About the DESE

What is the DESE

HISTORY

Established in 1996 as Korea’s First National Graduate Program in Environmental Studies

1996
  • Launch of the interdisciplinary cooperative graduate program and admission of the first cohort
2000
  • First Ph.D. graduates
2016
  • Transition to an independent graduate department
2024
  • Selected as a Top-rated BK21 Four Project Team
2026
  • 30th Anniversary of the Department of Environmental Engineering