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Cost of Studying at KAIST

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  • KAIST understands that funding education is a significant factor affecting your decision to study abroad.
    Our goal is to make your daily research activities contribute to your education at KAIST.
    While you are enrolled in the KAIST’s research ecosystem, you’ll learn, create, and fund your education by researching.
    Students will need enough budget to support a single-person household (see the table below).

  • < Cost of Studying at KAIST, 2023 academic year >

    • Item
      Budget (KRW)
      Tuition
      19,118,000
      On-campus Housing
      1,400,000
      Book
      300,000
      Meal
      7,000,000
      Health Insurance Premium
      1,726,080
      Travel
      201,707
      Student Health Insurance Association
      83,000
      Telecommunication
      360,000
      Subtotal, except for the tuition
      11,070,787
      Total
      30,188,787
  • However, students admitted with KAIST Scholarship will be financially independent of their homes.
    KAIST scholarship is a simple but strong funding scheme from which 94 percent of our international students benefit.
    The grants will cover the full tuition fee and guarantee minimum living expenses.
    With additional income from participating in research projects, most of our international students have achieved financial independence from their parents.(Learn more ).
  • ※ The scholarship rate may vary by student.

 

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