Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese language and literature, history, philosophy, media, law and police, and public administration, bachelor's
5 majors, in 2 divisions
Kunsan National University Spring 2027 undergraduate guide for international students (Korean, October 2026, newest) ↗Checked 23 October 2026
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What can I study?
- Law and Police Science (TOPIK 4 + interview)
- Public Administration (TOPIK 2). The freshman table marks no interview; the transfer table marks one and prints it as "행정학과(회계학전공, 세무행정전공)"
- Korean Language and Literature (TOPIK 3), English Language and Literature (TOPIK 3 + interview), Chinese Language and Literature (TOPIK 3)
- Japanese Language and Literature (TOPIK 5 + JLPT level 2 or the matching JPT level or higher, Japanese nationals exempt, as printed; + interview)
- History (TOPIK 4), Philosophy (TOPIK 3), Media and Culture (TOPIK 3 + interview)
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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
- Freshmen: high school graduation (or expected) certificate and transcript. Transfers: graduation (or expected) certificate and all-year transcript of the previous college or university
- Proof of schooling: consular confirmation (Korean embassy in your country, or your embassy in Korea) or an apostille. Schools in China: a CHSI report for general high schools; vocational high schools follow the guide's own two routes
- Family 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
- Passport and home-country 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
- TOPIK score report if you have one (under 2 years old, verifiable). Arts applicants: a portfolio as a PDF scan, or a performance file (mp4)
- The ORIGINAL financial proof (bank balance certificate and so on), 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, only if a partner university recommended you
- 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.
When: the original is posted to IALE after acceptance. Applicants abroad send it after acceptance; applicants staying in Korea (D visas and others) 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.
NO ENTRANCE FEE for international undergraduates: the school's official 2026 fee table for international students prints none for any band, and the guide mentions none.
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 the first semester (or send an amount the school accepts) and file your schooling proof: an apostille, a Korean consular confirmation or a check by a body the school accepts.
Expected graduates hand in the original diploma and schooling proof (apostille included) by 19 February 2027, or the admission may be cancelled.
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 lunch and dinner cost 160,000 won more in the first semester and 140,000 won more in the second. 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. Its second-semester price leaves out the 4 Chuseok holiday days, when the halls close.
This guide prints 1,236,200 won (weekday meals) and 1,376,200 won (weekends too) under a 2026 label; they equal the fee table's second-semester double room in Hwangnyong-gwan or Narae-gwan. Vacation stay: about 1,200,000 won.
Dormitory: room and meals are not billed separately, there is no kitchen, and no meals are prepared to religious rules. The guide says the hall or its canteen closes for about 3 weeks around Seollal, Chuseok and the school breaks.
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All requirements
- You are a foreign national AND either both parents are foreign nationals, or you did all 12 or more years of primary, middle and high school abroad (whatever your parents' nationality). Korean and dual Korean nationals cannot apply
- FRESHMEN: high school graduates or expected graduates. School-leaving qualification exams (검정고시), homeschooling and cyber education are NOT accepted as schooling
- TRANSFERS enter year 3. You must meet the freshman rule and one of the three routes on the next line
- Transfer routes: 4 or more semesters at a four-year university with 65 or more credits; a finished 2 or 3-year college course with 65 or more credits; or a 5-year high school and college course (diplomas, transcripts, course confirmation)
- SPRING 2027: new freshmen only in Law and Police Science, Public Administration, Smart Ocean Mobility Engineering and Smart City Studies. Every other unit takes year 3 transfers only; for those the guide suggests asking IALE first
- KOREAN: there is no school-wide TOPIK minimum. Each unit prints a RECOMMENDED level, from TOPIK 2 to TOPIK 5 (one prints none), shown in brackets in the majors list. A TOPIK score must be under 2 years old and verifiable by NIIED
- Overseas Koreans living in China, Russia, the Americas or Central Asia: hours of a Korean course taken at NIIED may be recognised. No other TOPIK substitute is printed
- BELOW TOPIK 4 YOU STUDY KOREAN AFTER ENTRY. Freshmen with TOPIK 3: 10 Korean general-education courses in year 1 (8 basic, 2 core). Freshmen with TOPIK 2 or lower: the same, plus one quarter or more of the IALE Korean course within 6 months
- Transfers with TOPIK 3 or lower: at least one quarter of the IALE Korean course within 6 months, plus 3 basic Korean courses. The eligibility table adds: anyone entering with TOPIK 3 or lower (arts and sport: TOPIK 2) must take the course
- That Korean course costs degree students, for a 10-week term (200 hours), as printed: 975,000 won for students from China and Japan, 780,000 won for students from ODA countries. Ask the office which applies to you
- Selection: documents first. The department decides on your full school record and language ability, and may interview by phone or video; units marked "+ interview" do interview. Missing an interview you were told about means a fail
- There is NO conditional admission, and every application goes through the Institute of International Affairs and Language Education (IALE). The guide warns about wrong information from some agencies: ask the school directly
- ENGLISH: no English track and no English-taught unit is printed, and none of these units takes an English score
- TO GRADUATE you need TOPIK 4. TOPIK 3 is enough for arts and physical education units, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Marine Biology and the School of Software
- CHANGE OF MAJOR: from your second semester you may move to another department after its advice, if you meet its TOPIK rule. No limit on year, places or how often (Nursing excluded)
- Undergraduates cannot take a leave of absence in their first semester (school rules, article 48)
- Transfers: check the transfer table. For a unit it does not list, ask the department before you apply
- Places: the tables print a number for some units (from 3 to 70) and "a suitable number" for the rest
- 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
- 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 undergraduate guide for international students (Korean, PDF made 2026-10-21; prevails) ↗Supports: notes PDF p.2, dates and eligibility p.4, selection p.5, units pp.6 to 7, documents p.8, tuition and scholarships p.9, dormitory and Korean course p.10 · Checked 23 October 2026
- Kunsan National University 2026 fee table for international students (page revised 2026-07-27): same amounts, no undergraduate entrance fee ↗Supports: tuition, entrance fee · 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
- International undergraduate admissions page (revised 2026-10-22): Spring 2027 guides in Korean, English and Chinese; fee 50,000 won ↗Supports: newest guide check, application fee · Checked 23 October 2026
- Spring 2027 undergraduate guide (English; the Korean text prevails) ↗Supports: English version, unit names · Checked 23 October 2026
- Office notice of 2026-07-24: papers for the merit scholarship (TOPIK level, Korean-course hours, credits) ↗Supports: merit scholarship conditions · Checked 12 October 2026
- International office notice board (newest post 2026-10-15; the Spring 2027 guides are on the admissions pages, not the board) ↗Supports: newest notice check · Checked 23 October 2026
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