International tuition
₩6,866,000 per year
~ Published, undatedSame rate across the institution · International students
KAIST publishes this figure without stating which year it applies to, so it may already be out of date. Treat it as a starting point and check the course page for the current rate. Flag it below if you know it has changed.
KAIST's Cost of Attendance table for the Undergraduate Program (Main Campus) prints tuition as KRW 3,433,000 for each of the two semesters, KRW 6,866,000 a year, and does not break it down by department. In practice almost no admitted international undergraduate pays it: the KAIST Scholarship covers full tuition for eight semesters plus KRW 350,000 a month for living expenses and medical insurance, with no separate application (applicants tick 'KAIST scholarship' on the Statement of Financial Resources). It is conditional on keeping a GPA above 2.7/4.3 after the freshman year, so the full fee is shown here. The same table puts essential non-tuition costs at a further KRW 8,019,680 a year (National Health Insurance 916,680, books 300,000, a shared Hee Mang Hall room 1,328,000, campus cafeteria food 5,475,000), and KAIST notes the table is subject to change with inflation. KAIST admits undergraduates without a declared major; students choose this department from their second year with no further admission procedure.
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