PH Ambassador to Korea Welcomes Kaist’s Offer of Assistance in S&T

Philippine Ambassador to ROK Raul S. Hernandez (center, standing) with diplomats, dignitaries and KAIST faculty at KAIST’s Networking Day with Diplomatic Missions (KAIST Embassy Day) at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul on June 23, 2017. 

27 June 2017 SEOUL — Philippine Ambassador to Korea was among the special guests during the Networking Day hosted by the Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST) for diplomatic missions on June 23 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seoul.

In his opening remarks, Mr. SHIN Sung-Chul, President of KAIST, expressed hope that the networking event would pave the way for KAIST to build a wider network of collaborative partnerships with more S&T institutions overseas to advance global scientific research and development.

Philippine Ambassador to Korea Raul S. Hernandez had the opportunity to personally greet President Shin during the networking event and commended KAIST on its ranking as one of the leading S&T universities in the world and for its remarkable achievements in advancing the development of science and technology. Ambassador Hernandez also welcomed KAIST’s offer to assist S&T institutions overseas in terms of student exchange and research collaboration.   

KAIST highlighted some of its scientific accomplishments which have garnered international acclaim including KAIST’s renowned humanoid robot, HUBO, which won the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge (DRC) in 2015, KAIST’s advances in metabolic engineering, and the development of targeted therapies to address breast cancer metastasis. 

The event also served as an opportunity for KAIST’s International Office to promote the International Admissions Program for International Students and to announce that KAIST is open to recruiting talented faculty and researchers from overseas. Currently, 179 foreign faculty and researchers from over 31 countries, representing 8.7% of the total faculty, are working at KAIST. 710 foreign students from 86 countries, representing about 8% of the total students, are studying at KAIST. 

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