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• Application form and study plan, both written online in UWAY Apply and printed. A study plan written anywhere else is not accepted
• Bachelor's graduation (or expected) certificate; master's certificate for a PhD; CHSI verification for Chinese degrees; Degree Verification Form for other overseas universities
• University transcript, original and copy, with a CGPA or percentage (WES or Scholaro conversion if it has none)
• Government proof of the parent-child relationship issued within three months, and ID copies of you and both parents
• Two recommendation letters for a PhD. Medicine applicants need letters from a Chung-Ang chief professor or department head: 1 for a master's, 2 for a PhD
• Research achievement list on the Chung-Ang form (from UWAY Apply) plus one physical copy of each output, for a PhD
• Passport copy; residence card copy, front and back, if you hold one; original language score report, still valid when you apply
• Portfolio for the departments that ask for one
• Certificates and transcripts from a university outside China need an apostille or Korean consular confirmation; Chinese ones are notarised at a Chinese notary office
• Your country issues degree certificates months late (Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Israel, others with proof) and you graduated within a year? A provisional certificate, apostilled or consular-confirmed, is accepted

THE BANK BALANCE IS 20,000,000 WON (14,000 USD, 100,000 CNY or 370,000,000 VND), in your name or a parent's. Only admitted students hand it in, for the Certificate of Admission: an original issued within 30 days of the visa request.

A certificate from a bank in China must show the money frozen until after 31 March 2027. Changing status inside Korea: a Korean bank certificate. Exempt if a university or government pays both tuition and living costs.

Application fee 100,000 won; 130,000 for the practical-test departments: Music (master's and PhD), Korean Music (master's) and Dance Practice (master's). No change, cancellation or refund after you pay.

Papers by 27 October 2026, in person or by post to the Office of International Affairs; a postmark on the deadline day counts.

All papers are originals, and the apostille or consular confirmation itself must be an original. Nothing is returned, so keep your own set for the visa.

Full refund of tuition and entrance fee before the semester starts; no entrance-fee refund after.

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All requirements

• SPRING 2027 GUIDE, March entry (the Korean text governs). Apply online 16 October 10:00 to 26 October 23:59; papers by 27 October 2026
• You and both parents hold no Korean nationality (a naturalised person only if it happened before elementary school), or you did all 16 years of schooling abroad. Dual nationals cannot apply
• A bachelor's for a master's or integrated course, a master's for a PhD, in any field, held or due by 28 February 2027. Dance (Practice) takes dance majors only. Chinese self-study exams and GED-type degrees are not recognised
• KOREAN: TOPIK 3 or higher (IBT counts). Sport Science and Dance (Practice) accept TOPIK 2. A score you only expect to get later is not accepted
• ENGLISH instead, only in natural sciences, engineering, medicine and the International Logistics major: TOEFL iBT 71 (3.5 new scale), IELTS 5.5, CEFR B2, TEPS 600 or TOEIC 800, or a degree from NZ, US, IE, UK, CA or AU
• Exempt: level 4 finished (or level 5 enrolled) at a certified Korean university institute; a Korean-language major abroad; a Korean bachelor's or master's; Sejong intermediate 2
• TOPIK 4 is needed before the thesis semester, except in natural sciences, engineering and medicine. Some departments in those three fields require the thesis in English: check the department
• Selection: documents 100 plus an in-depth interview 100; below 60 on either is a fail. Applicants living abroad are interviewed by Zoom video, so give a phone number where you can be reached abroad
• Practical departments (Music, Korean Music master's, Dance Practice master's): documents 50, interview 50, practical 100; below 30, 30 or 60 fails. From abroad a portfolio or video can replace the practical if the department agrees first

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• Chung-Ang Spring 2027 graduate guide (Korean, governs) ↗Supports: full guide · Checked 12 October 2026
• Chung-Ang Spring 2027 graduate guide (English) ↗Supports: full guide, English · Checked 12 October 2026
• Chung-Ang graduate recruitment guidelines page ↗Supports: guide page · Checked 12 October 2026

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