Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

울산과학기술원
Motto	First in Change
Type	National
Established	2007 (2007)
Budget	152 million USD (2015)
President	Yong Hoon Lee
Academic staff	391[1] (2016)
Administrative staff	288[1] (2016)
Undergraduates	2377[1] (2022)
Postgraduates	2138[1] (2022)
Location	Ulsan , South Korea
Colors	UNIST Navy, UNIST Emerald
Mascot	Uni(윤이) the unicorn
Website	www.unist.ac.kr

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST; Korean: 울산과학기술원), is one of the four public universities in South Korea which are dedicated to research in science and technology, along with KAIST, GIST, and DGIST. UNIST was founded in 2007 in response to growing demand for higher education in the Korean industrial capital of Ulsan,^[2] where world-renowned automotive (Hyundai Motor), shipbuilding (Hyundai Heavy Industries), petrochemical (SK Energy), and secondary cells industries are clustered. At the time of its foundation, UNIST was known for being the first national university in South Korea to be incorporated and thus administered by an independent board of trustees despite being funded by the central government.