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Partner - KAIST: Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

Term To Study: Summer 2015
Application Deadline: Feb 17, 2015
Program Starts: Jul 04, 2015
Program Ends: Aug 01, 2015
Major 1: Engineering Electrical & Electronics
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Program Category: One-Country
Program Type: Direct enroll
Link 1: Summer Program at KAIST
Program Locations: Daejeon
Contact Phone: 3125673680
Contact Name: Jen Sherdan
Contact Email: jsherdan@iit.edu
What is Included: *Term dates estimated until university academic calendar is released*

Student pays tuition directly to IIT
What is not Included: Student pays housing and meal plans to host university accommodations
Estimated Costs: Cost: Application fee of 50 USD and program fee of 1,900 USD (includes tuition, dormitory, and
excursion fees)
Program Description

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is located in Daejeon. KAIST was established by the government of Korea in 1971 as the nation’s first research oriented science and engineering institution and was ranked as the top university in Korea for 6 consecutive years by Joong Ang Newspaper’s University Evaluation. In the 2012 QS and THE University Rankings, KAIST was ranked 63rd and 68th respectively overall. In the engineering section, KAIST was ranked 24th by the QS evaluation.

KAIST has more than 10,000 students including 700 international students from over 70 countries and 1,200 faculty members including 200 foreign faculty members from 27 countries.

Dates: July 4 – August 1 (4 weeks)
-Courses: Idea & Expression; Vision, Brain & Art; Art & Philosophy; Introduction to Programming; Global
Entrepreneurship; Theory & Application of Light ; Korean Language & Culture
- Early Bird Deadline: April 1, 2014 (Register as an early bird and get $150 off your total KISS program
fee)

Quick Facts

Population: 48860500
Capital: Seoul
Per-capita GDP: $ 32100
Size: 99720 km2
Time Zone: (GMT + 09:00 hours) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo

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