History

  • 2024
    04Dr. Won-Kook Choi appointed as the seventh Director-General
    2023
    10Comprehensive cooperation agreement signed with Aalto University, Finland
    2022
    11Comprehensive cooperation agreement signed with Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, Germany
    2020
    09Comprehensive cooperation agreement signed with Mississippi State University, USA
    08Dr. Jin-Sang Kim appointed as the sixth Director-General
    2019
    12KIUM Composite Materials Experience Center completed
    10Comprehensive cooperation agreement signed with China’s SINANO
    08Comprehensive cooperation agreement signed with USA’s Texas A&M University
    2018
    10Comprehensive cooperation agreement signed with Spain’s IMDEA Materials
    08Space Act Agreement signed with USA’s NASA
    05Comprehensive cooperation agreement signed with Germany’s ZSW
    01Ceremony held to commemorate KIST Jeonbuk’s 10th anniversary
    2017
    11Dr. Jae-Min Hong appointed as the fifth Director-General
    06Nano-Carbon Materials Commercialization Support Center (second process equipment facility) completed
  • 2016
    07Comprehensive cooperation agreement signed with Germany’s TU Dresden
    2015
    10Bungbidang (process equipment facility) completed
    02Comprehensive cooperation agreement signed with Japan’s Shinshu University
    2014
    03Dr. Jun-Kyung Kim appointed as the fourth Director-General
    2012
    11Dedication ceremony held for KIST Jeonbuk
    08Construction completed and staff enter KIST Jeonbuk
    2011
    10Dr. Kyung-Tae Hong appointed as the third Director-General
    2010
    06Groundbreaking ceremony held and construction of KIST Jeonbuk commences
    05Dr. Won-Yong Jeong appointed as the second Director-General
    2009
    12문화재 발굴(사굴) 조사(2009.12 - 2010.07)
    02건설설계 (2009.02 - 2009.12)
    2008
    06Signing of an agreement regarding land provision (KIST, Jeollabuk-do, Wanju-gun).
    02Dr. Jun-Kyung Kim appointed as the first Director-General
    01Establishment of the KIST Jeonbuk branch organization
    2007
    12 Approval of the establishment of the Board of Directors for the Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science Technology
    08Request for the establishment of a KIST branch in Jeollabuk-do

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