The Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology has nine laboratories with key areas of expertise:
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728031933/http://www.postech.ac.kr/mse/axal/ Alternative Technology Lab]:
**Continuous casting-related innovation
**Texture control
**Alternative alloying and processing
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100325004541/http://controllab.postech.ac.kr/ Control and Automation Lab]:
**Computer control system
**Process automation
**Control theory & Applications
**Measurement
* [http://gift.webteem.co.kr/jdboard/club/main.php?page=club&code=csl&group_a=csl Clean Steel Lab]:
**Thermochemistry
**Physico-chemical properties
**Fluid dynamics
**Solidification and casting
* Environmental Metallurgy Lab:
**Reduction of CO emission
**Improvement of energy efficiency
**Gas alloying technology
* [http://cml.postech.ac.kr/ Computational Metallurgy Lab]:
**Classical modeling and experiments
**Phase field modeling and experiments
**First principle calculation, quantum mechanical modeling
* Microstructure Control Lab:
**Phase transformation / electron microscopy
**Microscopic deformation behavior
**Toughness enhancement via microstructure control
**Innovative processing (e.g., twin-roll casting)
* Materials Design Lab:
**[http://www.worldsteel.org/?action=storypages&id=242 Automotive Steels], Galvanized/Galvannealed Products
**Electrical Steels
**Stainless steels
**Steel grades related to power generation
* [http://mml.postech.ac.kr/ Materials Mechanics Lab]:
**Net Shape Forming (sheet forming, other forming)
**Performance in service (fracture, crashworthiness, fatigue)
* [http://sel.postech.ac.kr/ Surface Engineering Lab]:
**Composite coatings
** Corrosion mechanism & lifetime prediction
**Corrosion resistant alloy design
**Metallic coatings