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Admissions Guideline 

Application Schedule

• Application Schedule - First Intake

  Procedure	Schedule	Remarks
  Submission of Application materials	December 16, 2020 ~ January 6, 2021	- Mailing address: International Student Services Office 2nd floor of International Building Yeungnam University 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 38541, Republic of Korea
  Notification of Admission	January 18, 2021	Result will be personally notified and posted on http://is.yu.ac.kr
  Registration	January 19~21, 2021	- To be announced
  Orientation	End of February, 2021	- To be announced
  Start of Semester	March 1, 2021

Selection Criteria

• 1) Admission will be made through a screening process of the application documents.
  ※ If deemed necessary during the document screening process, individual interviews or performance tests can be conducted.
• 2) If there are issues with document authenticity, eligibility, exam cheating, etc., admission will be revoked.

Admission Procedure

Scholarships

• Freshmen Scholarship for the 1st Semester

  Scholarships - 2nd Semester and Afterwards

  Scholarship	Eligibility
  100% Tuition Waiver	Applicants who have a TOPIK level 5 or 6
  70% Tuition Waiver	Applicants who have a TOPIK level 4
  50% Tuition Waiver	All other international students

• The scholarship criteria for enrolled students may be subject to change.

• 2nd Semester and Afterwards

  Scholarships - 2nd Semester and Afterwards

  Type	Scholarship (per semester)	Eligibility
  Scholarship A	100% Tuition Waiver	TOPIK level 4 or above & (previous semester)GPA 4.3~4.5
  Scholarship B	70% Tuition Waiver	TOPIK level 4 or above & (previous semester)GPA 4.0~4.3
  Scholarship C	50% Tuition Waiver	(previous semester)GPA 4.0 or above without TOPIK level 4 or (previous semester)GPA 3.0~4.0
  Scholarship D	30% Tuition Waiver	(previous semester)GPA 2.5~3.0

On-campus Housing

• 1) All international students must live in on-campus housing for one (1) year for the first academic year.
• 2) On-campus Housing Fees
  (The following fees are based on Fall semester of 2019. They may be subject to change)
  * Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center (For 6 Months)

  Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center (For 6 Months)

  Type of Room	Boarding Fee	Deposit	Meal Plan(optional)
  Double	KRW 1,314,000	Single Payment : KRW 100,000 Divided Payment(in 6 months) : KRW 300,000	KRW 763,750 (4 months, 3 meals a day) KRW 624,150 (4 months, 2 meals a day)

• 3) Information of Gyeongbuk Global Exchange Center (http://ggec.happydorm.or.kr)
• 4) Dormitory cancellation penalties may apply in case of cancelling a dormitory application due to personal matters.
• 5) Meal plan: 3 meals or 2meals a day including weekends (offered during the semester)
  - Students staying during summer or winter vacations who wish to have a meal plan must pay additional costs.

1st Year Basic Curriculum for the International Students(Required)

• Internationl students admitted as freshmen must complete ‘the 1st Year Basic Curriculum for the International Students for graduation.
• Curriculum formation : Korean, Korean culture, Society related and other common required generals (about 33 credits in total)
• ※ Students who completed a 12-year education(from elementary to high school) in Korea will be exempted to ‘the 1stYear Basic Curriculum for the International Students’

International Students Insurance (Required)

• International Students of Yeungnam Unviersity must sign up for insurance.(Approximately KRW 120,000 per year)
• Insurance information is scheduled to be shared during the orientation after enrollment.
• Members of National Health Insurance and other insurances must notify to International Student Services during orientation.
• International students will be compulsorily subscribed to the local subscriber scheme of the National Health Insurance from March, 2021 by the policy of Republic of Korea government.(Approximately KRW 60,000 per month)
• Students without insurance may have disadvantages during course registeration and in other ways.
• Detailed information will be provided during the orientation.

Certification of Admission and VISA

• Certification of Admission will be issue after the tuition payment is confirmed.

• VISA Issuance for Students Overseas

  • The following documents will be sent to the admitted students : Certificate of admission, university registration certificate, certificate of tuition payment, etc.
  • VISA : Apply for visa by submitting documents from Yeungnam University and others as requested by the Korean Embassy.
  • Each Korean Embassy may request additional documents for issuing a Visa. In this case, contact your local Korean Embassy or consulate before applying for the Visa.

Contact

• Phone: - 82-53-810-7887(Chinese, Korean), +82-53-810-7888(English)+82-53-810-7882(Vietnamese)
• Email: yuiss@ynu.ac.kr