The categories and the tables below are pretty much all undergraduate clubs exist in KAIST.
Life & Culture
| Club Name | Description |
| Ultimate Taste | Culinary and Restaurant Reviews |
| Maek | Go (Baduk) |
| Shangri-La | Watching Animations |
| Journey | Travel |
| Beautiful Movies | Watching Movies |
| Kaldi | Coffee |
| Pan-noreum | Board Games |
| OPTeamus | E-SPORTS |
| THE MIXER | Cocktail Research |
| T.pot | Tea Ceremony and Tea Research |
Arts
| Club Name | Description |
| Mansinjangi | Jazz Dance and Dancecal Performances |
| Ibagutor | Theater Activities |
| Illusion | Hip Hop Dance and Street Dance |
| Lunatic | Street Dance |
| MindFreak | Magic |
| Number | Musical |
| Gombalbadak | Handmade |
| Grimijua | Fine Art |
| Garden of Literature | Writing and Joint Critiques |
| Stargazers | Stargazers |
| Bit-ttara (Follow the Light) | Photography |
| Passion | Cartoon and Digital Illustration |
| Silver Screen | Independent Film Production |
Music
| Club Name | Description |
| KangJeok | Hard Rock Band |
| Twilight | Modern Rock Band |
| Infinite | Heavy Metal Band |
| Changjak Donghwa | Jazz and Original Song |
| CarpeDiem | Pop band |
| Praiser | CCM Band |
| STURGEON | Emo/Core/Punk Band |
| Twenties Dream | Punk Rock Band |
| Ghutto’s | Black Music (Hip Hop, Rap, R&B) |
| Baobab | A Capella |
| A Capella | Acoustic Music |
| HUG | Busking and Applied Music |
| KAIST CHORUS | Choir and A Capella |
| MUSE | Session and Chorus |
| SOS | Hip Hop and R&B |
| Tteoioenre | Gugak String and Wind Instruments |
| Sorimoeum | Pungmul |
| FingS | Fingerstyle Guitar |
| FUZE KAIST | Party Planning and Deejaying |
| LP | Music Composition |
| PIAST | Piano Performance and Concerts |
Religion & Society
| Club Name | Description |
| Didimdol | Educational Volunteer and Assistance for the Disabled |
| KAIST Cat Shelter | Caring for Street Cats on Campus |
| EWB-KAIST | Technical Development and Services |
| International Student Organization | Experience of Korean Culture / Student Interactions |
| SEED KAIST | Educational Volunteer for Multicultural Families and Marginalized Classes |
| DTD | Dark Tour and Other Related Activities |
| K-Let | Youth Mentoring |
| KSOP | Academic and Career Mentoring |
| Sanarae, KAIST Catholic Student Association | KAIST Catholic Student Association |
| Navigator | Christian Leadership |
| CCC | Christian Missions |
| IVF | Bible Studies and Community Activities |
Sports
| Club Name | Description |
| Rookie | Baseball |
| Slim Dunk | Women’s Basketball |
| Aquila F.C | Futsal |
| Tu | Basketball |
| Fairway | Golf |
| Hurricane | Soccer |
| Doolly | 5 on 5 Basketball |
| EDGE | Table Tennis |
| K-Bird | Table Tennis |
| KISC | Soccer, Futsal, Badminton, Fitness, etc |
| STROKE | Tennis |
| Kaori | Swimming and Fin Swimming |
| Sword Society | Korean Kumdo Training and Competitions |
| Polar Bear | Judo |
| Ulala | Sports Climbing |
| Action Volcano | Taekwon |
| KAIST Haidong Gumdo Club | Haidong Gumdo Training |
| KAKI | Snowboarding and Skiing |
| TEAM LINE | Fitness and Bodybuilding |
Academic
| Club Name | Description |
| Forest | Biological Inquiries |
| Jilju | Car-making |
| Haje | Game Research and Game-making |
| GoN | Information Security and Hacking |
| KAIST Math Problems Research Society | Math Research |
| KAIST Purple | Puzzle Research and Sharing |
| MR | Robotics Research and Fabrication |
| RUN | Algorithm Problem-Solving |
| Include | Mobile Computing |
| Freethinkers KAIST | Atheism and Free Thinking |
| ICISTS | Hosting of ICISTS |
| KFAC | Financial Academic Club |
| MSK | Business Management Strategies and Consulting |
Normally for sports clubs, there is an admission test to take if one wants to join the club. Also, for some of the music-related clubs, you may need to take audition before joining the club as well. I notice many of my international friends joining Sorimoeum where they had chance to play the Korean traditional musical instruments. They were also able to experience the Korean culture. I even noticed some of them performing for the club during their exchange period in KAIST.
Making the local friends can bring us valuable memories and experience that we might not be able to acquire in Singapore. One of the recommended ways to make friends in KAIST is to join the clubs. If the club’s intention is of your interest, you may find the other students with the same passion and interest as you in that club. I could say that everyone in KAIST seemed nice and kind to engage with. I somewhat regret not making more friends while studying in KAIST. The Earth keeps spinning and life goes on. I wonder how exciting it would be to meet those whom I shared my memory with somewhere in the world again.
