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What do I need?

• Application form, filled in on the online system; self-introduction and study plan; personal data consent, signed by hand, scanned and uploaded
• Bachelor's graduation (or expected) certificate or degree certificate, and the university transcript. PhD applicants add the master's certificate and graduate transcript
• Degree verification: consular confirmation (Korean embassy in your country, or your embassy in Korea) or an apostille. Schools in China: a CHSI verification report
• Relation proof for you and your parents from a government body, issued within the last 6 months (Japan: family register; China: hukou; other countries: birth certificate)
• Chinese nationals whose hukou is separate from their parents' add the parents' hukou and a family relation certificate
• TOPIK score report where the department asks for it (under 2 years old, verifiable). Arts applicants: a portfolio as a PDF scan, or a performance file (mp4)
• Passport and ID; alien registration card if you are staying in Korea; one passport photo as a JPG, 3.5 x 4.5 cm, white background, taken within 6 months
• The ORIGINAL financial proof, posted to IALE after acceptance. Health certificate showing a TB test result and measles vaccination: upload a scan, or e-mail it after acceptance
• A recommendation from the head of your university and a certificate of employment: both only if a partner university recommended you (one remark in the table covers both lines)
• Finished a Korean language course in Korea? File the completion certificate by 19 February 2027, with papers showing your attendance and grades in that course, and the ORIGINAL proof of your final schooling

THE BANK BALANCE IS USD 12,000 OR MORE (USD 6,000 if you are in Korea on a D-2 or D-4 visa), printed in US dollars: a bank certificate in your or a family member's name, issued within 1 month of the standard admission letter's issue date.

If the account is not yours, add the holder's employment certificate or similar proof.

If a Kunsan professor invites and funds you, file the professor's financial support confirmation and related papers instead (the form is on the graduate admissions page).

When: the original is posted to IALE after acceptance. Applicants abroad send it after acceptance; applicants staying in Korea file it when their visa extension or change needs it, as the school will tell them.

Application fee 50,000 won, sent in your own name to the school's Jeonbuk Bank account (printed in the guide) within the application period, or the application may be cancelled. No waiver is printed.

ENTRANCE FEE 178,000 WON, ONCE, ON TOP OF TUITION. The guide's table header says tuition includes it; its footnote says 178,000 won, paid in the first semester only. The official 2026 fee table settles it: separate.

Review takes about 4 weeks after applications. Results: early December 2026, posted on the IALE site and e-mailed to admitted applicants only.

Tuition is paid at Jeonbuk Bank branches in January 2027. The standard admission letter is issued in January 2027, first to applicants abroad.

The admission letter is issued only after you pay tuition (or send an amount the school accepts) and your degree verification is filed and checked: an apostille, a Korean consular confirmation or a check by a body the school accepts.

Expected graduates hand in the diploma and degree verification by 19 February 2027, or the admission is cancelled. Getting the visa leaves little time: file every required paper with your application (graduate admissions page).

Dormitory, a semester, weekday meals included (dormitory office 2026 fee table). Second semester: 1,156,400 won in the school-run halls and Nuri-gwan; in Hwangnyong-gwan or Narae-gwan 1,236,200 won (double) or 1,615,200 won (single).

First semester of 2026 was higher: 1,218,600 won (school-run halls and Nuri-gwan); 1,303,700 won double or 1,708,000 won single (Hwangnyong-gwan or Narae-gwan). A Spring entrant pays the first-semester price. 2027 is not posted.

Weekend meals: 160,000 won more in the first semester, 140,000 won in the second. The graduate guide prints 1,156,400 won (weekday meals) and 1,356,400 won (with weekend meals) under a 2026 label, and about 1,200,000 won for a vacation.

Dormitory: no kitchen, and no meals are prepared to religious rules. In Nuri-gwan, Hwangnyong-gwan and Narae-gwan you also pay your room's utilities (a 200,000 won advance in the second semester of 2026).

The dormitory office notice of 10 July 2026 marks Nuri-gwan and Narae-gwan as women's halls and Hwangnyong-gwan as a men's hall. The guide says the hall or its canteen closes for about 3 weeks around Seollal, Chuseok and the school breaks.

After admission, ask your graduate school and department about the language test, the comprehensive exam, credits and the thesis, so graduation is not delayed (the guide's own advice).

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All requirements

• You are a foreign national AND either both parents are foreign nationals, or you did primary, middle and high school abroad and university (or graduate school) in Korea or abroad. Korean nationals, dual nationals included, cannot apply
• Master's and integrated master's and PhD: a bachelor's from a 4-year university, held or expected. PhD: a master's, held or expected. Expected graduates must hold the degree before 19 February 2027 or lose the admission
• Degrees earned in China through lifelong-education routes (correspondence, internet, adult college, self-study exam) are not recognised; a review is possible with the diploma in the school head's name plus CHSI degree and study verification
• LANGUAGE: there is no school-wide minimum. Each department prints a RECOMMENDED requirement, from none to TOPIK 5, shown in brackets in the majors list. A TOPIK score must be under 2 years old and verifiable by NIIED
• Entering with TOPIK 3 or lower (arts and physical education: TOPIK 2 or lower) you must take the IALE Korean course; students admitted without TOPIK must take its Korean classes. The guide prints no hours for this
• ENGLISH-TAUGHT COURSES: applicants may have their English checked and must meet that course's standard. The guide names no English-taught department; ask the department
• Selection: documents first. The department weighs your earlier degree grades, language ability and study plan, and may interview by phone or video. Missing an interview you were told about means a fail
• TRANSFERS: only departments marked "transfers accepted". Most credits recognised: master's 9 (enter semester 2); PhD 9 (semester 2) or 18 (semester 3); integrated 9, 18 or 27 (semester 2, 3 or 4)
• You may apply to a field different from your earlier degree. There is no conditional admission
• TO GRADUATE (rules from Spring 2025): GPA B (3.0) or higher, a foreign-language test, a comprehensive exam, a thesis, and Korean ability shown by one of: TOPIK 4, 25 weeks or more of Korean classes, or a thesis written and passed in English
• The foreign-language test is waived with one of: an official English score ("TOEFL 500/400, IELTS 5.5/4.0, TOEIC 650/550, TEPS 600/540", copied as printed); 25 weeks or more of Korean classes (TOPIK 4 also counts);
• or proof that you are a serving professor at a foreign university that the president of Kunsan National University recognises. Master's students do not sit the foreign-language test at all (guide footnote)
• General Graduate School: daytime classes; master's 4 semesters or more and 24 credits; PhD 4 semesters or more and 36 credits
• On the online form, say whether you want the dormitory and the Korean course; applicants in Korea enter their registration number and visa type. Cancelling the dormitory after arrival can cost a penalty of about 200,000 won
• Admission does not guarantee a visa: the immigration authorities decide. False, forged or altered papers, or failing the eligibility rules, can cancel the admission or the admission letter
• THE SPRING 2027 GUIDE IS THE NEWEST (Korean, made 21 October 2026). Apply online 26 October 09:00 to 4 November 2026 18:00, Korean time; review takes about 4 weeks; results early December; classes from 2 March 2027

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• Kunsan Spring 2027 graduate guide for international students (Korean, PDF made 2026-10-21; prevails) ↗Supports: notes PDF p.2, dates and eligibility p.4, language p.5, departments and graduation pp.6 to 7, documents p.8, tuition and scholarships p.9, dormitory p.10 · Checked 23 October 2026
• Kunsan National University 2026 fee table for international students (page revised 2026-07-27): graduate tuition by band, entrance fee 178,000 in year 1 ↗Supports: tuition, entrance fee · Checked 23 October 2026
• International graduate admissions page (revised 2026-10-22): Spring 2027 guides; visa-time warning; inviting-professor form ↗Supports: newest guide check, forms · Checked 23 October 2026
• Spring 2027 graduate guide (English; the Korean text prevails) ↗Supports: English version, department names · Checked 23 October 2026
• Dormitory office fee page "2026학년도 생활관비 현황" (revised 2025-12-18): both semesters of 2026, by hall and room, weekend meal price ↗Supports: dormitory fee, both semesters · Checked 23 October 2026
• Dormitory office notice of 2026-07-10: second semester of 2026, same amounts; which halls are for men or women; utilities advance ↗Supports: dormitory fee, halls · Checked 12 October 2026
• Office notice of 2026-07-24: papers for the merit scholarship (TOPIK level, Korean-course hours) ↗Supports: merit scholarship conditions · Checked 12 October 2026

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