School of Global Convergence (foreigners only): Korean translation, K-culture business, medical tourism, beauty and fashion, K-food technology, bachelor's

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What can I study?

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What do I need?

• Application form on the school's own form, filled in on UwayApply and printed. The sample forms in the guide say it must be written in Korean. Transfers add the school's academic record consent form
• Freshmen: high school graduation (or expected graduation) certificate and high school transcript, each with an apostille or consular confirmation
• Transfers: completion or graduation (or expected graduation) certificate and transcript from the previous college or university, each with an apostille or consular confirmation
• Schooling in China: a Chinese Ministry of Education academic verification certificate can stand in for the apostille or consular confirmation, and must be added
• Family relation certificate for you and your parents, issued by a government office and notarised. If it cannot show how you are related, add other proof of kinship
• Passport copy. Copies of the alien registration cards of you, your father and your mother, only if you live in Korea and hold them
• Language proof: TOPIK 3 or higher, P-MOPIK grade 3 or higher, or a KIIP pre-test score of 61 or more (TOPIK 2 or higher for natural sciences, engineering, and arts and sport)
• Bank balance certificate, original: 16,000,000 won or more held in your own or a parent's name
• Government scholarship students: the scholarship certificate. The bank certificate is not marked for them

THE BANK BALANCE IS 16,000,000 WON OR MORE, in your own or a parent's name: an original bank balance certificate, filed with the application papers by each round's document deadline. No issue-date limit is printed.

Current students and graduates of the Pai Chai Korean Language Institute, and exchange students, may hand in a Pai Chai certificate of enrolment or completion instead of the bank certificate.

Application fee 55,000 won (a 50,000 won fee plus a 5,000 won service charge), not returned. Government scholarship students pay nothing.

TUITION IS NOT PRINTED. The international guide gives no tuition and no entrance fee, and the school's site has no tuition table for international students. The school says 2027 rates are set in February 2027. Ask the office.

The only undergraduate tuition table on the site is the general 2026 one in the guide for domestic applicants. It is not an international table, so it is not shown here.

Results: 10 November 2026 (round 1), 8 December 2026 (round 2), 12 January 2027 (round 3). Tuition is paid at any KB Kookmin Bank branch: 12 to 17 November, 10 to 15 December, or 14 to 19 January 2027.

If a paper cannot be issued in your country, a written statement of the reason is accepted. The school may ask for more papers if yours do not settle a fact.

Dormitory, a semester, from the first semester of 2026 (dormitory office table; it can change every year; the international guide prints none): Seojaepill Hall, for international students only, two-person room 880,000 won.

PAITEL A (women): two-person 740,000 won, three-person 680,000. PAITEL B (men): two-person special 880,000, two-person standard 740,000, three-person 680,000, four-person 630,000.

Mokryeon Hall (men) and Giphyun Hall (men and women): four-person rooms 550,000 won a semester. Meals are not mentioned in the table.

Off-campus single rooms for international students only, a month: Yangji Town 290,000, 340,000 or 380,000 won; Pai Chai Art Ville 240,000 or 270,000; Chocolate 240,000; Pai Chai House 350,000, 320,000 or 440,000.

Questions (Spring 2027 guide): main admission line +82-42-520-5883. By language: English +82-42-520-5243, Chinese +82-42-520-5884, Vietnamese +82-42-520-5846, Japanese +82-42-520-5843. Dormitory office, from its own site: +82-42-520-5229.

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All requirements

• You, your father and your mother are all foreign nationals. You may apply to one department or school only. There is no limit on the number of places
• FRESHMEN: a high school graduate or expected graduate. The guide does not mention a GED or homeschooling
• KOREAN, one of: TOPIK 3 or higher; grade 3 or higher on P-MOPIK, the Pai Chai Korean test run by the university's Korean Language Institute; or a score of 61 or more on the KIIP (social integration programme) pre-test
• LOWER BAR for natural sciences, engineering, and arts and sport units: TOPIK 2 or higher may apply, and must then complete 300 hours or more of Korean training within 1 year of entry
• TRANSFERS follow the same nationality and Korean rules. Year 2: 1 year (2 semesters) or more at a four-year university with the set credits, or a degree (held or expected) from a 2 or 3-year college with the set credits
• Year 3: 2 years (4 semesters) or more at a four-year university with the set credits, or a degree (held or expected) from a 2 or 3-year college. Year 4: a degree (held or expected) from a 3-year college, into the same department only
• Transfers into the School of Art and Webtoon and the School of Design are only for applicants from the same field. The transfer lists differ by year of entry (guide pp.6 to 8), so check that your unit takes your year
• Selection: documents only, with no interview or test. Applicants who meet the rules and whose papers are in order are admitted in principle. Results are told to each applicant individually
• NOT RECRUITING for 2027: Early Childhood Education, Nursing and Architecture. The final list is fixed before the semester starts, and department names and openings can change
• Where admission is by school (hakbu), you choose your major while enrolled, under school rules
• SPRING 2027 GUIDE (Korean, attached to the notice of 8 October 2026; Korean prevails). Three rounds: 21 to 28 October, 23 to 27 November and 21 to 30 December 2026. The schedule can change, so check the admissions notices
• Admitted students must pay tuition inside the set window at a KB Kookmin Bank branch; not paying in time counts as giving up the place. Refunds follow school rules
• Government scholarship (GKS) students have their own route: a selected scholar who finished Korean training in Korea and holds TOPIK 3 or higher, with no application fee. The guide prints 0 in the quota column for this route
• Pai Chai takes GKS undergraduate applicants through the embassy track only; GKS undergraduates need TOPIK 3 to enter and TOPIK 4 to graduate (GKS notice and university overview, September 2026)
• Foreign students are enrolled in National Health Insurance as regional subscribers

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Where this comes from

• Pai Chai University Spring 2027 guide for foreign freshmen and transfers (Korean, attached to the notice of 2026-10-08) ↗Checked 12 October 2026
• Pai Chai Spring 2027 guide for foreign freshmen and transfers (Korean PDF, 16 pages, made 2026-10-08) ↗Supports: full guide, Korean · Checked 12 October 2026
• The same guide in English (file replaced on the notice 2026-10-12; Korean prevails; its English-track list and freshman table differ) ↗Supports: full guide, English · Checked 12 October 2026
• Pai Chai notice board for international admissions ↗Supports: admission notices · Checked 12 October 2026
• Pai Chai 2027 guide for domestic applicants, school viewer page (a 121 MB file), p.48: 2027 tuition is set in February 2027; a general table, not international ↗Supports: when 2027 tuition is set · Checked 12 October 2026
• Pai Chai dormitory office fee table (applies from the first semester of 2026) ↗Supports: dormitory fees · Checked 12 October 2026
• Pai Chai scholarship types and selection rules (PDF made 2026-09-11; file name dated 2026-09-09) ↗Supports: scholarship rules · Checked 12 October 2026
• Pai Chai University overview for GKS applicants (PDF made 2026-09-03, posted 2026-09-15) ↗Supports: GKS rules, contact · Checked 12 October 2026
• Pai Chai GKS undergraduate notice (embassy track only) ↗Supports: GKS track · Checked 12 October 2026
• Pai Chai 2027 GKS-U Available Departments list (Excel file on the notice of 2026-09-15) ↗Supports: the school's English names of units, 4-year length · Checked 12 October 2026

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