Korea Advanced Institute Science and Technology(KAIST), Mathematical Sciences

Position ID:

KAIST-PROFESSOR [#26487]

Position Title:

Professorships at KAIST

Position Type:

Tenured/Tenure-track faculty

Position Location:

Daejeon, Daejeon 34141, Korea, The Republic of

Subject Areas:

Pure, Applied, and Interdisciplinary Mathematics including Artificial Intelligence(AI) and Data Science

Appl Deadline:

2025/04/16 11:59PM help popup

(posted 2025/04/07, updated 2025/04/04, listed until 2025/05/25)

Position Description:

Professorships at KAIST

The Department of Mathematical Sciences at KAIST invites applications for tenured and tenure-track faculty positions beginning from January 2026.

In recent years, KAIST, one of the top research universities in Korea, has been recruiting distinguished scholars of both Korean and foreign nationalities. KAIST is located in Daejeon, a city with a population of 1.5 million, and its operation is financially supported by the Korean government. Most of the courses at KAIST are taught in English.

Applications are accepted from any areas of pure, applied, and interdisciplinary mathematics including artificial intelligence (AI) and data science. Successful applicants must demonstrate outstanding accomplishments or potential in research and teaching.

An internationally competitive salary commensurate with qualifications will be offered with attractive remuneration packages including relocation assistance, a start-up grant for research, health insurance, and housing benefit. The regular teaching load is two courses per year for the first two years after appointment, and three courses per year thereafter.

All applications must include the following:

KAIST faculty application form (A separate paper for major achievements, teaching plan, and research accomplishments is acceptable.)
Cover letter (An AMS standard cover sheet is acceptable. The names of three (3) recommenders must be listed therein.)
Curriculum vitae with a publication list
Research statement of previous work and future plans
Teaching statement of previous work and future plans
A minimum of three (3) recommendation letters (Recommenders should send their letters directly to the email address below.)

※ For successful applicants passed document-screening, three recommendation letters need to be submitted (six letters for the tenured associate professor and professor)

After the screening process, candidates may need to submit additional documents.

All applications should be sent to math_hr@kaist.ac.kr from April 7, 2025 to May 25, 2025

Ganguk Hwang
Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences
KAIST
291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu,

Daejeon
Republic of Korea
Zip Code: 34141

https://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr/home/en/

For any inquiries, please contact math_hr@kaist.ac.kr.

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Contact: Ganguk Hwang, +82-42-350-2701, +82-42-350-2710 (fax), 82-42-350-2710 (fax)

Email: email address

Postal Mail:

: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Department of Mathematical Science(E6-1 #2401)
291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea

Web Page: https://mathsci.kaist.ac.kr/home/en/introduction/employment/