Division of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies, Korean track: freshman entry, major chosen in year two
3 majors, in 2 divisions
Pukyong National University Fall 2026 undergraduate and graduate guide for international students (Korean, newest) ↗Checked 1 October 2026
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What can I study?
- Year one: Korean and general courses, then an open major from year two with TOPIK 4
- Global Business Track (with TOPIK 3)
- Global Media Communication, K-Culture, Global Technology Management, Global Sustainable Engineering (entry route not yet printed)
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What do I need?
- Application printed from studyinkorea.go.kr with the blanks completed in ballpoint pen; self-introduction and study plan (Form 1-1) typed in Korean
- Passport copy valid a year or more; alien registration card copy if you live in Korea
- High school graduation certificate and transcript (transfers add the college certificate and transcript; Type B adds primary and middle school certificates), apostilled or consular-confirmed; China: CHSI report
- Family relation or birth certificate showing you and your parents and their nationality (notarised translation); your parents' passport or ID copies. Divorce or death certificate if that applies; Chinese nationals: hukou
- Financial proof; language score (TOPIK 3, or TOEFL iBT 69 or IELTS 5.5 for the English track); portfolio for arts transfers; Type B: the immigration entry and exit record
THE BANK BALANCE IS 16,000,000 WON OR MORE (the English guide adds "approximately USD 12,000"), in your name or one parent's with that parent's employment and income (or business and tax) papers, filed WITH the application. A new one is needed for the visa.
Financial papers issued within 30 days (of the application start on one page, of submission on another); a printed validity counts up to 3 months from issue. Base date and issue date must match. No internet printouts.
Residents of Korea use a Korean commercial bank. Uzbekistan: a local KDB Bank statement, the amount kept until admission, then that account's transaction history.
Expected graduates must graduate before the semester starts and file the final certificate and transcript, apostilled or consular-confirmed, by the set date (Fall 2026: 21 August, 17:00), or admission is cancelled.
No application fee. No undergraduate entrance fee is printed. Dormitory: Sejong Hall 1, Daeyeon campus, two-person room, about 2,400,000 won for six months with three meals a day (as of March 2026); the office applies for your first semester.
The dormitory booking cannot be cancelled once made, and move-in needs a health check including a TB test.
Refunds: full before the semester; five sixths within 30 days; two thirds to 60 days; half to 90 days; nothing after. To give up admission, ask for the refund a week before classes start.
From the official guide. The school decides what it accepts, not Waegook.
All requirements
- TYPE A: you and both parents are foreign nationals (as at your birth). TYPE B: all schooling from primary to high school (and, for transfers, university) abroad. Korean dual nationals and stateless people cannot apply
- Type B undergraduates can apply only for the Fall (September) intake
- FRESHMEN: 12 years of school in Korea or abroad (in Korea only registered foreign schools count). An equivalency exam, self-study degree, correspondence school, homeschooling or cyber learning is NOT accepted
- The one exception: a Korean equivalency pass after 12 years at an alternative school
- TRANSFERS: a two-year college degree, or two years (four semesters) at a four-year university with 66 credits (70 for Law, Mechanical Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering). Current PKNU students cannot apply
- KOREAN TRACK: TOPIK 3 (paper or online), valid two years at the deadline
- TOPIK 4 for transfers into Public Administration and Welfare, Business, International Commerce, Aquatic Life Medicine, Environmental Geosciences and the Global Management and Governance Track
- No TOPIK yet? Apply with the no-score form and a TOPIK admission ticket for a sitting whose results come out in May or June, or November or December, of the cycle; send the score within 7 days of release
- FRESHMEN spend year one in the Division of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies (Korean and general courses) and choose a major from year two with TOPIK 4; with TOPIK 3 they go on to the Global Business Track
- TOPIK 4 is needed to graduate on the Korean track. Most classes are taught in Korean
- ENGLISH TRACK: TOEFL iBT 69 or IELTS 5.5, valid two years. No other English test is listed for undergraduates
- NEW COLLEGE OF GLOBAL INNOVATION (international students only) opens March 2027: English track Computer Science and AI, Global Logistics and SCM, Tourism and Hospitality Management
- Its four Korean-track departments: Global Media Communication, K-Culture, Global Technology Management, Global Sustainable Engineering. The Fall 2026 guide does not yet say how new students enter them
- THE FALL 2026 GUIDE IS THE NEWEST (window 13 April to 15 May 2026, closed). The admission page gives Spring 2027 as 12 October to 13 November 2026 and Fall 2027 as April to May 2027
- Selection: documents, then a department evaluation such as an interview (freshmen are interviewed by the Division of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies). Results go on the PKNU notice board
- Closed to international transfers: Social Welfare, Architecture and new majors (such as Technology and Data Engineering and the convergence majors). No medical school, and no nursing or teacher-training unit is listed
- Mechanical Systems Engineering and Marine Production System Management train ship officers: licence seekers need three years including a one-year practicum. Industrial Design needs a portfolio
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- Pukyong National University Fall 2026 undergraduate and graduate guide for international students (Korean, newest) ↗Checked 1 October 2026
- PKNU international admissions page (Spring 2027 and Fall 2027 windows) ↗Supports: 2027 application windows · Checked 1 October 2026
- PKNU College of Global Innovation page (opens March 2027) ↗Supports: new college departments · Checked 1 October 2026
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