The School of Integrated Technology at Yonsei University’s College of Computing was established in March 2011 as part of the College of Engineering’s Global Leadership Program. Its mission is to cultivate convergence talents in advanced IT fields that contribute to sustainable development in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.\ \ The school fosters globally-minded, interdisciplinary leaders through horizontal convergence in information, electronics, computer science, and nanotechnology, as well as vertical convergence with humanities, social sciences, arts, and design. In 2023, the school was incorporated into the newly established College of Computing, where it leads cutting-edge academic fields such as artificial intelligence, intelligent semiconductors, future mobility, next-generation communications, and IoT convergence.\ \ To support students in designing and conducting self-directed convergence research, the program offers a three-year undergraduate curriculum focused on IT convergence, which seamlessly connects to a four-year integrated master’s and doctoral program. Under the guidance of 13 full-time faculty members, students receive tailored, one-on-one mentorship. The school is committed to nurturing creative, practical, and high-achieving future leaders in the IT field.\ \ Although administratively part of Yonsei University's Sinchon Campus, the School of Integrated Technology is located in Songdo on the International Campus. This location offers access to state-of-the-art educational facilities and abundant resources, serving as a forward base for the convergence education and globalization initiatives of the College of Computing.

Research Areas

The School of Integrated Technology’s research covers foundational areas of IT convergence such as materials and devices, circuits and systems, signal processing, and software across fields including information, electronics, computer science, and nanotechnology. These foundations support advanced research in application areas such as artificial intelligence, intelligent semiconductors, future vehicles, next-generation communications, IoT convergence, next-gen displays, augmented and virtual reality, renewable energy, bio-health, aerospace drones, radar, and defense technology. At the undergraduate level, students build broad knowledge in IT disciplines, which they deepen through graduate-level specialization. In the software domain, undergraduate coursework includes advanced programming, algorithms, computer systems and programming, operating systems, and data mining. Graduate-level courses include machine learning, data science, cloud computing, advanced networking, mobile computing, quantum AI, and reinforcement learning.\ \ In the intelligent systems domain, undergraduate courses include convergence mathematics, circuits, signals, information theory, discrete signal processing, feedback systems, multimedia signal processing, digital systems, and a mechatronics project. Graduate offerings include navigation systems, communications and networks, embedded IoT systems, linear systems and DSP, automotive electronics, and aerospace systems.\ \ For the device domain, undergraduate courses include modern physics, quantum mechanics, materials, electromagnetics and waves, nano fabrication, sensor technology, semiconductors, display technologies, and energy convergence. Graduate courses include next-gen intelligent semiconductors, CMOS fabrication, semiconductor physics, nano technology, advanced materials, flexible electronics, nano analysis, and photonics.\ \ This integrated undergraduate–graduate research-driven education system is optimized for nurturing future-oriented talents who will lead the next wave of innovation in IT convergence.

Career Paths

Graduates of the School of Integrated Technology pursue careers in key sectors of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including artificial intelligence, intelligent semiconductors, future mobility, next-generation communications, IoT convergence, next-gen displays, AR/VR, renewable energy, bio-health, aerospace drones, and defense technologies.\ \ Alumni are actively engaged in diverse roles both in Korea and abroad, including as professors, researchers in leading global corporations and research institutes (e.g., Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor Company, LG Display, LG Chem, Qualcomm, Google), startup founders, and high-level professionals in technology-related government agencies.

BK21 Four

The BK21 Four Project for Fostering Innovative Talent in Intelligent Semiconductor IT Convergence at Yonsei University brings together faculty from the School of Integrated Technology in the College of Computing and the Department of System Semiconductor Engineering in the College of Engineering.\ \ Its goal is to develop world-leading researchers with independent research capabilities and convergence-based thinking across all aspects of intelligent semiconductor production, design, and application.\ \ The program promotes both horizontal integration of hardware–software technologies and vertical integration of foundational and applied IT convergence technologies. By establishing a global network that connects academia, industry, and research, the project fosters an open innovation ecosystem in intelligent semiconductor technologies through bidirectional exchanges—bottom-up in core technologies and top-down in application fields.

Yonsei University College of Computing, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea (Engineering Research Park(공학원), 153)

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