Academic Reinstatement for the 2009 Fall Semester
Students expected to return to school 2009 Fall Semester must submit a reinstatement application form during the 2009 Fall Semester registration period, after obtaining signatures of your academic advisor and the head of your department/division. The students should register for courses and pay tuition fees during the same period. (According to the Academic Rules and Regulation Section 4, Article 34, returning students failing to register or to pay their tuition fees during the registration period are subject to dismissal from their program.)
* 2009 Fall Semester begins on Tuesday, September 1
1. Submission of Reinstatement Form
A. Submit the form to the Academic Registrar"s Office located in Creative Learning Building (E11, room 111) during the registration period (Monday, August 3, 2009. ～Monday, August 10, 2009.
※ Students failing to submit the form will be dismissed in accordance with the Academic Rules and Regulations
B. Students who are on leave of absence due to their military service must submit one copy of their resident certificate on which their duration of the service and the date of discharge are written.
※ Students expected to be discharged from the military service should file an application for reinstatement along with the certificate of discharge or the certificate of military service, or other documents which can prove their service issued by their military unit.
C. Signatures of a guarantor, academic advisor, and the head of their department must be included in the Reinstatement form. (For students who have not declared their major, the form should be confirmed by the Academic Registrar"s Team)
※ Undergraduates : their parent"s signature as the guarantor"s signature
※ Master"s and Doctoral students receiving
- general scholarship, an official seal of the organization granting the scholarship can be used as the guarantor"s signature
- national scholarship, or KAIST scholarship, their parent"s signature as the guarantor"s signature
2. Submission of Course Registration Form
Connect to (http://kaipa.kaist.ac.kr) or CAIS and register for courses
-> Print out the registration form -> Obtain your academic advisor"s signature > -> Submit the registration form along with the reinstatement form
3. Tuition payment (via internet or electronic bank service)
Payment methods and individual payment status will be announced on of the KAIST Home Page early August.
Students can pay the fees using internet banking or CD/ATM.
4. Matters to be attended to for students on leave of absence due to military service
A. Military leave of absence: If students are discharged from military service earlier than the approved deadline of their leave of absence, they have to return to school the semester immediately before the semester in which the date of discharge falls.
B. If the date of discharge happens to be later than the deadline of leave of absence, the certificate of military service (signed by a commander of their military unit) should be submitted along with the reinstatement form.
C. Students on military leave of absence (who completed their military service) wanting to return to school in the middle of a semester may do so as indicated in the Section 2, Article 53 of the Academic Rules and Regulations. Students can file reinstatement application until the due date grade input, and can register for courses until the last day of Add/drop period. Registration is not possible after the Add/drop period,
5. Miscellaneous: Notices regarding reinstatement will be announced on
6. For more information please contact the Academuc registrar"s Team
- Undergraduate program : Yup Jung Kil (042-350-2366)
- Graduate program (master"s and doctoral) : Bang Dong seok (042-350-2361)
* Attachments : The reinstatement forms for undergraduate, master"s and doctoral program