Editing KAIST (section)

===Timeline===
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| February 16, 1971
| Korea Advanced Institute of Science (KAIS), Hongneung Campus, Seoul is established
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| March 5, 1973
| Candidates matriculate for master's degree
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| August 20, 1975
| First commencement for the master's program
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| September 12, 1975
| Candidates matriculate for doctorate degree
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| August 19, 1978
| First commencement for the doctoral program
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| December 31, 1980
| Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is formed by merger with KIST
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| December 27, 1984
| Korea Institute of Technology (KIT) is established in Daejeon, South Korea
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| March 28, 1986
| First matriculation for undergraduates
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| June 12, 1989
| KAIST and KIST separate, KAIST retains institution name
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| July 4, 1989
| KAIST merges with KIT, relocates to Daejeon
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| December 17, 1990
| First commencement for bachelor's degree students
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| October 1, 1996
| Establishes [[Korea Institute for Advanced Study|Korea Institute of Advanced Study (KIAS)]]
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| May 4, 2004
| Founds National Nanofab Center (NNFC)
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| January 1, 2008
| Officially changes name to KAIST, replacing the spelled-out name
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| March 1, 2009
| Acquires [[Information and Communications University]] (ICU), renaming it [[KAIST Information Technology Convergence Campus]]
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