Social sciences, BA (Korean-taught)

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What can I study?

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What do I need?

• Online application form, printed and signed, and the personal affairs record Apply
• Chonnam forms 1 to 6: financial guarantee, education background, unusual academic circumstances, release of records, nationality, personal information consent Forms
• Language certificate: TOPIK, an English test, or a Chonnam institute certificate, still valid at the deadline
• High school graduation or expected-graduation certificate, with an apostille, consular verification or CHSI report
• High school transcript for every year, showing the years of study
• Notarised translation of a family relations or birth certificate showing both parents and everyone's nationality, issued within six months
• Copies of both parents' passports
• Your passport copy, valid for six more months
• Alien registration card, if you are in Korea
• Bank balance certificate of 16,000,000 won or more, or a scholarship certificate
• Applicants of some nationalities must send a copy of the passport they use to travel abroad. See the guide.
• If your bank balance certificate has a validity period, it is accepted only up to 6 months from the issue date.
• Bank statements, transaction history, income proof, and insurance certificates are not accepted.
• If you use a scholarship certificate, submit one from the government or another institution.
• The scholarship certificate must state the scholarship amount and duration.
• If a parent is deceased, submit a death certificate with an original notarized translation.
• If your parents are divorced, submit a remarriage certificate for the parent with parental authority and custody, with an original notarized translation.
• If you were adopted to a foreign family, submit an official adoption document with an original notarized translation.

ORIGINALS ONLY, on A4, in the listed order. Copies, scans and email are refused.

DOCUMENTS MUST ARRIVE by the deadline, by post or in person. Papers that miss round one move to round two automatically.

Names, birth dates and passport numbers must match your passport exactly on every document.

The fee is 70,000 won. It comes back only in a few cases, with proof, such as a disaster or a hospital stay. Nothing you send is returned.

Some school systems need an extra degree report, see the guide.

Documents in any other language need a certified translation.

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All requirements

• You and both parents hold non-Korean nationality, from before you began the equivalent of Korean high school. Dual Korean nationals and stateless people cannot apply
• You finish high school before term. Qualification exams, home schooling and cyber learning are NOT accepted
• Proof of TOPIK 3 or Chonnam institute level 3, OR an English score: TOEFL iBT 4.0 (80 before 21 January 2026), IELTS 5.5, New TEPS 290, CEFR B2 or TOEIC 700
• NO TOPIK 4 BY A MONTH BEFORE TERM? You join a compulsory 36-credit Korean programme on the Yeosu campus. Its credits count toward your degree
• Judged 50% on language and 50% on grades, from your documents. Some departments interview, in person or online
• A bank balance of 16,000,000 won or more in your or a parent's name, issued within 30 days of applying, or a scholarship certificate
• First-semester scholarships: full tuition at TOPIK 5 or more, Tuition 2 waived at TOPIK 4. Two terms at Chonnam's Korean institute to level 4 waive half of Tuition 2
• Freshmen cannot take leave in their first semester
• Schooling done fully in one foreign country counts as equal to Korean high school.
• If you studied in two or more countries, you need 12 years of schooling or more. 11 years or less does not count.
• Exception: in an 11-year school system, it counts only if the last 3 years were in one country.
• If years are unfinished because of a gap in the education system, time at an overseas university may count as equivalent to Korean high school years.
• Applicants from exempt English-speaking countries do not need to submit English scores.

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• Chonnam National University ↗Checked 14 September 2026
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