Korea Institute for Advanced Study

Coordinates : 37°35′34″N 127°02′45″E  /  37.5928°N 127.0458°E  / 37.5928; 127.0458
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Not to be confused with KAIST or Korea Institute of Science and Technology .

Korea Institute for Advanced Study
高等科學院
Formation 1996
Type Governmental organisation
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Location
Coordinates 37°35′34″N 127°02′45″E  /  37.5928°N 127.0458°E  / 37.5928; 127.0458
President
Jaigyoung Choe
Website www .kias .re .kr
Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Godeung gwahakwon
McCune?Reischauer Kot?ng kwahakw?n
The building of the Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)

The Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) is an advanced research institute in South Korea . It is located on a 30-acre (12 ha) campus in Dongdaemun-gu , Seoul . [1]

KIAS was founded in 1996, aiming to become a world leading research institute where international elite scholars gather and dedicate to fundamental research in basic sciences . [2] Currently, there are three schools in the institute: mathematics, physics, and computational sciences. As of 2016, the institute has 3 distinguished professors, 26 professors, and 133 research fellows. [3]

As its name suggests, the institute was modeled after the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. KIAS is funded by the government and is a subordinate institute of KAIST . [4]

Presidents [ edit ]

  • 1st and 2nd: Kim Chung Wook
  • 3rd: Kim Mahn Won
  • 4th: Myung Hyo Chul ( ko )
  • 5th: Kim Doochul
  • 6th: Keum Jonghae
  • 7th: Lee Yong-hee
  • 8th: Choe Jaigyoung

See also [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

  1. ^ Contact,"Visitor Information, KIAS" [1] Archived 29 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine , KIAS,2012.
  2. ^ Mission Statement,"About KIAS, KIAS" [2] Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine , KIAS,2012.
  3. ^ About the Institute,"About KIAS, KIAS" [3] Archived 6 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine , KIAS,2016.
  4. ^ 高等科學院 設立 및 運營計劃 樹立을 위한 調査 硏究, 1996(最終報告書), 科學技術處, 國會電子圖書館 DB 資料 [ permanent dead link ] (in Korean)

External links [ edit ]

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