ANNIVERSARY NEWS
August 1970, Dr.Frederik Terman visits Korea to lead the feasibility study team on the establishment of Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS)
1971, Establishment of Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS)
February 1971, Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS), the first institute of kind in Korea, was established in Hongneung Campus, Seoul
January,1973, First cohort admission examination
1980, Renamed as Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Dec. 1980, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) merges with KIST
1984, Establishment of Korea Institute of Technology (KIT)
Dec. 1984, Opening the undergraduate program and establishment of Korea Institute of Technology (KIT)
March 1986, First matriculation ceremony of KIT
March 1987, Groundbreaking for construction t of the Daedeok campus for KAIST
1989, KAIST merges with KIT and relocates to Daejeon
Jun. 1989, KAIST and KIST are separated, KAIST retaining its name Jul. 1989, KAIST merges with KIT and relocates to Daejeon
Oct. 1996, Establishment of Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)
1999-2000 Ranked 1st in Asia for two years in a row by Asia Week
May 2004, Establishment of the National Nanofab Center (NNFC)
May. 2008, Introduces the first admission officer system
2009, Merges with Information and Communications University (ICU)
Feb. 2009, Merges with the Korea Science Academy, renaming it Korea Science Academy of KAIST
Mar. 2009, Merges with Information and Communications University (ICU), renaming it the KAIST Information Technology Convergence Campus (ICC Campus)
