Art and design, apparel, moving images and media acting, BFA
Konkuk University Seoul, Spring 2027 undergraduate admission guidelines for international students ↗Checked 2 October 2026
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A scholarship below can remove the tuition line.
What can I study?
- Communication Design, Industrial Design, Living Design, Contemporary Arts, Moving Images
- Media Acting (Korean acting video)
- Apparel Design (5,720,000)
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What do I need?
- Application form printed from the online system; your passport; both parents' passports or national IDs (notarised)
- Family relation or birth certificate with notarised translation and apostille or consular certification (China: hukou or kinship certificate plus CHSI reports); divorce, remarriage or death papers if relevant
- High school diploma and full transcript: overseas schools notarised translation plus apostille or consular certification; Korean schools the student record for college admissions; a grade-scale document
- Language proficiency proof; national exam proof if you have one; optional awards, qualifications or internships
- Art and Design: five original A4 hand drawings; Film Arts: a Korean monologue video and its recording video; Music Education: performance videos. Recommendation letters and personal statements are not accepted
- If you or a parent gave up or lost Korean nationality: the original document proving it, with the details and date of loss
- Transfers: a certificate of graduation or (expected) completion and the full transcript from your college or university; after two years at a four-year university, also an enrolment certificate and proof of its second-year rules
BANK BALANCE 20,000,000 WON OR MORE, sent after tuition, 28 Dec 2026 to 15 Jan 2027 (issued from 24 Dec). Korea: a Korean bank, your name. China: yours or a parent's, frozen to 31 Mar 2027. Elsewhere: an overseas bank. F visas exempt.
Application fee 150,000 won (Art and Design and Music Education 180,000) for the first choice, 20,000 more with an optional second choice; agents register on the application site.
The first-semester tuition includes a 187,000 won registration fee. Scholarships are already deducted on the invoice; pay 28 Dec 2026 to 4 Jan 2027 by WeChat Pay, PayPal, ZaloPay or virtual account.
Dormitory, two-person room: 1,914,000 won for the semester (March to June) or 2,847,000 for six months (March to August), plus a 200,000 deposit; meals from 395,000 for 79 meals. 2026 rates.
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All requirements
- You, your father and your mother each hold one foreign nationality; Korean dual nationals cannot apply; loss of Korean nationality counts only before the application period
- You finished regular schooling equal to Korean primary, middle and high school. A GED, correspondence or online programmes, lifelong education and language courses are NOT recognised
- KOREAN (all majors but two): TOPIK 4; level 4 at the Konkuk Language Institute or an IEQAS-certified institute; or King Sejong 4B. From Spring 2027 the Konkuk Korean test and other Korean proof are no longer accepted
- ENGLISH: Computer Software (English only) TOEFL iBT 71 (4 on the new scale for tests from 21 Jan 2026), IELTS 5.5, CEFR B2 or New TEPS 327. International Commerce and Business: pick the Korean or English track, not both
- SPRING 2027: apply 19 Oct to 13 Nov 2026 at ek-apply.com/ku; documents by post only, by 20 Nov. Language scores released after 20 Nov are not accepted. Results 23 Dec 2026, 15:00. A second choice must be in the same language track
- Selection: documents 750 points plus language 250. Art and Design and Music Education first need a pass on the portfolio (A4 drawings; Film Arts and Music Education send videos). School-violence records cut the score
- Not offered in Spring 2027: Veterinary Medicine, Physical Education, the KU School of Liberal Studies and Medicine. Native English speakers cannot apply to English Education
- Transfers: two years of a four-year university with half the credits, or a junior college degree with at least three semesters of classes. Two-year colleges with a one-year internship period do not qualify
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- Konkuk University Seoul, Spring 2027 undergraduate admission guidelines for international students ↗Checked 2 October 2026
- Konkuk University ↗Checked 27 September 2026
- Konkuk Seoul Spring 2027 undergraduate guide (Korean, prevails) ↗Supports: key changes, timeline, language, majors, fees, bank certificate · Checked 2 October 2026
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