Korean Language and Culture Program (regular course)

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What you pay

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What do I need?

• The papers differ by nationality and visa status (guide). The list for your case is on the online application page, and the centre answers by e-mail: uosklcp@uos.ac.kr
• D-4 applicants: the centre's admission page (undated) prints three groups of papers, copied here as the page prints them
• Group 'OECD simplified-papers countries (Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, North America, European countries etc.)': photo; passport copy; bank balance certificate; final school diploma or graduation certificate (apostille or consular confirmation)
• Group 'designated countries, and South America and other countries': those four papers, plus the final school transcript with apostille or consular confirmation, and income and employment certificates of you or your parents
• The same group adds family relation papers when the parents' papers are used
• Group 'China (mainland)', 12 items as the page prints them: ID photo; passport copy; ID copies of every family member on the household register; a copy of the household register for the whole family; a notarised family relation certificate;
• final school graduation certificate (expected graduates: the expected-graduation certificate) and transcripts for every year, originals with apostille or consular confirmation;
• university enrolment certificate and all-semester transcripts if it applies, with apostille or consular confirmation; the Ministry of Education verification of the final school, original; a high school grade calculation sheet (optional);
• an original bank deposit certificate: USD 10,000 or more in a fixed deposit of 6 months or more, maturing no earlier than the last day of the term you apply for;
• parents' employment certificate or business proof (self-employed: original tax payment certificate and a business registration copy; employees: employment certificate and a company-stamped business registration copy);
• home ownership or car registration papers (optional). Same group: if you did not apply straight after finishing your last school, add original proof of your study or work from graduation to the application date
• No D-4 needed (another visa valid until the day after the term ends, or one term on a 90-day visa waiver): ID photo, passport copy, alien registration card copy if held, and a copy of the final school graduation certificate; no post needed
• If your diploma exists as a single original, copy it and get the Korean consular confirmation or apostille on the copy (centre page)

THE GUIDE PRINTS NO D-4 BANK BALANCE AMOUNT. The centre's admission page (undated) asks every D-4 group for a bank certificate and prints an amount for one group: China (mainland), USD 10,000 or more, fixed deposit of 6 months or more.

For every other group no amount is printed anywhere: ask the centre (uosklcp@uos.ac.kr) before you prepare the certificate.

Fees: tuition 1,600,000 won a 10-week term plus a 50,000 won registration fee (the English brochure calls it the application fee): 1,650,000 won for one term. The registration fee is paid with the tuition after you pass the document review.

From abroad, tuition is paid through Flywire; inside Korea, by transfer to the centre's Woori Bank account (centre page).

The centre does not tell you whether your post arrived: check that yourself. Until the review is finished your status shows on the online application page and is not e-mailed. Other contact goes to the e-mail you entered (centre page).

A notice of 30 September 2026 confirms the same rate for current students: 1,600,000 won for one term (Winter 2026) or 3,200,000 won for two (Winter 2026 and Spring 2027).

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

All requirements

• High school graduation or an equal level of schooling
• Four terms a year, 10 weeks and 200 hours each, Monday to Friday, 4 hours a day. Six levels; new students sit a placement test. Classes of 10 to 16
• Class times (guide; they may change): levels 3 to 6 from 09:00 to 12:50, levels 1 and 2 from 14:00 to 17:50. The centre's undated page prints the morning session only
• Three application windows a term: applicants abroad from countries designated by the Minister of Justice, applicants abroad from other countries, and people in Korea on a long-stay visa (6 months or more) who need no change to D-4
• The designated countries, whole list from the centre's notice of 27 March 2026 (21): Ghana, Nigeria, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Iran, Egypt, India, Indonesia, China,
• Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines. If your country is on the list, the earlier deadline applies to you
• Apply online at klcp.uos.ac.kr (Admission, then Online application) and upload the papers. The ORIGINAL papers must then reach the centre office by post inside your window. Document review takes about 2 to 3 weeks (centre page)
• Attendance: at least 160 hours a term. More than 40 hours absent means removal (guide; the centre's undated page says no promotion to the next level). Missing the first week without notice can cancel your registration and visa
• D-4 at first registration (guide, PDF p.49): applicants who hold the nationality of a designated country (the 21 listed above) pay 1 year (4 terms) of tuition up front; students from China pay 6 months (2 terms) or more
• If you give up the course partway, tuition for the remaining period can be refunded; the guide sends you to the centre website for the refund rules
• Refund table on the centre's course page (undated): before the term starts or if the visa is refused, all tuition except the entrance fee; before one third of a month's class hours, two thirds of that month's tuition plus all later months;
• before half of the month's class hours, half of that month's tuition plus all later months; after half, no refund
• The centre's admission page (undated) says every D-4 applicant applies for at least 2 terms and some countries 4, and that the standard admission letter is issued after the payment is confirmed (a week or more)
• Tuition covers group insurance, field trips and culture activities (at least one a term). Textbooks are bought separately after class placement
• Centre scholarships, paid at the next registration: 100% of tuition for the best student in each of levels 3, 4 and 5 (3 in total; 3 terms or more with 90% attendance and a 90-point average for 3 terms in a row; once per person)
• 50% of tuition for 6 students moving up to level 6 after 3 terms or more in a row (half on level 5 grades, half on attendance); 20% for the first-ranked and 10% for the second-ranked student in each class
• Scholarships are paid only into a Korean bank account in your own name (notice of 30 September 2026)
• Degree link: level 3 here meets the Korean rule for University of Seoul freshmen and graduate applicants (level 4 for transfers). Level 3 plus 3 terms in the year before entry can earn a 1,000,000 won degree-entry award, by selection
• The centre helps with alien registration and visa extension by group application (you pay the fees). The campus library and health centre are free to use
• A separate 2-week short course runs each August (2027: 6 to 20 August; apply and pay 10 May to 4 June 2027; tuition 1,250,000 won plus a 50,000 won registration fee). It gives no D-4 visa and no standard admission letter
• Short course dormitory (guide, PDF p.53): a two-person room at 22,000 won a day on 2026 rates (352,000 won for the 2026 course, planned; it may rise a little). The 2027 dormitory schedule is fixed after the end of 2026
• Dormitory entry (notice of 22 July 2026): for a stay of 1 month or more hand in a passport, a tuberculosis test result from the last 6 months and a measles vaccination certificate (2 doses). The regular course has no printed dormitory fee

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Where this comes from

• University of Seoul 2027 guide, "2026-2027 Korean Language Education Center" part (Korean, PDF p.47 to 54) ↗Checked 12 October 2026
• Centre notice: 2026 to 2027 regular course calendar and the 21 designated countries (posted 2026-03-27) ↗Supports: designated countries, calendar · Checked 12 October 2026
• Centre admission page (undated): papers by case, D-4 terms, payment ↗Supports: documents, D-4 terms, payment · Checked 12 October 2026
• Centre regular course page (undated; same term dates as the guide, other absence and class-time wording) ↗Supports: term dates, course rules · Checked 12 October 2026
• Centre notice: Winter 2026 fees for current students (posted 2026-09-30) ↗Supports: tuition for current students, scholarship payment · Checked 12 October 2026
• Centre notice: dormitory entry papers (posted 2026-07-22) ↗Supports: dormitory papers · Checked 12 October 2026
• Centre brochure, English (PDF created 2026-05-29; the Korean guide prevails) ↗Supports: brochure, English · Checked 12 October 2026

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