• Information
- Registration
- Leave of Absence/Reinstatement
- Withdrawal / Expulsion / Re-entry
- Department Declaration and Major Selection
- Student Classification Change and Affiliated Organization Transfer
- Time limit for Degree Completion
- Academic Grades
- Credit Transfer
- Master’s and Doctoral Dissertations
- Graduation Requirments
- Information on the issuance of certificates
Credit Transfer
A. Transferable credits obtained from other domestic and overseas universities (Curriculum Operation Guidelines Article 31)
- Credits obtained from other universities will be recognized for students in undergraduate program (a maximum of 66 credits), Master’s program (a maximum of 12 credits), and Doctoral program (a maximum of 18 credits).
- Application period: Within one year after the admission
- Procedure
- Complete the application form => Obtain approval from your academic advisor (or a credit transfer related professor) and the Head of the Department => Submit the form to the Academic Registrar’s Team
* Credits will be given as the credits for the equivalent (similar) courses at KAIST
- Required documents
- Credit Transfer application [go to form]
- Course equivalency Table for Credit Transfer [go to form]
- Official Transcript from the previous university
- Comments from your academic advisor (or a credit transfer related professor) and the Head of your Department
B. Transferable credits obtained from other departments/divisions (Curriculum Operation Guidelines Article 32)
- The required course credits obtained from the original department will be recognized as the credits for equivalent (similar) courses offered by the new department and elective credits obtained must be closely related to the courses in the new department’s curriculum in order to be recognized.
- Application period: By the end of the semester immediately after the semester in which the department transfer occurs
- Procedure
Complete the application form => Obtain approval from your new academic advisor (or a credit transfer related professor) and the Head of the new Department => Submit the form to the Academic Registrar’s Team
- Required documents
- Application form for credit transfer [go to form]
- Transcript
- Comments from the academic advisor (or a credit transfer related professor) and Chair of the Department
C. Transfer of credits previously obtained at KAIST (Curriculum Operation Guidelines Article 32, Section 2 )
- Students who are re-admitted to KAIST will be able to transfer credits they had obtained (at KAIST) if their credit transfer application is submitted within one year after their readmission. All or partial credits for the transferable courses will be recognized only if the courses are offered by the relevant department.
- Procedure
- Complete the application form => Obtain approval from your academic advisor (or a credit transfer related professor) and the Head of the Department => Submit the form to the Academic Registrar’s Team
- Required documents
- Application form for credit transfer [go to form]
- Transcript
- Comments from your academic advisor (or a credit transfer related professor) and the Head of your Department
D. Transfer of credits obtained from mutual recognition courses (Curriculum Operation Guidelines Article 34)
- When undergraduate students obtain credits for mutual recognition courses offered in the master’s program, these credits can be recognized as required credits for their undergraduate program or master’s program. However, if these credits are already included in the credit requirements for their undergraduate program, the same credits cannot be recognized as required credits for their master’s program
- When undergraduate students advance to a master’s program, the credit obtained from mutual recognition courses during their undergraduate studies can be transferred to their master’s credits
- When master’s students obtain credits for mutual recognition courses offered in the undergraduate program, these credits are transferable to their master’s credits.
- When Doctoral students who obtain credits for mutual courses offered by the undergraduate program, up 9 credits of these are not transferable.
- Application period: No specified period
- Procedure
- Complete the application form => Obtain approval from your academic advisor (or a credit transfer related professor) and the Head of the Department => Submit the form to the Academic Registrar’s Team
- Required documents
- Application form for credit transfer [go to form]
- Transcript
- Comments from your academic advisor (or a credit transfer related professor) and the Head of the Department
The Academic Registrar’s Team (ART) / Tel: 042-350-2367