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What can I study?

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What do I need?

• Application form printed after the online application at uwayapply.com (photo 3.5 x 4.5 cm uploaded); study plan on the graduate school's form, written by you in Korean or English
• Graduation (or expected) certificate and degree certificate, original and copy: bachelor's for master's and integrated applicants, master's for PhD applicants. The degree must be shown
• Full transcript, copy, showing the GPA and its maximum; transfer students send the transcripts from before and after the transfer
• Degree recognition for a degree earned abroad. China: CHSI verification. USA: an accredited-university confirmation from the Korean-American Educational Commission. Japan: a seal certificate from the embassy consular section
• Other routes: a report under the Ministry of Justice guideline; consular verification; an overseas educational institution certificate (재외교육기관확인서) from the Korean mission there; or an apostille. Not needed for a degree from Korea
• Passport copy with 6 months or more left; alien registration card copy if you hold one; a copy of your language test score report; translator's confirmation (school form) and a copy of the translator's ID when a paper is translated
• Plastic Arts (조형미술학과): a PPT of your work as a PDF by e-mail. Design (디자인학과): an A3 portfolio as a PDF by e-mail. The guide prints the address for each
• North Korean defector applicants add the defector registration confirmation and an education confirmation, issued by the resettlement officer of their city, county or district office
• Bank balance certificate, 16,000,000 won or more: handed in AFTER you pass

THE BANK BALANCE IS 16,000,000 WON OR MORE, in your own name, issued within 1 month. It is handed in after you pass, when tuition is paid, to the Office of International Affairs. Two originals are issued: keep one.

A certificate from a Chinese bank must stay valid (deposit frozen) for 3 months or more.

Application fee: master's 100,000 won, PhD 120,000 won, integrated course 100,000 won. Not refunded after the application period ends. No waiver is printed.

Entrance fee 640,000 won, once, a separate line from tuition. It is not returned if you withdraw after the semester starts.

Master's tuition a semester (2026 table; 2027 may change): humanities and social 3,897,000; science and physical education 4,674,750; engineering, arts, pharmacy, oriental pharmacy and nursing 5,453,000; medicine 7,077,000.

PhD tuition a semester: humanities and social 4,404,500; science and physical education 5,342,000; engineering, arts, pharmacy, oriental pharmacy and nursing 6,000,000; medicine 7,409,750.

Expected graduates hand in the expected-graduation certificate first and the graduation certificate before entry; the visa rules can allow an exception.

A paper that cannot be issued again (a degree certificate, for example) is handed in as a copy: papers are not returned, and the guide says the school is not responsible for an original that is lost or damaged.

After the online step, print the application form and the study plan and check that what is printed is right.

Dormitory cost is not printed in the graduate guide. The Fall 2026 undergraduate guide prints 809,000 won a semester for a two-person room, meals separate (2026 rate).

Questions: Graduate School Academic Affairs office, +82-63-850-5117 to 5119 (guide); the admission page gives won5118@wku.ac.kr.

Counted from the admission letter date (January to February 2027): graduated more than 1 year earlier, hand in the graduation certificate before the letter; within 1 year, at your first stay extension after entry.

Instead of the 16,000,000 won rule, the Ministry of Justice money test for student visas can be used if you meet it.

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

All requirements

• One of (the guide prints the law): a North Korean defector; a foreigner whose parents are both foreigners; or an overseas Korean or foreigner who completed all schooling abroad equal to Korean primary, secondary and university education
• If your parents hold dual nationality you cannot apply on the foreigner track. Current students of this graduate school cannot apply (only after withdrawing)
• Master's and integrated course: a bachelor's degree from a Korean or foreign university, held or expected in February 2027, or an equal qualification by law. PhD: a master's degree on the same terms. Any earlier major may apply
• If your earlier degree was in a different department or major, or the department finds you need them, you must take the prerequisite courses the department sets on top of the regular ones
• NO LANGUAGE SCORE IS REQUIRED to apply: the interview checks whether you can communicate in Korean. The guide prints no TOEFL, IELTS or TEPS requirement and names no department that accepts English
• TO GRADUATE, one of: TOPIK 3 or higher; a pass in the school's own test (WKU-TOPIK); or 2 terms (20 weeks) or more at the school's Korean language centre. The last two must be met after you enter the course
• Language papers: a copy of the score report for the language test the requirements name. No date limit on the score is printed
• Selection: document review, then an oral (written) test and interview. GKS scholars follow a separate process. No quota limit per department, but an applicant whose study or language ability is clearly lacking may not be selected
• Interviews are held at the department office or the professor's room, online if the department chooses; an interview in person abroad may replace it. Bring ID and what the department asks for. Results are posted on wgs.wku.ac.kr only
• A submitted application cannot be changed or cancelled, and the fee and papers are not returned. Get your visa in time to enter Korea before the semester starts
• Each department is marked for master's, PhD and integrated course; a level that is not marked does not recruit. The lists below give the levels for every department. A department may still not recruit in a major if its situation changes
• TUITION BANDS: the guide prints band names only (humanities and social; science and physical education; engineering, arts, pharmacy, oriental pharmacy and nursing; medicine) and no list of which department is in which
• The band on each row is OUR READING of the field headings in the guide's department table, not a statement in the guide. Confirm your band with the graduate office before you pay: +82-63-850-5117 to 5119
• Integrated course: semesters 1 to 4 follow the master's fee and semesters 5 to 8 the PhD fee. New students cannot pay by card. Admission is cancelled if tuition is not paid in the window
• SPRING 2027 GUIDE (Korean only, PDF 29 October 2026; dates may change). Round 1: 30 November to 4 December 2026, results 31 December. Round 2: 4 to 7 January 2027, results 26 January. Register 2 to 4 February 2027

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• Wonkwang General Graduate School Spring 2027 guide for international students (Korean PDF, created 2026-10-29) ↗Supports: full guide, Korean · Checked 3 November 2026
• Wonkwang General Graduate School admission notice, Spring 2027 schedule (Korean) ↗Supports: schedule notice · Checked 3 November 2026

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