PhD in Department of Electrical Engineering

Tuition fees for PhD in Department of Electrical Engineering are 10,344,000 KRW per year.

Electrical Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) is offered as a combined master's and doctoral program covering the study and design of systems that generate, transmit, and process electrical signals and power. The field spans circuit design, semiconductor devices, signal processing, communications, control systems, and power electronics, with doctoral research often concentrating on one of these subareas. Students typically complete advanced coursework in electromagnetics, circuit theory, and digital systems before undertaking laboratory or simulation-based research that leads to an original dissertation. Because electrical engineering underlies much of modern technology, from consumer electronics to telecommunications infrastructure, graduates find career paths in semiconductor design, telecommunications, robotics, renewable energy systems, and computing hardware, along with research positions in universities and national laboratories. The discipline increasingly intersects with computer science and materials science, so doctoral candidates often work on projects involving embedded systems, machine learning hardware, or new semiconductor materials. Based in Nam-gu, South Korea, the program's coursework component runs four years, with admissions in the middle of February or the beginning of September. All teaching and research supervision take place in English, allowing international students to complete the program without needing Korean proficiency. As a combined master's and doctorate track, the program takes students from foundational graduate coursework straight into independent dissertation research, which suits applicants with an undergraduate background in electrical engineering or a closely related field who are prepared for an extended, research-focused course of study.