Special graduate schools (Education, Future Strategy Convergence, Startup): design, folk painting, dance, popular music, model, beauty, K-Culture, nutrition, therapy, MICE, startup, master's
5 majors, in 3 divisions
Dongduk Fall 2026 special graduate schools guide for international students (Korean, June 2026; Spring 2027 not posted) ↗Checked 21 October 2026
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What can I study?
- Education Consulting and Counselling (교육컨설팅상담전공)
- Visual and Interior Design, Fashion Design, Digital Media Design, Folk Painting (민화), Dance, Popular Music (incl. songwriting), Model, Beauty and Health (미용보건)
- K-Culture (bilingual too), Arts and Cultural Management, Clinical Nutrition, Cosmetic Aesthetics (향장에스테틱), Integrated Arts Therapy, Drama Therapy
- K-MICE Convergence, K Silk Road-Turkic Studies (bilingual too), After-school Education (방과후지도교육)
- Startup (창업학과), Accounting and Taxation (회계세무학과)
Published by Dongduk Women's University. Which of these a scholarship covers is decided by the school.
What do I need?
- Application form: the special and design guides say to download it from the homepage and fill it in; applications are filed on UWAY
- Bachelor's (expected) certificate and all-year transcript originals, with a 4.5-scale or 100-point conversion table. Transfers add the earlier graduate school's enrolment certificate and transcript
- Foreign degrees: papers not in Korean or English translated and notarised, then an apostille or local Korean consular confirmation (인가대학확인서), original, within 3 months. Chinese nationals: "중국 교육부 인증(学信网) 혹은 아포스티유 원본(3개월 이내)"
- Passport and ID copies of you and both parents (a notarised English kinship certificate if a parent's passport cannot be filed); a foreign government paper equal to a family register; divorce or death papers if relevant
- Chinese nationals, as printed: every 호구부 copy if you and your parents are not on one, and "친족관계증명서 영문번역 공증본 필수"
- Alien registration card copy (applicants living in Korea only); academic verification request and consent (foreign degrees; school form)
- Career certificate if it applies, and the department's extra materials (see requirements). Clinical Nutrition: a copy of the dietitian licence (original checked at the interview)
- Language proof if it applies (the guide: "해당자에 한함"), such as a TOPIK report. The special guide prints no English score route
THE BANK BALANCE IS 20,000,000 WON OR MORE, filed after admission: issued within 30 days of applying, kept until entry and for at least 6 months, in your own name in principle (a parent with proof of the relation).
Application fee 200,000 won for every course. Not returned, except after review when a disaster, illness or accident you did not cause kept you from the exam (never after the exam date).
ENTRANCE FEE 895,000 WON, first semester only (2026 leaflet: "대학원 첫학기 입학금 895,000원"), on its own line, not inside tuition.
Missing papers mean you cannot sit the exam. On the exam day be in place 30 minutes before the start with your admission ticket and ID; an absent applicant fails.
False papers, or a degree not obtained, cancel admission even during study, with no tuition refund. Foreign degree holders who do not help the school check the degree after entry lose the place.
Results on the office site (intl2.dongduk.ac.kr) with no individual notice. Expected graduates file the diploma and final transcript before entry or the place is cancelled.
Places left by students who do not register go to the waiting list, contacted one by one on the phone numbers in the application; after 3 failed contacts you are skipped. Scores are not disclosed.
The 2026 leaflet's yearly plan: spring intake applications in October and December, results November and January, classes from March; fall intake applications April and June, classes from September.
Last year's Spring 2026 first round, for planning only: online 22 to 29 October 2025, results 14 November 2025.
Dormitory fee (2026 leaflet, not split by level): semester plus vacation (25 weeks), 4-person room A 1,917,000 won, room B 2,046,500 won. The graduate guide prints no dormitory rule.
The dormitory's own notice of 2 January 2025 takes applications from enrolled and graduate students and lists foreign students and graduate students as priority groups. Rooms are drawn at random within places. Men: ask.
From the official guide. The school decides what it accepts, not Waegook.
All requirements
- SPECIAL GRADUATE SCHOOLS (특수대학원): Education, Future Strategy Convergence and Startup. Master's only, new students and transfers. Newest guide: Fall 2026 additional round (15 June 2026); Spring 2027 not yet posted
- You and both parents are foreign nationals, OR you did all schooling equal to Korean primary, middle, high school and university abroad, OR a legal equivalent. Men may apply (guide title: 남․여)
- Master's: a bachelor's (expected) from a university in Korea or abroad. Transfers: 1+ semester of a master's in the same or a similar field; up to 2 semesters and 12 credits count
- KOREAN: TOPIK 3, or a pass in Dongduk's own Korean test (fee 50,000 won). Exempt as printed: science and engineering, arts and PE, and the Chinese bilingual course
- Education Consulting and Counselling: serving teachers and people with no teacher's licence may both apply. Clinical Nutrition major: a dietitian licence (final-year students must hold it by entry)
- Bilingual courses also recruit in K-Culture and K Silk Road-Turkic Studies (2 years, 4 semesters); the special guide does not name the second language: ask
- Selection: bachelor's record 50% + interview 50% (online). Folk Painting, Dance, Popular Music, Visual and Interior Design, Digital Media Design: 50 + interview 20 + practical or portfolio 30. Pass: 70 of 100
- Extras (USB): Folk Painting, 10+ A4 works from the last 5 years, confirmed by a supervisor or an association or group head; Dance, a work in the major (performance costume or neat practice wear)
- Popular Music: vocal, piano or instruments, 2 free songs incl. 1 own; songwriting, 2 own songs (media portfolio or audio allowed). Bring instruments and gear other than piano, amp and drums; backing tracks on USB
- Visual and Interior Design: portfolio of 10+ A3 pages from the last 3 years, signed by a supervisor or your superior. Digital Media Design: 10 work photos from the last 3 years, signed by a supervisor
- Drama Therapy and Integrated Arts Therapy: a research and career plan (free form), plus if they apply an employment certificate and proof of psychotherapy-field experience and licences
- Course length: 2 years (4 semesters); Education graduate school 2 years 6 months (5 semesters). Exam venues: main campus, the Cheongdam design centre (design) or the Dongsung-dong performing arts centre
- TUITION a semester, the 2026 leaflet's special graduate schools column ("미래전략융합대학원 등", December 2025): humanities and social 4,188,000; sciences and PE 4,910,000; arts 5,565,000 won. ENTRANCE FEE 895,000 won
- Which department pays which band is not settled: the guide and the leaflet put some departments under different headings (the therapy departments, Beauty and Health, K-Culture). Tuition rose 2.85% in 2026. Ask
- If you hold 2 or more degrees, enter the one you choose; it cannot be changed. Places: "학과별 약간명" (a few per department)
- A foreign university must be recognised in its country and listed in the IAU List of Universities of the World, or you file the embassy's confirmation; otherwise you fail
- To graduate (office page, undated): TOPIK 4 or higher (English scores accepted instead) and a GPA of 3.0
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- Notice of 2026-06-15, attachment 붙임1-2: Fall 2026 additional-round guide for international students, special graduate schools ↗Supports: departments, rules, extras · Checked 21 October 2026
- Notice of 2026-06-15, attachment 붙임1-3: Fall 2026 additional-round guide for international students, design professional graduate school ↗Supports: design school rules · Checked 21 October 2026
- Notice of 2026-06-15: Fall 2026 additional-round graduate guides for international students ↗Supports: eligibility, papers, dates, departments · Checked 21 October 2026
- Notice of 2026-03-30: Fall 2026 first-round graduate guides (same text, other dates) ↗Supports: first-round dates · Checked 21 October 2026
- Notice of 2025-09-30: Spring 2026 graduate guide (older; names the English bilingual course) ↗Supports: English course, last year's timing · Checked 21 October 2026
- Notice of 2025-12-17: the school's 2026 Korean leaflet (graduate tuition and entrance fee p.11) ↗Supports: tuition, entrance fee, men · Checked 21 October 2026
- Tuition committee minutes of 2026-01-22 (2.85% rise incl. international graduate fees, PDF p.9) ↗Supports: tuition year · Checked 21 October 2026
- Graduate school notice of 2026-10-20: Spring 2027 domestic guide (no international section) ↗Supports: newest guide check · Checked 21 October 2026
- Graduate school registration page (undated): course lengths ↗Supports: duration · Checked 21 October 2026
- International admissions page (undated): contacts, graduation rules ↗Supports: contacts, graduation · Checked 21 October 2026
- Dormitory notice of 2025-01-02: applications for enrolled and graduate students; graduate students a priority group ↗Supports: graduate students in the dormitory · Checked 21 October 2026
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