KAIST University Scholarships 2024

Applications are invited for the KAIST University Scholarships 2024. The last date to apply online for the KAIST Scholarship is September 2024. Funded scholarships are available from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology to pursue a Master’s or Doctorate (PhD) in South Korea. Students are encouraged to apply for the award if they wish to study for free in Korea. Scholarships from KAIST are available for the 2024–2025 academic year.

Korean universities offer Master’s and PhD programs in almost all subject areas and majors. Your entire degree-related expenses will be covered by the award. Depending on the degree, the scholarship lasts for four years for a Ph.D. degree and two years for a master’s degree.

The Korean government founded the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, a national research university situated in Korea. It is the nation’s top-ranked university. U.S. universities face fierce competition from Korea’s KAIST Scholarship. Over 11,688 students attend KAIST University, including 915 foreign students from 92 countries. In Korea, the most renowned scholarship is the KAIST University Scholarship.

KAIST University Scholarships Details

University: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Degree level: Masters, PhD
Scholarship coverage: Fully Funded
Eligible nationality: All Nationalities
Award Country: South Korea
Last Date: September 2024

Mission and Vision

KAIST University Scholarships, researches, and takes the lead in innovations to serve the happiness and prosperity of humanity. KAIST fosters talents who exhibit creativity, embrace challenges, and possess caring minds in creating knowledge and translating it into transformative innovation.

Vision 2031 is KAIST’s strategic development plan that was prepared for the 60th anniversary of KAIST. Vision 2031 reaffirms KAIST’s founding mission as Korea’s first and top science and technology university to transform into an entrepreneurial university whose knowledge creates global value to benefit all of humanity.

More About KAIST

• Opened in: 1971Locatedin Daejeon
• composed of: 5 Colleges7 Schools, 13 Graduate Schools27 Departments
• Alumni: 69,388BS19,457MS35,513Ph.D.14,418
• Students: 11,059BS3,665MS3,229Ph.D.1,396Joint MS/Ph.D.2,769
• Faculty and Staff: 1,574 Faculty 666 Staff 908
• International Population: Faculty137Students929

About The City Of Daejeon

KAIST’s main campus is located in Daejeon, 160 km south of Seoul, the capital city of Korea, where its College of Business is located. Daejeon, with a population of approximately 1.5 million, serves as a hub of science and innovation. More than 200 research institutes, including R&D facilities from the public and private sectors, are located in Daedeok Science Town in Daejeon, which is referred to as Daedeok Innopolis.

Academics

KAIST University Scholarships excellence and creativity across five colleges, seven schools, 13 graduate schools, and 27 departments. We educate students whose creative ideas and extensive knowledge will be the solid basis for creating new value in research and startups, and technology commercialization. We are introducing educational curricula and teaching methodologies to provide transdisciplinary studies, create a convergence research environment, and boost entrepreneurship and start-up education.

College and Department Information

The future of science relies on the basic sciences. Basic science is the foundation that creates new knowledge and solves big problems. The College of Natural Sciences conducts innovative basic research and educates young researchers who will work for the future of science.

• Biological Sciences
• Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering
• Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Graduate School of Engineering Biology

College of Engineering

Engineering is the applied study of natural principles and scientific discoveries to serve humanity. The College of Engineering pursues the technological innovations that humanity requires and addresses technical challenges.

• Mechanical Engineering
• Aerospace Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• School of Computing
• Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Bio and Brain Engineering
• Industrial Design
• Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Nuclear and Quantum Engineering
• Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Mobility
• Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI
• Semiconductor System Engineering
• Green Growth & Sustainability
• Graduate School of Semiconductor Technology
• Graduate School of Ai Semiconductor

College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science

The College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science provides innovative education that brings science and liberal arts together and inspires students to unleash their imagination and infuse mathematical reasoning.

• School of Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences
• Graduate School of Culture Technology
• Moon Soul Graduate School of Future Strategy
• Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy
• Master’s Program in Science Journalism
• Master’s Program in Intellectual Property
• Master’s Program in Future Strategy

College of Business

The College of Business fosters business administrators with keen insights and profound expertise in both domains of technology and business management.

• School of Management Engineering (Seoul Campus)
• School of Business and Technology Management (Daejeon Campus)

KAIST Libraries

Four libraries across the various KAIST campuses provide services and tools to enrich your research and studies. KAIST University Scholarships’ special collections and archives help connect you to the resources needed to complete your goals. The Academic Cultural Complex, which houses the newly opened main library, is a new KAIST landmark and serves as a diverse space for cultural and academic events.

Freshmen Program

KAIST offers a unique program for incoming freshmen to better adjust to campus life. It also provides the best academic curriculum to help first-year students decide on their major beginning in their second year. Hosting diverse team-building and social programs, also helps students connect with one another and create support networks during their time at KAIST and beyond.

International Exchange Program

KAIST takes pride in having initiated the globalization of the campus decades ago. English has been used as the main language for teaching since 2008. By embracing diversity and creativity, KAIST has been a draw for creative talents from around the world. Various international exchange programs and collaboration projects expand the horizons of the KAIST global network.

Center For Excellence In Learning and Teaching

Education 4.0, under the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, supports innovative teaching and learning environments for students and professors. It has led the new pedagogical paradigm of flipped learning and online learning including K-MOOC and KOOC.

Language Center

The KAIST Language Center offers foreign language classes and services to the members of the KAIST community and the public. The Language Center offers translation, interpretation, and proofreading services and runs foreign language proficiency tests as well.

IT Academy

The IT Academy, in collaboration with leading IT companies, provides IT education for members of the KAIST community and the public.

Research

KAIST has been an R&D powerhouse and the gateway to innovations in Korea. Basic and applied research at KAIST drove the industrialization of Korea and led the nation to emerge as one of the global economic powers. KAIST is now scaling up new research initiatives to become a ‘first mover,’ whose innovations will make a huge difference to people all over the world.

KAIST Institute (KI)

The KAIST Institute is the hub of open innovation and inter- and multidisciplinary research. There are also three additional research centers: I-Space, the Saudi Aramco-KAIST CO2 Management Center, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution Intelligence Center (FIRIC)), which performs trends analysis and predictions in relation to major policies, governance, and technology in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Institute For Security Convergence

We research and develop source technology for security applications while training security technology professionals for the future. The Institute of Security Convergence (ISC) has been established in response to the complex internal and external security landscape and intensifying threats surrounding our nation, under the goal of applying advanced technology developed at KAIST to the field of security and national defense, to create one of the world’s leading security technology institutions.

The Institute of Security Convergence consists of the SC-Strategy Institute which conducts mid to long-term projects under the eight research groups of cyber security, and space systems. defense technology, unmanned systems, energy, materials, sensors, and quantum, the SC-Theatre Defense Research Center, Poongsan-KAIST Future Technology Research Center, Hanhwa Systems-KAIST Research Center for the Convergence of National Defense and Artificial Intelligence, LIG Nex1-KAIST Smart National Defense 4.0 Research Center, Security Technology Research Center, and the Next Generation National Defense AI Research Center.

Financial Benefits

• Complete Tuition Fee
• Monthly Stipend:
• Masters Degree: 350,000 KRW per month.
• Doctoral Degree: 400,000 KRW per month.
• Recipient’s advisors/departments will support a student’s Medical Health Insurance fees.
• International students will get the opportunity to make earnings on campus through part-time jobs.
• Experience Korean culture and Learn the Korean Language.

Available Academic Fields

• Physics
• Mathematical Sciences
• Chemistry
• Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Aerospace Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Bio & Brain Engineering
• Industrial Design
• Industrial & Systems Engineering
• Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
• Materials Science & Engineering
• Nuclear & Quantum Engineering
• Business and Technology Management.

Documents Required

• KAIST Online Application
• Previous Degree Certificates
• Degree Transcripts
• Letter of Recommendation
• Scan copy of Passport
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Personal Statements
• English Proficiency Document
• Citizens of English-speaking countries or officially English-speaking countries are exempt from the English Proficiency Test.
• Those who completed their bachelor’s or master’s in English native-speaking countries are also exempt from the English Proficiency Test report.
• National Identity document of both parents.

Eligibility Criteria

• All international students not holding Korean nationality are eligible to apply.
• For the master’s degree program, A candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree or expected to receive it by August 31st, 2024.
• For the doctoral degree program, A candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree or expected to receive it by August 31st, 2024.

Application Deadline

The last date to apply online for the KAIST Scholarship is September 2024.

How To Apply?

The best place to start if you want more information about  KAIST University scholarships is the official website. Additionally, you can learn more about the university’s research, staff, faculty, and community involvement initiatives. Academic calendars, student handbooks, and course catalogs might also be accessible to users via the website. Click here to view the webpage.

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