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Embracing the KAIST AT A GLANCE KAIST continues to go from strength to strength, shooting future up the global rankings as well as being Asia Pacific’s most ASIA PACIFIC’S MOST INNOVATIVE innovative university for two consecutive years UNIVERSITY builds on success to claim its TOP RANKED SOUTH KOREAN NUMBER OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TOP 10 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS stake as a global player in science’s new era INSTITUTION IN CHEMISTRY COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS (2016; FC) of discovery (2012, 2014–2016; WFC) (2012–2016; WFC; EXCLUDES JOINT INSTITUTIONS) Domestic 1. French National Centre for Scientific Research 6.45 International (CNRS), 6.35 2012 2. , USA 4.45 62 221 3. , USA # 2013 3.83 1 4. Smithsonian Institution, USA 61 185 3.31 2014 5. Chinese Academy of Sciences, ASIA-PACIFIC ACADEMIC 69 325 3.20 What makes a university including 11,700 PhDs. “KAIST INSTITUTIONS IN PHYSICAL 2015 6. The University of Adelaide, SCIENCES (2016; WFC) 65 343 7. University of Minnesota, USA 2.80 not just future-proof, but now serves as a critical pipeline 2016 8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 2.67 78 319 a champion of change? For for the top echelon of South TOP 9. The , 2.59 ’s KAIST (Korea Korea’s research personnel,” 10. , 2.51 SOUTH KOREA’S NATURE INDEX OUTPUT Advanced Institute of Science says Shin, highlighting that IN CHEMISTRY (2012–2016; WFC) 10 and Technology), the keys are graduates currently hold 1 innovation, collaboration, and chairperson-level offices at 10 3 7 speed. With this in mind, the Samsung and LG. Approximately South Korea 2 9 ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS 8 5 university is now approaching one in five KAIST PhDs now hold GLOBALLY (2016; WFC) Seoul 4 its 50th anniversary and leadership roles in South Korean leveraging its string of recent industry and academia, with a TOP Daejeon high-profile successes to fight further one in five serving as 6 for its place at the forefront the CEOs of start-up ventures. KAIST 12% of academia. “Since the formation of KAIST, 100 Source: Nature Index/QS World University Rankings KAIST’s history is short, yet the government has funded the FC: fractional count; WFC: weighted fractional count distinguished, in part thanks university with approximately to the major role it continues 2.9 trillion South Korean Won to play in the development (KRW) [US$2.5 billion],” of South Korea’s economy. says Shin. “However, start-up place in the Times Higher the years to come. Of particular Collaboration is a theme on and let their hard work draw “KAIST was born out of the ventures from KAIST graduates Education’s “100 Under 50” importance is the development which KAIST and its leadership in top talent from the world’s government’s idea to set up a have generated average annual ranking of the world’s best and implementation of ‘Vision put great emphasis. Sang Yup pool of scientists. “We want research-oriented science and sales of 13.6 trillion KRW. In universities less than half a 2031’, a “longer-term strategic Lee, dean of the interdisciplinary to increase the number of technology university back in terms of ‘return on investment,’ century old. In June 2017, development plan which will KAIST Institutes, shares a faculty members, and grow the 1971,” explains Sung-Chul Shin, that’s quite successful.” Reuters named it “Asia Pacific’s open the second chapter of personal experience: “The university in size,” says Lee. KAIST’s president (pictured). his team of researchers defied word? Teamwork. Alongside Most Innovative University” for KAIST,” according to Shin. KAIST Institute for the “With an expanded campus, “Back then, we were undergoing WANTING TO the odds to win the DARPA that, we combined 20 years the second year running. And this is where KAIST’s BioCentury, for instance, not we can compete more readily very challenging times BE ONE OF THE Humanoid Robotics Challenge – of experience with the Shin puts their success down recipe — innovation, only has professors of biology, with universities such as MIT economically, with the national WORLD’S BEST a US military initiative aimed to confidence we could make to “an institutional culture collaboration, speed — comes but professors of chemical and Harvard.” GDP standing at less than UNIVERSITIES spur international innovation in it, and we practiced — hard.” that champions creativity into play. “I envision KAIST engineering, physics, maths, President Shin sums up the US$300 per person.” A US$6 HAS ITS robotics-led disaster response With Rainbow Robotics, and the willingness to take creating top-level knowledge and science policy. What they KAIST attitude rather succinctly: million loan from the United CHALLENGES, operations. ‘Team KAIST,’ and KAIST has shown its capacity on new challenges. Creative that the whole world will use,” do, they do by collaborating. “Wanting to be one of the States Agency of International BUT, their spin-out company Rainbow to innovate and spin off thinking, a challenging spirit, says Shin. “This knowledge Together, they facilitate the world’s best universities has its Development provided the A CHALLENGE Robotics, made international successful ventures. Oh says and unwavering innovation are should carry the unsurpassable identification of important challenges, but, a challenge is initial funding for the university. IS SOMETHING headlines when they surpassed that, following a valuation at deeply rooted in the KAIST technological and economic problems that cannot be solved something we like.” South Korea’s faith was not WE LIKE the likes of NASA and MIT to US$70 million, the firm expects DNA.” Taking the university’s value that will have a formative solely by one discipline. Our misplaced. Since its humble take home the US$2 million to list on the Korean version of reins in February 2017, he now impact on humanity. institutes are formed by an beginnings, KAIST has been One particularly inspiring prize money with their bipedal NASDAQ as early as next year. oversees KAIST during a crucial “For this mission, I think alliance of people working in making waves of increasing case study is that of the creation, DRC-HUBO (pictured). Racking up headlines and period in its development and the three driving forces of different disciplines, and it’s amplitude, with no less than university’s Humanoid Robot What set them apart? accolades, KAIST is also flying has taken no hesitation in innovation, collaboration, and working really well.” 58,000 graduates passing Research Center. Back in 2015, “I’ve asked myself this, many up a varied list of league tables: launching multiple initiatives to speed will work to build our Moving forwards, KAIST through the university’s doors, Center Director Junho Oh and times,” says Oh. “In one in 2014 KAIST claimed third cement the university’s place in competitive edge.” hopes to secure more funding www.kaist.edu

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