Daegu Science High School is a high school

High school

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 (for students in the age group of 17 to 19 years) in Daegu

Daegu

Daegu , also known as Taegu, and officially the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea, the fourth largest after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon, and the third largest metropolitan area in the country with over 2.5 million residents. The city is the capital and principal city of the...

, Korea

South Korea

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. It was opened on 26 October, 1988. As of 2011, it 214 students. The school is for gifted students with talents in mathematics

Mathematics

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 and sciences.

The graduates of the school usually go to science or engineering schools in KAIST

KAIST

KAIST , is located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first research oriented science and engineering institution. The QS-The Times World University Rankings in the year of 2009 placed KAIST 69th overall and 21st in...

, Postech, Seoul National University

Seoul National University

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, UNIST, and other prestigious universities in Korea and in the world.

History

• 1987.10.26 official permission of school foundation (2 classrooms, 60 students)
• 1988.03.01 the inauguration of YoungKyun Son, as the first principal
• 1988.03.03 the first entrance ceremony
• 1990.02.12 moved to a newly built school
• 1991.01.28 the first graduation ceremony (52 students)
• 1992.05.30 altering school regulations (4 classrooms per grade, 12 classrooms in total)
• 2006.09.01 the inauguration of Chunhyun Cho, as the eighth principal
• 2008.12.18 transfered to a science gifted school
• 2011.02.10 the 21st graduation ceremony (1742 early graduates in total)
• 2011.03.01 the inauguration of Soodohn Choi, as the tenth principal