ADMISSION GUIDE

FOR INTERNATIONAL
GRADUATE STUDENTS
(2015 SPRING SEMESTER)

KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Contents
Admissions Timeline ........................................................................................ 2
Degree Programs .............................................................................................. 3
Eligibility ............................................................................................................ 5
Required Documents ....................................................................................... 5
Notice ................................................................................................................. 7
Where to submit applications ......................................................................... 8
How to pay application fee ............................................................................. 8
Campus Life....................................................................................................... 8
How to get to KAIST ...................................................................................... 8
Application Procedures .................................................................................... 9
Apostille Requirements .................................................................................... 10

Admissions Timelines
Categories

Period

Notes
All applicants must apply online through
http://apply.kaist.ac.kr. The application will be

Online Application

10:00 a.m. Wed., August 20, 2014 ~

activated from August 20 to September 24.

5:00 p.m. Wed., September 24, 2014

Please read the instructions carefully before

starting application.
Application Fee : 80,000 KRW or 80USD
(Payment must be done by the deadline.)

All materials must arrive KAIST Admissions

Submission

By 5:00 p.m. Tue., October 7, 2014

Office by the official due date (October 7, 2014).

Late application will not be considered.

Please check arrival status of application at

Arrival Check of
Submitted Documents

Mon., August 25, 2014 ~

Fri., October 10, 2014

http://apply.kaist.ac.kr. If it mentions any missing

documents or additionally required documents,
please send all supplementary documents to
admissions office before the submission deadline.

Application Review

Tue., October 21, 2014 ~

Mon., December 1, 2014

Respective departments will contact applicants

individually during October 21 to November 21
if an interview is necessary.

Admissions results will be posted on the KAIST

Admissions
Notification

5:00 p.m., Fri., December 5, 2014

admissions website along with registration

instructions.
http://admission.kaist.ac.kr/web/intl/

First Day of Class

March 2, 2015
(Seoul Campus: February 2, 2015)

The timeline in this table is based on local time in South Korea and is subject to change.
Please refer to Application Procedure on page 9.

Degree Programs
Daejeon Campus
College

Department

M.S.

Physics

M.S.Ph.D.

Mathematical Sciences

Ph.D.

Natural Sciences
Chemistry

Graduate School of Nanoscience and

Technology

Biological Sciences

Bio & Brain Engineering

Life Science &
Bioengineering

Engineering

Graduate School of Medical Science and

Engineering*

Biomedical Science and Engineering

Interdisciplinary Program

Mechanical Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Ocean Systems Engineering

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Materials Science & Engineering

Nuclear & Quantum Engineering

Nuclear & Quantum Engineering

(RCA-KAIST Masters Degree Program) *

Graduate School of EEWS

The Cho Chun Shik Graduate School for

Green Transportation

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Environmental and Energy Technology

Program

Contact Information
http://physics.kaist.ac.kr
email: mrjeong @kaist.ac.kr
T.82-42-350-2502
http://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-2703
http:/chem.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-2803
http://gsnt.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-1102
http://bio.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-2602
http://bioeng.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-4303
http://gsmse.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-4233
http://me.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-3005
http://ae.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-3702
http://ocean.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-1505
http://cbe.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-3904
http://mse.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-3303
http://nuclear.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-3802
http://nuclear.kaist.ac.kr/?sid=sub02_5_3
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-8511
http://eewseng.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-1702
http://gt.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-1252
http://civil.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-3602

Liberal Arts &

Convergence Science

Information Science &

Technology

Business and Technology Management

http://ms.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-6303

Business and Technology Management

(Graduate School of Innovation &
Technology Management)

http://itm.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-4903

Global IT Technology Program (GITTP)*

http://ittp.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-6845

Graduate School of Science and Technology

Policy

http://stp.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-4843

Graduate School of Culture Technology

http://ct.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-2902

Electrical Engineering

http://www.ee.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-3408

Computer Science

http://cs.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-3503

Industrial & Systems Engineering

http://ie.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-3102

Knowledge Service Engineering

http://kse.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-1602

Industrial Design

http://id.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-42-350-4503

Seoul Campus
College

Business

Department

MS

Management Engineering

Techno-MBA

Finance MBA

MSPh.D.

Ph.D.

Contact Information
http://www.business.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-2-958-3603
http://www.business.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T.82-2-958-3975
http://www.business.kaist.ac.kr
email: [email protected]
T. 82-2-958-3121

Please contact respective departments for curriculum related inquiries.

Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering is only open to applicants with a bachelors degree (for
M.S.-Ph.D. integrated) and a bachelors degree and masters degree (for Ph.D.) from Medical, Dental or Oriental
Medicine School. The applicants must submit an original or certified copy of medical license.
Global IT Technology Program is open to ONLY THOSE WHO ARE NOMINATED BY GITTP
department. Visit http://ittp.kaist.ac.kr and check general eligibilities for GITTP program, specific eligibilities
required by KAIST, admission schedule, additionally required documents, etc.
RCA-KAIST Masters Degree Program is open to ONLY THOSE WHO ARE RECOMMENDED BY
NATIONAL RCA REPRESENTATIVE of his/her country. Visit http://nuclear.kaist.ac.kr/?sid=sub02_5_3 for more
information.

I. Eligibility
1. International applicants must satisfy all of the following requirements:
(1) He or she holds or will hold a bachelors degree by February 28, 2015 (for masters applicants) or,
He or she holds or will hold a bachelors and masters degree by February 28, 2015 (for doctoral applicants).
(2) He or she is not a citizen of Korea.
(Korean citizens who hold dual citizenship are not eligible to apply as international students.)
Note: International applicants of Korean origin MUST read the instructions below.
International applicants of Korean origin MUST additionally satisfy one of the two requirements.
(1) Both of the applicants parents are not citizens of Korea or;
(2) The applicant must have received his/her entire elementary, junior high, high school, and undergraduate
education outside of Korea at the comparable and equivalent level of those provided in Korea (for masters
applicants) or, he or she received entire elementary, junior high, high school, and undergraduate education outside of
Korea and also received masters degree in or outside of Korea at the comparable and equivalent level of those
provided in Korea (for doctoral applicants). But in this case, international schools located in Korea are not
acknowledged as foreign schools. Applicants of Korean origin who completed their entire education (elementary,
junior high, high school, and undergraduate) outside of Korea should submit the Certificate of the Facts Concerning
the Entry & Exit issued by the Korean Immigration Office. The certificate should have been issued recently.
Note: International students of Korean origin who do not meet at least one of the conditions above
CANNOT apply for International Admissions. Instead, they must apply for Korean Admissions.
(http://admission.kaist.ac.kr/web/grad)

II. Required Documents

0. Document Checklist

Mandatory Documents

1. Application Form

2. Statement of Financial
Resources

3. Recommendation
Letters

Form can be found when the online application is

printed out.
Print out after completing the online application and
include it in application package with other supporting
materials.
Form can be found in the online application.
Applicants who choose 1)self-support or parental sponsor
as their means of financial resources should attach a
bank statement showing the capacity to meet a year of
educational expenses at KAIST.
Applicants who will be sponsored by a 2)government/
organization/institution/firm should attach a notarized
certificate of sponsorship. They cannot apply for KAIST
scholarship at the same time.
Applicants who apply for 3)KAIST Scholarship do not
have to submit any certificate mentioned above.
Two recommendation letters from applicants professors
are required. Letters should be signed and sealed across
the back of its envelope by a recommender.
Applicants
who are working can also get
recommendation letters from their supervisor.
Supervisors are not required to use the letter form
provided by KAIST but the letter must be written on a
company letterhead showing the companys full address,
telephone and fax numbers. The letter must be stamped
with the companys official seal.
If a recommender is mailing the letter separately, have
him/her mail to the Admissions Office by the deadline.
We do not accept recommendation letters via email.

Go to online
application

Original

Original

Copies of bachelors degree (for masters applicants) and

masters degree (for doctoral applicants) certificate from
every institution attended or are attending are required.
If degree certificate or degree is not available, submit a
certificate of expected graduation or an official letter
from university indicating the date of graduation and the
degree which will be conferred. After admission,
applicants must submit diploma/degree certificate
within 15 days of the enrollment to Office of
Admissions.
Copies of transcript must include information of a yearby-year records of courses from every institution
applicants have attended or are attending.
The transcripts should include college record to date,
with a statement of personal rank in department, if
available.
If CGPA/maximum score does not appear on the
transcript, please submit a proof letter certified by the
university, if available.
Transcripts can be mailed to the Admissions Office
separately by the deadline.
Applicants whose official language is not English must
submit the EPT report.
Applicants must meet one of the English proficiency test
minimum score requirements: TOEFL iBT 83, TOEFL
PBT 560, TOEFL CBT 220, IELTS 6.5, TEPS 599,
TOEIC 720 or higher.
English proficiency tests should be taken within two
years from the deadline of the online application (valid
test date: starting from September 24, 2012).
ETS can send original copy of score report directly to
KAIST admissions office. The KAIST reporting code is
0195.
Institutional Testing Program (ITP) is not valid.
Exemption
requirement: Applicants whose official
language is English or completed their bachelors degree
in English native speaking country are exempt from
submitting the EPT report. English Lecture Certificate is
required for those who studied in English speaking
countries.
EPT requirement is different for Global IT Technology
Program (GITTP) and RCA-KAIST Masters Degree
Program. Please refer to the according program website:
GITTP: http://ittp.kaist.ac.kr
RCA-KAIST: http://nuclear.kaist.ac.kr/?sid=sub02_5_3
Free style personal rsum
An official document indicating applicants nationality, e.g.
passport, national ID card, alien registration card, etc. (Include a
copy of page showing the passport number, date of issue and
expiration, photo, and name.)
An official document indicating parents nationality, e.g.
passports, national ID cards, etc. (Include a copy of page
showing the passport number, date of issue and expiration,
photo, and name.)

4. Degree/Diploma

Mandatory Documents

5. Transcripts

6. English Proficiency
Test Reports (EPT)

7. Curriculum Vitae
8. Identity Documents I

9. Identity Documents II
10. Family Relation
Certificate
(Applicants of Korean origin
only)

Official documents indicating the applicants loss of Korean

nationality, e.g. the applicants Certificate of Personal Records or
his/her fathers Family Census Register. These documents will
be used for verification of denationalization.
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If there is any honors, awards, fellowships, or any

academic certificates and test reports during university
please list them in order of importance in the list on the
online application. E.g. General Record Examination
(GRE), Graduate Management Admissions Test
(GMAT), Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK),
Korean Language Proficiency Test (KLPT), etc.
The list can be found in the online application form and
it will be valid only when testimonials or evidences are
submitted.
If there is work experience or internship related to the
applying study and research, please attach an attested
certificate or an official letter. If there is an experience
working as a research assistant or teaching assistant,
advisor may write a verification letter.
Duration of employment, position, and job description
should appear on the certificate or letter.
Acknowledgement of working experience will be valid
only when testimonials or evidences are submitted.

Optional documents

11. List of Honors and

Awards

12. Employment
Certificate

13. School Profile/

Credit Rating System
1)

School profile and description of the grading system

would help us understand better for evaluation.

Copy

Copy

Copy

Self-support or Parental Sponsor:

If you choose self-support or parental sponsor as your means of financial resources, you should attach a
bank statement showing the capacity to meet a year of educational expenses at KAIST.
- Tuition & fees (2014): Techno MBA 12,360,000 KRW/semester, Finance MBA 15,450,000 KRW/semester,
Others 9,559,000 KRW/semester
2)

Government Scholarship:

If you are selected as a government scholarship recipient in your home country, you should attach a
notarized certificate of sponsorship. Government scholarship recipients cannot apply for KAIST
scholarship at the same time. NIIEDs Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) is not
available in this scholarship.
3)

KAIST Scholarship:

KAIST scholarship amount and conditions are set prior to students enrollment based on the merits of
the applicant. KAIST Scholarship Committee will examine further exemption of tuition and fees every
year. KAIST scholarship recipients are generally exempt from paying tuition and fees. A monthly
allowance of 300,000 KRW and the National Health Insurance fee are supported by the recipients
advisor/department.

III. Notice
1)

Submitted documents will NOT be returned in any case. Please keep a copy of all application
materials in case the materials get lost in the mail. Your professors should do the same.
2) The application fee is non-refundable and not waived.
3) Applicants can submit copies of diploma (or graduation certificate) and academic
transcript when applying to KAIST but once admitted, original or certified copies should
be submitted to the Admissions Office by January 19th, 2015-- recommendation letters
cannot be submitted in copies. Admission will be canceled if an applicant fails to submit
original or certified documents. Document certification can be done by obtaining the seal
of the issuing institution or visiting a notary office. Photocopies will not be accepted.
4) All documents should be in English or Korean. If it is in any other language, it should be translated
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by the institution or a notary office.

Certain documents (e.g. letters of recommendation, diploma, transcripts, and English proficiency
test score report) can be sent directly and separately to the Admissions Office. All documents must
arrive within the deadline.
6) The admissions staff reserves the right to request additional documents from applicants and to
verify the authenticity of submitted materials.
7) Admitted students may not defer enrollment to a later semester. Students who wish to defer
enrollment must reapply.
8) Admitted students are required to submit Apostille Certificates within 15 days of enrollment.
Please refer to Apostille Requirement on the page 10.
9) Applicants whose forms and supporting documents are incomplete or found to be forged will be
disqualified from the admissions process.
10) The offer of admission may be revoked even after being admitted to or having graduated from
KAIST, if any of the submitted materials are found to be false or counterfeit.
11) Admitted applicants cannot enroll in another degree program at KAIST or another institution.
5)

IV. Where to submit applications

KAIST Admissions Office (Intl Graduate Admission)
E11 Bldg., 5F, Rm#508A, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
Phone: +82-42-350-2352 Fax : +82-42-350-2930 E-mail : [email protected]

V. How to pay application fee

The application fee is KRW 80,000 or USD 80. Payment can be made by credit card or bank transfer.
If you pay by credit card, an application number will be automatically given upon payment and you will
be exempt from submitting the invoice and remittance receipt.
If you pay the fee by bank transfer, you should fill out the invoice form and send it to us along with the
remittance receipt via email or fax. Additional charges (i.e. bank charges) should be covered by the
applicant. We will issue your application number after a remittance check of your application fee. The
bank account number will be shown when you complete the online application.
Please note that you cannot modify your application form once you pay the application fee.

VI. Campus Life

KAIST International Student Association: http://kisa.kaist.ac.kr
International Scholar & Student Services Team (ISSS): http://isss.kaist.ac.kr
Facebook
KAIST ISSS
KAIST International Student Admissions

VII. How to get to KAIST

For detailed information, please visit the websites below:
http://www.kaist.edu/html/en/kaist/kaist_01070701.html

Applications Procedures
Visit http://admission.kaist.ac.kr/web/intl and click on
Online Application for Graduate 2015 Spring semester".
Please read instructions carefully before you begin
your application.

Fill out the online application form completely and upload

your photo (bmp, jpg) according to the instructions and
save the file.

Check whether all the information is correct.

Pay application fee by credit card or bank transfer.

After paying the application fee, you will not be allowed to

modify your application form and the fee will not be
refunded. Please verify that all information is correct before
paying the application fee.

Print out your online application.

The Application Number should be kept for further

procedures and to check the final admission decision.

Send a hard copy of the online application form along with

all supporting materials to the Admissions Office.

1. Document Submission: Put all the required documents

in an envelope. You may use the provided address sticker.
Send your application package via registered post mail or
* Note: Applicants who do not send hard copies of express mail. You may also visit our office and submit the
the application materials to the Admissions Office will
documents in person.
be excluded from the evaluation process even if the
2. Deadline: October 7, 2014
online application is complete.
3. Address: KAIST, Admissions Office (Graduate)
E11 Bldg., 5F, Rm#508A, 291 Daehak-ro,
Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea (305-701)
Submission completed.
T. +82-42-350-2352

Check whether the submitted documents have arrived

or if there are any missing documents.

Make sure to visit the admissions website

(http://apply.kaist.ac.kr) for document arrival check from
August 25 to October 10. We will not contact you
individually.
If you have any missing documents, your status is
incomplete. Please send supplementary documents again to
the Admissions Office before the deadline.

Apostille Requirements
Those who are newly admitted to KAIST should submit Apostille certificates (official certificates such as diplomas,
transcripts, etc.) within 15 days after they are enrolled to KAIST. Read the instruction carefully and prepare for the required
certificates before you leave your country.
Public documents issued by public schools or institutions such as diplomas, transcripts, etc. should attach Apostille
certificates. Public documents from private schools or institutions should have notarial attestations before applying for
Apostille certificates. All of the documents should be written in English or Korean. If it is written in another language, it
should be translated into English or Korean and notarized by a notary office before applying for Apostille certificate.

1. What is an Apostille?
Public documents, such as birth certificates, judgments, patents or notarial attestations of signatures, frequently need to be
used abroad. However, before a public document can be used in a country other than the one that issued it, its origin must
often be authenticated. The traditional method for authenticating public documents to be used abroad is called legalization.
For this legalization process is frequently, slow, cumbersome and costly, a large number of countries all over the world have
joined a treaty that greatly simplifies the authentication of public documents to be used abroad. This treaty is called the Hague
Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. It is commonly
known as the Apostille Convention. The treaty reduces the authentication process to a single formality: the issuance of an
authentication certificate by an authority designated by the country where the public document was issued. This certificate is
called an Apostille.

2. In which countries does the Apostille Convention apply?

Click here to see the updated list of the countries where Apostille Convention applies.
If your public document was issued in a country where the Apostille Convention does not apply, you should submit a
Certificate of Authentication issued by the Korean Embassy or Consulate in your country.

3. Where do I get an Apostille?

Each country that is a party to the Convention must designate one or several authorities that are entitled to issue Apostilles.
These authorities are called Competent Authorities only they are permitted to issue Apostilles.
Click here to see the list of all Competent Authorities designated by each country that has joined the Apostille Convention.

4. How much does an Apostille cost?

Many Competent Authorities do charge for Apostilles. The price among Competent Authorities varies greatly. For practical
information of the prices that individual countries charge, see the information available here.

For further details, please see the website of the Hague Conference at www.hcch.net. The Hague Conference is the
Organization that developed the Apostille Convention. All relevant and updated information about the Apostille Convention
is available in the Apostille Section of the Hague Conference website.
Note: KAIST graduates and applicants from university in Korea are exempt from Apostille Requirements.
Note: Students who graduated from Chinese universities can submit a credentials report of degree certificate and
transcript issued by China Academic Degree & Graduate Education Development Center (http://www.cdgdc.edu.cn) instead
of Certificate of Authentication issued by Korean Embassy or Consulate in China.

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