Natural sciences, chemistry, food, forestry, bio and security mathematics, BS
Kookmin University Fall 2026 international freshman admission guide (Korean) and the Spring 2027 notices ↗Checked 26 September 2026
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What you pay
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per semester · official
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A scholarship below can remove the tuition line.
What can I study?
- Nano and Electronic Physics; Applied Chemistry: Nano Materials, Biopharmaceuticals; Food and Nutrition (5,674,000)
- Forestry and Environmental Systems, Forest Products and Biotechnology, Information Security Cryptology and Mathematics (5,428,000)
- Convergence Bio Engineering: open, but the tuition table prints only the older name Advanced Fermentation Fusion (5,674,000); confirm with the office
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What do I need?
- Document screening application and academic verification consent printed from uwayapply and signed; Design and Arts interviewees add a self-introduction and study plan in Korean on the school form
- High school graduation (or expected) certificate, translated and notarised, with apostille or embassy confirmation, issued within about a year (China: CHSI report; vocational schools add the Ministry of Justice school form)
- Full high school transcript (English original, or translated and notarised)
- ID cards or passports of you and both parents (parents' passports required for Japanese and US applicants); your alien registration card if you live in Korea
- Family relation or birth certificate, translated and notarised, issued within about a year (China: kinship certificate); divorce or death proofs where relevant
- Korean proficiency proof, or the English proof for KIBS
THE BANK BALANCE IS USD 16,000 (CNY 120,000) at a foreign bank in your or a parent's name, deposited until after the semester starts, or 20,000,000 WON at a Korean bank in your own name; issued within two weeks before you collect the Certificate of Admission, after tuition. Residents of Korea use a Korean bank in their own name.
Application fee 120,000 won (Design and Arts 150,000) plus a 4,500 won uwayapply charge; no refund after the deadline. Fall 2026 figures.
Certificate of Admission collected at the Global Center room 203 (e-mailed abroad); D-2 at the Korean embassy, or a status change on HiKorea for residents.
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All requirements
- You and BOTH parents are foreign nationals and never held Korean nationality; Korean dual nationals cannot apply
- You graduated (or will) from a regular high school. A GED or other equivalency exam, homeschooling, online schooling, prep courses, adult or correspondence education do NOT count
- KOREAN: any ONE proof, no minimum level: a TOPIK report, Kookmin's own Korean test (55,000 won), a university Korean centre completion certificate, a Sejong Korean Assessment score, a partner prep class certificate, or other proof
- NO KOREAN AT ALL? Take leave in semester one and study two semesters in the KLC dual course on a D-4 (both tuitions paid at entry), then join the degree, or earlier at TOPIK 3. Not for Design, Arts, Global Korean or Global Business
- Global Korean and Global Business (both Korean and Chinese bilingual) need no Korean proof but take a paid Korean course in the first semester
- After entry: TOPIK 4 (or equivalent) goes straight to the regular course; TOPIK 3 takes Korean Training Course II (18 credits); TOPIK 2 or below Course I (17 credits)
- Selection: humanities, science and PE units 100% on documents (1,000 points); Design and Arts 100% by interview with portfolio (Design up to seven A3 works, Fine Arts five) or performance. Education admits at most three a year
- RULES AND FEES BELOW ARE FROM THE FALL 2026 GUIDE; the Spring 2027 guide was promised for the end of September 2026
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Where this comes from
- Kookmin University Fall 2026 international freshman admission guide (Korean) and the Spring 2027 notices ↗Checked 26 September 2026
- Kookmin University Spring 2027 freshman recruitment notice (21 September 2026) ↗Supports: rounds (application windows) · Checked 26 September 2026
- Kookmin University 2027-1 schedule image, notice of 9 September 2026 (results, interview and tuition dates) ↗Supports: rounds (result and tuition dates) · Checked 26 September 2026
- Kookmin University Fall 2026 international freshman guide (Korean PDF) ↗Supports: fees, tuition, documents, rules · Checked 26 September 2026
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