Fine arts, design, crafts, animation and game art, BFA
6 majors, in 2 divisions
Hongik University Spring 2027 international undergraduate admission guide (Korean) ↗Checked 26 September 2026
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What can I study?
- Art Studies (theory; no portfolio)
- Oriental Painting, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture
- Design: Visual, Industrial; Metal Art and Design; Ceramics and Glass; Woodworking and Furniture; Textile Art and Fashion Design
- Design Convergence
- Film and Animation
- Game Graphic Design (art track)
Published by Hongik University. Which of these a scholarship covers is decided by the school.
What do I need?
- Application form, the education history and nationality form, and the consent to foreign-school verification (forms 1 to 3, printed from Jinhak Apply and signed)
- High school graduation (or expected) certificate with apostille or consular confirmation (China: CHSI online certificate) and the transcript for every semester (Korean schools: the school life record)
- Passport or ID copies of you, your father and your mother, and a family relation document (China: notarised kinship certificate or birth certificate); divorce or death papers where relevant
- TOPIK 1 or higher, or the Hongik institute level 1 certificate; proof of losing Korean nationality if that applies
- Art departments: teacher recommendation, five-work A4 portfolio and pledge. Performing Arts: two unedited videos of three minutes or less on two USB sticks
- Optional: language institute records, national exam scores (Gaokao, SAT), high school awards
THE BANK BALANCE IS 20,000,000 WON (USD 20,000 OR CNY 140,000 from a foreign bank) in your or a parent's name, issued on or after 13 January and filed 13 to 26 January 2027, frozen past 2 March (criteria C: six months). A parent's account needs the parent's employment (or business) and income (or property tax) papers. Chinese banks: ICBC, Agricultural, Construction or Bank of China only; Uzbek applicants a Korean bank locally with three months' validity. Applicants registered in Korea: an own-name Korean-bank certificate only; recognised refugees exempt; a scholarship letter is accepted instead.
Application fee 150,000 won plus 8,000 for Jinhak Apply, not refundable.
Dormitory (Seoul, from the graduate guide): second dormitory two-person 1,647,000 won; third dormitory two-person 1,524,000, single 3,025,000. Sejong: four-person 658,000 to 806,200, two-person 1,079,800 to 1,399,000. Prices may change.
National health insurance starts automatically at alien registration; a KB group policy is optional.
From the official guide. The school decides what it accepts, not Waegook.
All requirements
- You and BOTH parents (biological or adoptive) have held foreign nationality since before you entered high school; a parent still Korean at the deadline, or your own Korean dual nationality, rules you out
- You graduated (or will) from a regular high school (under-12-year systems only if the Ministry of Education recognises them). Language or prep courses, adult, correspondence or online education, a GED and homeschooling do NOT count
- TO APPLY: TOPIK 1 or higher (IBT accepted), or level 1 completed at Hongik's own institute. A missing certificate must arrive by 20 November 2026. No English score replaces Korean
- AFTER ADMISSION, by level: TOPIK 4 to 6 (A) one designated Korean course; TOPIK 3 (B) five designated Korean courses in the first semester; TOPIK 1 to 2 (C) a semester's leave and at least two terms at the Hongik institute first
- Criteria C students whose D-4 runs out before 31 August 2027 and cannot be extended, or who were expelled from the institute, lose the admission. TOPIK 4 is needed to graduate
- Selection: 100% on documents for humanities, sciences and arts; Performing Arts 60% documents and 40% practical videos. School-violence records cut the score or disqualify
- Art departments (all but Art Studies) file a sealed teacher recommendation, a portfolio of up to five A4 works signed by you and an art teacher, and a portfolio pledge
- One campus (Seoul or Sejong) and one unit per application; no quota per unit
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