. Eligibility for Application
1) Applicants and both their parents should have non-Korean nationality.
2) Applicants must graduate from high school or the equivalent as recognized by Regulation 98. under Elementary and Secondary Education Act by February, 2017. However, Students graduating from Japanese high schools can apply for the Spring semester even if they graduate from high school by Mach, 2017.
※ Additional qualifications :
Students applying for the department of Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dentistry or Nursing must submit the certificate of completing level 5 or higher at Yonsei KLI or TOPIK score of level 5 or higher by the last day of application material submission period.
Important Notes on Eligibility for Application
○ If a student and any one of the student's parents has dual citizenship with Korea, the student is not eligible for this track.
○ Korea-born adoptees of foreign nationality are considered as foreign nationals only if they acquired the foreign nationality before entering elementary school (Grade 1).
○ A Taiwanese applicant with one parent of Taiwanese citizenship is classified as an international student for application purposes.
○ Total years of education will be counted based on the Korean educational system. [Overseas education years will be counted as follows: From Grade 1 to 6 to be elementary school, from Grade 7 to 9 to be middle school, from Grade 10 to 12 to be high school]
○ In principle, for those students whose country’s formal education from elementary school to high school is less than twelve years, only the students who completed the full school years that are approved by Korean Ministry of Education as equivalent to korean high school will be considered as qualified high school graduates. However, in general, the qualification as a legitimate high school graduate will be judged taking account of each country’s educational system based on Korean formal educational system.
○ GED, home schooling, cyber schooling or other high school equivalency certificates are not considered as high school diploma.
Evaluation Criteria
1) Yonsei University makes a comprehensive evaluation of each applicant based on his or her academic achievements and potential, as well as non-academic accomplishments. High school transcripts, personal statement, scores of standardized tests (e.g. 高考 ․ AP ․ GCE-A Level ․ IB ․ NCEA ․ SAT etc.), letter of recommendation, awards, certificates/licenses, scores of language proficiency tests, and high school profile are representative elements used for the evaluation of appliant’s qualifications.
2) Applicants to the College of Music or the Department of Physical Education and Sport Industry Studies are required to take a performance test administered by Yonsei University(Please check page6).
3) The result of the performance test will be combined with that of document evaluation for admission decision.
