School of Mechatronics Engineering

It is a new discipline that applies technologies developed in electronic engineering, such as computer control and information processing to mechanical engineering. The term, mechatronics comes from the combination of mechanics and electronics. It studies the key and practical technologies of machinery, electricity, electronics, computer, information, telecommunication, and control engineering. The technology which combines all or some of the areas above is applied to developing new products, processing, design, and production in order to present simultaneous engineering solutions. Mechatronics engineering will receive more spotlight in the future in accordance with the trend of ultra-miniaturization, composite systemization, and digitalization of science and technology.

Department of Electronic Engineering

The students of the Department study basic fields including radio wave/information communication, semiconductor and circuit design, signal processing, embedded system and control, and their applied fields such as Internet of things, artificial intelligence, and big data to be a global key talent. The Department, with a long history and tradition, carried out a challenging revision of its curriculum in preparation for the future intelligent era to improve the slow-downed competitiveness of the major industries in Gyeongsangnam-do Province and make a simple workforce able to meet the requirements of new industries. It will help the province be a place of abundant new technology workforce in ten years.

Department of Semiconductor Engineering

The Department was founded in 1988 under the title of the Department of Electronic Material Engineering, and it produced its first graduates in 1992. In 1996, four related departments were consolidated into the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and its title was changed into the Major in Information Cell Engineering in 2005. It is closely related to industries that are expanding and specializing on a daily basis. In order to meet the growing demand for information technology experts, the Department of Semiconductor Engineering was newly established in 2010.
The next-generation industry is a synchronized industry of a combination of information technology (IT), nanotechnology (NT), biotechnology (BT) and environmental technology (ET). Semiconductor engineering is very much closely related to the above technologies. In this regard, the Department cultivates its students to acquire the knowledge about semiconductor material and device theory and semiconductor process through theory and practice to secure hardware as an engineer in the fields of electronic engineering, information and communication engineering, computer engineering, and materials engineering that are necessary to develop and design electronic information devices. The next generation of industrial talents with the acquired basic knowledge is being fostered.
The Department offers two combined majors in “Electric Power Energy Engineering” and “Elevator Safety Engineering” through a curriculum agreement with Korea South-East Power Company and Korea Elevator Safety Agency.

Department of Software Engineering

Department of Electrical Engineering

The Department produces a workforce who will be responsible for producing, distributing, and controlling electricity as a whole. Important subjects related to the above are electromechanical equipment and devices, electric power system engineering, electrical materials, and electromechanical theory. Considering that an electrical engineer’s duty is the power of an enterprise, the Department teaches morality, the ability to cooperate, and presentation skills as well as the ability in their major such as creativity and the ability to solve various issues. The graduates are mainly employed not only by electrical or electronic businesses but also by car industries, shipbuilding, construction, various public enterprises, private enterprises, and research institutes funded by the government.

School of Computer Sciences

Computer engineering is the study of computer-related software, networks, databases, and hardware. With the recent era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, technologies included in computer science, such as big data, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), and virtual reality are regarded to play critical roles in the core axis of overall industries. It is in computer science where students learn and acquire technologies that can actively respond to such technological changes and lead a knowledge-based society.
Currently, graduates are working as developers of software, multimedia content, information system, and built-in software as well as researchers.

Department of Control and Robot Engineering

Students of the Department acquire technology in the fields of electrical, electronic, computer, and mechanical engineering to be engaged in the field of automation control system, energy and design, production, analysis, and application of robots as creative and capable professional engineers. The curricula offered by the Department are: electrical/electronic circuits, control engineering, instrumentation engineering, electrical power electronics, robotics engineering, and smart energy engineering. They cultivate their capabilities through systematic education, practice, and application in comprehensive design and production. Graduates are active in the sectors of electric/electronic control systems, robots, green energy, automobiles, shipbuilding, and construction industries.

Department of AI Information Engineering

In November 2019, the Ministry of Education announced increasing the student quota allocated to the college departments of cutting-edge technology by establishing new ones or increasing the current number of the students to cope with the rapidly changing society. In 2021, Gyeongsang National University established the Department of Intelligent Communication Engineering to foster ICT convergence experts in leading the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the areas of IT, software, and next-generation communication. The Department carries out professional education and research in relation to the latest ICT convergence technology including AI, software, big data, and information security, which are core technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In parallel with basic theory education and various on-the-job training programs with the industries concerned, the Department cultivates active and creative students of ability. They study ultra-low-latency next-generation mobile communication and hyper-connected Internet of Things (IoT) technology using machine learning, along with the theory and latest technology on information and network security. Other subjects they study are the artificial intelligence used for intelligent autonomous driving, medical diagnosis, and epidemic disease prediction. Programming languages for AI, machine learning, Java, Python, and mobile prgoramming languages are also included in their research. They are also engaged in developing drone autonomous operations and mobile app development through practical projects.