- Common qualifications
- Domestic and overseas regular high school graduates (graduated from high school after February 2021 for overseas Koreans) or those planning to graduate in February 2024 (March 2024 for Japanese high school graduates).
Overseas middle and high school graduates (within 2% of admission seats)
Children of expatriates (people who have been abroad for work/business/similar purposes)
Eligibility
Completed at least three full academic years of middle and high school, including one full academic year of high school at a foreign school (all interdisciplinary semesters during that period), and both you and your parents have met the required period of study, residence, and employment abroad.
| Eligibility Criteria | Details |
|---|---|
| Educational Requirements | The principle is to complete the entire curriculum following the Korean academic system (12 years). However, up to one-semester deficiency that is unavoidable due to educational differences can be recognized (23 semesters, totaling more than 11 years and 6 months). |
| Period of study abroad | At least three years of middle and high school, including one year of high school. |
| Duration of stay abroad |
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| Time spent abroad | calendar years (1,095 days) or more of stay abroad for work/business/similar with spouse and students. |
Foreign Elementary, middle, and high school graduates and foreigners (unlimited capacity)
| Division | Eligibility |
|---|---|
| Foreign nationals and aliens who have completed elementary, middle, and high school education /Married immigrants granted citizenship |
Overseas Koreans and foreigners who have completed the equivalent of Korean elementary, middle and high school education at schools in foreign countries. |
| Students whose parents are both foreign nationals | Foreign students whose parents are both foreign nationals |
| North Korean defectors | 「Registered as a North Korean defector under the "Act on Protection and Resettlement Support for North Korean Defectors"」 and graduated (planned) from a high school in Korea. |
| Time spent abroad | calendar years (1,095 days) or more of stay abroad for work/business/similar with spouse and students. |
- For foreigners, the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) administered by the National Institute for International Education must be at least intermediate (level 3) or higher, or you must have completed the advanced (level 5) course of the Korean language course at the Korea International Cooperation Center, or you must pass a HKNU Korean language test (equivalent to TOPIK level 3).
- Applicants to the School of Global Creativity and Human Resources must have obtained a Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) level 2 or higher (however, TOPIK level 2 holders must complete 400 hours of Korean language courses within one year of admission), or have completed the intermediate (level 3) course of the Korean language course of the Korea International Cooperation Agency, or have passed the HKNU Korean language test.
- Stateless persons, dual citizens of Korea, and persons who have obtained foreign citizenship as Koreans are not recognized as foreigners.
- Students admitted as foreigners must pass the Korean Language Proficiency Test intermediate (level 4) or higher before graduation.