Korea Science Academy of KAIST ( Korean: 한국과학기술원 부설 한국과학영재학교) is a

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that is located in

Busan Busan (), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second list of cities in South Korea by population, most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economi ...

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. It was founded in 1991 as ''Busan (Pusan) Science High School (BSA)''. In 2001, BSA was designated as a school for gifted science students by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The name was changed to the Korea Science Academy (KSA) in 2005. In 2009, the school announced formal ties with KAIST.

History

On December 18, 1989, the Ministry of Education approved the establishment of the Busan Science Academy, and Chang-sik Shin was appointed as its first principal on March 1, 1991. That same day, the Ministry of Education appointed BSA as a 'for-researching' school until February 28, 1993. It opened the school on March 4, 1991, and took its first entrance ceremony. On March 1, 1997, the Ministry of Education appointed BSA as a model school. The school was constructed in a new place and moved there. It went from

Yeonje District Yeonje District () is a ''Subdivisions of South Korea, gu'' in central Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 12.08 km2, and a population of about 220,000. Yeonje District was created in March 1995 following its separation from Dongnae Distri ...

Busanjin District Busanjin District () is a ''Subdivisions of South Korea, gu'' in central Busan, South Korea. It has an area of 29.7 km2, and a population of about 410,000. The name is sometimes abbreviated locally as "Jin-gu". Busanjin District is home ...

, both of which are of Korea's Autonomous District. Later, the school also changed its name to Korea Science Academy on July 12, 2005.

Curriculum

The curriculum is composed of academic courses (135 credits), Creative Research Activities (30 credits), and Leadership Activities courses (8AU).

Exchange programs

Academic exchanges with overseas universities, research centers and other related institutions.

Partnership Schools (22 organizations in 12 countries)

References

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History

Curriculum

Exchange programs

Partnership Schools (22 organizations in 12 countries)

See also

References