with DAEJIN Co., Ltd.

  • 2020

    • The Opening of Quantum Information Research Support Center

    • Transferring the Advanced Center for Convergent Energy Storage System

    • SAINT has been chosen as part of the BK21PLUS project (Education Research Group for Nano-Convergence Based Advanced Materials)

  • 2019

    • SAINT has been chosen as an institute offering military service exemption

    • The Inauguration of Samsung SDI-SKKU Secondary Battery Center

    • The Inauguration of the Department of Nano Engineering (Undergraduate)

    • The Inauguration of SKKU Quantum Information Center

  • 2018

    • Received 'S level' by GPA (Graduate Program Accreditation)

    • The Inauguration of SAINT Alumni Association

  • 2017

    • SAINT 7th President Tsuneya Ando

  • 2016

    • RPGR (Recent Progress in Graphene Research) 2016

    • Opening of the NANO Center For Lab to Market

  • 2015

    • SKKU-NANOTEC Joint Workshop

    • Orientation for the graduate school freshmen

  • 2014

    • The Inauguration of SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) Research Center

    • Orientation for the freshmen

  • 2013

    • BK21+ Selection

    • Prof Michael Graetzel appointed as the SAINT 2nd President

    • Orientation for the freshmen

  • 2012

    • SKKU Global Top 10

    • Orientation for the freshmen

  • 2011

    • Kyoto University-SKKU Joint International Seminar

    • Orientation for the freshmen

  • 2010

    • SKKU-SNU Joint INT Seminar

    • The Opening of Samsung SKKU Graphene Center (SSGC)

    • Kyoto University-SKKU Joint International Seminar

    • SAINT-HINT Workshop

    • Selected for the Industrial Strategic Technology Development Program

    • Orientation for the freshmen

  • 2009

    • SKKU-SNU Joint INT Seminar

    • The Opening of SMD OLED Center

    • Kyoto University-SKKU Joint International Seminar

    • SAINT-HINT Workshop

    • Selected as the Industrial Strategic Technology Development Program

    • Orientation for the freshmen

  • 2008

    • The Opening of National Core Research Center (NCRC) Establishing Center for Human Interface Nano Technology

    • Journal Nano received an International Journal Impact Factor of 1.11 (Thomson Reuters)

    • SAINT had been selected as the National Core Research Center (NCRC)

    • The Opening of Gyeonggi-do Regional Research Center (GRRC)

    • Establishing a Center for Eco-Friendly Sustainable Technology for Automobile

    • SAINT-SAIT 4th Year Research Collaboration Agreement

    • Orientation for the freshmen

    • Research training course in AIST

  • 2007

    • SAINT Symposium 2008

    • Holding the 2nd International Conference on Nanoscale Materials and Engineering (ICNME)

    • SAINT participates in NANO KOREA 2008

    • Sumio Iijima Lab. Plate Board-Hanging and Scholarship Awards Ceremony

    • International Journal, Nano is included in the List of SCIE

    • SAINT-SAIT 3rd Year Research Collaboration Agreement

    • First Conferment of Graduate Degrees to the Graduate School of Nano Science and Technology students

    • Research training course at AIST

  • 2006

    • Publication of the first issue of the International Journal, "Nano"

    • Research training course at AIST

    • Establishment of the Graduate School of Nano Science and Technology

    • The ceremony for the completion of Research Complex 2

    • SAINT-SAIT 1st Year Research Collaboration Agreement

    • SAINT International Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IWNN) 2006 Conference

  • 2004

    • The ceremony for laying the cornerstone of Research Complex 2

    • Organizing the SAINT establishment committee

  • 2003

    • Launching the Samsung-SKKU joint research projects: Organizing the TF team

    • ​​Establishing Vision 2010+: the complemented version of Vision 2010 (the core project: Establishing the world's best Nano Technology institute)

    • SKKU consulted by Bain & Company (Focusing on "Nano Technology" discipline)