Seven Seminars in Five Cities Scheduled Sep 19 – Oct 17

 

Applications Accepted Oct 16 – 28 for Spring 2015 Second Round Admissions

 

 

GIST is holding a series of graduate admissions seminars for those interested in applying in the second round admissions for Spring 2015. The first seminar is held on Friday, September 19 in Seoul, and the last one on Friday, October 17 in Oryong Hall on GIST campus, followed by an Open Lab.

 

Graduate Admissions Seminar	16:00, Sep 19 (Fri)	PIKA Coffee, Anam, Seoul
	14:30, Sep 20 (Fri)	TOZ Biz Center, Shinchon, Seoul
	16:00, Sep 26 (Fri)	The Forum, Gung-dong, Daejeon
	14:00, Sep 27 (Sat)	TOZ, Konkuk Univ., Seoul
	16:00, Oct 10 (Fri)	Cafe Bene, KNU North Gate, Daegu
	14:00, Oct 11 (Sat)	Cafe Yireh, Jangjeon-dong, Busan
	11:00, Oct 17 (Fri)	Oryong Hall, GIST
Open Lab	13:00, Oct 17 (Fri)	Schools/Departments, GIST

 

The admissions seminars will cover such topics as a school overview, scholarships and benefits, and notes on application procedure. In addition, graduate students currently attending GIST will give tips on how to prepare for the interview and shared some honest thoughts on campus life.

 

In the second round admissions for the Spring 2015 semester, new graduate students in the Ph.D., M.S., and Integrated M.S.-Ph.D. programs are selected in 8 enrollment units: School of Information and Communications, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Mechatronics, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Department of Physics and Photon Science, Department of Chemistry, and Department of Medical System Engineering. Applications are accepted from October 16 (Thu) through October 28 (Tue).

 

To nurture future researchers in science and technology, GIST provides its graduate students with a variety of benefits. GIST graduate students are exempted from payments and support fund fees throughout their enrollment and also receive stipends, meal subsidies, and individual research incentives every month. Students with outstanding entrance marks are awarded a Presidential Scholarship worth KRW 3 million per semester. Double occupancy dormitory rooms are provided to ensure a stable living environment conducive to concentrated study, and male students entering a Ph.D. or Integrated M.S.-Ph.D. program are enlisted as special research personnel, who can complete their military service by just finishing their course of study.

 

Founded 21 years ago, GIST has been strengthening its core competence as a research-oriented university by employing a Select and Focus strategy. As a result, GIST was ranked No. 4 in the world in citations per faculty by QS World University Rankings 2014.

 

International students from 23 countries around the world account for about 10% of current students at GIST Graduate School, where a tradition of 100% English lectures has taken a firm root ever since its foundation. Also, GIST Graduate School’s student to faculty ratio stands at 10 to 1, comparable to those of world leading universities such as Caltech and MIT.

 

For further information and inquiries, please contact isso@gist.ac.kr.