2010 Spring Semester
Graduate School Admission Guide
for International Student
Office of the Graduate School (CHUNGJU)
322 DANWOL-DONG, CHUNGJU-CITY, CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO 380-701, Korea
TEL : 82-2-450-3263, 3264/ FAX : 82-2-452-6490 http://grad.konkuk.ac.kr
LIST of Departments and Programs
Areas
Humanities &
Social Sciences
Natural Sciences
Departments
Program
Majors
MA Ph.D.
English & American Language
Culture
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Early Childhood Education
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Early Childhood Education
Public Administration
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Public Administration
Mass Communication
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Mass Communication
Social Welfare
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Social Welfare
Economics
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Business Administration
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Business Administration
International Trade
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International Economics, International Management,
International Commerce
Agricultural Economics
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Applied Life Science
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Applied Biochemistry, Biotechnology
Biological Resources
Environmental Sciences
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Forest Science, Horticulture, Biosystems Engineering
Mathematics and Computer
Science
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Mathematics and Computer Science
Nano Science and Technology
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Nano Science and Technology
Nursing
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Nursing
Biomedical Engineering
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Biomedical Engineering
Computer Science
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Computer Science
Sports Science
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Fine Arts
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Fine Arts, Conservation of Art
Design
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Fashion Design, Visual Communication Design,
Industrial Design, Advertising Design,
Interior Design
Fairytales, Media and Creative
Writing
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Fairytale Creative Writing, Fairytale Media Specialist,
Fairytale Entertainment
Animal Bio & Applied Chemical
Science
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Animal Science, Applied Chemistry
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English Language/ English Literature/ Translation
Economics
Agricultural Economics
Engineering
Sports and Arts
Interdisciplinary
Integrated
Programs
Sports Science
Application Guide
How many students to be admitted
1. Contingent on space availability of each department
How to apply
1. On-line application is available only
Eligibility Requirements
1. Foreigners, both of whose parents are foreign nationals and overseas Koreans who have
completed the primary and secondary level schooling or earned university degree
*Applicants must have either graduated or be about to graduate
- Master , Ms-Ph.D. Integrated program applicants
- Students who have Bachelor degree or are graduate-to-be
- Ph.D. program applicants : Master degree
*Students who have Master degree or are graduate-to-be
* Applicants from abroad must submit the S-TOPIK certificate (Test of Proficiency in Korean)
Level 4 or higher, except for the following :
(1) Students who have studied Korean Language as major in undergraduate or graduate school
(2) Students who have graduated university in Korea
(3) Students who are recommend by Konkuk University Professor
(Recommendation letter should be attached to the applications)
*Students applying for Korean Language & Literature must submit S-TOPIK level 5 certificate.
Screening Procedure
1. Procedure in common
A. Document reviews
- Academic transcripts of undergraduate and graduate education
- Study & Research Plan
- Proof of working experience
- Knowledge and aptitude of applied major
B. Interviews
- Students currently staying in Korea must attend interview. Students from overseas do not need to take
interviews, whose evaluation will be based only on their submitted materials.
- Interviews are supposed to be conducted in Korean. But an applicant who applied for a certain department
may take English interview or additional test.
2. Documents to submit for Arts and Design Area
A. Applicants for Design
- Applicants to apply for Mater program should carry their portfolio pieces when interviews.
- Applicants to apply for Ph.D. Program should carry their portfolio pieces and submit their M.S.
degree thesis.
B. Applicants for Fine Arts
- Applicants to apply for Master program should carry the portfolio pieces(A-4 size) which are composed of
more than 10 works of their own (title, materials, size and vintage are to be written on the portfolio) and
submit research plan (not more than 3 pages of A-4 size)
- Applicants to apply for Ph.D. Program should carry the portfolio pieces(A-4 size) which are composed of
More than 15 works of their own (title, materials, size and vintage are to be written on the portfolio) and
submit research plan (not more than 5 pages of A-4 size) and M.S. degree thesis
C. Applicants for Art Conservation
- Applicants to apply for Master program should submit research plan (not more than 3 pages of A-4 size)
- Applicants to apply for Ph.D. Program should submit research plan (not more than 5 pages of A-4 size) and
M.S. degree thesis
Admission Schedule
What to do
when
where
Application
2009.10.28(Wed) - 11. 4(Wed)
09 : 30 - 17 : 00
Jinhaksa
Submission
2009.11.11(Wed) 17 : 00
On-line application and required documents to be submit in
person or post mail to office of graduate school
Interview
2009.11.21(Sat) 10 : 00
Notified at graduate school webpage
Results
2009.12. 7(Mon) 16:00
Notified at graduate school webpage
2009.12. 9(Wed) - 12.16(Wed)
Shinhan bank Branch
2010. 2. 3(Wed) -
Shinhan bank Branch
1st
Deposit
Registration Main
(Tuition fee Payment
payment)
2.10(Wed)
(http://www.jinhak.com)
Admission will be cancelled if registration is undone
- Address: Office of the graduate school, Konkuk University,
- 322, Danwol-dong, Chungju-city, Chungcheongbuk-do 380-701, Korea
- TEL : 82-43-840-3232/ FAX : 82-43-851-9324 / http://grad.konkuk.ac.kr
- Contact us to cjeom@kku.ac.kr
Documents to submit
1. Master and Master-Ph.D. Integrated Program
- On-line application form (2 copies)
- Certificate of graduation and official transcripts (each 2 copies)
2. Doctoral Degree Program
- On-line application form (2 copies)
- Certificate of graduation and transcript of undergraduate school (each 2 copies)
- Certificate of graduation and transcript of graduate school (each 2 copies)
3. Additional documents for all applicants (2 copies)
- Applicant's passport (first 2 pages including the photo page)
- Applicant identification card
- Applicant’s parents identification card (including family if married)
- Certificate of family relationship (birth certificate, family register, family card, etc)
- Application essay (attached form )
- Study and research plan (attached form )
- Recommendation letter (1 original one + 1 copy one)
* The letter must contain contact number & position of recommender
- Financial statement
i. In case the applicant or parents are responsible for expenses,
*Bank statement (a Verification of Deposit) showing that the applicant or parents have maintained account
with more than US $10,000 at least for the last 3 months
*Please submit 1 original statement and 1 copy one.
*If students living in Korea with D2 visa, Submit bank statement with amount of 3,000,000KW
ⅱ. In case professor is responsible for expenses,
a. Sponsorship letter by Professor (attached form)
b. Certificate of professor’s employment (available at Academic Affairs Office)
- Students Academic Background Verification Document (Attached Form)
* Students who have graduated university in Korea don’t have to submit
* Students who have graduated overseas, please fill in English
* Chinese students
- submit “中国高等教育学历认证报告” from http://www.chsi.com.cn
or
- submit “认证报告” from www.cdgdc.edu
* Please type the documents in your computer. Do not write it in.
* All the details should be true. It not, student should be responsible for disadvantages from providing wrong
information.
- Additional Documents
* Copy of Korean Proficiency Test
* Copy of TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS certificate
* Any major related certificate
* For visa issue, Chinese students applying from China must submit 2 photos (passport size)
- All documents above should be notarized into Korean or English if these are not written in those
two languages. If Students are expect to graduate, please submit the related certificate.
And after graduation, then must submit the graduation certificate.
Application Fee
* Humanities & Social Science Division, Natural Science Division, Engineering Division,
* Physical Division, Interdisciplinary Integrated Program: 70,000 KW
* Arts Division: 100,000 KW
- 5,000KW Internet application fee will be added
Notice
* Application information should be exact.
- Program, Department, Major should be correctly filled
* Student should be responsible for disadvantages from providing wrong information.
- Cancellation of Admission can be followed as disadvantages
- Cancellation of admission will be followed if degree is forged or educational background is not equivalent to
Korean education systems
* No refund for application fee.
* Applicants must attend interview by 09:50am at the designated place with alien registration card
- Applicants from abroad will be evaluated by document screening
* Announcement of accepted students and payment of tuition fee will be posted at the graduate school homepage
(http://grad.konkuk.ac.kr)
* When giving up after registration, students need to fill out the “Registration fee return application” and submit to
the office of the graduate school before new semester starts.
* Students from year 2008 should take the class called “The understanding of Korean Culture”
Scholarships
Category
Scholarship for
Foreign Students
Qualification
<Basic scholarship>
All enrolled foreign graduate Student
<Additional scholarship>
① Language Certificate
- TOEFL(PBT550, CBT213, IBT80)
Scholarship
50% of the tuition
① 10% of the tuition
fee
- TOEIC 845
- IELTS Band 6.5
- S‐TOPIK Level 4
- Konkuk University Language Institute
Level6
② English Lecture
Rate of professor’s support
②10%
10~50% of the tuition fee
Graduate Research
Recommended by the department
1.2 million KW
Teaching Assistant A
Assisting the conduct of classes (Full-time)
100% of the tuition
Teaching Assistant C
Assisting the conduct of classes (Half-time)
50% of the tuition
Research Assistant A
Coordinate with departmental research
50% of the tuition
Research Assistant C
Coordinate with professor's research
50% of the tuition
Konkuk Family
Siblings, Parents & children, married couples, married alumni
couples' children, etc.
0.5 million KW
* Scholarship is subject to change