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POSTECH has been ranked 11th in the world and No. 1 in Korea in Metallurgical Engineering in the ShanghaiRanking 2026 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS).

The achievement demonstrates that POSTECH has continued to maintain its top-tier research capabilities in Metallurgical Engineering, competing with leading universities worldwide rather than simply ranking among Korean universities.

POSTECH ranked 7th in the world in 2017, 4th in 2018, 7th in 2019, 10th in 2020, 12th in 2021, 18th in 2022, 33rd in 2023, 13th in 2024, 10th in 2025, and 11th in 2026. From 2017 to 2026, POSTECH has maintained the No. 1 position in Korea for 10 consecutive years, ranking among the world’s top 20 universities nine times and the top 10 five times during this period.

POSTECH has also maintained a strong position in recent years, ranking 13th, 10th, and 11th in the world over the past three years, respectively.

Metallurgical Engineering encompasses the entire process of metals, including production and refining, casting and processing, heat treatment, microstructure control, performance evaluation, and recycling. It plays a key role in designing the properties of metals and metallic materials, including steel, for specific applications and translating these designs into practical manufacturing processes and industrial applications.

The Graduate Institute of Ferrous & Eco Materials Technology (GIFT) at POSTECH has built extensive research capabilities in key areas of Metallurgical Engineering, including thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of steelmaking processes, refining and steelmaking technologies, continuous casting and solidification, slag and oxide metallurgy, high-performance steels and multiphase microstructure design, phase transformation, and heat-treatment control.

GIFT also conducts research in advanced structural materials, including ultrafine-grained and nanostructured metallic materials, high-entropy alloys, heterostructured metallic materials, metal additive manufacturing, and fracture and environmental resistance of metallic materials. By combining experimental research with computational thermodynamics, process modeling, and multiscale analysis, GIFT has established a research foundation for precisely understanding and designing material properties and manufacturing processes.

These research efforts contribute not only to the advancement of the steel and metallic materials industries, but also to a wide range of industrial sectors requiring high-reliability materials technologies, including mobility, energy, nuclear power, and aerospace. By connecting fundamental materials science with manufacturing process technologies, GIFT contributes to addressing technological challenges in industry and developing high-value-added materials technologies.

GIFT is also strengthening its international research collaboration and global talent development. This year, GIFT launched a jointly supervised doctoral program with FYUST, establishing a foundation for international research collaboration through doctoral program pathways and joint supervision of outstanding students. Going forward, GIFT plans to further expand joint research with overseas research institutions, exchanges among researchers and students, and collaboration in academic events to broaden and deepen its research activities.

The Graduate Institute of Ferrous & Eco Materials Technology at POSTECH will continue to advance both fundamental research and process technology research in Metallurgical Engineering, further strengthening its position as a globally competitive research institution in materials science and technology.

Note: This result refers specifically to POSTECH’s ranking in the Metallurgical Engineering subject area of the ShanghaiRanking 2026 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) and should not be confused with the overall university ranking.