KAIST

South Korean public research university
Organization public_research_university Q39949
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KAIST

Summary

KAIST is a public research university[1]. KAIST draws 690 Wikipedia views per month (public_research_university category, ranking #99 of 166).[2]

Key Facts

  • KAIST was a member of Association of Pacific Rim Universities[3].
  • KAIST was a member of KESLI Consortium[4].
  • KAIST was a member of Association of East Asian Research Universities[5].
  • KAIST is located in Daejeon[6].
  • KAIST is in the country of South Korea[7].
  • KAIST's instance of is recorded as public research university[8].
  • KAIST's instance of is recorded as Institute of Science and Technology[9].
  • KAIST's instance of is recorded as open-access publisher[10].
  • KAIST's headquarters location is recorded as Daejeon[11].
  • KAIST took place at Daejeon[12].
  • KAIST's child organization or unit is recorded as Korea Science Academy of KAIST[13].
  • KAIST's Commons category is recorded as KAIST[14].
  • February 16, 1971 marks the founding of KAIST[15].
  • KAIST began on 1971[16].
  • KAIST's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.372, 'lon': 127.363}[17].
  • KAIST's official website is recorded as https://kaist.ac.kr[18].
  • KAIST's topic's main category is recorded as Category:KAIST[19].
  • KAIST's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '한국과학기술원'}[20].
  • KAIST's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '한국과학기술원'}[21].
  • KAIST's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'KAIST'}[22].
  • KAIST's count of students is recorded as {'amount': '+10249'}[23].
  • KAIST's category for alumni of educational institution is recorded as Category:KAIST alumni[24].
  • KAIST's category for employees of the organization is recorded as Category:Academic staff of KAIST[25].
  • KAIST's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+1121'}[26].
  • KAIST's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+4440'}[27].

Body

Founding

February 16, 1971 marks the founding of KAIST[15].

Identity

KAIST's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '한국과학기술원'}[20]. KAIST's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'KAIST'}[22].

Operations

KAIST's headquarters location is recorded as Daejeon[11]. KAIST's child organization or unit is recorded as Korea Science Academy of KAIST[13].

Why It Matters

KAIST draws 690 Wikipedia views per month (public_research_university category, ranking #99 of 166).[2] KAIST has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] KAIST is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . GRID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . Society Open Access Research (SOAR) Catalog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [4] . kesli.or.kr. Retrieved . kesli.or.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [5] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . kaist.edu. kaist.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Danielserranoh · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of
    Official website https://kaist.ac.kr
    Headquarters location Daejeon
    Ranking +83
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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