Scholarship Available at KAIST

Graduate School of Information and Media Management,

Seoul, Korea



Ⅰ. About KSIM



KSIM was established in March 2006 with strong ambitions to educate world-class business professionals with the highest level of understanding of the IT convergence paradigm and its business opportunities.

The KAIST College of Business has been recognized during the last decade for its academic and entrepreneurial excellence in MIS/Telecom MBA programs with its 320 alumni who are active IT management leaders of Korea. With its academic strength and entrepreneurial spirits, KSIM is launching a brand-new IT/Media MBA program starting January 2007 with a goal of educating aforementioned professional leaders in the era of convergence.

The new IT/Media MBA curriculum is characterized by its focus on the recent IT and Media convergence trends, technologies and their management. The majority of the student body is expected to be delegated from the IT and media industries as well as key Korean governmental institutes. KSIM’s IT/Media MBA program is distinctive in terms of efficiency and intensity for its 45 credit / 1-year program. It is global in nature, offering majority of classes in English and providing a 3-week, intensive customized program during summer in the United States.





Ⅱ. Scholarship Opportunity for International Students



Scholarship is available for candidates with excellent academic and entrepreneurial credentials. Candidates are required to possess at least a bachelor’s degree, and those with more than three years of working experience are preferred.



Benefits are

• Tuition Waiver : 36,000,000/  1 year (equivalent of US$36,000)

• Living Expense: 500,000 for / 1 Month, 12 months (equivalent of US$500)

• Dormitory housing

• Lab Space







Ⅲ. Application Procedure and Required Documents

• Time Table

Semester of Entrance
Spring Semester(starting from January 4th)

Application Period
~ October 31, 2006

Examination of applicant’s documents
Early November, 2006

Notification of admission results
Early December, 2006




Ⅳ. Contacting points



• Websites

  More detailed information is available on our website.

For more information on applying to KAIST, visit  http://admission.kaist.ac.kr/inter_1.htm

For more information on Graduate School of Information & Media Management,

visit  http://ksim.kaist.ac.kr/english/

• All documents should be sent to :

Admission Team, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea

Tel. +82 42 869 2145 , Fax. +82 42 869 2420 , E-mail : kimsedong@kaist.ac.kr

• All inquiries regarding the program should be sent to:

International Center

John Yoon
KAIST Graduate School of Management, 207-43 Cheongryangri 2-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-722, Republic of Korea

Tel (+) 82-2-958-3215, Fax (+) 82-2-958-3210 , E-mail: JYOON@kgsm.kaist.ac.kr



MBA Office

     Sung hye Park

Tel (+) 82-2-958-3991, Fax (+) 82-2-958-3350, E-mail: shpk@kgsm.kaist.ac.kr