Computer engineering, aerospace software engineering and AI convergence engineering, master's and PhD
2 majors, in 2 divisions
Gyeongsang National University Spring 2027 graduate guide for international students (Korean, PDF made 2026-10-06) ↗Checked 19 October 2026
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What can I study?
- Computer Engineering, Aerospace Software Engineering Ⓔ, AI Convergence Engineering Ⓔ
- AI and Information Engineering
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What do I need?
- Checklist (form 1) as the cover; application form and personal data consent, both printed after the online application; study and research plan (form 2), typed in Korean or English
- Recommendation from a professor of your last university (form 3 or any form), sealed or e-mailed by the referee to graduate@gnu.ac.kr. A department head, field expert or employer head may write it. Korean-university graduates may skip it
- Degree certificate (or expected), issued on or after 20 June 2026, with an apostille or consular confirmation and a Korean or English notarised translation. Chinese degrees: a CHSI report. Korean degrees: the original
- Transcript with percentages and an explanation of the grading system (for example wes.org or scholaro.com): bachelor's for master's and integrated type 1 applicants, master's for PhD and type 2 applicants
- Track II and overseas Korean applicants add certificates for all schooling from primary school. Students who transferred during the bachelor's add the transcript of the university before the transfer
- Proof of your and your parents' nationality and relation, issued on or after 20 October 2025, notarised translation (not for integrated type 2). Examples as printed:
- Nepal, 전마달다 (English guide: Jeonmadal-da); Bangladesh, 점머까꺼즈 or 점마싸이드티켓 (Jommo Kakorz or Jomma Saidtiket); Mongolia, kinship certificate;
- Philippines, Family Census; Indonesia, KARTU KELUARGA; Pakistan, Family Certificate; Vietnam, So Ho Khau or Giay khai sinh; Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, birth certificate; China, hukou (more papers if separate)
- Passport copy; financial proof (see notes); language proof obtained on or after 20 October 2024, valid on the deadline; the 70,000 won fee receipt; alien registration card, both sides, if in Korea. Death or divorce certificates if any
- Intended supervisor and department recommendation (form 6; form 6-1 for integrated type 1, 6-2 for type 2): required in engineering, natural science and medicine; humanities and social science master's and PhD may skip it
- Music applicants: a performance video
THE BANK BALANCE IS 16,000,000 WON OR MORE (exchange rate on the filing day), one of: a bank certificate in your, a parent's or your supervising professor's name, issued on or after 1 October 2026;
a parent's or professor's certificate adds their employment certificate or business registration (one professor may back one student, Ministry of Justice rule); or GNU's financial support confirmation (form 4);
or a scholarship certificate from your government or another body; if the scholarship is under 16,000,000 won, add more proof. Filed with the application papers.
Application fee 70,000 won to the Graduate School's NongHyup account printed in the guide, with your name. Not refunded, except in the cases Korean law allows (the guide cites the Higher Education Act decree). No waiver printed.
ENTRANCE FEE 180,000 WON, ONCE, on top of tuition: the 2026 table prints it in every band and the first bill is the sum (for example 2,588,000 won in humanities and social sciences).
Results 10 December 2026 (planned), on the Graduate School site and by e-mail. Tuition 13 to 15 January 2027 (16:00); bills from 12 January at my.gnu.ac.kr. Final degree proof to the Graduate School by 18 January 2027.
The standard admission letter comes in mid-January 2027 from the Office of International Affairs (+82-55-772-0275), after tuition and the final degree proof. Classes start 2 March 2027 (planned).
In Korea already, in the same degree level at another school? Changing school is restricted: after the results you go home, get a student visa there and re-enter Korea (guide, admission letter section).
Dormitory (graduate guide; 5,280 places in 2026): management fee 658,950 to 815,350 won by hall; meals 510,000 won (1 meal a day) or 915,000 won (3 a day). No period is printed. The undergraduate guide prints other management fees.
Support: Office of International Affairs, visa +82-55-772-0275; orientation, insurance and airport pickup +82-55-772-0272. National Health Insurance is compulsory.
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All requirements
- ENGLISH TRACK (Ⓔ) IN THIS ROW: Aerospace Software Engineering and AI Convergence Engineering. Computer Engineering asks for Korean (TOPIK 3)
- Track I: you and both parents are foreign nationals. Track II: a foreign national who did the equivalents of Korean primary, secondary and university education entirely abroad. Overseas Koreans schooled abroad apply in the same round
- Master's and integrated type 1: a bachelor's, held or expected. PhD: a master's, held or expected. Integrated type 2 is only for current GNU master's students. Degrees must come from universities accredited by that country's ministry
- KOREAN: TOPIK 3 or higher, or the King Sejong Institute Korean course completed at intermediate 2 or higher. Any language score must be obtained on or after 20 October 2024 AND still be valid on the 11 November 2026 deadline
- ENGLISH (English-track departments only, marked in the majors list): TOEFL iBT 59 for tests taken by 20 January 2026, 3.5 on the new scale from 21 January 2026; IELTS 5.5, CEFR B2 or NEW TEPS 202. Scores from 20 October 2024 on
- No language score needed: GNU graduates going up a level (staying in Korea at the time, able to extend or change to D-2); those who studied their degree in English in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand;
- nationals of a country where English is the mother tongue or an official language, as printed: (Asia, Pacific) India, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand etc.;
- (Europe, Americas) USA, Jamaica, UK, Ireland, Canada etc.; (Africa) Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Kenya etc. Or file the exemption form (form 5) stamped by the supervisor or department head
- Talk to a professor of the department before you apply, then file a recommendation from the intended supervisor and department head. Humanities and social science master's and PhD applicants may skip it; integrated applicants file it
- Ⓔ marks a department with an English track (영어트랙): its applicants may file an English score (see the English line). Other departments ask for Korean. The guide does not say which classes are taught in English
- Selection: the graduate school checks eligibility and papers; the department then scores degree grades, recommendation, study plan and language (Music: a performance video) out of 100. Under 60 fails. Ties: GNU graduates first
- Places: no fixed number (outside the quota, by ability). Apply online only; there is no counter or postal application, but the papers are then posted or brought in
- TO GRADUATE: TOPIK 4 or a Korean course the graduate school recognises, before you may submit a thesis. Master's 4 semesters, 24 credits; PhD 4 semesters, 36 credits; integrated 8 semesters, 60 credits; up to 10 credits a semester
- No leave of absence in your first semester (except infectious disease). Tick "hope" for the dormitory on the online form, or you get no room
- The first semester cannot be paid in instalments. The fee table is the 2026 base; more may be charged if tuition rises. It prints no period (the school bills tuition each semester)
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- Gyeongsang National University Spring 2027 graduate guide for international students (Korean, PDF made 2026-10-06) ↗Checked 19 October 2026
- Spring 2027 graduate guide, English version (PDF made 2026-10-06; the Korean text prevails) ↗Supports: English version, department names · Checked 19 October 2026
- Graduate School notice of 2026-10-06: Spring 2027 special admission for international students (guides and forms attached) ↗Supports: notice, attachments · Checked 19 October 2026
- Spring 2027 graduate application forms (Word) ↗Supports: forms · Checked 19 October 2026
- Graduate School international admission board (newest post 2026-10-06) ↗Supports: newest notice check · Checked 19 October 2026
- Graduate school scholarships page, international site (undated) ↗Supports: scholarship wording · Checked 19 October 2026
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