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: creative.adm@kaist.ac.kr

Graduate program: advanced.adm@kaist.ac.kr

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

hyshin@kaist.ac.kr

042-350-2027

• Undergraduate Program

Ms. Gahyun Son

creative.adm@kaist.ac.kr

042-350-4801

• Graduate Program

Ms. Eunjeong Paik

advanced.adm@kaist.ac.kr

042-350-2352

• Homepage

http://admission.kaist.ac.kr/international/