Public university in Daejeon, South Korea, founded 1971

KAIST Application Deadlines 2027 for International Students

KAIST is Korea's leading science and technology research university, teaching entirely in English and funding nearly every admitted international undergraduate with a full scholarship covering tuition, a stipend and health insurance. Undergraduate admission runs Early and Regular rounds for a single March intake, while graduate admission runs twice a year. The nominal undergraduate tuition is KRW 3,433,000 a semester, though almost no student pays it in full.

Verified 7 Sep 2026 Sources Official site

Next deadline

22 Oct 2026

Spring 2027, Bachelor, early, 45 days left

Tuition

₩3,433,000

per semester

English test

IELTS 6.5

TOEFL 83, waiver possible

Acceptance rate

Not published

Application fee

₩80,000

10,249 students

Master

Intake	Round	Applicants	Opens	Closes	Status	Fee	Source
Spring 2027	Regular	International	18 Aug 2026	1 Sep 2026	Closed		7 Sep 2026
International graduate admission (Master's, PhD and integrated programmes) for the March 2027 intake.

Bachelor

Intake	Round	Applicants	Closes	Status	Source
Spring 2027	Early	International	22 Oct 2026 18:00 Asia/Seoul	Open	7 Sep 2026
Early round for the March 2027 undergraduate intake. KAIST's own admission guideline PDF returned HTTP 401 to direct fetching, so this date is corroborated through search indexing of that same official guideline rather than a direct read.
Spring 2027	Regular	International	14 Jan 2027 18:00 Asia/Seoul	Open	7 Sep 2026
Regular round for the March 2027 undergraduate intake, for applicants who missed or were not admitted through the Early round. Corroborated through search indexing of KAIST's own admission guideline PDF, which returned HTTP 401 to direct fetching.

Sources, checked 7 September 2026