Research Facts | UNIST

Research Facts | UNIST
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In
the Field of Secondary Batteries Research
that the world is watching, UNIST
With outstanding research capabilities encompassing everything from basics to applications, together with MIT and Stanford
We are continuously demonstrating our technological competitiveness.
WORLD
TOP 3
Up to 300 billion won over 10 years
3 IBS Research Groups selected
Center for Algorithmic and Robotized Synthesis
Director
Bartosz Grzybowski
Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials
Director
Rodney S. Ruoff
Center for Genomic Integrity
Director
Kyungjae Myung
UNIST Multi-Interdisciplinary Institute
Research Organizations
Key Research Center, National Supported Research Center
Preceding Research Organizations
Engineering Research Institute, Information and Bio-Convergence Research Institute, Basic Science Research Institute,
Management Science Research Institute, Humanities Research Institute
Patent Application and Tuition Fee Payment Status
Patent Application and Tuition Fee Payment Status
Table showing patent application and Tuition Fee Payment status
Category
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Domestic application
303
354
509
467
496
480
431
388
446
387
408
Overseas application
74
76
129
150
124
189
201
245
146
127
135
Domestic Tuition Fee Payment
146
201
247
268
388
376
312
204
254
214
302
Overseas Tuition Fee Payment
13
23
20
28
41
83
71
74
58
57
39
*
As of Jan. 2026
Research funding performance
Table showing
research
funding performance
Category
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Total research budget
84,132
96,601
112,402
114,413
127,750
144,017
161,187
187,641
182,642
169,186
203,847
Number of assignments
691
714
824
806
944
1,008
1,168
1,165
1,106
1,099
1,202
*
As of Jan. 2026, [Total research expenditure in million KRW]
Academic Statistics by Year
Academic Statistics by Year Table
showing academic statistics by year
Category
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Journal Article
981
1,059
1,059
1,283
1,349
1,533
1,552
1,530
1,433
1,369
1,344
SCI(E) level papers
887
961
1,069
1,182
1,260
1,425
1,552
1,412
1,309
1,301
1,259
SCI(E) level per professor
thesis
3.82
3.88
4.33
4.60
4.42
5.06
4.63
4.58
4.19
4.21
4.17
Citations per paper (FWCI)
Published paper criteria
1.52 (Based on papers published 2020-2024)
*
As of Jan. 2026