Hallyu International College: Interdisciplinary Studies and Hallyu Studies (international students only, no language score needed), bachelor's

Remind me

Spring 2027, round 1

Get an email before it closes on 16 October 2026. A free Waegook account, one minute. The reminder goes to this email.

Off to the official page

Want a reminder before it closes on 16 October 2026?

Know a lab taking students?

Hallyu International College: Interdisciplinary Studies and Hallyu Studies (international students only, no language score needed), bachelor's. Tell us the lab and its page. We check that the page says it takes students and that it welcomes foreigners before it goes up.

What you pay

Official figures from the source page on the date checked. Estimates are Waegook's. Unknown is shown as not published, never as zero.

A scholarship below can remove the tuition line.

What can I study?

Published by Sookmyung Women's University. Which of these a scholarship covers is decided by the school.

What do I need?

• Application form, printed after the online application; consent to an academic record check (Form 2)
• High school graduation (or expected) certificate and transcript for all years, with an apostille or Korean consular confirmation for schools abroad
• The transcript must show a grade point on a 4.0, 4.3, 4.5, 5.0 or 100 point scale. If the school cannot issue that, a WES (wes.org) or Foreign Credits (foreigncredits.com) conversion
• Transfers: the high school graduation certificate, plus the university enrolment (or completion, graduation or expected graduation) certificate and transcript, each with an apostille or consular confirmation
• Foreign nationality proof for you and both parents: passport copies of all three, plus a birth certificate or family relation certificate
• Chinese nationals add resident ID card copies for the applicant and parents; the household register may be requested. Birth, family and household register papers must be issued within 6 months of the document deadline
• Schools in China: a CHSI (chsi.com.cn) online verification report in English for regular high schools; transcripts need an English notarised translation plus an apostille. The certificate takes about 30 days
• By case: Korean score (TOPIK or a substitute); English score for the English track; English self-introduction (required on the English track; one A4 page or less for the School of Global Service); ARC copy if you live in Korea
• Portfolio, arts applicants only: Dance, Piano, Orchestral Instruments, Vocal Music, Composition, Visual and Multimedia Design, Industrial Design, Environmental Design, Painting
• Optional: anyone who wishes may add a self-introduction and a recommendation letter (guide p.10). On the English track the English self-introduction is required, not optional

TUITION IS NOT PRINTED. The Spring 2027 guide has no tuition table; it says only that the entrance fee and tuition 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 undergraduates is abolished and their tuition goes up 4.5%. No won amounts are printed.

The Spring 2027 guide still speaks of an entrance fee, and the Fall 2026 admitted-student guide says the entrance fee is not refunded. No document prints an amount, so none is shown here. Ask the office whether one applies.

Application fee 150,000 won, paid through the Jinhaksa online system. No refund once the application is complete. A transfer to the school account makes the application invalid.

BANK BALANCE: the Spring 2027 guide prints no amount. It says round 1 and round 2 applicants hand in the financial proof after passing, and that the proof is valid for 1 month from issue.

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, 14 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 not in your own name: add the sponsor's employment certificate or business registration.

Results: round 1 on 27 November 2026, round 2 on 6 January 2027, round 3 on 15 January 2027. Tuition is paid "in January 2027"; the exact dates come with the result. The semester starts 2 March 2027 (planned).

Dormitory, Fall 2026 figure; Spring 2027 not printed: a 4-month semester costs 1,620,000 won (four-person room, Haebang Tower) to 2,424,000 won (two-person room, International House 1 and 2), on the dormitory site.

The Spring 2027 guide says only that the dormitory fee differs by dormitory type. The dormitory site says fees may go up, and that a vacation stay means paying a 2-month fee before the vacation begins.

Dormitory: students not selected for lack of space find housing off campus. Entry needs a chest X-ray report from within 3 months of move-in and proof of two MMR doses (Fall 2026 guide). Enquiries +82-2-6325-3100, inthouse@sookmyung.ac.kr.

A conditional pass holder must pay tuition to complete registration and then apply for leave; the tuition paid is refunded in full after the semester starts (guide p.14).

Admission can be cancelled, even after entry, if your visa is refused or is not issued within 30 days of the start of the semester (guide p.15).

New students are reviewed for the entrance scholarship without a form: 20 to 90% off first-semester tuition fees by language level (see Scholarships).

Questions: Office of International Admissions, undergraduate line +82-2-710-9813, admission@sm.ac.kr (Spring 2027 guide).

From the official guide. The school decides what it accepts, not Waegook.

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 changed from Korean to a foreign nationality, or gave up Korean nationality, you and your parents must all have done so 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), eligibility follows that parent's nationality. Papers are needed for divorce, remarriage, death, a missing parent or adoption
• FRESHMEN: graduates (or expected graduates) of a regular high school in or outside Korea. An equivalency exam (검정고시), homeschooling and cyber learning are NOT accepted
• TRANSFERS, year 2: one year or more at a regular four-year university (finished or expected) with 30 credits or more
• TRANSFERS, year 3: a four-year university graduate, or two years or more at a four-year university with 60 credits or more, or a junior college graduate (expected graduates included)
• Expected graduates must graduate by February 2027 and hand in the verified final diploma before the semester starts
• KOREAN TRACK, one of six: TOPIK 3 (IBT included); Sookmyung Global Language Institute level 3 finished (or expected); a level 3 pass on the Sookmyung Korean alternative test; another university's institute level 3 finished (or expected);
• King Sejong Institute intermediate 1 completed (online Sejong certificates do not count); or the Ministry of Justice Social Integration Program stage 3 completed, or 61 points or more on its pre-assessment
• If you used a Sookmyung institute certificate, the Sookmyung alternative test or another university's level 3 certificate, you must add a TOPIK 3 certificate (IBT included) within one year of passing admission
• NO LANGUAGE SCORE: you must apply to the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies or the Division of Hallyu Studies, which take applicants regardless of language score
• Students of those two divisions complete 300 hours or more of Korean classes inside the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies after entry
• Arts applicants with no score, option 1: apply to the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies and take an arts department as a double major or minor from year 2, after a practical review
• Arts applicants with no score, option 2: apply to the arts department, receive a conditional pass, take leave (the flow chart shows 1 year at most) and return once you hold the required TOPIK score
• ENGLISH TRACK (TESL, Global Cooperation, Entrepreneurship), as printed: "TOEFL iBT 3.5, IELTS 5.5, New TEPS 327" or higher, or an equal score on a nationally recognised English test. No TOPIK is needed. Below this you cannot apply
• English-track exemption: nationals of a country where English is the mother tongue or a legal official language. If the country has another official language too, add a paper showing your schooling was in English
• English self-introduction: the guide says English-track applicants must hand one in (p.10), and its tables name the School of Global Service (both majors), one A4 page or less. TESL applicants: send one too, or ask the office
• Selection: document review, except the interview departments (Dance, Piano, Orchestral Instruments, Vocal Music, Composition, Visual and Multimedia Design, Industrial Design, Environmental Design), which add an interview and practical test
• Interview departments, if you are not in Korea: dance, piano, orchestral and vocal send a USB recording of the practical test, composition sends two scores, design is judged on a portfolio. Each then has a video or online interview
• To graduate, Korean-track students need TOPIK 4 or higher (IBT included); arts and physical education majors need TOPIK 3 or higher
• The two Hallyu International College divisions take freshmen only. Transfers into Piano and Orchestral Instruments are only for the same detailed major. The guide prints no list of closed majors: units not in its table are not offered
• SPRING 2027 GUIDE (Korean prevails). Three rounds: round 1 to 16 October 2026, round 2 to 20 November, round 3 to 18 December. Round 3 is for residents of Korea only; others must e-mail the office first

From the official page. The provider decides, not Waegook.

Helpers for this

People in Trusted Help who list "University application". Waegook has reviewed their account information. Please still agree fees in writing first. The application itself always goes through the school or the embassy.

Where this comes from

• Sookmyung Women's University Spring 2027 (March entry) undergraduate guide for international students (Korean, PDF file dated 2026-09-01) ↗Checked 12 October 2026
• Sookmyung Spring 2027 undergraduate guide (English; Korean prevails) ↗Supports: full guide, English · Checked 12 October 2026
• Sookmyung international undergraduate 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 undergraduate admitted-student guide notice (file dated 2026-07-14) ↗Supports: Fall 2026 bank balance, dormitory entry papers · 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 D-2 visa page (undated) ↗Supports: bank balance, same figure · Checked 12 October 2026
• Sookmyung English admission information page (undated; its phone lines are swapped) ↗Supports: admission overview · Checked 12 October 2026

Each page above supports the part of this entry named beside it.

Report a change

Hallyu International College: Interdisciplinary Studies and Hallyu Studies (international students only, no language score needed), bachelor's, Sookmyung Women's University. An admin checks the official page before anything changes.

All dates

Closed rounds stay here for reference. Next year's dates are added when the school publishes them.