• All applicants must apply online through http://apply.kaist.ac.kr. The application will be activated from April 2 to April 30.
• Please read the instructions carefully before you begin your application.
• Application Fee : 50,000 KRW or 50USD

In person : By 5:00 p.m. Mon., April 30, 2012

Airmail : By 5:00 p.m. Mon., May 7, 2012

• All materials must be reveived by KAIST Admissions Office by the official due date.
• Application package should be postmarked by April 30, 2012.
• Late application will not be considered.

• Please check if your documents have been received and for any missing documents after mailing your application package at http://apply.kaist.ac.kr.

• Respective departments will contact you individually if an interview is necessary.

• Admissions results will be posted on the KAIST admissions website along with registration instructions.
  http://admission.kaist.ac.kr

• Download from the admissions website.

• Print out after completing the online application and include in your application package with other supporting materials.

• Form can be found in the online application.
• Applicants who choose ¹⁾self-support or parental sponsor as their means of financial resources should attach a bank statement showing the capacity to meet educational expenses at KAIST.
• Applicants who will be sponsored by a ²⁾government/ organization/institution/firm should attach a notarized certificate of sponsorship. They cannot receive KAIST scholarship at the same time.
• Applicants who apply for ³⁾KAIST Scholarship do not have to submit any certificate mentioned above.

• Two recommendation letters from your professors are required. Letters should be signed and sealed across the back of its envelope by a recommender.
• Applicants who are working can also get recommendation letters from their supervisors. Supervisors are not required to use the letter form provided by KAIST but company letterhead showing the company's full address, telephone and fax numbers. The letter must be stamped with the company's official seal.
• If a recommender is mailing the letter separately, have him/her mail to the Admissions Office by the deadline.

• Certified or attested copies of bachelor's degree (for master's applicants) or of bachelor's and master's degree (for doctoral applicants) and diploma from every institution you have attended or are attending are required.
• If you are expected to graduate before August 31, 2012, then you should submit a certificate of expected graduation or an official letter from your university indicating the date of graduation and the degree which will be conferred.

• Certified or attested copies of transcript with a year-by-year grade records of courses you have taken from every institution you have attended or are attending are required.
• The transcript should contain your college record to date, with a statement of your rank in your department, if available.
• If your grades/GPA does not appear on your transcript, give us a brief explanation of your school's grading system.
• Transcripts can be mailed to the Admissions Office separately by the deadline.

• Applicants must meet one of the English proficiency test minimum score requirements: TOEFL 550 (210 for computer-based; 80 for internet-based), IELTS 5.5, TEPS 550, TOEIC Listening & Reading 750 + Speaking level 6 + Writing level 7 or higher.
• English proficiency tests conducted before April 30, 2010 will not be considered for admission. The test should be taken two years prior to the online application deadline.
• ETS can send your score report directly to KAIST. The KAIST reporting code is 0195. Score reports must be received by the deadline.
• Institutional Testing Program (ITP) is not valid.
• Candidates whose native language (not official language) is English are exempt from submitting the EPT score.
• If an applicant is not a native English speaker, he/she must submit the EPT score even if he/she attended an English speaking university.
• EPT requirement is optional for applicants of Global IT Technology Program (GITTP).

• Free style personal résumé

• An official document indicating your nationality, e.g. passport, national ID card, alien registration card, etc. (Include only copies of pages showing the passport number, date of issue and expiration, photo and name.)

• An official document indicating parents' nationality, e.g. passports, national ID cards, etc. (Include only copies of pages showing the passport number, date of issue and expiration, photo and name.)

• Official documents indicating an applicant's loss of Korean nationality, e.g. an applicant's Certificate of Personal Records or his/her father's Family Census Register. These documents will be used for verification of denationalization.

• If you have obtained any honors, awards, or fellowship during your university, or any academic certificates and test reports, please list them in order of importance in the list provided (e.g. General Record Examination (GRE), Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK), Korean Language Proficiency Test (KLPT), etc.).
• The list will be valid only when certified testimonials or evidences are submitted.

• Please attach your school profile and describe the grading system so that we can understand your school better.