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1.	Admission Schedule for Academic Year 2010

※ Please submit the application form by mail or in person to the Office of Admissions.

2.	Eligibility Requirements

- Applicants should meet the following three requirements.

Nationality
Requirement

·	Both applicants and applicant's parents should be non-Korean since
	at least the beginning of the applicants' elementary school education.
	(Dual citizenship with Korea is not allowed.)

Education
Requirement

First-Year
Students

·	Applicants should have completed 12-year (or more)
	primary and secondary education outside of Korea
	or in international schools.

Transfer
Students

·	Applicants should have completed primary and
	secondary education and have received at least
	two years of university education at a four-year
	university outside of Korea.

Language
Proficiency
Requirement

·	Applicants (except for applicants in International Studies) should
	have a 4th level certificate from the Korean proficiency test (TOPIK)
	or, have completed (or expected to complete) level 4
	or higher of Korean curriculum at Korean language institutes whose
	curriculum are approved by admissions office of Korea University.
·	Applicants should hold English proficiency test scores of the TOEFL
	CBT of 213 points, PBT 550, IBT 80, TEPS 557, IELTS 6.0, TOEIC 685 or higher.
·	Applicants whose first language is Korean are exempted from demonstrating
	proficiency in that language. Native speakers of English are not required
	to demonstrate proficiency in English.

※ There are separate requirements for applicants from the institutes which

have an affiliation agreement with Korea University.

3.	Fields of Study


Anam Campus (Seoul)
College/Division	Major
College of Business Administration	Business Administration
College of Liberal Arts	Korean Language and Literature Philosophy Korean History History Psychology Sociology Classical Chinese English Language and Literature German Language and Literature French Language and Literature Chinese Language and Literature Russian Language and Literature Japanese Language and Literature Spanish Language and Literature Linguistics
College of Life Sciences	Life Sciences Biotechnology Food Bioscience and Technology Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering Food and Resource Economics
College of Political Science and Economics	Political Science and International Relations Economics Statistics Public Administration
College of Science	Mathematics Physics Chemistry Earth and Environmental Sciences
College of Engineering	Materials Science and Engineering Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Architecture Mechanical Engineering Information Management Engineering Electrical Engineering
College of Education	Education Korean Language Education English Language Education Geography Education History Education Home Economics Mathematics Education Computer Science Education
College of Information & Communications	Computer and Communications Engineering
Division of International Studies	International Studies
Division of Mass Communications	Mass communications

4.	Application Review Process

- First Round : Document review

- Second Round : Only applicants who pass the document review will be proceed

to the interview process.

5.	Requirement Documents

For Both First-Year and Transfer Students

-	Application Form, Personal Statement and Study Plan
-	Official Graduation Certificate of high school
-	A score report of an English proficiency test (TOEFL, TEPS, TOEIC or IELTS)
-	Official transcript of Korean language course or
	a score report of an Korean proficiency test (TOPIK)
-	A copy of the applicant's passport
-	Copies of both parents' passports or other official documents indicating
	parents' nationality
-	Official document indicating parent-child relationship between the applicant
	and his/her parents (Family Register, Birth certificate, etc)
-	Applicant's Certificate of Facts Concerning the Entry and Exit
-	Certificate of bank deposits for over USD 10,000 from the applicant or the
	parents (should be issued within three months before the submission of
	the application)
-	Other certificates proving applicant's scholastic achievements*
	(Score reports of recognized tests, prize records, Letters of
	Recommendation, etc)

First-Year Students

-	Official Transcript(s) of High school
-	Results of a national examination for college entrance*
-	Certificate of admission from other university*

Transfer Students

-	A letter of recommendation from applicant's professor
-	Official university transcripts of academic records
-	Official certificates of attendance from university

※ *Optional

※Documents which are not in Korean or English should be translated and notarized In Korean or English.

※ The application Fee of KRW 100,000 or $100 should be paid when the application is submitted.

6.	Scholarship

- Applicants who have good academic records will receive the following

benefits.


Type	Benefits
Scholarship Type A	Full Tuition + Monthly stipend of KRW 500,000
Scholarship Type B	Half Tuition

7.	Miscellaneous

1)	Admission will be canceled if a student who has been granted admission,
	is found to have applied through illegal means, such as submission of
	false/forged documents or altered representation of application eligibility.
2)	Evaluation scores for admission will not be disclosed.
3)	All documents should be in English or Korean. Documents in another
	language should be accompanied by a notarized English or Korean
	translation.
4)	Applications should be accompanied by supporting documents.
5)	Application fee and submitted documents will not be returned
	to the applicants.
6)	Other details regarding application process and review will be determined by
	the Admissions Assessment Committee pursuant to our admissions
	procedure and regulations.

8.	Contact

about admission

-	Address : Office of Admissions
	Korea University
	Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-701, Korea
-	Phone : +82-2-3290-1257
-	Fax : +82-2-921-0139
-	E-mail : deuxhh@korea.ac.kr
-	Website : http://oku.korea.ac.kr

about VISA

-	Phone : +82-2-3290-1151~2
-	E-mail : studyabroad@korea.ac.kr

about dormitory

-	Phone : +82-2-3290-1554
-	E-mail : reslife@korea.ac.kr