Korea Institute for Advanced Study

Korea Institute for Advanced Study
고등과학원
Motto Imagine the Impossible
Formation 1996
Type Governmental organisation
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Location
Coordinates 37°35′34″N 127°02′45″E / 37.5928°N 127.0458°E / 37.5928; 127.0458Coordinates: 37°35′34″N 127°02′45″E / 37.5928°N 127.0458°E / 37.5928; 127.0458
President
 Yong-hee Lee
Website www.kias.re.kr
Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Hangul 고등과학원
Hanja 高等科學院
Revised Romanization Godeung gwahakwon
McCune–Reischauer Kotŭng kwahakwŏn
A photograph of the building of the Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)

The Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) is an advanced research institute in Korea. It is located on a 30-acre (120,000 m2) campus in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.[1]

KIAS was founded in 1996, aiming to become a world's leading research institute where international elite scholars gather and dedicate to fundamental research in basic sciences.[2] Currently, there are three schools in the institute: mathematics, physics, and computational sciences. As of 2016, the institute has 3 distinguished professors, 26 professors, and 133 research fellows. [3]

As its name suggests, this institute was founded modeled on IAS in Princeton, New Jersey (USA), although unlike its original, KIAS is funded by the government. KIAS is a subordinate institute of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology).[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Contact,"Visitor Information, KIAS", KIAS,2012.
  2. ↑ Mission Statement,"About KIAS, KIAS", KIAS,2012.
  3. ↑ About the Institute,"About KIAS, KIAS", KIAS,2016.
  4. ↑ 고등과학원 설립 및 운영계획 수립을 위한 조사 연구, 1996(최종보고서), 과학기술처, 국회전자도서관 DB 자료 (in Korean)
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