Contact points
Academic Registrar’s Team (E11, 1st Floor)
_Course registration, GPA, academic certificates
E-mail: bonhyok9@kaist.ac.kr Ext # 2362
Admission Team (E11, 2nd Floor)
_Information on admission
E-mail: admission@kaist.ac.kr Ext # 2143
Home Page: http://admission.kaist.ac.kr
Internet & Network Team (N2, 3rd Floor)
_Information on internet & Network (N2, 3rd Floor)
E-mail: cosmos@kaist.ac.kr Ext # 5688
Home Page: http://itc.kaist.ac.kr
Student Affairs Team (E11, 1st Floor)
_National Health Insurance,Scholarships for enrolled student
E-mail: imkoobae@kaist.ac.kr Ext # 2163
Student Welfare Services Team (E11, 1st Floor)
_Dormitory, KAIST Student Health Insurance Association
E-mail: augie57@kaist.ac.kr Ext # 4711
Emergency Call
Campus police 4200
Fire, accidents 4000
Night duty office 3000
Fire department(ambulance) 119
Police Station 112
| Department/Division | Phone | Web Address |
| Physics | 2503 | http://crom.kaist.ac.kr/english |
| Biological Sciences | 2603 | http://bio.kaist.ac.kr/index_eng.htm |
| Mathematical Sciences | 2703 | http://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr |
| Chemistry | 2804 | http://chem.kaist.ac.kr/eng |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | 3602 | http://civil.kaist.ac.kr |
| Mechanical Engineering | 3005 | http://me.kaist.ac.kr/eng/index.php |
| Aerospace Engineering | 3702 | http://ae.kaist.ac.kr/eng/index.html |
| Industrial Design | 4502 | http://id.kaist.ac.kr/ |
| Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 3902 | http://che.kaist.ac.kr |
| Materials Science & Engineering | 3303 | http://mse.kaist.ac.kr |
| Nuclear & Quantum Engineering | 3804 | http://nuclear.kaist.ac.kr/new/english |
| Electrical Engineering | 3403 | http://www.ee.kaist.ac.kr |
| Computer Science | 3502 | http://www.ee.kaist.ac.kr |
| Bio & Brain Engineering | 4302 | http://biosys.kaist.ac.kr/English |
| Graudate School of Culture Technology | 2902 | http://ct.kaist.ac.kr |
| Graduate School of Medical Science & Engineering | 4232 | http://gpmse.kaist.ac.kr |
| Graduate School of Automobile Technology | 4102 | http://gsat.kaist.ac.kr |
| Ocean System Engineering | 1502 | http://kaist-ocean.or.kr |
| Industrial & System Engineering | 3102 | http://iedhcp.kaist.ac.kr/english/main.htm |
| Intelligent Service Engineering | 1602 | http://isl.kaist.ac.kr:8080/ise |
| Nanosience & Technology | 1102 | http://nanoscience.kaist.ac.kr |
| Nanosience & Technology | *1-3212 | http://business.kaist.ac.kr/eng |
Checklist
Your first week in KAIST will be extremely busy. Use this checklist to make sure everything’s in order.
- Attend orientation session at Creative Learning Bldg. (E11)
- Receive health checkup
- Register for Alien Registration Card
- Open a bank account
- Register your bank account with Student Affairs Team for scholarships
- Visit Academic Registrar’s Team to get student ID number
- Visit Safety & Security Team to get IC card
- Set up internet connection in your dormitory and office
- Register for courses
- Take procedures for health insurance
Refer to the map at the back for information on office locations.
Various orientation programs help you settle down quickly in the new campus life in KAIST. They are held in E11 building for a week before the beginning of a new semester.
Most offices you need to visit are gathered in a cluster in E11. You can easily get acquainted with officials there who will help you throughout your stay. They will complete your registration procedures, answer questions and offer advice on any subject you are interested in.
Get Yourself Connected
Postal Service
Mail is delivered first to KAIST mail room then distributed to each office, and dormitory twice a day.
To send mail, visit the Post Office located on the 1st floor of the Student Center (N12). Specify "express" or "registered" on the envelope if you need such services, and pay accordingly.
After finishing your program in KAIST, you can send your belongings to your next address via surface or air mail. At the post office where carton boxes are available, people there will help you pack up. Each box can contain up to 20 kilograms
Telephone
On campus, laboratories, department offices and dormitories are connected with four-digit phone numbers. From the outside, they can be called with the area code of 042 and prefix 350 or 351. You can receive domestic and international calls with any telephone on the campus, but sometimes they are locked and only outgoing calls can be made. To make calls from dormitories, it is necessary to purchase pre-paid phone cards.
Korea’s prefix for international call is 82 and Daejeon’s area code is 042. Your family can reach you by dialing +82-42-350-XXXX or +82-42-351-XXXX.
Telephone cards may be bought at on campus shops and outside convenience stores. The telephone cards are available in four prices: 2,000, 3,000, 5,000 and ￦10,000. There are three types of pay phones: coin-operated phones, card phones and coin and card phones.
To make an international call from a pay phone, Dial 001, 002, 0052 or 00700+country code+area code+local number.
It is possible to make international calls using credit cards. Phones offering this service are installed at hotels and major public facilities and have English instructions on their use.
Mobile Phone
There are three mobile phone operators in Korea: SKT, KTF and LGT. Procedures for mobile phone subscription are a little more complicated for foreign residents. You are recommended to be accompanied by a Korean colleague when you visit a mobile phone shop to subscribe to a post-paid or pre-paid service.
Inside KAIST campus, there is one KTF-Show shop on the 2nd floor of Tae Wul Gwan (N13). N-Zone service is provided enabling free phone calls for KTF subscribers inside the Daejeon campus.
If you are going to use mobile phone just for a short period, rental services are available, but remember charges are quite high. Rental services firms are: Yellowpage Korea Co., Ltd.
+82-2-725-0411 (Fax +82-2-720-0052) J.B.I. Technology +82-2-3481-9925 (Fax +82-2-3481-9926)
Electricity
The standard voltage is 220V. Two-pin plugs are standard on most electrical equipment.
