Engineering, architecture, fine arts, music and design, master's and PhD

Remind me

Spring 2027, round 2

Get an email before it closes on 23 December 2026. A free Waegook account, one minute. The reminder goes to this email.

Off to the official page

Want a reminder before it closes on 23 December 2026?

Know a lab taking students?

Engineering, architecture, fine arts, music and design, master's and PhD. Tell us the lab and its page. We check that the page says it takes students and that it welcomes foreigners before it goes up.

What you pay

Official figures from the source page on the date checked. Estimates are Waegook's. Unknown is shown as not published, never as zero.

A scholarship below can remove the tuition line.

What can I study?

Published by Dong-A University. Which of these a scholarship covers is decided by the school.

What do I need?

• Application form, self-introduction (form 1), study plan (form 2) and academic record check consent (form 3); PhD and integrated applicants add a research plan (form 5)
• Bachelor's degree (or expected) certificate and transcript; PhD applicants the master's certificate and transcript; integrated type 2 the master's transcript and an enrolment certificate
• Transcripts must show a CGPA or percentage, or come with an official conversion (a WES conversion if the school cannot issue one). Chinese degrees: CHSI report plus both the degree and graduation certificates
• Parent and child relationship certificate, parents' ID copies, your passport copy and language proof
• Bank balance proof; a sponsor (a parent or the supervising professor) adds income and employment certificates and form 4, all in one file
• Where they apply: recommendation letter, research record (form 6), professor approval (form 7), single-parent form (form 8), portfolio

THE BANK BALANCE IS 16,000,000 WON OR MORE if you live abroad, or 8,000,000 won from a Korean bank if you live in Korea; issued within a month before or after you apply, uploaded WITH the application. A supervising professor may guarantee only one student.

Country rules printed in the guide: Uzbekistan, a KDB Bank certificate held a month or more, USD 13,000 or more; Vietnam, held three months or more, 16,000,000 won or more.

Application fee 70,000 won (master's) or 80,000 (PhD and integrated), by card on the application site; not refunded. Entrance fee 692,000 won once (integrated type 2 exempt).

Dormitory (Hanlim Hall, Seunghak campus): women 939,000 won, men 1,070,000 a semester without vacation; may change for 2027.

From the official guide. The school decides what it accepts, not Waegook.

All requirements

• A four-year bachelor's (held or expected) for a master's or integrated course (type 1); a master's for a PhD. Integrated type 2 is only for current Dong-A master's students in their 3rd or 4th semester, same department
• You and both parents are foreign nationals; dual nationals and stateless persons are not treated as foreigners (the English guide reads otherwise; the Korean guide prevails)
• KOREAN TRACK: TOPIK 3 or SKA 296. ENGLISH TRACK: IELTS 5.5, TOEFL iBT 3.5 (59 if taken by 20 January 2026) or New TEPS 202. Scores from tests on or after 14 October 2024
• No score needed for arts and sports applicants, or after secondary or higher schooling in South Africa, New Zealand, the USA, Ireland, the UK, Canada or Australia; their language is judged at the interview
• Selection: documents 40% plus an oral major exam 60% on 4 November 2026 (schedule posted 30 October). Overseas applicants may sit it by phone, video call or e-mail
• A recommendation letter (signed by a professor of your earlier department) for Tourism Management and integrated type 2; a Rural Development Administration letter for the industry-partner Applied Bioscience. Design needs a portfolio
• A professor approval form (form 7) for Food Biotechnology, Applied Bioscience, Nursing, Architecture, Industrial Management and Musicology and Culture. Ask the department's lead professor for it by e-mail, with a CV
• Form 7 also for the industry-partner Materials and Applied Bioscience programmes, Medical Administration and Psychotherapy (PhD applicants from another field), and science or engineering PhD applicants whose earlier major differs
• The industry-partner Materials Science and Engineering programme also needs a partner-institution confirmation. Applicants already in Korea must finish their visa change before the semester starts
• Round 2 (9 to 23 December 2026) is announced; its guide is not yet posted and departments may change. Apply online at donga-graduate.znasoft.com
• Law is offered only on a separate Chinese-taught track (master's and PhD) with its own guide and no scholarship. E-visa only for applicants who applied through a study-abroad agency

From the official page. The provider decides, not Waegook.

Helpers for this

People in Trusted Help who list "University application". Waegook has reviewed their account information. Please still agree fees in writing first. The application itself always goes through the school or the embassy.

Where this comes from

• Dong-A University Graduate School, Spring 2027 round 1 guide, Korean and English tracks (Korean, posted 2026-09-30) ↗Checked 1 October 2026
• Dong-A Spring 2027 graduate round 1 guide (English version) ↗Supports: English version · Checked 1 October 2026
• Dong-A Spring 2027 graduate Chinese-track guide (Law) ↗Supports: Chinese track · Checked 1 October 2026

Each page above supports the part of this entry named beside it.

Report a change

Engineering, architecture, fine arts, music and design, master's and PhD, Dong-A University. An admin checks the official page before anything changes.

All dates

Closed rounds stay here for reference. Next year's dates are added when the school publishes them.