From August 7 to 9, KAIST hosted the Sixth Annual Asian Science and Technology Pioneering Institutes of Research and Education (ASPIRE) E-Olympics. 150 undergraduate students, 30 each from five leading science and technology universities in Asia, attended the Olympics and participated in a variety of events ranging from workshops, sports matches to lab visits.

The ASPIRE League is a consortium of five top universities in science and technology in Asia, aiming to form a hub for innovation through the advancement of science and technology and the development of human resources.  The four other member universities of the ASPIRE League are Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan, and Tsinghua University in China. Founded in 2009, the league has continuously realized its goals by offering various activities to the students of its member universities; these activities include research collaboration, student exchange progams, ASPIRE League educational certificates, satellite laboratories, and satellite offices.

This year's E-Olympics was organized into several programs: academic workshops, athletic games (including a relay race, a basketball tournament, and a rowing race), and KAIST lab tours to the E-mobility Research Center, the Bio-imaging and Cell Signaling Research Center, the Mechatronics Systems and Control Center, and the Center of Field Robotics for Innovation, Exploration and Defense.

KAIST is planning to further expand its undergraduate student exchange program between science and technology universities, to encourage students to experience the culture of global collaboration. Professor Chang-Dong Yoo, the Associate Vice President of the International Office at KAIST, who organized this event, said, "The E-Olympics will offer students from top science and technology universities in Asia the opportunity to interact with each other on a more personal level. We hope that through many of the E-Olympics' programs, the students will learn about each other's culture and academic strength, while developing a sense of community and creating a "New Asia" through collaboration."