KAIST

A. Course Add/ Drop period : 09:30 on Monday, February 17, 2025 ~ before 23:59 on Tuesday, March 4, 2025
※ You can apply for the courses even if you didn't apply for any courses during the previous application course registration period.(within enrollment limit)
※ Class operation type: Please check [Portal] ⇒ [Academic Affairs] ⇒ [Classes] ⇒ View All Offered Courses ⇒ Course Name ⇒ ‘Remarks’ and ‘Lecture Type’“

B. How to : Log on to Portal ⇒ Course Registration System (https://sugang.kaist.ac.kr) ⇒ 'Course Registration' Click ⇒ Add new classes or drop/change classes at ‘Course Registration’ or ‘Course Registration(Exceptions)’Menu.
1) ‘Course Registration’ menu: Select Course → Add Courses with ‘Add’ button or Drop the courses with ‘Delete’ button
※Additional function to make ‘Wish List’ for desired courses: By adding a "wish" button in the list of courses offered at course registration menu, students can make and save a course wish list. The saved wish list will be displayed at the top of the list when viewing the offered courses.
2) ‘Course Registration(Exceptions)’ menu: Select Course → Select Application Type & Reason for Application → Click Request
※ If the approval of the course instructor is required, such as courses exceeding enrolment limit, use the Course Registration(Exception) menu.
※‘Course registration(exception) menu’ will be closed at Feb. 27, 2025, which is two days beforethe course Add/Drop period ends. Applications that remain unapproved until two days before the course Add/Drop period ends will be automatically cancelled. Students must take the necessary measures before the deadline.

C. Opening hours of course registration system
[Graduate] From 09:30 on Feb.17(Mon) to before 23:59 on Mar.4(Tue)
→ Course Add/Drop available all time during the period
[Undergraduate] During the course Add/Drop period, you can add and drop at any time except for the 1st and 2nd processing time of course cancellation.
-1st time(Course Add/Drop) :09:30~ 17:00
-1st Processing time of course cancellation : 17:00~ 17:30
-2nd time(Course Add/Drop) :17:30~ Next day 09:00
-2nd Processing time of course cancellation : 09:00~ 09:30
-Last day 2nd time(Course Add only): 17:30~ 23:59
※ Course Add/Drop is not allowed during the processing time of course cancellation (twice a day)and the overall calculation and placement of the canceled courses are made during the time. After the processing time, students can check the remaining open spots again and register for remaining courses on a first come first served basis.
※ Cancellation not possible at second time on the last day. Please note that students who wish to register for courses of which class times clash with their class timetable should drop the courses during the final time slot for course drop because the last day of the course Add/Drop period ends with course registration following a time slot for course drop.

D. Matters to be attended
1) Students must apply for courses during the given period only
2) Course Registration System requires a portal access (with PORTAL ID
(For issues related to the account: Portal → My Page (top right icon) → My Info Settings → Personal Information Settings)
3) For detailed information about the retake course registration, please refer to the retake notice.
① Online course retake approval period: No later than 23:59 of three days before(Feb26) the end of the course Add/Drop period. Please be aware that if you fail to obtain approval by the deadline, your retake course registration will be cancelled automatically.
②  When the online course retake application has been denied by the course professor or automatically cancelled due to non-approval within the deadline :Students must re-apply for retake at the Course Registration(Exceptions) menu, or submit the application form to the Academic Registrar's Team(ART) office with the approval of the professor in charge (*Academic Form No.12_Course Add/Drop Application &Confirmation for Course Retake (Graduate), NO.45_Course Add/Drop Application &Confirmation for Course Retake (Undergraduate)) or by e-mail during the course add/drop period.(3/4).
※ For retake course, students must pay separate tuition fee(50,000kw per 1 credit or 1 AU). If you don’t pay for tuition fee during the payment period for Spring semester(3/5(Wed) 12:00 ~ 3.12(Wed) 23:59), retake course will be cancelled.
4) [Undergraduate] In case the Special Topics course subtitles are different from each other, up to 4 courses can be recognized as graduation credit. (Special Topics in Humanities and Social Sciences are counted separately). Total of 5 courses can be recognized as graduation credits for students with double major, but only up to 4 special topic courses can be recognized as graduation credits offered by one department/major(→Applicable to all enrolled students / Expansion of the number of special courses recognized).
※ [Master’s]Total of 9 credits of special courses are allowed to be taken in master’s program.
5) Individual research credits can be recognized up to 12 credits per semester as determined by the student's advisor, and up to a total of 15 credits.
※ In the case of individual research in the undergraduate program,1 credit is allocated to each individual research. If you wish to apply for two or more individual research in the same semester, you can apply for one at the course registration menu, and the others at the course registration (exception) menu with the approval of the professor in charge.
※ If it is not the same semester, it is allowed to apply for individual research again from the same professor.
6) After the course registration and add/drop period, one will get academic warning if the final credits registered per semester is below the minimum credit specified for each program. Students with only AU or no course registered will be expelled from school.(→School regulation Article 34, 67, 86, Guidelines on Curriculum Management Article 15, Guidelines on Enrollment and Course Registration Procedures Article 4.)
※ [Undergraduate]The number of credits undergraduate students can take each semester is between 12 and 24 credits. However, below are some exceptions(→Refer to article 15 of Guidelines on Curriculum Management)
① Students can register more than 24 credits with ‘GPA 3.0 and more’ of last semester.(→with confirmation of advisor and the head of the department at Course Registration(Exception) menu)
② Students under 12 credits left for graduation can register less than 12 credits with an approval of their academic advisor and the head of their department.(→exempt from academic warning)

[Undergraduate_Application/confirmation for registering less than 12 credits]
* Portal → Course Registration(https://sugang.kaist.ac.kr) → Application for registering less than 12 credits for graduating semester → Enter Application Reason → Click Request → Obtain Approval from Advisor and Department Chair → Check Approval Status (Should be completed within course withdrawal period) (Proceed with the approval process when your course registration list is fixed.)
※ [Graduate] Master's/doctoral students must apply for at 9~12 credits(Full-time), 1~9 credits(Part-time) per semester, including research credits. However, student can apply for up to 18 credits(Full-time), 12 credits(Part-time) when recommended by the advisor and approved by the department head.