Welcome to KAIST Undergraduate Admission
for International Students!
1) Who is eligible to apply for Undergraduate Program as International Students?
International candidates must meet all of the following requirements:
1) Applicants who have graduated or will graduate from high school by August, 2024.
2) He or she is not a citizen of Korea.
* Korean citizens who hold dual citizenship are not eligible to apply as foreign students.
※ Note: International applicant whose parents were born in Korea MUST read the instructions below.
International applicants of Korean origin MUST additionally satisfy one of the following two requirements:- Neither of the applicant’s parents is a Korean citizen or;
- The applicant must have received his/her entire elementary, junior high, and high school education outside of Korea at a comparable and equivalent level of those provided in Korea. But in this case, international schools located in Korea are not acknowledged as foreign schools.
Applicant of Korean origin who completed their entire education(elementary, junior high, and high school) outside of Korea should submit the Certificate of the Facts Concerning the Entry & Exit issued by the Korean Immigration Office.
The certificate should have recently been issued.
※ International students of Korean origin who do not meet one of the eligibilities above CAN NOT apply for International Admissions. |
2) Application Fee
Once the application fee is paid, an e-mail with instructions on how to submit recommendations will be automatically sent to the recommenders. Therefore, in order to allow recommenders sufficient time to prepare and upload their recommendations, applicants should complete the application fee payment in good time.
The application fee is USD 80 or KRW 80,000. Payment can be made by credit card or bank transfer after completing the online application form and click payment. If there is any additional charges such as bank charges applied within your transaction, it must be covered by the applicants.
Please note that application fee is non-refundable.
Thank you.