General Info
Korea Railroad Research Institute
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Introduction
KRRI has been established in order to contribute to the development of state and business industries through continuous R&D in the fields of railroad, public transportation, logistics, and the spreading of its work. -
Governing body
Ministry of Science and ICT -
Establishment basis
Act on the establishment, management, and development of government-funded science and technology research institutes
Primary Functions
- R&D on high-speed railroad, general railroad, urban railroad, and light-weight subway systems
- R&D on next-generation public transportation systems
- R&D on railroad safety, standardization, railroad policy, and logistics technology
- R&D on transcontinental railroad systems between the two Koreas (North and South)
- R&D on core technologies for a nation-wide transportation system (including railroad, public transportation, and logistics)
- Cooperation, support, and technology commercialization with small-and medium-sized enterprises and other business groups in the industry
Goal and Strategy
- Goal: Leading the 4th industrial revolution of railway technology through robust research and innovative ecosystem
- Strategy
- Creating new value for future railway by developing leading technology
- Expansion of public interactive research and strengthening cooperation among railway operation and construction organizations
- Establishing researcher focused R&D innovative ecosystem with autonomy and responsibility
Organization
- Reformed the institute that focuses on consumer/convergence technology for new transportation, high-speed trains, urban trains, logistics transportation, qualification test, etc.(May. 2011)
- Changed from project/specialty-focused institute to convergence- and goal-focused organization with more flexibility
- Strengthened organization efficiency by reducing department-level groups on a large scale (6 head offices 8 divisions, 1 research lab) - As a new project/mission-type (small but strong) research institute, it was reorganized to the Green Transportation Logistics System Engineering Research Institute (Nov. 2011)
- The Technology Commercialization Center was newly organized into CBO-type professional organization to enhance the technology commercialization and its result diffusion (June. 2014)
- As of 2018, the organization is rearranged by research fields to strengthen development of future fundamental technologies in response to the 4th industrial revolution
- Organizational unit: 1 Research Center, 10 Division, 3 Department (Oct. 2020)
The number of employees (PhD 262) / Mar. 2023
| Total | Executive | Research service | technical post | Administrative | organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 373 | 1 | 274 | 50 | 43 | 5 |
Location
176, Cheoldobangmulgwan-ro (Woram-dong), Uiwan-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea