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HISTORY
History of GSAIM
Building on GSAIM's legacy of excellence since 1999
2025. December
Started recruiting foreign students for Global Content Institute
2022. May
Selected for the OTT Specialized Graduate School Support Program
2020. September
Final selection of BK21 PLUS academic group for Phase 4
2016. April
Final selection of BK21 PLUS academic group in Phase 3
2015. August
Established a joint degree program with Qingdao University of Science and Technology in China (approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education)
2014. February
Final selection of BK21 PLUS academic group in Phase 3
2013. September
Selected for the Phase 3 BK21 PLUS academic group for Training Global Creative Content Professionals
2010. June
2009 Selected as the best academic group in Chung-Ang University (3 consecutive years)
2008. March
Renamed to Department of Image Science and Arts
2007. March
Merged into the Department of Advanced Image Science and Arts
2006. April
S elected for Phase 2 BK21 as Korean Digital Visual Project in Design and Film
2005. December
Seoul Strategic Industry Innovation Cluster Project (organized by Future Content Convergence Cluster)
2004. September
Selected as the Best Graduate School in BK21 Specialized Fields for Phase 1
2001. March
Changed name to Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film
2001. February
First Ph.D. awarded: One Ph.D. in Department of Film/Multimedia and one Ph.D. in Department of Image Engineering
2000. February
First Master's degrees awarded: Two Master's in Department of Film/Multimedia and twelve Master's in Department of Image Engineering
1999. September
Dr. Choi Jong-soo inaugurated as the first dean of the Graduate School
1999. August
Approved to establish the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film and selected as a BK21 specialty graduate school for the first phase
