History

2024

• March – Selected for the Next-Generation Core Industry Professional Training Project

2020

• March – Selected for the High-Value Metal Materials Professional Training Project

2019

• December – Awarded the 2019 Outstanding Employment Department Award

2011

• June – Recognized as an Excellent University in the Metallurgical and Steel Industry from an Industry Perspective
• February – Selected as a Department with Outstanding Employment Rate, Jeonbuk National University

2009

• June – Selected for the LINC Project (Leading Industry Talent Development in the Regional Economy)

2005

• September – Selected for the NURI Project (Capacity Building for Innovative Local Universities)

2003

• October – Renamed as Division of Advanced Materials Engineering (Metallurgical System Engineering)

1996

• March – Reorganized as the School of Advanced Materials Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering Major)

1994

• August – Departments of Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Polymer Engineering merged into the School of Advanced Materials; Selected for National Engineering Support Project (Automotive New Technology Field)

1979

• October – Metallurgical Engineering Department split into Materials and Processing/Smelting Majors

1974

• March – Metallurgical Engineering Department designated as a specialized department by the Ministry of Education

1963

• December – Metallurgical Engineering Department separated from Mining Engineering Department

1951

• October – Established as Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, College of Engineering