Korea Institute for Advanced Study

The Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) is an advanced research institute in South Korea. It is located on a 30-acre (12 ha) campus in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.

Not to be confused with KAIST or Korea Institute of Science and Technology.

Korea Institute for Advanced Study
고등과학원
Formation1996
TypeGovernmental organisation
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Location
Coordinates37.5928°N 127.0458°E / 37.5928; 127.0458
President
Jaigyoung Choe
Websitewww.kias.re.kr
Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGodeung gwahakwon
McCune–ReischauerKotŭng kwahakwŏn

KIAS was founded in 1996, aiming to become a world leading research institute where international elite scholars gather and dedicate to fundamental research in basic sciences. 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.

As its name suggests, the institute was modeled after the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. KIAS is funded by the government and is a subordinate institute of KAIST.

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