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Military Service Benefits (Alternative Service)

 
Our university provides comprehensive administrative support for students and staff regarding personal military affairs. The "Reserve Forces Battalion" and the Student Support Team offer guidance and assistance on the following: military counseling, conscription guidance, enlistment (postponement), military entry, technical research personnel, reserve forces training, civil defense, and all other individual military-related administration.
 
 

Technical Research Personnel

    • Eligibility for Selection Active-duty candidates who have not yet fulfilled their military service and have been admitted as Government-funded or KAIST Scholarship students in Doctoral, Integrated Master’s-Doctoral, or Integrated Bachelor’s-Master’s-Doctoral programs.

    • Number of Selections Subject to the quota (TO) for prospective Technical Research Personnel candidates assigned to each department.

    • Requirements for Enrollment (Transfer) Applicants must have completed at least two semesters of a Doctoral program and meet the requirements for Doctoral Coursework Completion (completion of all required department credits).

    • Duty Period 3 years. (Military duty officially begins upon being appointed as Technical Research Personnel after completing all doctoral coursework).

    • Important Notes Postponement of enlistment for doctoral students is permitted up to the age of 28 based on military administration standards. Enrollment as Technical Research Personnel is only possible if the mandatory service period can be completed by the age of 35 (or 37 for medical officer candidates).

    • End of Service Upon completion of the 3-year mandatory service period, the individual’s military service is officially recognized as fulfilled.