Eric Labaye

President | École Polytechnique | France

Within less than 50 years, you grew from a new and local university to a leading and global one. KAIST embodies the efficiency and the quick development in Science and Technology of the South-Korean nation in the last decades.

Morton O. Schapiro

President | Northwestern University | USA

KAIST has rapidly risen within the ranks of the world’s great universities, and to have achieved what you have in only a half century is truly remarkable. We are honored that Northwestern is one of your academic partners, and as we collaborate in Materials Science and in Law among other fields, and we would love to do even more together in the future.

Arif Sultan Al Hammadi

Executive Vice President | Khalifa University | UAE

KAIST and Khalifa University have established a strong, deep partnership over the past decade. This partnership underscores the long history and strong bilateral relations between the UAE and South Korea.

Marc Tessier-Lavigne

President | Stanford University | USA

KAIST has been an impressive pioneer as the first and leading university in science and technology in Korea. Throughout the years, Stanford University and KAIST have had many academic exchanges between our faculty and students with the shared goal of advancing knowledge that can benefit all of humanity.

Chung-Ming Kuan

President | National Taiwan University | Taiwan

National Taiwan University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have been engaged in a vibrant partnership since the first formal agreement for scholarly exchange and collaboration signed in 2006.

Wei Shyy

President | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

We would like to send you our heartfelt congratulations for many accomplishments and outstanding records KAIST members have accomplished over the years, not only in Korea, but internationally.

Tan Eng Chye

President | National University of Singapore | Singapore

Over the years, KAIST has established a reputation as a highly-respected research-intensive university, both in Korea and internationally. Your achievements, particularly in the STEM field, are nothing short of impressive, and I am happy that KAIST and the National University of Singapore are steadfast partners.

Subra Suresh

President | Nanyang Technological University (NTU) | Singapore

As you mark 50 years of success, you have every reason to be proud of the institute’s legacy and reputation as a globally recognised centre of academic excellence in science, engineering and other fields.

Anders O. Bjarklev

President | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark

Your first 50 years have been a magnificent journey where you have been a leader in the industrialization of Korea with great success! Your dedication to excellence in science and technology. Your dedication to making Korea, your students and researchers blossom is an inspiration for us all. KAIST today is a global leader.

Klaus Schwab

Founder and Executive Chairman | World Economic Forum (WEF)

KAIST plays an active and responsible role in exploring the challenges posed by artificial intelligence, blockchain, and precision medicine. It is a leader in ensuring social inclusion. Founded with the support of USAID, today it is paying it forward and sharing the same support through the Kenya KAIST project.

Ulrich Rüdiger

Rector | RWTH Aachen University | Germany

Today KAIST is a household name among the top research and higher education institutions of the world. KAIST’s name is inextricably linked to the economic rise of Korea to one of the preeminent industrial nations of the world, having provided the nation with engineers, researchers and teachers who in turn helped shape Korea’s future.

Christian Thomsen

President | Technische Universität Berlin | Germany

I’d like to express my congratulations to all members of KAIST, a very famous institute of technology with which we’ve been cooperating for the last 20 years.

Yong Qiu

President | Tsinghua University | China

KAIST is South Korea's first technical university and a world-renowned institute for science and technology. Tsinghua is committed to its role as a partner of KAIST and will strive to strengthen our cooperation.

Uri Sivan

President | The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology | Israel

I look forward to continuing collaboration between our universities in the future, in order to achieve mutual goals, which will ultimately be to the benefit of all mankind.

Kazuya Masu

President | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan

KAIST and Tokyo Tech have been proud partners for about 35 years. Since concluding an institute-wide cooperation agreement in 1986, we have been actively engaging in education and research collaborations.

Makoto Gonokami

President | University of Tokyo | Japan

The relationship between the University of Tokyo and KAIST officially started in 1998, with academic and student exchanges by the School of Engineering, which expanded to include the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences. We have a long history of friendship and collaboration, giving our members the opportunity to gain experience in new forms of education and promote mutual academic inspiration between Korea and Japan.