People & Life
Individual Study/Thesis Research/URP
Individual Study (EE495)
The student’s interests are discussed with the professor and selected as a research subject. The student conducts individual research under the guidance of the professor in charge.
Period
– If you apply during the semester, it will be processed during the semester.
Credits
– 1 credit for elective courses
- How to take the course
- After obtaining the consent from the advisor in advance, apply for the course by computer
Thesis Research (EE490)
– Understand the basic principles of electrical engineering and select fields that can be applied.
Period
– If you apply during the semester, it will be processed during the semester.
Credits
– 3 credits (Graduation research credit)
- How to take the course
- After obtaining the consent from the advisor in advance, apply for the course by computer
URP
The URP program is run by the research institute so that undergraduate students at KAIST can perform creative and active research activities.
Research topic
– Creative project
– Research theme is decided by the undergraduate student, or supplemented by a professor and/or TA.
– Research Project
- Research theme is not decided by the undergraduate applicant but suggested by his/her advisor.
Research Period
– 1year(Long-term URP) or 6months
Object
– Every undergraduates of the KAIST
- Except for the students who participate in Individual Research Project above 2 times and a leave of absence
The number of students to be admitted
– Individual Research Project Single(1person), Individual Research Project Team(2~3 People), Group seminar(5~10 people)
– Long-term URP Program
- Individual research project: About 10 projects
– Winter/Spring semester, Summer/Fall URP program
- Individual research project: About 60 projects
- Group Seminar: 5teams
- The Selected projects is subject to change according to the number of applicants and the size of budget
Credits
– Individual research project single: URP(A) or URP(B)
– Individual research project team: URP(A)
– Group seminar: No credits
Financial support
– Long-term URP program
- single: 1,500,000 won pay + 4,000,000 won funding
- team: 1,200,000 won pay (per person) + 5,000,000~6,000,000 won funding
– winter/spring semester URP program – individual research
- single: 1,000,000 won pay + 2,000,000 won funding
- team: 1,000,000 won pay (per person) + 2,500,000~3,000,000 won funding
– winter/spring semester URP program – group seminar
- 2,000,000 won for seminar funding
– Contact
- Research promotion team (T.2182), ym0307@kaist.ac.kr
