Global Studies, BA
PNU 2027 spring admissions guide, re-issued 6 October 2026 (Korean prevails) ↗Checked 15 October 2026
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What do I need?
- Application form, printed from the JinhakApply site and signed
- Passport copies for you AND both your parents, none expired
- Family relationship or citizenship certificate, showing you and both parents
- Alien registration card, if you hold one. Required if you already live in Korea
- Personal statement and study plan, handwritten or typed
- Certificate of high school graduation, or of expected graduation
- High school transcript for every year
- Proof of English. Global Studies does not ask for TOPIK
- Certificate of financial support
- Bank balance certificate, 16,000,000 won or more
- Consent to the collection and use of your personal information
- Transcripts must show percentile grades. A student at a Korean high school sends the school record (생활기록부)
- Exempt from the English score as a native speaker? Send proof that you finished all of secondary school in that country
THE VALIDITY WINDOWS ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH DOCUMENT and this is what catches people out. Nationality and family certificates: issued within ONE YEAR of 6 November 2026. Graduation certificate and transcript: within SIX MONTHS. Bank balance: within THIRTY DAYS.
The bank balance may be in your name or a parent's. If you or your sponsor live in Korea it must be a Korean bank account, whatever your visa.
Applicants from a list of 4 countries (guide, p.12) have extra bank rules: a certificate usually from a bank the guide names (in Korea, the NH Bank branch on the PNU campus), the sum deposited by 18 December and a transaction history by 21 December, 18:00, or they lose their place.
Documents must ARRIVE by the deadline, not be posted by it.
Nothing you send is returned.
Graduation certificates and transcripts need an apostille or Korean consular confirmation, even when they are in Korean or English. Papers in any other language also need a certified translation into Korean or English.
Forms 1 to 4 are printed from PNU's own site after you apply online.
Proof of funds can also be a certificate of money sent into Korea, or of currency exchange (guide, p.12).
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All requirements
- Completed 12 years of school (an 11-year system counts if the last 3 years were in one country). Qualification exams, home schooling and distance learning are NOT accepted
- You and both parents are foreign nationals. Korean and dual nationals cannot apply
- TOPIK is not required for Global Studies, but proof of English is, unless you are from one of 7 English-speaking countries PNU lists (guide, p.8)
- A bank balance of 16,000,000 won or more, issued within 30 days of 6 November 2026
- Global Studies sets an English essay test and an interview in English
- If you have not graduated yet, send your final certificate by 26 February 2027
- First-semester TOPIK scholarship: Tuition I at TOPIK 4, all of Tuition II at TOPIK 5, both at TOPIK 6, sent by 11 December
- Applicants from a list of 4 countries (guide, p.8) need TOPIK 5, IELTS 7 or TOEFL iBT 85 or higher, and have extra bank rules
- Interview places are posted on go.pusan.ac.kr on 30 November 2026 at 10:00. There is no individual notice
- Tuition bill from 28 December 2026 at 10:00; pay 29 to 31 December, in your name with your application number. Unpaid tuition cancels your place
- TOEFL: a test taken by 20 January 2026 is judged on the old 80-point scale and counts until 20 January 2028. A test taken from 21 January 2026 needs band 4 (band 5 for the 4 listed countries) (guide, p.8)
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Where this comes from
- Pusan National University 2027 spring admissions guide (re-issued 6 October 2026, Korean prevails) ↗Checked 15 October 2026
- PNU notice: 2027 Spring Semester Undergraduate Program Admissions Guide (posted 2026-09-07) ↗Supports: where the guide is posted · Checked 15 October 2026
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