Education, family studies, child welfare, politics, public administration, psychology, media, advertising and law, master's and PhD
5 majors, in 2 divisions
Sookmyung Women's University General Graduate School Spring 2027 guide for international students (Korean, PDF file dated 2026-09-23) ↗Checked 12 October 2026
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A scholarship below can remove the tuition line.
What can I study?
- Child Welfare and Studies (TOPIK 4), Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Public Relations and Advertising, Law: master's, PhD and integrated
- Education, Family Studies, Communication and Media: master's and PhD
- Social Psychology: master's only
- Human Resource Development Policy: master's, PhD and integrated
- East Asia Studies (TOPIK 4) and Culture Arts Education: PhD only
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What do I need?
- Application form, printed after the online application; study and research plan in Korean or English; a résumé for PhD applicants; consent to an academic record check
- Master's: bachelor's graduation (or expected) certificate or degree certificate, and the full bachelor's transcript. PhD: bachelor's and master's certificates and both full transcripts
- Degrees from abroad need an apostille or Korean consular confirmation; graduates of Korean universities are exempt. Transcripts are converted to a 100 point scale; if the school cannot do it, a WES or Foreign Credits conversion
- Nationality proof for you and your parents: a birth certificate or family relation certificate, plus English notarised ID copies or passport copies of the applicant and parents
- Chinese students, as the guide prints it: a notarised kinship certificate, plus English notarised copies of the Chinese ID cards of the applicant and parents
- Graduates of Korean universities: an online printout with a document check number, issued within 1 month of the application opening date
- By case: Korean score, English score, ARC copy if you live in Korea. Master's: two own works for Composition (composition major), a portfolio for art applicants, a dietitian licence copy for Clinical Nutrition
- PhD, by department: proof for the résumé, the master's thesis abstract, a portfolio or works
- Degrees from China: both CHSI (chsi.com.cn) reports in English, the degree report and the qualification report; the transcript by a CHSI transcript report or an apostilled transcript. The certificate takes about 30 days
- Former Sookmyung visiting or exchange students asking for the entrance fee waiver add a certificate of enrolment or a transcript
TUITION IS NOT PRINTED. The Spring 2027 guide gives no tuition or entrance fee amount; it says only that both follow the rate for that semester and major. The school publishes no international tuition table. Ask the office.
What the school does print: the minutes of its tuition committee of 23 December 2025 say that, for 2026, the entrance fee for international graduate students is frozen and their tuition goes up 4.5%. No won amounts are printed.
An entrance fee is charged and is not refunded (Fall 2026 round 3 result notice, 22 July 2026). Its amount is not printed.
Application fee 120,000 won or 120 US dollars, including a 6,500 won online service charge. No refund once the application is complete, unless the school cancels the selection for its own reasons.
BANK BALANCE: the Spring 2027 guide prints no amount, and the bank certificate is not in its application document list.
Fall 2026 figure; Spring 2027 not printed: a bank deposit certificate of 20,000,000 won or more in your own name, issued within 1 month of the deadline, original by post (Fall 2026 round 3 admitted-student guide, 22 July 2026).
Same Fall 2026 guide: required if you have no visa or hold D-4 or D-10; optional for F and E visa holders. Abroad and in a parent's name: add a family relation certificate.
Results: round 1 on 10 November 2026, round 2 on 28 December 2026, round 3 on 14 January 2027. Tuition is paid in January 2027 (exact dates not printed). Orientation February 2027 (planned); classes start March 2027.
Dormitory, Fall 2026 figure; Spring 2027 not printed: for a 4-month semester, two-person room 2,424,000 won (International House 1 and 2), three-person 1,764,000 and four-person 1,620,000 (Haebang Tower).
The Spring 2027 guide says the dormitory fee will be announced later and differs by dormitory type. Application is planned for January (spring entry). Enquiries +82-2-6325-3100, inthouse@sookmyung.ac.kr.
New students are reviewed for the entrance scholarship on the language score alone, without a form: 30 to 70% of first-semester tuition (see Scholarships). A score handed in after the interview date does not count.
Questions: Office of International Admissions, graduate line +82-2-710-9284 or 9817, admission@sookmyung.ac.kr (Spring 2027 graduate guide).
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All requirements
- Who can apply, as the guide prints it: a foreign woman whose parents are both foreigners (부모 모두 외국인인 여성 외국인)
- If you and your parents changed from Korean nationality, the foreign nationality must have been obtained before you entered high school. Dual nationals who hold Korean nationality cannot apply
- With a single parent (a single-parent family, or an unmarried mother or father), that parent's nationality decides
- MASTER'S AND INTEGRATED COURSE: a bachelor's degree from a regular university in or outside Korea, or one expected by February 2027, or an equal level recognised by law. PhD: a master's degree on the same terms
- KOREAN TRACK: TOPIK 3 or higher; Child Welfare and Studies and East Asia Studies need TOPIK 4 or higher. The document table also lists a Sookmyung Global Language Institute level 4 (or higher) completion certificate
- ENGLISH TRACK (TESOL, Chemistry, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Mechanical Systems), as printed: TOEFL iBT 59 (3.5 if the test date is 21 January 2026 or later), IELTS 5.5 or New TEPS 327 or higher, or an equal recognised test score
- English-track applicants without the required score cannot apply
- English-track exemption: a national of a country where English is the mother tongue or legal official language who earned her degree in that country. With two or more official languages, add proof of English-medium schooling
- DUAL-LANGUAGE TRACK (taught in Korean or English): Biological Sciences, Pharmacy and Manufacturing Pharmacy. You meet the graduation rule of the language track you chose at entry
- PARALLEL TRACK (degree and Korean course together, open with no TOPIK), master's: Dance, Composition, Visual Art (Korean painting), Kinesiology, Business Administration (International Management/Strategy),
- and Chinese Language and Literature (Korean-Chinese comparative linguistics and literature; Korean-Chinese translation and interpretation). Parallel track, PhD: the same units, plus Vocal Music
- Korean-track applicants with no TOPIK score who pass get a conditional pass: hand in the score before the semester starts. If the score is short, you take leave until you reach it
- Korean exemptions: a bachelor's, master's or PhD earned (or expected) in Korea; a Korean language major at a university or graduate school abroad; or level 4 or higher finished (or expected) at the Sookmyung Global Language Institute
- Natural science and engineering applicants must contact a supervising professor first and write the name on the application
- Selection: document review 50% (100 points) and interview and oral test 50% (100 points). A phone or video interview is possible for applicants abroad
- Food and Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition major: only for holders of a dietitian licence or those about to get one; it is not offered in the integrated course
- The integrated master's and PhD course takes new students only
- Master's students choose the detailed major after entry, except Piano, Orchestral Music, Composition, Visual Art, Child Welfare and Studies, and Food and Nutrition, who choose at application
- Transfers, master's: term 2 needs one term or more of a master's course in the same or a similar department with 6 credits or more; term 3 needs two terms or more with 12 credits or more. PhD: 9 credits for term 2, 18 for term 3
- To graduate, Korean-track students need TOPIK 4 or higher (arts and physical education 3 or higher), or to complete and pass the Sookmyung Korean language course
- SPRING 2027 GUIDE (Korean prevails). Three rounds: round 1 ended 6 October 2026; round 2 runs 3 to 16 November; round 3 runs 1 to 8 December. Piano and Dance run rounds 1 and 2 only. The guide prints no list of closed units
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- Sookmyung Women's University General Graduate School Spring 2027 guide for international students (Korean, PDF file dated 2026-09-23) ↗Checked 12 October 2026
- Sookmyung Spring 2027 graduate guide (English, file dated 2026-09-15; Korean prevails and its English scores are newer) ↗Supports: full guide, English · Checked 12 October 2026
- Sookmyung international graduate admission page ↗Supports: admission page and guide links · Checked 12 October 2026
- Sookmyung budget page: 2026 university budget (posted 2026-02-23), tuition committee minutes (등록금심의위원회 회의록), meeting of 2025-12-23; no amounts ↗Supports: tuition decision for 2026 · Checked 12 October 2026
- Fall 2026 round 3 graduate result notice (2026-07-22) with the admitted-student guide ↗Supports: Fall 2026 bank balance and dormitory fees, entrance fee not refunded · Checked 12 October 2026
- Sookmyung dormitory site, international students (rates labelled for the 2026 Fall Semester) ↗Supports: Fall 2026 dormitory fees · Checked 12 October 2026
- Sookmyung student services graduate scholarship page (undated) ↗Supports: graduate TOPIK scholarship · Checked 12 October 2026
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