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Renaissance Program (RP) Q&A
Definition: What is the “special benefit” reserved for Renaissance Program applicants?
1. RP benefits are based on five-year enrollment in a combined MS/PhD program.
2. An MS student who has applied to the RP retains a “reserved spot1” as a national scholar when continuing on to a PhD program.
However, the student must pass the admissions process for the PhD (combined MS/PhD) program in question.
3. When a student is said to have a “reserved spot,” this means that he or she can apply to the MS/PhD program in a desired
department and be selected regardless of the department’s PhD program capacity (or the relevant faculty advisor’s student
allotment capacity).
■ About the Application Process
1. Are there any special eligibility requirements for applicants?
- There are no special eligibility requirements for MS students wishing to apply to the RP. However, depending on the
number of students who eventually enroll in the program, special eligibility criteria may be added in the future. The RP can
accommodate up to one quarter of KAIST’s quota for PhD students on government scholarships.
2. Can students in departments not administering the RP apply?
- Yes, they can. They can also take RP-assigned courses without participating in the program.
3. Can students receiving KAIST scholarships or general scholarships apply?
- Yes, they can. However, KAIST scholars have the option of changing their classification to “government-funded scholar”
when applying to a PhD or MS/PhD program. Students receiving general scholarships may also opt to be re-classified as a
government-funded scholar if they so desire, but they can only do so if they are not affiliated with a particular organization.
4. If a student receiving a general scholarship opts to be re-classified as a government-funded scholar for enrollment in a PhD
program, will his or her tuition be waived?
- Yes, since such re-classification entitles the student to the same benefits enjoyed by other students on government
scholarships.
5. The RP is a combined MS/PhD track. Can students not enrolled in a department offering a combined MS/PhD program still
apply?
- Yes, they can. All they have to do is to apply for a standalone PhD program, rather than an MS/PhD program, when the time
comes.
6. Can a student planning to complete only the MS program without going on to earn a PhD apply to the RP?
- They can, but we recommend continuing on to the PhD program for a full and systematic completion of the RP.
■ About RP Benefits
1. What happens to a student’s “reserved spot” if he or she leaves the RP track prior to completion?
- If an RP student occupying a “reserved spot” in a PhD program leaves the RP track, he or she reverts to being an ordinary
government scholar. This means that the department in which the student is enrolled will have a government scholar in excess
of its mandated quota. Therefore, the department must reduce its government scholar quota for the succeeding year by the
number of students who have left the RP track.
2. What happens to an RP student’s “reserved spot” if he or she transfers to an MS/PhD program in a different department?
- Since the “reserved spot” is assigned to the student him/herself, it is carried over to whichever department he or she
transfers to.
3. If a student was originally accepted to a combined MS/PhD program at the time of admission, does he or she not receive
“reserved spot” benefits?
- Since admission to an MS/PhD program guarantees placement in the PhD program, the “reserved spot” benefits associated
with the RP become redundant.
1 Reserved spot means a personal right of reserved quota.
4. If a student not in a department offering a combined MS/PhD program applies to the RP, is his or her “reserved spot”
awarded when the time comes to transition to a PhD program?
- Since the “reserved spot” is assigned to each individual student, it is awarded in time for him or her to enroll in a PhD
program.
5. Can a student applying to the RP receive a “reserved spot” if he or she has already missed the deadline for applying to a
combined MS/PhD program (e.g. a student in the third semester of an MS program begun in 2009)?
- Since the “reserved spot” is assigned to each individual student, it is awarded in time for him or her to enroll in a PhD
program.
6. A student who was admitted for the fall semester cannot apply to an MS/PhD track until his or her second semester, i.e. the
spring semester of the following year. Can such a student receive “reserved spot” benefits?
- Reserved spots based on RP enrollment are awarded in June, so students admitted for the fall semester cannot receive this
benefit for application to a combined MS/PhD track.
7. Can a student who has completed only the MS program or has left the combined MS/PhD program but has still fulfilled the
requirements of the RP receive a certificate of completion?
- If the requirements of the RP have been fulfilled, a certificate of completion will be awarded.
■ About Admissions Screening
◆ Departments that select MS/PhD students from among new admissions: No separate screening for the MS/PhD program is
needed.
◆ Departments that select MS/PhD students from among existing MS students:
1. Does applying to the RP automatically enroll you in an MS/PhD program? Or does a student have to apply separately to
an MS/PhD program and undergo admissions screening?
- Applying to the RP does not automatically enroll you in an MS/PhD program. Even if a student has been awarded a
“reserved spot,” he or she must apply to an MS/PhD program for admission.
2. Do RP students with “reserved spot” benefits undergo the same admissions screening process as regular MS/PhD
applicants?
- Yes. The process is the same in both cases.
◆ Departments that do not offer a combined MS/PhD program:
1. Do RP students with “reserved spot” benefits undergo the same admissions screening process as regular PhD applicants?
- Yes. The process is the same in both cases.
■ About Course Completion
1. Do the courses need to be completed in the order listed?
- Initially, RP courses may be taken out of order as long as they add up to the total number of required credits (13 credits).
Afterward, however, they need to be taken in the order listed to ensure systematic completion of RP education.
2. Do course credits earned prior to the spring semester of 2009 (the semester in which the RP was first initiated) count toward the
RP completion requirement?
- Only courses taken during the spring 2009 semester and thereafter are recognized as RP credits.
3. If a student took a “department-designed course” in a department that joined the RP in or after spring 2009, but took it before
the department became part of the program, does the course count toward the RP completion requirement? (e.g. The Department
of Ocean Systems Engineering applied for participation in the RP starting in spring 2010, but a student took the department’s
self-designed course, “OSE573 Ocean Systems Design,” in fall 2009.)
- Only credits earned after a department joined the RP count toward completion. However, exceptions may be granted with
approval from the department in question and the professor who taught the course.