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What do I need?

• Application form with photo (online, printed, signed); study plan and self-introduction on the school form; passport copy; ID copies of you and both parents
• Final degree (or expected) certificate and transcript, translated, notarised and apostilled or consular-confirmed originals; PhD applicants both the bachelor's and master's
• Family relation or birth certificate with a notarised English translation (plus parents' ID or passport if nationality is unclear; divorce, death or own-marriage papers where relevant)
• Valid TOPIK or official English score; financial proof. Chinese nationals: CHSI online report or apostilled original, plus a hukou copy or residence confirmation
• General Graduate School: the Graduate School Scholarship Application Form. Without it there is no first-semester tuition waiver (guide p.7)
• Graduates of other schools from the 21 listed countries who have not passed the review add: partner-university recommendation (if held), ARC copy (if held), six months of employment and income proof, and the scholarship form

THE BANK BALANCE IS 16,000,000 WON: an original Korean-bank certificate in won, or a foreign certificate of the same value (the English guide: USD or KRW), filed with the application. The guide does not say in whose name.

Application fee 60,000 won (Interpretation and Translation 80,000) to a personal Busan Bank virtual account. Entrance fee 600,000 won once, every graduate school.

Graduate scholarship desk: Graduate Academic Affairs Team 051-509-5144. Dormitory: not printed in the graduate guide.

Giving up after paying tuition: file an admission withdrawal before the semester starts to get the tuition back.

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All requirements

• A bachelor's (master's or integrated course) or a master's (PhD), held or expected by 28 August 2026 for this intake, or a legal equivalent
• Nationality: the English guide requires you and both parents to hold foreign citizenship; the Korean guide prints no nationality line but asks for parents' IDs and a family relation certificate
• LANGUAGE, General Graduate School: TOPIK 4 or BUFS Korean test 4 (arts and PE: 3; TOPIK 5 for Korean Language Education and for the Multicultural Education and Korean Studies PhDs)
• ENGLISH TRACK departments (English Language and Literature, Global Business AI Marketing, AI Convergence) need no TOPIK: TOEFL PBT 550, CBT 210 or iBT 80, IELTS 5.5 or TEPS 550; native English speakers may be exempt
• Without a certificate a language interview decides; TOPIK 2 or below means a required Korean course after entry. An official score (or the in-house course) is needed before graduation
• Professional schools: Education, Industry and Management, and AI Language Convergence TOPIK 3; Interpretation and Translation TOPIK 4
• THE FALL 2026 ADDITIONAL-ROUND GUIDE IS THE NEWEST (15 to 22 June 2026, closed). No Spring 2027 graduate guide was posted on 1 October 2026; last year the Spring window was 20 to 31 October
• Selection: document review, an oral exam in the major and an interview, each pass or fail. Applicants abroad may interview online
• A department with too few applicants may admit no one (the fee is then refunded), and may cancel an admission even after acceptance, with notice
• 21 MINISTRY OF JUSTICE COUNTRIES (guide): China, Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Mongolia, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Peru
• Graduates of other schools from those countries who have not passed the review file extra papers and get a 30% first-semester scholarship instead of 100%
• No leave of absence and no instalment tuition in the first semester; tuition by the designated account only, no credit card; applicants from another field take prerequisite credits

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• BUFS Fall 2026 additional-round graduate guide for international students (Korean, newest; Spring 2027 not yet posted) ↗Checked 1 October 2026
• BUFS Fall 2026 additional-round graduate guide (English version) ↗Supports: English version · Checked 1 October 2026
• BUFS OIA admissions notice 374 (Fall 2026 graduate guide) ↗Supports: notice · Checked 1 October 2026
• BUFS General Graduate School notice of July 2026 (result 23 July, payment 24 July to 3 August) ↗Supports: changed result and payment dates · Checked 1 October 2026

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