KAIST
KAIST
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KAIST is South Korea's leading educational and research university, located in Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon. It was founded by the Korean government in 1971 as the nation's first public, research-oriented science and engineering institution.
KAIST was created as a science and technology university, and research is at its core. The government has funded it since 1971; in 2013 its total budget was US$765 million, with US$459 million from research contracts. In 2019, QS World University Rankings placed KAIST 40th in the world.
For an international applicant, the useful picture is a compact research university: in fall 2019 it had 10,504 full-time students and 1,342 faculty researchers. The campus is in Daejeon's Daedeok Innopolis, and the institution's whole profile is built around science, engineering and research.
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