International Studies, MA and PhD (GSIS, English)
Korea University GSIS admission guidelines for international students, Fall 2026 ↗Checked 25 September 2026
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A scholarship below can remove the tuition line.
What can I study?
- International Commerce
- International Development and Cooperation
- International Peace and Security
- Area Studies
- Korean Studies
Published by Korea University. Which of these a scholarship covers is decided by the school.
What do I need?
- Online application, release of information, statement of purpose of about 1,200 words
- Official transcripts with the GPA scale (WES or Scholaro conversion if the scale is unusual) and the degree or expected graduation certificate
- Optional recommendation letter sent from the referee's work e-mail to gsisadmin@korea.ac.kr
- TOEFL iBT (My Best accepted) or IELTS Academic score report, taken within 2 years of the application deadline
- Bank statement with a consent form (and a sponsorship form if the account is a parent's)
- Passports of you and your parents, birth certificate; Chinese applicants add CHSI, ID cards and Hukoubu
- After admission: apostille or Korean consular authentication of your degree documents
- Certificate of English Program Completion from your university, if you use an English-medium degree instead of a test score
- Status Confirmation of Single-parent Family (KU GSIS form), if you have only one legal parent
- International Student B: the K-12 checklist, with original transcripts or proof of enrollment for every school term
THE BANK BALANCE IS OVER KRW 20,000,000 (USD 20,000) IN ONE ACCOUNT, issued within 30 days of 23 October 2026 and kept until admission. Applicants from the 26 countries listed in the guide freeze it by 26 February 2027.
Application fee 130,000 won including a 10,000 commission (Spring 2027 guide).
Tuition 7,183,000 won a semester plus an admission fee of 1,234,000, as of Spring 2025, subject to change.
No bank statement is needed if you already hold a visa that allows full-time study for the whole degree, or a scholarship letter for over KRW 20,000,000 (USD 20,000) for one year.
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All requirements
- International Student A: you and both parents foreign citizens. B: includes overseas Koreans schooled 16 years or more outside Korea
- A bachelor's for the MA, a master's for the PhD, from a university listed in the IAU World Higher Education Database
- English proof (TOEFL iBT, My Best accepted, or IELTS Academic) unless you are a native speaker or hold a degree from a listed English-speaking country or an English-medium university. TOEIC, TEPS, ITP and home editions are not accepted
- Selection on documents; some PhD applicants are interviewed
- International Student A is closed to you if you or a parent also holds Korean citizenship; check B (16 years or more of schooling outside Korea) instead
- You must meet the education and nationality conditions before 26 February 2027
- Admitted students cannot defer their admission to a later semester
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- Korea University ↗Checked 3 October 2026
- Korea University ↗Checked 3 October 2026
- Korea University ↗Checked 2 October 2026
- Korea University ↗Checked 26 September 2026
- Korea University GSIS, tuition and scholarships page ↗Supports: tuition, admission fee, GSIS scholarships · Checked 25 September 2026
- Korea University GSIS admissions guideline for international applicants, Spring 2027 (PDF) ↗Supports: Spring 2027 dates, originals period, bank balance and freeze date · Checked 2 October 2026
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