Admissions Office
Admissions Briefing & Embassy Recommendation Program
Hayong Shin
Dean of Admissions Office
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KAIST in the World : Ranking
Engineering in QS World Ranking
17th
in2014
MIT
Stanford
Cambridge
Nanyang Tech
ETH Zurich
Imperial College
NU Singapore
UC Berkeley
Oxford
Tsinghua Univ.
U. of Tokyo
EPFL
Harvard
KAIST
14th
in2017
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World in KAIST : Student body / Faculty & Staffs
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World in KAIST : International Students! (2012)
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World in KAIST : International Students (2017)
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World in KAIST : Food & Sports Festival
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World in KAIST : International Faculty
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World in KAIST : Bilingual Campus
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World in KAIST : Lectures in English
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Campus Life and Study : Student Exchange
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Campus Life and Study : Incoming Exchange Students
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Campus Life and Study : Scholarship
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Campus Life and Study : Tutoring
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Undergraduate Admission
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Undergraduate Admission : acceptance rate (2017)
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Competences in
STEM Subjects
English proficiency
Undergraduate Admission : Application documents
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Undergraduate Admission : some scores in 2017
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Undergraduate Admission : Timeline for 2018
Year round application (except July & August)
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Graduate Admission : Application documents
Mandatory
0. Document Checklist (form online)
1. Application Form (form online)
2. Statement of Financial Resources (form online)
3. Two Recommendation Letters (form online)
4. Degree/Diploma (certified copy)
5. Transcripts (certified copy)
6. English Proficiency Test Reports (TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS) (certified copy)
7. Curriculum Vitae
8. Identity Documents I (applicant’s) (copy)
9. Identity Documents II (parents’) (copy)
10. Family Relation Certificate (Applicants of Korean origin only)
Optional
11. List of Honors and Awards
12. Employment Certificate
13. School Profile/Credit Rating System
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Graduate Admission : Timeline
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KAIST Embassy Recommendation Program
Recommendation by Embassy
Required Documents
Favorable Consideration
in Admission Decision
• Each embassy may recommend up to 2 students / year (2 tokens).
This limitation does not apply to those applicants with full financial scholarship
support by their home government scholarship agency.
• The number of recommendation tokens can be adjusted based on successful
recommendations.
What :
• Official recommendation letter should contain :
Name and Passport number of recommended applicants
Contact of the person in charge
• Email official recommendation during application period
Undergraduate program: [email protected]
Graduate program: [email protected]
How :
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Recap : Why KAIST?
• KAIST in the World
– Top class research
– World Ranking : QS (Engineering College 14th), …
• the World in KAIST
– Bilingual Campus : Lectures, Services, Cultural events, …
– Exchange programs
• Students Care
– Freshmen programs, Leadership, Mentor, Tutor, Coaching, …
– On-campus housing, Clinic, ..
• Scholarship : Full tuition + Monthly stipend + Health insurance
• Research participation : URP, Lab intern
• Embassy Recommendation Program Favorable decision
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Contacts for more information
• Dean of Admissions office
Prof. Hayong Shin
042-350-2027
• Undergraduate Program
Ms. Gahyun Son
042-350-4801
• Graduate Program
Ms. Eunjeong Paik
042-350-2352
• Homepage
http://admission.kaist.ac.kr/international/
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