KAIST
Coordinates: 36 ° 22 ′ 18 ″ N , 127 ° 21 ′ 46 ″ E
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| motto | Education for the world, research for the future |
| founding | 1971 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Daejeon, Seoul |
| country | South Korea |
| president | Shin, Sung-Chul |
| Students | 10,633 (2016) |
| Professors | 567 (2008) |
| Annual budget | 684.2 million USD in 2016 |
| Website | www.kaist.ac.kr |
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| Korean alphabet : | 한국 과학 기술원 |
| Hanja : | 韓國 科學 技術 院 |
| Revised Romanization : | Han-guk Gwahak Gisurwon |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Han'guk Kwahak Kisurwon |
KAIST (formerly Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ) is a university in South Korea based in Daejeon . An offshoot, the KAIST Graduate School of Management , which awards an MBA , is located in Seoul .
history
- February 16, 1971: Establishment of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS) in Seoul
- January 5, 1981: Establishment of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) through the merger with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
- June 12, 1989: Separation from KIST
- July 4, 1989: Merger with the Korea Institute of Technology (KIT)
- October 1, 1996: Establishment of the Korea Institute of Advanced Study (KIAS)
- January 1, 2008: Renamed KAIST , the full name is dropped
Ranking
In the QS World University Ranking 2018/19, KAIST took 40th place worldwide and 8th place in Asia. In the QS World University Ranking 2009, KAIST took 21st place worldwide in engineering & IT and 1st place in Korea. The KAIST was also named the best university in Korea by the daily JoongAng Ilbo . KAIST is also listed as the best university in Korea and 7th in Asia in the regional ranking of Asian universities in the QS World University Rankings.
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QS University Subject Rankings (2018):
- 13th, Materials Science
- 16th, mechanical engineering
- 17th, Electrical Engineering
- 19th, Civil and Structural Engineering
- 20th, chemistry
- 21st, chemical engineering
- 34th, Computer Science and Business Informatics
The Times Higher Education placed the KAIST in 2014 at No. 3 of the best universities that have been established only within the last 50 years.
See also
- HUBO Labs , Institution at KAIST, which among other things the construction of humanoid robots busy
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 'KAIST' Decides Not to Use Original Full Name ( Memento from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), KAIST announcement, January 10, 2008.
- ↑ QS World University Rankings (2018/19) . Retrieved December 22, 2018.
- ^ The Times - QS World University Rankings 2007 - Technology . Archived from the original on January 26, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
- ↑ In the Top 100 Asian Universities List, HKU won the first, KAIST 7th, SNU 8th (2009 아시아 대학 평가 홍콩대 1 위, 카이스트 7 위, 서울대 8 위) ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info : The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Chosun Ilbo 2009.5.12. (조선 일보 5 월 12 일)
- ^ QS World University Rankings: KAIST Rankings. In: QS World University Rankings . Retrieved December 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Times Higher Education 100 Under 50 2014. In: timeshighereducation.co.uk. Thomson Reuters, May 1, 2014, accessed June 17, 2014 .
