Editing KAIST

{{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>

==History==
[[Image:Kaistphotoarchive01.jpg|thumb|Korean representatives and [[Frederick E. Terman]] discuss the establishment of the institute.]]
The institute was founded in 1971 as the Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS) by a loan of US$6 million (US$38 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi |title=The Inflation Calculator |date=11 July 2013 |website=Westegg.com |access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref> 2019) from the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID) and supported by President [[Park Chung-Hee]].<ref name="kaistherald" /> The institute's academic scheme was mainly designed by [[Frederick E. Terman]], then vice president of [[Stanford University]], and Dr. KunMo Chung, a professor at the [[New York University Tandon School of Engineering|Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://40th.kaist.edu/history/kaist_history.do |title=KAIST's history and vision |website=KAIST.edu |publisher=KAIST |access-date=11 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012215618/http://40th.kaist.edu/history/kaist_history.do |archive-date=12 October 2013 }}</ref> The institute's two main functions were to train advanced scientists and engineers and develop a structure of graduate education in the country. Research studies had begun by 1973 and undergraduates studied for bachelor's degrees by 1984.

In 1981 the government merged the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) to form the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, or KAIST, under the leadership of physics professor Choochon Lee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kaist.ac.kr/leaderen/html/President/010501.html |website=Presidents of KAIST |title=KAIST Leadership, Former Presidents}}</ref> Due to differing research philosophies, KIST and KAIST split in 1989. In the same year KAIST and the Korea Institute of Technology (KIT) combined and moved from [[Seoul]] to the [[Daedeok Innopolis|Daedeok Science Town]] in [[Daejeon]]. <!--
KAIST has led other colleges and research institutions in Korea and was verified by the [[ABET]] assessment (graduate course is within 10% of top US college level) in 1992, evaluation of nationwide colleges by Joongang Ilbo (1995, 1998–2001, 2006, 2008-2010: number one in overall rank, and evaluation of Asian colleges by Asiaweek (1999~2000: Number one in science and technology), Chosun Ilbo evaluation of Asian colleges(2009, overall rank number one in the nation, 7th in Asia, world university ranking of The Times newspaper(2008: 34th of Top 100 world university in Technology) and others.{{cn|date=December 2011}}
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The first act of President Suh upon his inauguration in July 2006 was to lay out the KAIST Development Plan. The ‘KAIST Development Five-Year Plan’ was finalized on February 5, 2007, by KAIST Steering Committee. The goals of KAIST set by Suh were to become one of the best science and technology universities in the world, and to become one of the top-10 universities by 2011. In January 2008, the university dropped its full name, ''Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology'', and changed its official name to only ''KAIST''.<ref>[http://www.kaist.edu/bbs/share_body.php?req_P=ptb&req_PDX=0188e8b8b014829e2fa0f430f0a95961 'KAIST' Decides Not to Use Original Full Name] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718022658/http://www.kaist.edu/bbs/share_body.php?req_P=ptb&req_PDX=0188e8b8b014829e2fa0f430f0a95961 |date=2011-07-18 }}, KAIST announcement, January 10, 2008.</ref>

===Timeline===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| February 16, 1971
| Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS), Hongneung Campus, Seoul is established
|-
| March 5, 1973
| Candidates matriculate for master's degree
|-
| August 20, 1975
| First commencement for the master's program
|-
| September 12, 1975
| Candidates matriculate for doctorate degree
|-
| August 19, 1978
| First commencement for the doctoral program
|-
| December 31, 1980
| Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is formed by merger with KIST
|-
| December 27, 1984
| Korea Institute of Technology (KIT) is established in Daejeon, South Korea
|-
| March 28, 1986
| First matriculation for undergraduates
|-
| June 12, 1989
| KAIST and KIST separate, KAIST retains institution name
|-
| July 4, 1989
| KAIST merges with KIT, relocates to Daejeon
|-
| December 17, 1990
| First commencement for bachelor's degree students
|-
| October 1, 1996
| Establishes [[Korea Institute for Advanced Study|Korea Institute of Advanced Study (KIAS)]]
|-
| May 4, 2004
| Founds National Nanofab Center (NNFC)
|-
| January 1, 2008
| Officially changes name to KAIST, replacing the spelled-out name
|-
| March 1, 2009
| Acquires [[Information and Communications University]] (ICU), renaming it [[KAIST Information Technology Convergence Campus]]
|}

==Academics==

===Academics===
[[Image:Korean scientist-Jang Yeongsil-01.jpg|thumb|A statue of [[Jang Young Sil]], a Korean scientist, in front of science library, Daejeon campus]]
Admission to KAIST is based on overall grades, grades on math and science courses, recommendation letters from teachers, study plan, personal statements, and other data, and does not rely on a standardized test conducted by the university. In 2014, the acceptance rate for local students was 14.9%, and for [[international student]]s at 13.2%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://herald.kaist.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1000|title=International Acceptance Rate Falls|website=herald.kaist.ac.kr|date=3 June 2015 |language=ko|access-date=2017-05-30}}</ref>

Full scholarships are given to all students including international students in the bachelor, master and doctorate courses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kaist.edu/html/en/edu/edu_03030502.html|title=Scholarship Types > Scholarships > Academics > Academics > KAIST|last=KAIST|website=www.kaist.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-05-29}}</ref> Doctoral students are given military-exemption benefits from South Korea's [[Conscription in South Korea|compulsory military service]]. Up to 80% of courses taught in KAIST are conducted in English.

Undergraduate students can join the school through an “open major system” that allows students to take classes for three terms and then choose a discipline that suits their aptitude, and undergraduates are allowed to change their major anytime. KAIST has also produced many [[doctorate]]s through the integrated master's and doctoral program and early-completion system. Students must publish papers in internationally renowned academic journals for graduation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kaist.ac.kr/html/en/kaist/kaist_01020601.html |title=Undergraduate |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=kaist.ac.kr |access-date=August 17, 2016 |archive-date=July 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708040224/https://www.kaist.ac.kr/html/en/kaist/kaist_01020601.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Students===
KAIST produced 69,388 alumni from 1975 to 2021, with 19,457 bachelor's, 35,513 master's, and 14,418 doctorate degree holders. As of Spring 2021, 10,793 students were enrolled in KAIST with 3,605 bachelor's, 3,069 master's, 1,354 joint M.S.-Ph.D.'s, and 2,765 doctoral students.<ref name="KAIST At a Glance">{{Cite web|url=https://www.kaist.ac.kr/en/html/kaist/012102.html|title=KAIST At a Glance|website=www.kaist.ac.kr|language=en|access-date=2021-12-18}}</ref> More than 70 percent of KAIST undergraduates come from [[Specialized school|specialized science high schools]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-25|title=KAIST Acceptance Rate|url=https://www.acceptance-rates.com/kaist-acceptance-rate%ef%bb%bf/|access-date=2021-01-29|website=Acceptance Rates|language=en-US}}</ref> 817 international students from 81 countries are studying at KAIST (as of spring semester 2021), making it one of the most ethnically diverse universities in the country.<ref name="KAIST At a Glance"/>

==Organization==
KAIST is organized into 6 colleges, 2 schools and 33 departments/divisions.

* College of Natural Sciences
**[https://physics.kaist.ac.kr Department of Physics]
**[https://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr Department of Mathematical Sciences]
**[https://chem.kaist.ac.kr Department of Chemistry]
**[https://gsnt.kaist.ac.kr Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology]
*College of Life Science and Bioengineering
**[https://bio.kaist.ac.kr Department of Biological Sciences]
**[https://gsmse.kaist.ac.kr Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering]
*College of Engineering
**School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
***[http://me.kaist.ac.kr/main/main.html Department of Mechanical Engineering]
***[https://ae.kaist.ac.kr Department of Aerospace Engineering]
**[https://ee.kaist.ac.kr School of Electrical Engineering]
**[https://cs.kaist.ac.kr School of Computing]
**[https://civil.kaist.ac.kr Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering]
**[https://bioeng.kaist.ac.kr Department of Bio and Brain Engineering]
**[https://id.kaist.ac.kr Department of Industrial Design]
**[https://ie.kaist.ac.kr Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering]
***[https://gsds.kaist.ac.kr Graduate School of Data Science]
**[https://cbe.kaist.ac.kr Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
**[https://mse.kaist.ac.kr Department of Materials Science and Engineering]
**[https://nuclear.kaist.ac.kr Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering]
**Department of Information and Communications Engineering
**[https://gt.kaist.ac.kr The Cho Chun Shik Graduate School of Green Transportation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607141719/https://gt.kaist.ac.kr/ |date=2020-06-07 }}
**[https://eewseng.kaist.ac.kr Graduate School of EEWS (Energy, Environment, Water, and Sustainability)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013225748/https://eewseng.kaist.ac.kr/ |date=2019-10-13 }}
**[http://gsai.kaist.ac.kr/ The Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI (GSAI)]
*College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science
**[https://hss.kaist.ac.kr School of Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences]
**[https://ct.kaist.ac.kr Graduate School of Culture Technology]
**[https://futures.kaist.ac.kr Moon Soul Graduate School of Future Strategy (Korean only)]
**[https://stp.kaist.ac.kr Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy]
*College of Business
**[http://www.business.kaist.edu/programs/02020101 MS/Ph.D]
**[http://btm.kaist.ac.kr/en/ School of Business and Technology Management]
**[http://www.business.kaist.edu/kgsm/ School of Management Engineering]
**[http://www.business.kaist.ac.kr/kgsf/ Graduate School of Finance]
**[http://www.business.kaist.edu/ksim/ Graduate School of Information and Media Management]
**[http://www.business.kaist.ac.kr/gsgg/ Graduate School of Green Growth]
**[https://sts.kaist.ac.kr School of Transdisciplinary Studies]

KAIST also has three affiliated institutes including the Korea Institute of Advanced Study (KIAS), National NanoFab Center (NNFC), and [[Korea Science Academy of KAIST|Korea Science Academy]] (KSA).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kaist.edu/html/en/kaist/kaist_010201.html |title=About KAIST |date=20 June 2014 |website=www.kaist.edu |access-date=20 June 2014}}</ref>

== Campus ==
[[File:KAIST fountains view.jpg|thumb|A view of the main campus]]
[[File:KAIST's sport complex at night.jpg|thumb|KAIST's sport complex at night]]<!--[[Image:Kaist.JPG|thumb|right|240px|KAIST Campus Painting Map]]-->
[[File:A flock of geese at KAIST university.jpg|thumb|Geese and ducks residing in the KAIST campus lake]]
KAIST has two campuses in [[Daejeon]] and one campus in Seoul. The university is mainly located in the [[Daedeok Science Town]] in the city of [[Daejeon]], 150 kilometers south of the capital [[Seoul]]. Daedeok is also home to some 50 public and private research institutes, universities such as [[Chungnam National University|CNU]] and high-tech venture capital companies.

Most lectures, research activities, and housing services are located in the Daejeon main campus. It has a total of 29 dormitories. Twenty-three dormitories for male students and four dormitories for female students are located on the outskirts of the campus, and two apartments for married students are located outside the campus.

The Seoul campus is the home of the Business Faculty of the university. The graduate schools of finance, management and information & media management are located there. The total area of the Seoul campus is {{convert|413346|m2|abbr=on}}.

The Munji campus, the former campus of [[Information and Communications University]] until its merger with KAIST, is located ca. {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}} away from the main campus. It has two dormitories, one for undergraduate students and the other for graduate students. The [[Institute for Basic Science]] (IBS) Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research is located here doing particle and nuclear physics related to [[dark matter]] and the [[RAON|Rare Isotope Science Project]] has the Superconducting Radio Frequency test facility.

=== Main library ===
The KAIST main library was established in 1971 as KAIS library, and it went through a merge and separation process with KIST library. It merged with KIT in March 1990. A contemporary 5 story building was constructed as the main library, and it is being operated with an annex library. The library uses the American LC Classification Schedule.<ref name="KAIST website library">{{cite web|url=http://www.kaist.ac.kr/html/en/research/research_0406.html|title=KAIST Library |website=www.kaist.ac.kr}}</ref>

The library underwent expansion and remodeling, which finished in 2018, to include conference rooms, collaboration rooms, and media rooms.

=== Event ===
KAIST's Seokrim Taeulje is a festival held by KAIST for three days every spring semester. The festival preparation committee under the undergraduate student council will be in charge of planning and execution, various food booths and experience booths will be opened, and stage events such as club performances and a song festival will be held. Also called the Cherry Blossom Festival, students eat strawberries on the lawn.[http://hellodd.com/?md=news&mt=view&pid=64943]

==Research==
Seven KAIST Institutes (KIs) have been set up: the KI for the BioCentury, the KI for Information Technology Convergence, the KI for the Design of Complex Systems, the KI for Entertainment Engineering, the KI for the NanoCentury, the KI for Eco-Energy, and the KI for Urban Space and Systems. Each KI is operated as an independent research center at the level of a college, receiving support in terms of finance and facilities. In terms of ownership of intellectual property rights, KAIST holds 2,694 domestic patents and 723 international patents so far.<ref>[http://www.kaist.edu/edu.html KAIST Institute (KI)]</ref>

=== Electric vehicles ===
Researchers at KAIST have developed the [[Online Electric Vehicle]] (OLEV), a technique of powering vehicles through cables underneath the surface of the road via [[non-contact magnetic charging]] (a power source is placed underneath the road surface and power is wirelessly picked up on the vehicle itself). In July 2009 the researchers successfully supplied up to 60% power to a bus over a gap of {{convert|12|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} from a power line embedded in the ground using power supply and pick up technology developed in-house.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gizmag.com/kaist-olev-electric-vehicle/12557/|title=Korean electric vehicle solution|website=www.gizmag.com|date=20 August 2009 }}</ref>

==Controversy==
===Suicides===
In 2011, a punitive tuition system was introduced to KAIST, which charged students for tuition only if their grade-point average dropped below 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20110412008300315|title=Besieged KAIST dean agrees to scrap punitive tuition system|date=12 April 2011 }}</ref> This change, along with a new system mandating English-only classes, led to 11 members of KAIST committing suicide from 2011 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?artid=201607251827247&code=710100|title=Eleven Suicides in Six Years: What's Going on at KAIST?|website=khan.co.kr|date=25 July 2016 }}</ref> The university has since reversed the punitive tuition system.

===Development of autonomous arms===
In February 2018, [[the Korea Times]] published an article which stated that KAIST was starting an [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] weapons research project together with the Korean [[arms manufacturer]] Hanwha. The allegations were of developing [[lethal autonomous weapon]]s with Hanwha. This has led to researchers from 30 countries boycotting KAIST, which has denied existence of the program.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/05/killer-robots-south-korea-university-boycott-artifical-intelligence-hanwha 'Killer robots': AI experts call for boycott over lab at South Korea university] The Guardian, 2018</ref>

===China tech leaks===
In February 2024, a KAIST professor was found guilty by an appellate court of leaking autonomous vehicle technologies to China between 2017 and 2020, leading to a two year prison sentence. Despite a lower court having sentenced the professor to two years in prison with a three-year suspended sentence in 2021, KAIST did not take any disciplinary action, instead offering only a public apology and a promise to improve its transparency<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2024/05/129_373914.html|title=KAIST accused of leniency to professor who leaked LIDAR tech to China |date=3 May 2024 }}</ref>

==Rankings & Reputation==
{{Infobox South Korean university ranking
| QS_N = 2
| THE_N = 3
| JOONG_N = 
| ARWU_N = 3–6
| LINE_1 = 0
| QS_A = 15
| QS_WA = 
| THE_A = 17
| ARWU_A = 
| USNWR_A = =65
| LINE_2 = 0
| QS_W = 53
| THE_W = 82
| USNWR_W = =296
| ARWU_W = 201–300
}}

=== Overall Rankings ===
KAIST was ranked 56th worldwide in the QS WUR 2024, 91st worldwide in the THE WUR 2023, 282nd in the USNWR Rankings 2022-2023, and 201-300th in ARWU 2022.

KAIST was the 111th best-ranked university worldwide in 2022 in terms of aggregate performance across THE, QS, and ARWU, as reported by [[College and university rankings|ARTU]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Rankings {{!}} Rankings |url=https://research.unsw.edu.au/artu/artu-results |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=research.unsw.edu.au}}</ref>

Before THE and QS started publishing separate rankings in 2010, the jointly published [[Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings|THE–QS World University Rankings]] ranked KAIST globally at 160th (2004), 143rd (2005), 198th (2006), 132nd (2007), 95th (2008), and 69th (2009).

KAIST was ranked as the best university in [[Republic of Korea]] and the 7th university in [[Asia]] in the Top 100 Asian Universities list, the first regional ranking issued by THE-QS World Rankings.<ref>[http://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/05/12/2009051200096.html In the Top 100 Asian Universities List, HKU won the first, KAIST 7th, SNU 8th(2009 아시아 대학평가 홍콩대 1위, 카이스트 7위, 서울대 8위)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515102711/http://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/05/12/2009051200096.html|date=2009-05-15}} [[Chosun Ilbo]] 2009.5.12. (조선일보 5월 12일)</ref>{{Verify source|date=July 2011}} KAIST was again recognized as a number one University in Korea by [[JoongAng Ilbo]] Review.

In 2019<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 23, 2019 |title=The World's Most Innovative Universities 2019 |url=https://www.reuters.com/innovative-universities-2019 |via=www.reuters.com}}</ref> [[Thomson Reuters]] named KAIST the 34th most [[Innovation|innovative]] university in the world and the 2nd most innovative university in the Asia-Pacific region.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ewalt |first=David |date=2019 |title=Asia Pacific's Most Innovative Universities 2019 |url=https://graphics.reuters.com/ASIA-UNIVERSITY-INNOVATION/0100B02G03Z/index.html |access-date=December 18, 2021 |website=reuters.com |publisher=Reuters}}</ref>

KAIST was ranked 61-70th worldwide in the THE World Reputation Rankings 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-06 |title=World Reputation Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2022/reputation-ranking |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |language=en}}</ref>

=== Subject/Area Rankings ===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[QS World University Rankings#Rankings by subjects|QS University Subject Rankings]] (2017):<ref name="QS2017details">{{cite web
  | title = QS World University Rankings: KAIST Rankings
  | work = [[QS World University Rankings]]
  | url = https://www.topuniversities.com/node/2708/ranking-details/university-subject-rankings/2017
  | access-date = 28 May 2017
}}</ref>
** 13th, [[materials science]]
** 15th, [[civil engineering]] and [[structural engineering]]
** 15th, [[mechanical engineering]]
** 15th, [[chemical engineering]]
** 17th, [[electrical engineering]]
** 18th, [[chemistry]]
** 33rd, [[computer science]] and [[information systems]]
** 44th, [[Physics & Astronomy]]
** 47th, [[Mathematics]]
{{div col end}}In the 2009 [[THE-QS World University Rankings]] (in 2010 [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]] and [[QS World University Rankings]] parted ways to produce separate rankings) for Engineering & IT, the university was placed 21st in the world and 1st in Korea.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Times - QS World University Rankings 2007 - Technology |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/subject_rankings/technology/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126224303/http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/subject_rankings/technology/ |archive-date=2008-01-26 |access-date=2008-02-01}}</ref>

In 2009, KAIST's department of industrial design has also been listed in the top 30 Design Schools by Business Week.<ref>{{cite web |title=D-Schools: The Global List |url=http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/talenthunt/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429215532/http://bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/talenthunt/ |archive-date=2009-04-29 |access-date=2008-12-13}}</ref>

=== Young University Rankings ===
[[Times Higher Education]] ranked KAIST the 3rd best university in the world under the age of 50 years in its 2015 league table.<ref name="THE">{{cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2015/one-hundred-under-fifty#!/page/0/length/25 |title=Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 2015 |date=2015 |work=timeshighereducation.co.uk |publisher=Thomson Reuters |access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref>

=== Graduate Employability Rankings ===
KAIST graduates ranked 67th worldwide in the Times Higher Education's Global University Employability Ranking 2022, and 77th worldwide in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022.

==Notable faculty and staff==
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*[[Soon-dal Choi]], electrical engineer; successfully developed and launched a satellite, KITSAT-3
*[[Dong-ho Cho]], electrical engineer; developed online electric vehicle (OLEV), listed on [[Time Magazine]]'s top fifty inventions of 2010
*[[Jun-ho Choi]], discoverer of hSNF5 body protein involved in reproduction of [[Papilloma virus]]
*[[Yang-Kyu Choi]], developed world's smallest [[terabyte]] [[flash memory]]
*[[Cho Zang-hee]], developed PET Imaging while at Colombia, developed Imaging for MRI/PET/CAT at KAIS, Later KAIST
*[[James D. Cumming]], Foreign Guest Professor, published first paper with Cho Zang-hee on MRI Imaging resolution improvement.
*[[Kyoungchul Kong]], Mechanical engineer, entrepreneur and academic
*[[Heun Lee]], identified mechanism behind hydrogen storage in ice particles
*[[Ji-O Lee]], chemist; identified structure of protein causing [[sepsis]]
*[[Sang-yup Lee]], developed chip to diagnose [[Wilson's disease]]
*[[Gi-hyong Gho]], mathematician; developed world's first public key crypto system (PKCS) technology
*[[Jong-kyong Jeong]], identified cause of [[Parkinson's disease]]
*[[Eunseong Kim]], physicist; discovered new evidence for the existence of a [[supersolid]]
*[[Jin-woo Kim]], identified the cause behind senile retinal degeneration disease
*[[Se-jin Kwan]], aerospace engineer; successfully developed and tested a moon lander
*[[Chang Hee Nam]], physicist; developed [[attosecond]] pulse generation and compression technology<ref>{{cite web |url=http://physics.kaist.ac.kr/xe/nam_chang_hee |title=Nam, Chang Hee |access-date=2013-12-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131220190533/http://physics.kaist.ac.kr/xe/nam_chang_hee |archive-date=2013-12-20 }}</ref>
*[[Gweng-su Rhim]], developed next generation Transparent Resistive Random Access Memory (TRRAM)
*[[Seung-man Yang]], developed new photonics crystal-based optofluidic technology
*[[Yoon-tae Young]], physicist; first to observe proper function of [[complexin]] protein to control neuron communication
*[[Giltsu Choi]], photobiologist; identified key genes regulating seed germination in response to light in plants.
*[[Dan Keun Sung]], electronic engineer

==Notable alumni==

===Academia===
*[[Ryong Ryoo]], chemist

===Science and technology===
*[[Yi So-Yeon]], first Korean to fly in space
*[[Tony Kim]], founder of [[ProtoPie]]

===Business===
*[[Na Sung-kyun|Sung-kyun Na]], founder of [[Neowiz Holdings]]
*[[Kim Jung-ju]], [[NEXON]] CEO
*[[Hae-jin Lee]], Next Human Network ([[NHN Corporation]])
*[[Chang-han Kim]], [[Krafton]] CEO

=== Entertainment ===
* [[Kim So-jung (singer)|So-jung Kim]], Singer
* Jang-won Lee, Singer ([[Peppertones]])
* Jae-pyung Shin, Singer ([[Peppertones]])
* [[Yoon So-hee|So-hee Yoon]], Actress
* [[Heo Sung-bum|Sung-bum Heo (Horang)]], model and influencer

== Notes and references ==
* The Times-QS World University Rankings 2009 - KAIST 69th overall, 21st in the field of Engineering/Technology

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==See also==
* [[Education in South Korea|Education in Korea]]
* [[List of national universities in South Korea]]
* [[List of universities and colleges in South Korea]]

==External links==
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*{{Official website|https://www.kaist.ac.kr/en/}} {{in lang|en}}
*{{Official website|https://www.kaist.ac.kr/kr/}} {{in lang|ko}}

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