Medicine, Korean medicine and pharmacy, master's and PhD
Dongguk University Spring 2027 General Graduate School guide for international applicants (Korean; the Korean text governs) ↗Checked 12 October 2026
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What can I study?
- Medicine, Korean Medicine, Cerebrovascular Disease Research Medicine (language-exempt; department chair's recommendation needed for Medicine and Cerebrovascular Disease Research Medicine)
- Pharmacy (language-exempt, no interview, Goyang) and Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry (master's only, language score needed), 8,982,000 band
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What do I need?
- Application form and study plan (two copies each), and the academic verification consent for overseas graduates
- Passport copy and alien registration card copy if you live in Korea
- Bachelor's graduation certificate with an apostille or consular confirmation, the diploma (China) and the full four-year transcript in English or Korean; PhD applicants add the master's papers; CHSI verification for Chinese degrees
- Recommendation letter, one original, free form, in English or Korean: optional, except Medicine and Cerebrovascular Disease Research Medicine, where you cannot apply without it
- Language certificate, two copies
- Nationality proof for you and your parents, and a notarised family relationship certificate with an apostille or consular confirmation
- Schooled entirely abroad: primary, middle and high school certificates and transcripts plus an entry and exit record
THE BANK BALANCE IS USD 20,000 or the equivalent, from a Korean or foreign bank (no passbook copies), issued within 30 days, sent from early February 2027, after tuition is paid. Chinese bank money frozen six months.
Full-scholarship holders send the scholarship proof instead of the bank paper. Applying for SRD or another Dongguk full scholarship? Leave it out, but send it later if you are not chosen.
Applied with an expected-graduation certificate? Hand in the degree certificate by 26 February 2027 or admission is cancelled.
Notarised copies must be dated 16 October 2025 or later. Do not post originals that are hard to replace: papers are not returned.
Transferred during your degree? Add the transcript of the university you transferred from. The consent form is void without your signature.
Application fee 80,000 won for a master's, 90,000 for a PhD or integrated course, paid by 23:59 on 29 October 2026.
Post or bring papers to: Office of International Students, room 9139, 9F New Engineering Building, Dongguk University, 30 Pildong-ro 1-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul 04620.
Dormitory, 2026 basis: Namsan Hall about 390,000 won a month, Goyang Hall about 340,000, meals extra.
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All requirements
- SPRING 2027 GUIDE, new students only (the Korean text governs). Apply online 16 to 29 October 2026; papers 16 to 30 October
- You and both parents are foreign nationals, or you did all your schooling from primary school to your last degree abroad. A nationality taken after birth must be at least two years old. Dual nationals and stateless people cannot apply
- A bachelor's for a master's or integrated course; a master's for a PhD, held or due by 28 February 2027; any previous major (prerequisite courses if different). No transfer admission
- LANGUAGE, one of: TOPIK 3 (IBT counts); TOEFL iBT 71, IELTS 5.5 or New TEPS 327; a Korean degree, held or due by 28 February 2027 (not a Chinese-taught one); a Korean-language degree abroad; Sejong intermediate 2; KIIP 3 or pre-test 61
- Test scores must be from the 2 years before 29 October 2026. Also accepted: a recommendation from the department on its set form, sent with your application
- English-speaking nationals are exempt only if they finished high school or university in that country (send that certificate, apostilled or consular-confirmed)
- LANGUAGE-EXEMPT: International Buddhist Studies, Geography, Global Business, Buddhist Business; Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Bio-Environmental Science, Life Science, Pharmacy, System Biochemistry; all three medicine departments
- ENGINEERING IS LANGUAGE-EXEMPT, except Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Device Industry and Regulatory Science for Bio-health Medical Devices. Every arts and physical education department needs a score
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION accepts only TOPIK 4 or higher: no other language proof counts. Buddhist Studies applicants bring a TOPIK copy to the interview
- Selection: documents plus a department interview on 13 or 14 November 2026 (it may move; check the notice of 12 November). No interview for Pharmacy, Electronics and Electrical Engineering or Future Battery Convergence Engineering
- Police Administration adds a written test. Portfolio: Modern Korean Literature (master's), the Architectural Design major, all four Fine Arts majors. Korean Music has a practical at the interview
- Medicine and Cerebrovascular Disease Research Medicine need the department chair's recommendation letter; Physical Education needs one from a full-time professor of the department
- Departments marked E accept English-only applicants; Japanese Studies accepts Japanese; Global Business (PhD only) is taught entirely in Chinese
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- Dongguk Spring 2027 graduate guide (Korean, governs) ↗Supports: full guide · Checked 12 October 2026
- Dongguk Spring 2027 graduate guide (English) ↗Supports: full guide, English · Checked 12 October 2026
- Dongguk graduate admission guide page (forms attached) ↗Supports: guide page and forms · Checked 12 October 2026
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