National Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Not to be confused with Institute for Mathematical Sciences.

The National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS; Korean: 국가수리과학연구소) is a Korean government-funded mathematics research institute. Their work focuses both basic research and applied mathematics with industrial and medical applications.^[1] Founded in 2005,^[2] NIMS became an affiliated research institute of the Institute for Basic Science in 2012.^[3] After delays for multiple years,^[4] relocation is planned for late 2023.^[5] The vision of NIMS is to "attain a global top 10 competitiveness in industrial mathematics research by 2028".^[6]

National Institute for Mathematical Sciences

국가수리과학연구소
Formation	October 1, 2005
Type	Governmental organisation
Purpose	Mathematics
Headquarters	Daejeon, South Korea
Location	70, Yuseong-daero 1689 beon-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
Coordinates	36.401595°N 127.400790°E / 36.401595; 127.400790
President	Choi Yun Sung
Website	www.nims.re.kr/eng/

National Institute for Mathematical Sciences
Hangul	국가수리과학연구소
Hanja	國家數理科學硏究所
Revised Romanization	Gukga suri gwahak yeonguso
McCune–Reischauer	Kukka suri kwahak yŏn'guso

Indoor entrance to NIMS

Presidents

• Cho Yong Seung^[7] (October 1, 2005–September 30, 2008)
• Kim Jeong Han^[8] (October 17, 2008–August 15, 2011)
• Kim Dong Su^[9][10] (September 11, 2012–September 10, 2015)
• Park Hyung Ju^[11][12] (September 18, 2015–July 6, 2017)
• Chung Soon-yeong^[13][14] (January 30, 2018–January 29, 2021)
• Kim Hyun-Min^[15] (March 15, 2021–unclear)
• Choi Yun Sung (January 6, 2025–present)

See also

• Korea Institute for Advanced Study
• List of Institutes of Mathematics