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1 Office of Admissions For Spring semester 2019 Graduate Admissions Admissions Procedures .. 1 Eligibility / Timeline / Procedure at a glance / Required documents / Application fee / Notice / FAQs Degree Information .. 6 Department Information .. 6 Campus Life .. 10 Financial Aid .. 11 Apostille Requirement .. 12 Form 1: Recommendation letter form .. 13 Form 2: List of Honors and Awards .. 15 * Word format of Form 1 & 2 can be downloaded at Admissions website. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Spring 2019 Graduate Admissions 1 Admissions Procedures Eligibility International applicants must satisfy ALL of the following requirements: 1) He or she holds or will hold a bachelor s degree by February 28th, 2019 (for master s applicants ) or, He or she holds or will hold a bachelor s and master s degree by February 28th, 2019 (for doctoral applicants ). 2) He or she is NOT a citizen of Korea.

2 (Korean citizens who hold dual citizenship are not eligible to apply as international students.) Note: International applicants of Korean ethnicity, regardless of birth place, must read the instructions below. International applicants of Korean ethnicity must additionally satisfy ONE of two requirements below. 1) Neither of the applicant s parents is a citizen of Korea or; 2) The applicant must have received his/her entire elementary, junior high, and high school education outside of Korea at the comparable and equivalent level of those provided in Korea. In this case, international schools located in Korea are not acknowledged as foreign schools. applicants of Korean ethnicity 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.

3 Note: International students of Korean ethnicity who do not meet at least one of the conditions above CANNOT apply for International Admissions . Instead, they must apply for Korean Admissions . ( ) Admissions timeline 1) Online application August 17th, 2018 ~ September 14th, 2018 All applicants must apply online through The application system will be activated from August 17th, to September 14th Please read the instructions carefully before starting the application. 2) Document submission by post By September 21st, 2018 All materials must be received by KAIST Admissions Office by the official due date. Late application will not be considered. 3) Arrival check of submitted documents August 24th, 2018 ~ September 21st, 2018 Please check the arrival status of your application at If it mentions any missing documents or additionally required documents, please send all supplementary documents to the Admissions office.

4 4) Application review October 22nd, 2018 ~ November 26th, 2018 Respective departments will contact applicants individually if an interview is necessary. 5) Scholarship Review November 28th, 2018 ~ December 4th, 2018 6) Admissions notification 5 , December 7th, 2018 Admissions results will be posted on the KAIST Admissions website along with registration instructions. THE TIMELINE IS BASED ON LOCAL TIME IN SOUTH KOREA AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Spring 2019 Graduate Admissions 2 Procedures at a glance It is recommended that doctoral course applicants contact their potential advising professor before applying. * Note: Contact information of department offices: page 6-9 For master s course applicants , it is not mandatory to have a potential advising professor at KAIST before applying. STEP 1 Visit and click on Online Application for Spring 2019 Graduate ".

5 Please read instructions carefully before you begin your application. STEP 2 Fill out the online application form completely according to the instructions. STEP 3 Check that all the information is correct and save the file. * Note: 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. STEP 4 Pay application fee (USD 80 or KRW80,000) by credit card. STEP 5 Print out your online application form. * Note: The Application Number should be kept for further procedures and to check the final admission decision. STEP 6 Send a hard copy of the online application form along with all supporting materials to the Admissions Office. * Note: applicants who do not send hard copies of the application materials to the Admissions Office will be excluded from the evaluation process even if the online application is complete.

6 1. Document Submission: Send your application package via registered post mail or express mail. You may also visit our office and submit the documents in person. 2. Deadline: September 21st, 2018 3. Address: Graduate Admissions Team, KAIST #110, 1st Floor, E16-1 B/D 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141 Republic of Korea T. +82-42-350-2352 STEP 7 Check whether the submitted documents have arrived or if any documents are missing. * Note: Make sure to visit the Admissions website ( ) for document arrival check. We will not contact you individually. If you have any missing documents, your status will be incomplete . Please send supplementary documents again to the Admissions Office before the deadline. Submission complete STEP 8 Check your email during the application review period. Respective departments will contact applicants individually if an interview (phone interview) is desired.

7 * Note: An interview may or may not be included in the admission process depending on each department s evaluation procedure. STEP 9 Check your final admission result on December 7th at webpage of application system. Spring 2019 Graduate Admissions 3 Required documents 0. Document Checklist (online application) Checklist will print automatically with application form when application number is issued. 1. Application form (online application) Print after completing the online application and include it in the application package with the other supporting materials. Statement of Purpose questions(online application) 1) Please briefly answer the following questions with keywords (500 Bytes each) - What you studied at previous institution - Motivation applying for the major - Brief study plan - Future plan after study - Honors and awards - Introduction of institution previously attended 2) Write down a detailed and accurate statement of your purpose and objective in pursuing your study at KAIST.

8 (Required) Describe any work or academic experiences related to your chosen field of study (5,000 Bytes) 2. Statement of Financial Resources (online application) Form can be found in the online application. Global IT Technology Program applicants should contact department office for detailed direction before writing the form. 1) 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 (2018): Techno MBA 12,600,000 KRW/ semester Finance MBA 15,910,000 KRW/ semester Green Business 12,360,000 KRW/ semester Others 4,473,000 KRW/ semester (including entrance fee) * The tuition & fees for 2019 are subject to change, and the information above should be used as a guideline for estimating charges.

9 2) Government/Organization Scholarship: If you are selected as a government scholarship recipient in your home country, you should attach a certificate or a letter of sponsorship. KAIST may not support KAIST scholarships when the applicants are sponsored more than the living expenses KAIST scholarships provide. Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) by NIIED is not available in this admission. 3) KAIST Scholarship: If you need financial aid, you can apply for KAIST scholarship by selecting KAIST scholarship in the application form. KAIST scholarship recipients will be announced with the admission result. The scholarship amount and conditions are set prior to student enrollment based on the merits of the applicant. The KAIST Scholarship Committee will examine further exemption of tuition and fees every year.

10 KAIST scholarship recipients are generally exempt from paying tuition and fees. A monthly allowance of 350,000 KRW for Master s course students and 400,000 KRW for Doctoral degree course students and the National Health Insurance fee are supported by the recipient s advisor/department. 3. Two recommendation letters (Form 1) Two recommendation letters from your professors are required. Letters should be signed and sealed across the back of its envelope by signature of the recommender. applicants who are working can get recommenda-tion letters from their supervisors. Supervisors are not required to use the letter form provided by KAIST but the letter must be written on company letterhead showing the company s full address, telephone and official email address of the referee. If a recommender is mailing the letter separately, have him/her mail it to the Admissions Office by the deadline.