Preparation of Doucments for Readmission for the Spring Semester, 2026
▢ Acceptance of application
ㅇ To be accepted by mail or in person
※ Application documents must arrive by Dec. 12, 2025.
ㅇ Address : OO Department Office, KAIST, 291, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34141
▢ Advisor’s Opinion
ㅇ Applicants should contact the advisor, and have a face-to-face or
non-face-to-face interview with him/her.
ㅇ The Advisor’s Opinion (application form 3) should be prepared by the advisor and submitted to the department office directly.
▢ Signature of advisor/department head
ㅇ Applicants must submit the application (application form 1) to the department office after receiving the signatures of the advisor and the department head.
▢ Application for Department Transfer
ㅇ Complete the application form 5 including the signature of applicant and guarantor.
ㅇ Applicants should have an interview with both the current and prospective advisors.
ㅇ The application form should be submitted to the respective department offices
after obtaining the signatures of the advisors and department heads of both the
current department and prosepective department the applicant is applying to.
▢ Method of Review by Department/Division: face-to face or non-face-to-face interview
▢ Method of Review by Dean of Student Affairs & Policy (applicable to
undergraduate students only): face-to face or non-face-to-face interview
※ Each applicant would receive information of the interview by e-mail from the Office
of Academic Affairs.
A. Eligibility: Dropouts and expelled students of undergraduate and graduate programs
B. Deadlines ※ Be punctual. Documents not submitted by the deadline will never be accepted.
1) Submission by Students : Submit to the department/division office by
Dec. 12 (Fri.), 2025.
2) Evalution by Departments/divsions : Dec. 13 (Sat.) ~ Dec. 26 (Fri.), 2025.
3) Submission of Departments/divisions evaluation result to Academic Registrar’s Team:
Dec. 26 (Fri.), 2025.
C. Conditions for readmission
1) Students who belong to the following categories are not eligible for readmission.
– (Up to students enrolled in 2008) Those who are expelled for exceeding
enrollment duration limit.
– (Starting from students enrolled in 2009) Those who are expelled for exceeding
enrollment duration limit or who are expelled or voluntarily withdraw after getting
enrollment duration limit extended.
2) Readmission is possible after 2 semesters including the semester in which dropping
out or expulsion occurred.(If a student drops out or is expelled from the spring
semester 2025, the student can apply for readmission to the spring semester 2026)
D. Readmission application and review procedures
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Application for Readmission
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Advisor & Department
Review
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Review by Dean of Student Affairs & Policy
(undergraduate students)
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Review by Academic and Research Review Committee
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Approval by Provost
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※ For undergraduate students, the Dean of Student Affairs and Policy will interview the recommended candidate and results will be announcedt hrough the Academic and Research Review Committee.
※ If you are not recommended for readmission or fail to attend in the previous
deliberation process, the deliberation will be terminated and re-deliberation will not
be possible.
※ Readmission with changing of major (↓)
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Application for Readmission
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Prepare two copies of each required document*, and submit to both the current department and the new department.
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* In addition to the application for readmission, future study plan, opinion of advisor on readmission, and Academic transcript, applicants seeking readmission to a different department must submit an ″application for department transfer″, and undergraduate applicants who have not declared major but decided his/her department must submit a ″declaration of major(undergraduate)″.
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Advisor & Department
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Review by both the current and new departments
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※ If a student in the school of freshman decides to declare major at the same time as readmission, the department review of the school of freshman is omitted. Department screening is conducted only in a department that the student apply for.
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Review by Dean of Student Affairs & Policy(undergraduate students)
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Review by Academic and Research Review Committee
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Approval by Provost
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E. Recommendation for readmission by department/division
The candidate is evaluated on academic capacity, remaining number of semesters,
and possibility of graduation based on the advisor’s opinion on readmission and
future study plan by a three-member review committee consisting of the advisor,
department/division head, and department/division rofessor or a department/division
-related committee. (In case of need, a department may interview an applicant.)
F. Required documents for readmission
1) Application for readmission (application form 1) – submitted by applicant
2) Future study Plan (application form 2) – submitted by applicant
3) Opinion of advisor on readmission (application form 3) – submitted by advisor
4) Recommendation for readmission (application form 4) – submitted by department
5) Academic transcript – submitted by applicant
6) Application for department transfer (application form 5) – submitted by
applicant (Change a major)
7) Declaration of major(undergraduate) (application form 6) – submitted by
applicant (Declare a major)
※ Students applying for readmission to a different department shall prepare two copies
each, and submit to both the current and new departments.
G. Other matters concerning readmission
1) Previously earned credits shall be automatically recognized without any separate
procedures.
2) Graduation requirements for readmitted students shall be the same as requirements
applied in the initial year of admission.
3) The prescribed years of study shall be counted from the date of initial admission.
4) Students readmitted after expulsion due to accumulated academic warnings will
be expelled upon receiving an academic warning.
5) Students expelled for failing the qualifying exam must pass the exam within one
year of readmission, and will face expulsion if requirements are not met.
This period may be extended by up to one semester if a leave of absence is taken.
6) Students can be readmitted only once and will only be accepted to the original
academic year or lower.
7) Tuition for readmitted students shall follow the rules on ‘Imposition of Tuition Fees’
and shall comply with the tuition fee standard for the year of readmission.
Attachment: 1. Readmission Guideline for the Spring 2026.
2. Application Forms. The end.
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