School of Electronics and Computer Engineering

School of Electronics and Computer

The School of Electronics and Computer Engineering is a combined department, originating from a merger in 2002 of the former two Departments of Information & Communication Engineering in the Engineering College and the Computer Information in Science College. The objectives of the department are not only to improve personal capability but also to largely contribute to nationwide development, by obtaining and utilizing the technology in information and communication engineering leading to contributions to the information-oriented society of the 21st century. To achieve the goals, students are required to start the basic subjects relevant to the major based on their own ability & aptitudes and finally complete the entire courses. The curriculum of the department is segmented into three majors: Electronics Information & Communication Engineering; Computer Information & Communication Engineering; and Software Engineering, which are options for students to determine at the beginning of the second year. The studies for postgraduates will mainly focus on the basic theories in order to perform research creatively onwards, while students desiring to start careers at the companies in the same industry are to acquire practical skills as well as the theoretical knowledge for the purpose of being competent engineers. In addition, the syllabi include another aim which is to form a well-rounded personality because good attitudes and philosophies are necessary for beneficial research for the wider community.

Division of Electronic Information and Communication Engineering

Electronic Information & Communication Engineering is a fundamental discipline to study and apply electrons’ kinetics in vacuums, gases, and solids, which is a leading research area of the cutting-edge technologies which are demanded by the information-oriented society in 21st century. The industry of Electronics and Information Communications is centered on signals, transmissions, digital signal processing, system software, and so on, and can be also seen as the field behind state-of-the-art technologies in Korea. In particular, this discipline has highly integrated technologies and rapid innovation which guides national industries. In this major, it is emphasized for students to have reasonable & future-oriented thinking while considering contemporary trends of globalization & information-orientation; thus, the course includes a balanced composition between theoretical & design-related lectures, field-based experiments, extended projects, & intensive training in order to enhance creativity in technology. Accordingly, it allows students to understand the correlation between theories and practices in electronic information & communication engineering, and then to be experts who can apply their knowledge for further research and development. The electronic information & communication industry, one of the strategic industries in Korea, incorporating large-sized companies such as Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, SKT, KT and SK Hynix Semiconductors, Inc. require a lot of skilled employees. This faculty offers proper courses for students to acquire demanding skills and knowledge with high-tech equipment. As a result, students sponsored through employment-linked company track scholarships have been hired by those companies such as Samsung, LG Display, and SK Hynix.

Division of Software Engineering

Now the world is in a software supremacy struggle. It accounts for 52.4% of the automobile industry, 40.9% of the medical industry, and 51.4% of the warplane industry. Korea was ranked 10th in the world economy due to a combination of basic industries such as automobile, steel, electronics, and software industries. However, as the demand for manpower in software development increases, the supply of highly-skilled people is insufficient. The majority of people working in the software industry are non-specialists.
Technologies and methods in developing and utilizing computer software are taught in software engineering. There are many departments for computer engineering in other universities, but there are only a few universities specializing in computer software. Software Engineering at Chonnam National University trains talented persons in combined software technology to lead the future information society. CNN Money announced the top 100 jobs in America, based on quality of life, and software designer was ranked at the top. Software designers are technicians developing and utilizing software, and making blueprints that are equivalent to those of an architect.
Microsoft, the leader in the global operation systems market; Apple, the leader in the intelligent mobile phones market with the iPhone; Google the dominant force in the information search market (and seeking to enter telecommunications); and Naver, leading the domestic information search market are all prominent software companies
These companies have also grown rapidly in recent times. Dear young people, full of passion and dreams, challenge yourselves and embrace the learning. Software engineering awaits you. Find your own Blue Ocean and become an important person in the infinity of cyberspace.
Machines like Smart phones enable us to access anything. Mobile phone operation systems such as Android, iOS, or Windows as well as game or utility apps can be made and installed by you.

Careers

Graduates of Electronic and Computer Engineering are actively working in various fields of society such as domestic companies, TV stations, and in public and venture companies as high-ranking public officers or patent agents. Otherwise, they continue their studies at graduate schools for masters or doctoral degrees and become professors at universities or leading researchers in many industrial institutes or laboratories headed by large domestic companies and national and public laboratories. They include Samsung, LG, Daewoo, Hyundai, SK Hynix, TV stations, financial companies, KEPCO (Korea Electric Power Corporation), KT, SKT, NHN, ETRI, etc.