For the first time, the university has broken into the ranks of top 50 global universities since the first release of the rankings in 2004. The 2015 QS World University Rankings were released on September 15, 2015. Overall, KAIST ranked 43rd, advancing eight steps up from last year’s results. Its engineering and technology rank now places it 13th in the global rankings, but it is first in Korea's rankings. Both represent the highest record KAIST has ever attained since the QS Rankings began in 2004. The QS Rankings uses six performance indicators to assess universities’ global reputation, research impact, staffing levels, and international complexion. The indicators are: academic reputation (40%), employer reputation (10%), student-to-faculty ratio (20%), number of citations per faculty publications (20%), international to domestic faculty ratio (5%), and international to domestic student ratio (5%). The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topped the 2015 list, with Harvard University coming in second place. The University of Cambridge and Stanford University jointly ranked third. For details on the 2015 QS World University Rankings, see http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings-articles/world-university-rankings/qs-world-university-rankings-201516-out-now.
<(From Left)Professor Jong Hun Kim from Inha University, Dr. Gyuho Han and Professor Jeong Young Park from KAIST> Platinum selenaide is a two-dimensional material formed by the layered combination of platinum (Pt) and selenium (Se). It is known that its excellent crystallinity and precise control of interlayer interactions allow for the modulation of various physical and chemical properties. Due to these characteristics, it has been actively researched in various fields such as semicond
2025-07-22<Professor Ji-Joon Song of the KAIST Department of Biological Sciences> Plants, with their unique immune systems, sometimes launch 'autoimmune responses' by mistakenly identifying their own protein structures as pathogens. In particular, 'hybrid necrosis,' a phenomenon where descendant plants fail to grow healthily and perish after cross-breeding different varieties, has long been a difficult challenge for botanists and agricultural researchers. In response, an international research te
2025-07-21<(From Left) Professor Sungjin Ahn, Ph.D candidate Jaesik Yoon, M.S candidate Hyeonseo Cho, M.S candidate Doojin Baek, Professor Yoshua Bengio> <Ph.D candidate Jaesik Yoon from professor Ahn's research team> Diffusion models are widely used in many AI applications, but research on efficient inference-time scalability*, particularly for reasoning and planning (known as System 2 abilities) has been lacking. In response, the research team has developed a new technology that en
2025-07-21<At the 24th L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards ceremony, winners and officials take a commemorative photo. From left: Yoon Byeong-soon, Acting Secretary General of the Korean National Commission for UNESCO; Hwang Eun-sook, Chairperson of the Women’s Bioscience Forum; Lim Mi-hee, Professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and recipient of the Academic Promotion Award; Kang Mi-kyung, Assistant Professor at Korea University and recipient o
2025-07-18<2025 KAIST Science Frontier Camp Activities> KAIST (President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced on the 18th of July that it hosted the '2025 KAIST Science Frontier Camp' for multicultural youth from the 15th for three days and two nights at the Creative Learning Building on its main campus in Daejeon. This event was organized in accordance with the 'Multicultural Talent Nurturing Agreement' signed by KAIST and GS Caltex in 2024. It marks the first year of a mid-to-long-term project in whic
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