Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Daejeon, South Korea

526 students, both grad and undergrad
Business and Engineering

Partnerships
Academic: Cumulus member. Also has its own partnerships with UIAH (Finland), Tsinghua (China), Cheng Kung (Taiwan), CMU, TU Delft (Netherlands), and IIT Industrial Design Centre (India)
Business: Work with science park research institutes like ETRI (Electronics & Telecommunications Research Institute), Bluecean, and Woongjin.
Top Employers: Samsung, LG, SKT

Claim to Fame: S.Y. Kim, executive director U.S., Samsung Design and Y.H. Jung, director, Design Center Asia, Nokia are alumni.

Signature Programs: KAIST puts together engineers and business students to work on the business applications of scientific research. Through its design innovation center, students can turn their own projects into business ideas. Meanwhile, companies sponsor class projects for graduate engineers.