Korean Language Regular Program, ILCEC Seoul
Sangmyung University ILCEC Seoul, Winter 2026 admission notice (Korean, posted 2026-07-30; no Spring 2027 notice yet) ↗Checked 19 October 2026
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What you pay
per application · official
per term · official
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What do I need?
- Visa-free or C-3-1: application form; passport copy; 2 photos 3 x 4 cm (white, within 6 months; JPG by e-mail too); final diploma copy or enrolment certificate original (within 3 months); study-abroad insurance proof (or join in Korea)
- D-4-1: application form and study plan; passport copy; 2 photos; your ID copy; final diploma copy or enrolment certificate original with an apostille or Korean consular confirmation (China: CHSI report)
- D-4-1 also: final transcript original (all years, GPA); money proof (see notes); family relation or birth certificate copy with apostille or consular confirmation (China: hukou copy); parents' ID or passport copy
- D-4-1 also: parents' employment proof (certificate of employment, business registration or career certificate) and income or tax certificate; TOPIK or study records and gap-year proof if you have them
MONEY PROOF FOR D-4-1: 10,000,000 won or more ("한화 1,000만원 이상"), a bank balance certificate in your or a parent's name, with 3 to 6 months of transactions and the balance kept 3 months or more. The 2026-2027 leaflet prints "USD 10,000 이상" instead.
Country rules printed for D-4-1, copied whole. China: a Chinese bank certificate counts only if issued within 30 days of the visa or CCVI application date and its deposit freeze has 6 months or more left on that date.
Uzbekistan: a balance certificate for 10,000,000 won issued by a Korean financial institution located there, balance kept 3 months or more.
Vietnam: every D-4-1 applicant files a study-cost deposit confirmation: deposit the dong equivalent of 10,000,000 won (Seoul area) in a frozen (지급유보) product at a bank based in Vietnam and Korea; 5,000,000 won may be drawn every 6 months.
Application fee 50,000 won; tuition 1,500,000 won a term. Pay only after an invoice or a staff request, in the applicant's name. The application fee is not refunded.
No dormitory for institute students is printed on the institute's pages or leaflet.
From the official guide. The school decides what it accepts, not Waegook.
All requirements
- High school graduates or the equivalent, foreign nationals or overseas Koreans
- Four terms a year (spring, summer, fall, winter), 10 weeks and 200 hours each, 5 days a week, 4 hours a day. Morning and afternoon classes (the leaflet prints 09:00 to 13:00 only). About 16 students a class
- D-4-1 (language trainee) visa: stay at least the first 6 months; then extend by 3 or 6 months at a time, up to 2 years. D-4-1 students pay two terms up front
- Visa-free (90-day countries) and C-3-1 short-term visitors may take one term; to stay longer they must get D-4-1. Tourist visas C-3-2 and C-3-9 cannot be changed to a language visa
- Steps: papers by e-mail (or the Google form), document check and interview, invoice to admitted students, tuition, then (D-4-1) the admission letter, the visa and the placement test after arrival
- A completion certificate in the university president's name is given to graduates (course page). Free tutoring and a TOPIK preparation class are offered (institute page)
- Scholarships printed in the 2026-2027 leaflet, all may be combined: merit 30% of tuition (top students); work scholarship 50% of tuition (students working at the institute); special 30 to 50%; Sangmyung international student 30%
- NO SPRING 2027 ADMISSION NOTICE YET: the 2027 terms come from the course page and the leaflet. Ask the office before 2027 papers go in
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Where this comes from
- Sangmyung University ILCEC Seoul, Winter 2026 admission notice (Korean, posted 2026-07-30; no Spring 2027 notice yet) ↗Checked 19 October 2026
- ILCEC Seoul course page (undated): levels, class times, 2026-2027 term table with application windows ↗Supports: term dates, class times · Checked 19 October 2026
- ILCEC Seoul 2026-2027 leaflet, Korean (notice of 2026-03-20): fees, terms, scholarships ↗Supports: fees, scholarships, 2027 deadlines · Checked 19 October 2026
- ILCEC Seoul notice of 2026-03-20 with the 2026-2027 leaflets in six languages ↗Supports: leaflet notice · Checked 19 October 2026
- ILCEC Seoul introduction page (undated): tutoring, TOPIK class, scholarships in general ↗Supports: tutoring, TOPIK class · Checked 19 October 2026
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Terms
Closed rounds stay here for reference. Next year's dates are added when the school publishes them.