Established in 2019, the Office of Global Initiative (GI) serves as a strategic platform that connects KAIST with the global community by designing and executing comprehensive globalization strategies.
To build a sustainable ecosystem for global value creation, GI leads initiatives across four core domains: the planning and development of KAIST’s global campuses; international collaborative R&D projects; global and local community-based social contribution programs that generate public value; and global entrepreneurship education programs conducted in collaboration with governments, universities, non-governmental organizations, and enterprises worldwide.
Within this framework, the KAIST Global Entrepreneurship Program (KGEP) serves as GI’s core entrepreneurship education platform. KGEP consists of multiple independently operated programs designed to support students at different stages of entrepreneurial engagement. Through these programs, students explore entrepreneurial thinking, develop and refine business ideas, and engage with real startup environments.
KGEP includes the Global Entrepreneurship Summer School (GESS) for immersive exposure to global innovation environments, the Global Entrepreneurship Mentoring Program (GEMP) for hands-on execution support through mentoring, validation, and problem-solving, and the Global Entrepreneurship Connect Seminar (GECS), where students interact with global founders, investors, and industry leaders. Through this structured program ecosystem, KGEP enables KAIST students to engage with real entrepreneurial environments and expand their contributions within the KAIST Global Startup Ecosystem.
Through these integrated efforts across campuses, research, social contribution, and entrepreneurship, GI strengthens KAIST’s global engagement across education, innovation, and societal impact, positioning the university as an active participant in the global innovation ecosystem.
To build a sustainable ecosystem for global value creation, GI leads initiatives across four core domains: the planning and development of KAIST’s global campuses; international collaborative R&D projects; global and local community-based social contribution programs that generate public value; and global entrepreneurship education programs conducted in collaboration with governments, universities, non-governmental organizations, and enterprises worldwide.
Within this framework, the KAIST Global Entrepreneurship Program (KGEP) serves as GI’s core entrepreneurship education platform. KGEP consists of multiple independently operated programs designed to support students at different stages of entrepreneurial engagement. Through these programs, students explore entrepreneurial thinking, develop and refine business ideas, and engage with real startup environments.
KGEP includes the Global Entrepreneurship Summer School (GESS) for immersive exposure to global innovation environments, the Global Entrepreneurship Mentoring Program (GEMP) for hands-on execution support through mentoring, validation, and problem-solving, and the Global Entrepreneurship Connect Seminar (GECS), where students interact with global founders, investors, and industry leaders. Through this structured program ecosystem, KGEP enables KAIST students to engage with real entrepreneurial environments and expand their contributions within the KAIST Global Startup Ecosystem.
Through these integrated efforts across campuses, research, social contribution, and entrepreneurship, GI strengthens KAIST’s global engagement across education, innovation, and societal impact, positioning the university as an active participant in the global innovation ecosystem.