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{{Short description|South Korean public research university}} {{Distinguish|Korea Institute for Advanced Study|Korea Institute of Science and Technology}} {{Infobox university | name = KAIST | native_name = 한국과학기술원 | image_name = KAIST logo.svg | image_size = 175px | established = 1971 | type = [[National university|National]] | president = Lee Kwang-hyung <br> (이광형) | city = [[Yuseong-gu, Daejeon|Yuseong]] | province = [[Daejeon]] | country = [[South Korea]] | faculty = 646 {{small|(2021)}}<ref name="kaist2021">{{cite web|title=KAIST at a Glance |work=KAIST PR |publisher=KAIST |url=https://www.kaist.ac.kr/en/html/kaist/012102.html |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> | administrative_staff = 944 {{small|(2021)}}<ref name="kaist2021" /> | students = 10,793 {{small|(2021)}}<ref name="kaist2021" /> | undergrad = 3,605<ref name="kaist2021" /> | postgrad = 3,069<ref name="kaist2021" /> | doctoral = 2,765<ref name="kaist2021" /> | other = 1,354<ref name="kaist2021" /> Joint MS-PhD | budget = {{nowrap|[[South Korean won|₩]]1 trillion<br>([[USD|US$]]878 million)<br/>{{small|(FY2021)}}}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.alio.go.kr/popReportTerm.do?apbaId=C0160&reportFormRootNo=31401 |title=카이스트 수입 및 지출 현황 |date=5 April 2021 |website= www.alio.go.kr |publisher= ALIO |access-date= 9 September 2021}}</ref> | campus = [[urban area|Urban]]<br />{{convert|1432882|m2|acre|2}} (Daedeok Campus)<br />{{convert|413346|m2|acre|2}} (Seoul Campus) | colors = | nickname = | mascot = | fightsong = | affiliations = [[Association of East Asian Research Universities|AEARU]], [[Asia-Oceania Top University League on Engineering|AOTULE]], [[Association of Pacific Rim Universities|APRU]], [http://www.aspireleague.org/ ASPIRE League]. | footnotes = | address = | website = {{URL|https://kaist.ac.kr/}} | logo = [[File:KAIST logo small.svg|250px]] }} {{Infobox Korean name |hangul = 한국과학기술원 / 카이스트 |hanja = 韓國科學技術院 / 카이스트 |rr = Hanguk Gwahak Gisurwon / Kaiseuteu |mr = Han'guk Kwahak Kisurwŏn / K'aisŭt'ŭ }} '''KAIST''' (originally the '''Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology''') is a [[national university|national]] [[research university]] located in [[Daedeok Innopolis]], [[Daejeon]], [[South Korea]]. KAIST was established by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first public, research-oriented science and engineering institution.<ref name="kaistherald">{{cite web |url= http://herald.kaist.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=158 |title=The Advance of a Korean Institute: A Brief History of KAIST |last= Park |first=Geunhong |date=21 April 2011 |website= herald.kaist.ac.kr |publisher= KAIST Herald |access-date= 11 July 2013}}</ref> KAIST has been internationally accredited in [[business education]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.business.kaist.edu/about/010301|title=KAIST 경영대학|website=www.business.kaist.edu|language=ko|access-date=2018-11-18}}</ref> and hosts the Secretariat of the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aapbs.org|title=Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools|website=www.aapbs.org|language=ko|access-date=2018-11-18}}</ref> KAIST has 10,504 full-time students and 1,342 faculty researchers (as of the Fall 2019 Semester) and had a total budget of US$765 million in 2013, of which US$459 million was from research contracts. In 2007, KAIST partnered with international institutions and adopted [[dual degree]] programs for its students. Its partner institutions include the [[Technical University of Denmark]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dtu.dk/english/Education/msc/Joint-International-Programmes-1-/KAIST |title=Technical University of Denmark and KAIST To Launch Dual Degree Program |publisher=Technical University of Denmark |access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> [[Carnegie Mellon University]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2007/October/oct4_kaist.shtml |title=Carnegie Mellon and KAIST To Launch Dual Degree Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering |date=4 October 2007 |work=cmu.edu |publisher=Carnegie Mellon University |access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gt-kaist-dd.gatech.edu/ |title=GT-ECE/KAIST-EE Dual BS and MS Program |date=23 May 2012 |work=gatech.edu |publisher= Georgia Institute of Technology |access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref> [[Technische Universität Berlin]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.eecs.tu-berlin.de/fileadmin/f4/fkIVdokumente/doppelabkommen/dd-tu-kaist.pdf |title= Agreement on Dual Degree Master Program Between KAIST Department of Computer Science and Technische Universitat Berlin Fakultat fur Elektrotechnik und Informatik (Fakultat IV) |work=eecs.tu-berlin.de |access-date= 27 June 2013}}</ref> and the [[Technical University of Munich]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kaist.edu/english/01_about/02_glance_03.php |title=KAIST Goals and Strategies |work=KAIST.edu |publisher=KAIST |access-date=27 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528005546/http://www.kaist.edu/english/01_about/02_glance_03.php |archive-date=28 May 2010 }}</ref>
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