KAIST
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KAIST (originally the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is a 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. KAIST has been internationally accredited in business education, and hosts the Secretariat of the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS). 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, o
Key facts
- University.name
- KAIST
- University.image_name
- KAIST logo.svg
- University.image_size
- 175px
- University.established
- 1971
- University.type
- National
- University.president
- Lee Kwang-hyung ()
- University.city
- Yuseong
- University.province
- Daejeon
- University.country
- South Korea
- University.faculty
- 704
- University.administrative_staff
- 973
- University.students
- 12,348
- University.undergrad
- 4,009
- University.postgrad
- 3,767
- University.doctoral
- 2,896
- University.other
- 1,676 Joint MS-PhD
- University.campus
- Urban (Daedeok Campus) (Seoul Campus)
- University.affiliations
- AEARU, AOTULE, APRU, ASPIRE League.
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1971
- Location
- Daejeon, South Korea
- Also known as
- KAIST
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.37172.30 · ISNI 0000 0001 2292 0500
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- 한국과학기술원
- Official website
- kaist.ac.kr
- Image
- KAIST-Symbol-01.jpg
- Students count
- 10249
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- Commons category
- KAIST
- inception
- 1971-02-16
- start time
- 1971-00-00
- short name
- KAIST
- social media followers
- 23800
- native label
- 한국과학기술원
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- Business
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- External links
KAIST (originally the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is a 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. KAIST has been internationally accredited in business education, and hosts the Secretariat of the Association of Asia-Pacific Business Schools (AAPBS). 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, Carnegie Mellon University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, Technische Universität Berlin, and the Technical University of Munich.
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