The RCA-KAIST Master’s Degree Programme of the Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) is designed to educate and train high-caliber students from the RCA Member States with the aim to preserve and enhance nuclear technology for RCA Member States. The graduates of the programme have been contributing to the developments of nuclear and radiation technology for the graduates’ countries by working in government supported R&D institutions, or government funded enterprises, universities etc. as elite leaders. This programme has been implemented since March 2003 and 25 students in total from 11 countries have been accepted up to now. To finish the course it takes up to 2 years regularly and students must satisfy certain requirements.
1. RCA Scholarship
RCA-KAIST programme scholarship coverage is as follows ;
- Application fee (50,000 Korean Won)
- 2 years Tuition (Approx. 8,000,000 Korean Won per academic year)
- Stipend (900,000 Korean Won/month): to be paid monthly on 25th of each month for up to two years.
- The economy-class one-way airfare from the nearest airport of the originating country to Incheon, Korea.
◇ NOTE:
- The local transportation from the air port to Daejeon, and the returning air fare after finishing the course is not covered by the programme.
- On-campus housing (dormitory) can be arranged but the cost must be borne individually. At present, a shared room by 2 persons at KAIST costs about 600,000 Korean Won/semester (may change slightly) and must be paid at the beginning of each semester.
- KAIST does not provide family housing for married students during the first year. It can be provided in the second year, but there is a high competition. So students who want to bring his/her family must bear that the rental apartment near KAIST is quite expensive.
- The meals in the Campus cafeteria cost around 4,000 Korean Won per meal.
- Medical insurance fee of approximately 40,000 Korean Won/month also to be borne individually.
2. Qualification for Application
Applicants :
- must have graduated from a 4-year academic institution (or equivalent by the time) and have BA (Bachelor of Arts) or equivalent degree.
- must be recommended by National RCA Representative of his/her country by asking the Representative to notify the candidate name to the RCARO by email to Jin Kyu Lim, Head of Administration Division at jklim@rcaro.org ;Julie@rcaro.org or by fax to +82-42-864-1626.
- can find further information about his/her country’s Representative at http://www.rcaro.org/states.
3. Application Documents
Application forms can be downloaded from the KAIST homepage. (For more information, please visit the KAIST website. http//www.kaist.edu ==> Admissions or http://admission.kaist.ac.kr ) Applicants are recommended to frequently visit the KAIST homepage or RCA homepage http://www.rcaro.org for being informed of further notices or additional guidance for application.
The following documents must accompany each application.
1. KAIST International Graduate Application Form (downloadable)
2. Statement of Purpose (downloadable)
3. Statement of Financial Resources (downloadable)
4. Two Letters of Recommendation (downloadable) from 2 professors of the educational institute where the applicant attended for BA or MS degree. The letter by superiors or experts of national research institutes or private companies will not be accepted.
5. Academic transcripts from all the colleges attended
6. Graduation(or expected) and degree certificates from all the colleges attended
7. Regular TOEFL (or TOEIC, TEPS, IELTS) score record (for students only from non-English speaking countries defined in the following note) - The test taken more than 2 years prior to application due date may not be accepted.
8. Copy of Passport : Students should check if their passport has enough period of validity and a copy of the first page of the passport should be sent to Program Assistant of KAIST by e-mail.(Christine Kim, christine8511@kaist.ac.kr)
9. Optional : Any material demonstrating applicant’s scholastic ability
◇ NOTE
In the Statement of Financial Resources (one of application documents), you must select “Sponsoring Organization, Firm, or Government” as a funding source and write down “RCA-KAIST Master’s Degree Program” as the name of sponsor.
. All documents must be official and original. The offer of admission may be revoked if a candidate's submitted documents are found to be false and counterfeit. Also faxes and photocopies are not considered as the valid application documents. However photocopies of transcript with new fresh valid stamp are considered as original.
. All documents should be written in English officially so if application documents including academic transcript are written in a language other than English, they should be translated into English with the authorization of a public notary in your country.
. Applicants from Bangladeshi, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam must submit one of official English proficiency test score higher than the given criteria ;
Academic Year | TOEFL IBT | TOEFL PBT | TOEFL CBT | TEPS | TOEIC | IELTS |
2010 ~ | 83 | 560 | 220 | 559 | 720 | 6.5 |
. Submission of English test score is exempt for applicants from Australia, India, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Singapore.
4. How to apply
- Applicants should send their application package directly to the Admission Management Team at KAIST, and complete application package should be arrived at KAIST by the due date given below. For detailed information including address, please refer to the KAIST website (http://www.kaist.edu => Admission). The Admission Management Team shall only accept application documents that arrive at KAIST by due dates. They do not take any responsibility for a failure in delivery of application documents by the deadline.
- NOTE: In the Statement of Financial Resources (one of application documents), you must select “Sponsoring Organization, Firm, or Government” as a funding source and write down “RCA-KAIST Master’s Degree Program” as the sponsor name.
- After you submit your application forms to the Admission Management Team at KAIST, you MUST notify the RCA-KAIST Master’s Degree Program Coordinator (Prof. Gyuseong Cho, gscho@kaist.ac.kr) by email.
Application due date for 2012 Spring Semester Admission : 30 Sep. 2011 (Original documents should be delivered by 7 Oct. 2011 6:00 pm) Application due date for 2012 Fall Semester Admission : TBA (typically 30 April, 2012) |
Prof. Gyuseong Cho RCA-KAIST Master’s Degree Program Coordinator Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-Ku, Daejeon 305-701 Republic of Korea Email: gscho@kaist.ac.kr, Tel: +82-42-350-3821 |
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