Regular Korean Language Course
Hongik University International Language Institute, course, fee and visa pages ↗Checked 26 September 2026
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What you pay
per application · official
per term · official
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What do I need?
- Application form with study plan, one photo (white background, within three months), passport copy
- D-4 applicants: final school graduation certificate with apostille or consular confirmation (mailed original) and the bank balance certificate
- Other-nationality track: colour IDs of you and your parents, notarised family relation certificate, apostilled certificate and transcript, parents' employment and income papers (Mongolia, Thailand and Indonesia exempt)
- Other-nationality track: a guarantor pledge or notarised guarantee with the guarantor's finances; explanation letters if you applied to a Korean university before or graduated over a year ago; prior visa pages (Vietnam: hukou)
THE BANK BALANCE IS USD 10,000 OR MORE in your own name, issued within a month (a parent's account with a family relation certificate). Other-nationality track: a fixed deposit held nine months or more, or an ordinary deposit first paid three months before applying and kept until entry.
Tuition 1,750,000 won a term (since Spring 2024); D-4 applicants pay two terms at once; application fee 100,000, not refundable; textbooks 50,000 to 70,000 a term. Paid to the university's Shinhan Bank account.
Dormitory cost for language students is not printed.
From the official guide. The school decides what it accepts, not Waegook.
All requirements
- High school graduate or equivalent; passport valid ten months or more
- General nationalities file documents about two months before the term (Winter 2026: 28 September to 7 October; Spring 2027: 28 December to 6 January; later windows in the rounds below), tuition the following week
- "OTHER NATIONALITIES" APPLY A MONTH EARLIER with an online interview and a Korean guarantor filing in person. The 21 Ministry of Justice countries: the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- The 21 continue: India, Myanmar, Nepal, Iran, Nigeria, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Ghana, Egypt, Peru and China
- Also on the early track: the five priority countries Guinea, Mali, Ethiopia, Uganda and Cameroon, and "some Eastern European and African countries" (ask the institute)
- Early-track windows: Winter 2026 1 to 3 September; Spring 2027 1 to 3 December; Summer 2 to 4 March; Autumn 1 to 3 June; Winter 2027 31 August to 2 September
- D-4-1 visa for two or more terms, about a month to issue; Cuba, North Macedonia, Syria and Kosovo need a visa certificate the institute applies for. No admission letters for C-3-1; visa-free entrants may study one term then switch
- Alien registration for stays over 90 days (30,000 won; extension 60,000). Refunds under the Lifelong Education Act rules take about four weeks
- Level 1 here is enough to apply for a Hongik undergraduate place; two terms and level 4 earn 30% off the first semester and the dormitory
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Where this comes from
- Hongik University International Language Institute, course, fee and visa pages ↗Checked 26 September 2026
- Hongik ILI fees and documents page ↗Supports: fees, documents, bank balance · Checked 26 September 2026
- Hongik ILI visa page ↗Supports: visa · Checked 26 September 2026
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Terms
Closed rounds stay here for reference. Next year's dates are added when the school publishes them.