Social sciences, BA (Korean-taught)
7 majors, in 2 divisions
PNU 2027 Spring Semester Admissions Guide ↗Checked 11 September 2026
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What can I study?
- Public Administration
- Political Science and Diplomacy
- Sociology
- Social Welfare
- Psychology
- Library, Archive and Information Studies
- Media and Communication
Published by Pusan National University. Which of these a scholarship covers is decided by the school.
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 Korean: a TOPIK certificate or a PNU Language Education Institute certificate. Other institutes are not accepted
- Certificate of financial support
- Bank balance certificate, 16,000,000 won or more
- Consent to the collection and use of your personal information
THE VALIDITY WINDOWS ARE DIFFERENT FOR EACH DOCUMENT. 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.
Nepalese, Mongolian, Vietnamese and Uzbek applicants must use named banks, deposit the sum by 18 December and send a transaction history by 21 December, or lose their place.
Documents must ARRIVE by the deadline, not be posted by it.
Nothing you send is returned.
From the official guide. The school decides what it accepts, not Waegook.
All requirements
- You and both parents are foreign nationals. Korean and dual nationals cannot apply, and any Korean nationality must be given up before the deadline
- You finish high school by February 2027. Qualification exams, home schooling and distance learning are NOT accepted
- MOST CLASSES ARE IN KOREAN. Only Global Studies teaches in English
- Nepalese, Mongolian, Vietnamese and Uzbek applicants need TOPIK 5 whatever the department asks, and have extra bank rules
- A bank balance of 16,000,000 won or more in your or a parent's name, issued within 30 days of 6 November 2026
- Judged on your documents, with an interview in some departments: in person in Korea, by phone or Zoom from abroad
- At PNU's own Korean institute without TOPIK yet? You can be admitted on condition you complete the level by 29 January 2027
- 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. Send the certificate by 11 December
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