Media and visual arts, acting, animation and practical music (Seoul campus), BA and BFA

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What do I need?

• School forms filled in online: application with a colour photo (3.5 x 4.5 cm), study plan, academic record check consent (one per foreign high school; transfers add the university), study-cost pledge
• Passport copy; ARC front and back if you live in Korea; home ID (residents of Korea may use the ARC; applicants abroad a notarised translation); your parents' passports or IDs
• Government family relation papers issued within a year (birth or family certificate, notarised translation; Chinese nationals: kinship certificate and whole-family hukou). Divorce or death certificate if relevant
• Language proof (TOPIK, a Korean university language course certificate, King Sejong certificate or KIIP record); the attendance record if you studied at a language school in Korea
• Freshmen: high school graduation certificate (Korean high schools: school record) and full transcript, with apostille or Korean or English consular legalisation; China follows the guide's CHSI rules
• Transfers: previous university graduation, completion or enrolment certificate and a transcript with every year's grades and credits, apostilled or legalised (China: CHSI online certificate)
• Portfolio on USB where required: Practical Music (2 songs or more), Animation (mp4 or png), Acting (three 1-minute videos: free acting and self-introduction in Korean, and a talent)

THE BANK BALANCE IS 20,000,000 WON OR MORE, original, in your or a parent's name, filed AFTER the results. Graduates of KGU's International Institute of Education: 10,000,000 won.

Issued within 30 days of the result date; a printed validity counts up to 6 months from issue. Residents of Korea: a Korean bank, in your own name. Not filing it cancels admission. Funds borrowed through third parties can block the visa.

Application fee 120,000 won (Animation 140,000); no refund and no changes after payment.

Expected graduates file the final graduation (or completion) certificate after the results, apostilled or consular-confirmed if issued abroad. Not filing it, or not graduating, cancels admission.

Tuition 20 to 21 January 2027 by virtual account. The table is the Fall 2026 rate: Spring 2027 may rise after the budget review and you pay any difference. A one-off 143,000 won (tuition I) is added in the first semester only.

Refunds: full before the term; five sixths to day 30; two thirds to day 60; half to day 90; nothing after. Refunds go only to a bank account in Korea.

Dormitory: Kyonggi Dream Tower, Suwon, Spring 2026 rates. Per 16-week semester: single 2,245,200 won, double 1,571,600. Half-year (25 weeks) single 3,367,800, double 2,357,400; full year (51 weeks) 6,398,800 and 4,374,100. Booking opens after tuition. No dormitory in Seoul.

Office: weekdays 8:30 to 17:00 (lunch 12:00 to 13:00). Korean and English 031-249-8775, Vietnamese 031-249-8847, Chinese 031-249-8776; [email protected].

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All requirements

• You and BOTH parents are foreign nationals on the application date, and all three held foreign nationality before you started high school. Anyone (you or a parent) with Korean dual nationality cannot apply
• Divorced parents: only the custodial parent's nationality counts, with government papers. Not eligible if a parent remarried a Korean national. Applicants of Korean descent prove the loss of Korean nationality
• FRESHMEN: graduated (or will graduate) from a high school in Korea or abroad. Equivalency exams (GED or the Korean one), homeschooling, cyber and adult education are NOT accepted
• YEAR 3 TRANSFER: 2 years (4 regular semesters) at a four-year university with about half the graduation credits, or a degree from a 2, 3 or 4-year college. YEAR 4 TRANSFER: graduates of a 3-year junior college only
• KOREAN, GLOBAL FREE MAJOR DIVISION, one of: TOPIK 2; level 2 at KGU's or another school's institute; King Sejong beginner 2; KIIP (the immigration integration programme) level 2 or pre-test 41; a pass on KGU's own test at a partner
• KOREAN, EVERY OTHER UNIT, one of: TOPIK 4; level 4 at KGU's or another school's institute; King Sejong intermediate 2; KIIP level 4 or pre-test 81; a pass on KGU's own Korean test at a partner institution
• TOPIK IBT scores are accepted. A score must be valid when you apply and filed within the document period
• NO ENGLISH TRACK: all undergraduate classes are in Korean, and the guide prints no TOEFL or IELTS route
• Selection: documents 100% (transcripts, study plan, portfolio and every paper). Animation only: documents 80% plus an interview 20%, round 1 only
• One application only: not two units, and not freshman and transfer together
• Freshmen admitted to a school (학부) pick any major in it from year 2. Year-3 transfers must study at least 4 semesters here (Architecture 6); year-4 transfers may need extra semesters to graduate
• GLOBAL FREE MAJOR DIVISION (foreigners only, freshmen): a year of intensive Korean and major exploration, then a major from year 2, set by your wish, counselling and department criteria; it may not match your wish
• All colleges are on the Suwon campus except the College of Tourism and Culture, in Seoul. Papers go to Suwon only. Only the units in the guide's table are open to this route
• Graduates of a Korean high school with a school-violence measure of level 4 to 9 on record are rejected
• National Health Insurance is compulsory. Arriving more than 2 weeks after the term starts without good reason can cancel admission; registering at two universities cancels both

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• Kyonggi University Spring 2027 international freshman and transfer guide (Korean prevails) ↗Checked 5 October 2026
• Kyonggi University Spring 2027 undergraduate guide (English; the Korean one prevails) ↗Supports: full guide, English · Checked 5 October 2026
• Kyonggi University international admissions, guide download page ↗Supports: guide download · Checked 5 October 2026
• Kyonggi University exchange page (undated): no dormitory or Korean courses on the Seoul campus ↗Supports: Seoul campus facilities · Checked 5 October 2026

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