KAIST
한국과학기술원 | |
| Type | National |
|---|---|
| Established | 1971 |
| Budget | ₩1 trillion (US$878 million) (FY2021) |
| President | Lee Kwang-hyung (이광형) |
Academic staff | 704 (2024) |
Administrative staff | 973 (2024) |
| Students | 12,348 (2024) |
| Undergraduates | 4,009 |
| Postgraduates | 3,767 |
| 2,896 | |
Other students | 1,676 Joint MS-PhD |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban 1,432,882 square metres (354.07 acres) (Daedeok Campus) 413,346 square metres (102.14 acres) (Seoul Campus) |
| Affiliations | AEARU, AOTULE, APRU, ASPIRE League. |
| Website | kaist |
| Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | |
| Hangul | 한국과학기술원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 韓國科學技術院 |
| RR | Hanguk gwahak gisurwon |
| MR | Han'guk kwahak kisurwŏn |
| KAIST | |
| Hangul | 카이스트 |
| RR | Kaiseuteu |
| MR | K'aisŭt'ŭ |
KAIST (originally the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is a national research university located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, South Korea. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first public, research-oriented science and engineering institution. KAIST has been internationally accredited in business education, and hosts the Secretariat of the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS). KAIST has 10,504 full-time students and 1,342 faculty researchers (as of the Fall 2019 Semester) and had a total budget of US$765 million in 2013, of which US$459 million was from research contracts.
In 2007, KAIST partnered with international institutions and adopted dual degree programs for its students. Its partner institutions include the Technical University of Denmark, Carnegie Mellon University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Technische Universität Berlin, and the Technical University of Munich.