Korea Institute for Advanced Study
| 고등과학원 | |
| Motto | Imagine the Impossible |
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| Formation | 1996 |
| Type | Governmental organisation |
| Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 37°35′34″N 127°02′45″E / 37.5928°N 127.0458°ECoordinates: 37°35′34″N 127°02′45″E / 37.5928°N 127.0458°E |
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President
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Yong-hee Lee |
| Website | www |
| Korea Institute for Advanced Study | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Godeung gwahakwon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kotŭng kwahakwŏn |
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.
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. 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, 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).
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