Korean, English and TESOL, Japanese, French, German, Chinese, Korean history, library science, social welfare, creative writing, Korean teaching and education consulting, master's and PhD
Dongduk Fall 2026 graduate guide for international students, additional round (Korean, June 2026; Spring 2027 not posted) ↗Checked 21 October 2026
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per application · official
per semester · official
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per semester · official
Official figures from the source page on the date checked. Estimates are Waegook's. Unknown is shown as not published, never as zero.
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What can I study?
- Korean Language and Literature (M, D), English and TESOL (M, D), Japanese Language and Literature (M, D)
- French Language and Literature, German Studies, Chinese Studies, Korean History (M)
- Library and Information Science, Social Welfare, Creative Writing (M)
- Korean Language (Korean language teaching, M; bilingual course too)
- Education Consulting (M, D; bilingual course too); Global MICE (D only)
Published by Dongduk Women's University. Which of these a scholarship covers is decided by the school.
What do I need?
- Application form (UwayApply)
- Master's: bachelor's (expected) certificate and all-year transcript originals, with a 4.5-scale or 100-point conversion table. PhD: master's (expected) certificate, bachelor's and master's transcripts. Transfers add earlier school papers
- Foreign degrees: papers not in Korean or English translated and notarised, then an apostille or local Korean consular confirmation (인가대학확인서), original, within 3 months. Chinese nationals: "중국 교육부 인증(学信网) 혹은 아포스티유 원본(3개월 이내)"
- Passport and ID copies of you and both parents (a notarised English kinship certificate if a parent's passport cannot be filed); a foreign government paper equal to a family register; divorce or death papers if relevant
- Chinese nationals, as printed: every 호구부 copy if you and your parents are not on one, and "친족관계증명서 영문번역 공증본 필수"
- Alien registration card copy (applicants living in Korea only); academic verification request and consent (foreign degrees; school form)
- PhD: research career and plan (school form), a CV and the master's thesis. Department extras: portfolios, recital programmes, study plans (see the majors list)
- Language proof if you use it (TOPIK or an English score)
THE BANK BALANCE IS 20,000,000 WON OR MORE, filed after admission: issued within 30 days of applying, kept until entry and for at least 6 months, in your own name in principle (a parent with proof of the relation).
Application fee 200,000 won for every course. Not returned, except after review when a disaster, illness or accident you did not cause kept you from the exam (never after the exam date).
ENTRANCE FEE 895,000 WON, first semester only (2026 leaflet: "대학원 첫학기 입학금 895,000원"), on its own line, not inside tuition.
Missing papers mean you cannot sit the exam. On the exam day be in place 30 minutes before the start with your admission ticket and ID; an absent applicant fails.
False papers, or a degree not obtained, cancel admission even during study, with no tuition refund. Foreign degree holders who do not help the school check the degree after entry lose the place.
Results on the office site (intl2.dongduk.ac.kr) with no individual notice. Expected graduates file the diploma and final transcript before entry or the place is cancelled.
Places left by students who do not register go to the waiting list, contacted one by one on the phone numbers in the application; after 3 failed contacts you are skipped. Scores are not disclosed.
The 2026 leaflet's yearly plan: spring intake applications in October and December, results November and January, classes from March; fall intake applications April and June, classes from September.
Last year's Spring 2026 first round, for planning only: online 22 to 29 October 2025, results 14 November 2025.
Dormitory fee (2026 leaflet, not split by level): semester plus vacation (25 weeks), 4-person room A 1,917,000 won, room B 2,046,500 won. The graduate guide prints no dormitory rule.
The dormitory's own notice of 2 January 2025 takes applications from enrolled and graduate students and lists foreign students and graduate students as priority groups. Rooms are drawn at random within places. Men: ask.
From the official guide. The school decides what it accepts, not Waegook.
All requirements
- KOREAN LANGUAGE (한국어학과): graduates get the Korean teacher level 2 qualification; foreign nationals only with TOPIK 6 (guide note)
- NEWEST GUIDE IS FALL 2026 (additional round, notice of 15 June 2026). No Spring 2027 international graduate guide on 21 October 2026; the domestic Spring 2027 guide (20 October) has no international section
- You and both parents are foreign nationals, OR you did all schooling equal to Korean primary, middle, high school and university abroad, OR a legal equivalent. Men may apply (guide title: 남․여)
- Master's: a bachelor's (expected), any earlier major except for Pharmacy. PhD: a master's (expected). Transfers: 1+ semester in the same or a similar field; up to 2 semesters and 12 (master's) or 18 (PhD) credits count
- KOREAN: TOPIK 3, or a pass in Dongduk's own Korean test (fee 50,000 won). Exempt as printed: science and engineering, arts and PE, and the Chinese bilingual course
- ENGLISH (English bilingual course): TOEFL iBT 59 (printed "TOELF IBT 59이상", old scale only), IELTS 5.5, CEFR B2 or NEW TEPS 202. Exempt if English is your mother tongue or a legal official language
- Credit-bank degree students may apply only if they can file the degree (expected) certificate during the application period. If you hold 2 or more degrees, enter the one you choose; it cannot be changed
- Selection: documents and an online interview. Master's and integrated: bachelor's record 50% + interview 50% (arts master's: 50 + 20 + practical or portfolio 30; arts with no practical part use the general weights)
- Selection, PhD: bachelor's 20%, master's 30%, interview 40%, research plan 10% (arts: interview 20%, practical 20%). Pass: 70 of 100
- A foreign university must be recognised in its country and listed in the IAU List of Universities of the World, or you file the embassy's confirmation; otherwise you fail
- Places: "학과별 약간 명" (a few per department). Bilingual courses run "입학지원자 발생 시" (when applicants come)
- TUITION a semester (2026 leaflet, December 2025, no year): humanities and social 3,725,000; sciences and PE 5,529,000; engineering 6,211,000; arts 6,448,000; pharmacy 6,448,000. ENTRANCE FEE 895,000 won, first semester
- Bands follow the guide's department headings (the fee table lists no departments). International graduate tuition and entrance fees rose 2.85% on 22 January 2026, after the leaflet; new figures not printed
- Course length (graduate school page, undated): master's 2 years (4 semesters), PhD 2 years (4 semesters), integrated 4 years
- To graduate (office page, undated): TOPIK 4 or higher (English scores accepted instead) and a GPA of 3.0
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Where this comes from
- Dongduk Fall 2026 graduate guide for international students, additional round (Korean, June 2026; Spring 2027 not posted) ↗Checked 21 October 2026
- Notice of 2026-06-15: Fall 2026 additional-round graduate guides for international students ↗Supports: eligibility, papers, dates, departments · Checked 21 October 2026
- Notice of 2026-03-30: Fall 2026 first-round graduate guides (same text, other dates) ↗Supports: first-round dates · Checked 21 October 2026
- Notice of 2025-09-30: Spring 2026 graduate guide (older; names the English bilingual course) ↗Supports: English course, last year's timing · Checked 21 October 2026
- Notice of 2025-12-17: the school's 2026 Korean leaflet (graduate tuition and entrance fee p.11) ↗Supports: tuition, entrance fee, men · Checked 21 October 2026
- Tuition committee minutes of 2026-01-22 (2.85% rise incl. international graduate fees, PDF p.9) ↗Supports: tuition year · Checked 21 October 2026
- Graduate school notice of 2026-10-20: Spring 2027 domestic guide (no international section) ↗Supports: newest guide check · Checked 21 October 2026
- Graduate school registration page (undated): course lengths ↗Supports: duration · Checked 21 October 2026
- International admissions page (undated): contacts, graduation rules ↗Supports: contacts, graduation · Checked 21 October 2026
- Dormitory notice of 2025-01-02: applications for enrolled and graduate students; graduate students a priority group ↗Supports: graduate students in the dormitory · Checked 21 October 2026
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