The Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS; Korean: 고등과학원) is an advanced research institute in South Korea. It is located on a 30-acre (12 ha) campus in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul.
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.
Presidents
1st and 2nd: Kim Chung Wook
3rd: Kim Mahn Won
4th: Myung Hyo Chul (ko)
5th: Kim Doochul
6th: Keum Jonghae
7th: Lee Yong-hee
8th: Choe Jaigyoung
9th: Noh Tae-won