Curriculum
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Major Course Requirements for Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (For Master's Program)
※ Thesis Master's Degree Program
Credit Requirement for Graduation: Required to complete a total of more than 33 credits
Mandatory General Courses: 3credits and Completion of Ethics and Safety course and the Leadership Lecture
- take 1 subject among CC510, CC511, CC512
Mandatory Major Course : None
Elective Courses: At least 18 credits are required
Research Courses: At least 12 credits are required
- including 2 seminar credits (2 seminar credits are not required for General Scholarship Student)
Transitional Measures
- This major requirements are applicable to all students; for those who have entered KAIST before 2012 Fall, have a free choice of course requirements refer to the Course Completion Requirements by Year of Admission
- Effective for students admitted in Spring 2023 or later, the seminar course requirements apply equally regardless of nationality or student classification. (The exemption from the seminar course requirement for General Scholarship Recipients has been removed.)
- If the subtitle of Special Topic subject be identical to the regular subject's (sub-)title, they will be treated as the same subjects.
Major Course Requirements for Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (For Professional Master's Program)
Credit Requirement for Graduation: Required to complete a total of more than 33 credits
Mandatory General Courses: 3 credits and Completion of Ethics and Safety course
- Department-designated course: take 1 subject among Introduction to Computer Applications, Probability and Statistics, and Introduction to New Materials Science
Mandatory Major Course : None
Elective Courses: At least 24 credits are required
- Students in the Future City Professional Master's Program must complete at least 2 of the following 3 courses (CE.50046 Shared Mobility Systems, CE.50067 Urban and Regional Sustainability, CE.50081 Advanced Industrial Water Treatment Engineering)
Research Courses: At least 6 credits are required
- At least 3 credits in Field Problem Research and at least 3 credits in Individual Research
Transitional Measures
- This degree requirement applies to students admitted in Fall 2026 or later
- Students admitted in Spring 2026 or earlier may apply this degree requirement if they wish
- If the subtitle of Special Topic subject be identical to the regular subject's (sub-)title, they will be treated as the same subjects.
Major Course Requirements for Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (For Doctoral Program)
Credit Requirement for Graduation: Required to complete a total of more than 60 credits
Mandatory General Courses: 3credits and Completion of Ethics and Safety course
- take 1 subject among CC510, CC511, CC512
Mandatory Major Courses: None
Elective Courses: At least 27 credits are required
Research Courses: At least 30 credits are required
- At least 30 credits are required(including 2 seminar credits, 2 seminar credits are not required for General Scholarship Student)
Transitional Measures
- This major requirements are applicable to all students; for those who have entered KAIST before 2012 Fall, have a free choice of course requirements refer to the Course Completion Requirements by Year of Admission
- Effective for students admitted in Spring 2023 or later, the seminar course requirements apply equally regardless of nationality or student classification. (The exemption from the seminar course requirement for General Scholarship Recipients has been removed.)
- The course credits earned in the Master's course work can be used towards the Doctoral degree(including 2 seminar credits, except the rest of research credits).
- If the subtitle of Special Topic subject is identical to the regular subject's (sub-)title, they will be treated as the same subjects.
Major Course Requirements for Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (For MS-PhD Integrated Program)
Credit Requirement for Graduation: Required to complete a total of more than 60 credits
Mandatory General Courses: 3credits and Completion of Ethics and Safety course and the Leadership Lecture
- take 1 subject among CC510, CC511, CC512
Mandatory Major Courses: None
Elective Courses: At least 27 credits are required
Research Courses: At least 30 credits are required
- At least 30 credits are required(including 2 seminar credits, 2 seminar credits are not required for General Scholarship Student)
Transitional Measures
- This major requirements are applicable to all students; for those who have entered KAIST before 2012 Fall, have a free choice of course requirements refer to the Course Completion Requirements by Year of Admission
- Effective for students admitted in Spring 2023 or later, the seminar course requirements apply equally regardless of nationality or student classification. (The exemption from the seminar course requirement for General Scholarship Recipients has been removed.)
- The course credits earned in the Master's course work can be used towards the Doctoral degree(including 2 seminar credits, except the rest of research credits).
- If the subtitle of Special Topic subject is identical to the regular subject's (sub-)title, they will be treated as the same subjects.
Table of curriculum
| Classification | Course No. | Course Name | Lecture; Lab.; Credit (Assignment) | Semester | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective Courses | CE.50001 | Advanced Mechanics of Materials | 3:0:3(5) | Spring | ◎ |
| CE.50002 | Advanced Soil Mechanics | 3:1:3(4) | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50004 | Advanced Environmental Chemistry | 3:1:3(12) | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50005 | Applied Mathematics | 3:0:3 | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50014 | Advanced Structural Dynamics | 3:1:3(12) | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50015 | Mechanics of Composite Materials | 3:1:3(12) | Fall | ||
| CE.50016 | Finite Element Analysis | 3:1:3(6) | Fall | ||
| CE.50018 | Reliability Analysis of Structures | 3:0:3(8) | Fall | ||
| CE.50019 | Bridge Engineering & Design | 3:1:3(6) | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50020 | Introduction to Smart Structure Technology | 2:3:3(5) | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50030 | Geophysical Exploration for Energy Resources | 3:0:3 | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50031 | Geotechnical Experiments | 1:6:3(6) | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50032 | Rock Engineering with IT | 3:1:3(4) | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50033 | Site Investigation and IT based Monitoring | 3:2:3(6) | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50034 | Analysis of Soil Behavior by IT | 3:0:3(4) | Fall | ||
| CE.50036 | Design of Smart-City Underground Structures | 3:1:3(4) | Spring | ||
| CE.50039 | Earth Retaining Structures for Smart-City | 3:0:3(4) | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50041 | Sustainable Infrastructure Systems Engineering | 3:0:3 | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50045 | Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Transportation System Analyses | 3:0:3 | Spring or Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50046 | Shared Mobility Systems | 3:0:3 | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50047 | Transportation System analysis and Operations | 3:0:3 | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50051 | Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering Design | 3:0:3 | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50053 | IT for Smart City | 3:0:3 | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50054 | Mechanical Design of Civil Robot | 3:0:3 | Spring or Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50058 | Introduction to Civil Robotics | 3:0:3 | Spring or Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50060 | Smart and Green Environmental Design | 3:0:3 | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50063 | Modeling Autonomous Driving and Intelligent Transportation Systems | 3:0:3 | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50064 | Technology and the Smart City | 3:0:3 | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50067 | Urban and Regional Sustainability | 3:0:3 | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50068 | Understanding Sustainable Finance | 3:0:3 | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50071 | Environmental Engineering Laboratory | 1:6:3(10) | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50072 | Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology | 3:0:3 | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50073 | Advanced Membrane-based Water Treatment | 3:0:3 | Fall | ||
| CE.50077 | Integrated Water Resources Management | 3:1:3(5) | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50079 | Hazardous and Industrial Waste Treatment | 3:1:3 | Fall | ||
| CE.50080 | Structural Pattern Recognition for Statistical Health Monitoring | 2:3:3 | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50081 | Advanced Industrial Water Treatment Engineering | 3:0:3 | Fall | ◎ | |
| CE.50082 | Environmental Electrochemistry | 3:0:3 | Spring | ||
| CE.50083 | Advanced Dynamics and Nonlinear Control of Civil Robots | 3:0:3 | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.50090 | Elastoplastic Analysis and Design of Structural Systems | 3:1:3 | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.59902 | Special Topics in Structural Engineering Design for U-Space | 2:3:3 | Fall | ||
| CE.59903 | Special Topics in Geotechnical Engineering Design for U-Space | 3:1:3 | Spring | ||
| CE.59904 | Special Topics in Environmental Engineering Design for U-Space | 3:1:3 | Fall | ||
| CE.59905 | Special Topics in U-Space Construction IT Design | 3:0:3 | Spring | ◎ | |
| CE.60011 | Inelastic Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures | 3:0:3(6) | Spring | ||
| CE.60014 | Stability of Structures for Smart-City | 3:1:3(6) | Fall | ||
| CE.60017 | Earthquake Engineering | 3:1:3(8) | Spring | ||
| CE.60019 | Vibration Control of Structures | 3:1:3(12) | Fall | ||
| CE.60023 | Fracture Mechanics of Concrete | 3:0:3 | Fall | ||
| CE.60031 | Advanced Numerical Soil Mechanics | 2:3:3(6) | Spring | ||
| CE.60033 | Advanced Soil Dynamics | 3:1:3(6) | Spring | ||
| CE.60036 | Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering & Design | 3:0:3(4) | Spring | ||
| CE.60037 | Theory of Geophysics | 3:0:3(4) | Spring | ||
| CE.60072 | Smart City Environmental Unit Processes | 3:1:3 | Spring | ||
| CE.79904 | Advanced Topics in Civil and Environmental Engineering | 3:0:3 | Spring or Fall | ||
| Research | CE.91200 | M.S. Individual Study | 0:9:3 | Spring or Fall | Professional Master’s Program |
| CE.92100 | M.S. Thesis Research | 0:3:3 | Spring, Fall | ||
| CE.92200 | Ph.D. Thesis Research | 0:3:3 | Spring or Fall | ||
| CE.93100 | Seminar (M.S.) | 1:0:1 | Spring, Fall | ||
| CE.93200 | Seminar (Ph.D.) | 1:0:1 | Spring, Fall | ||
| CE.94302 | Field Issue Research | 0:9:3 | Spring, Fall | Professional Master’s Program |
※ ◎ : Course mutually recognized by undergraduate and graduate programs
※ Course classification, course title, and mutual recognition of credits may differ according to the effective year of the requirements.