① Application Form - English or Korean [Form 1]
※The overseas university’s official English name must be written. |
| ② Self-Introduction & Study Plan - English or Korean [Form 2], [Form 3] |
③ Consent of Academic Inquiry & Letter of Request for Academic Inquiry - [Form 4], [Form 5] (Both)
※ PhD applicants must submit both documents for their Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
※ Applicants need to fill in the blanks marked with the ♣ symbol, and submit the document without confirmation from the schools they graduated from, leaving the blanks without the symbol empty. |
| ④ Documents Concerning Nationality of the Applicant and His/Her Parents |
| [Those who have foreign citizenship and whose parents are also both foreign citizens] (Submit both 1 & 2) |
| 1) Scanned files of the applicant’s passport and his/her both parents’ local ID cards (or passport) |
2) Certificate proving the relationship among the applicant and his/her parents (Notarization is necessary)
※ Official documents issued by the government and notarized within 6 months of the date of submission. (Embassy Legalization is not needed.)
※ If you cannot submit your both parent’s local ID cards due to the divorce or death of your parents, submit the certificate proving it which was issued by the government.
※ Chinese Nationality: Submit both the notarized Family Relation Certificate and notarized Family Registry Certificate. (Embassy Legalization is not needed.) |
| ⑤ Certificate of Language Proficiency Document |
Refer to p. 3, p. 8-17.
(English or Korean Proficiency according to the requirement of each department)
※ Only for the students from SKKU, they can submit TOPIK score which is out of date. |
| ⑥ Graduation Certificate of Undergraduate/Graduate School(or expected graduation)&Undergraduate/Graduate School Transcript with Every Completed Class with Korean Embassy Legalization or Apostille (Except Expected Graduation Certificate) |
[Applicant for Master’s degree course / Combined Master’s & PhD course]
(1) Bachelor’s Degree Certificate / (Expected) Course Graduation [or that stipulates a Bachelor’s Degree from a 4-year college]
※ If graduated from a university in China: Submit both the Certificate of Graduation and Degree Certificate(Notarization is necessary for both, Embassy Legalization is not necessary.)
(2) Undergraduate school transcript with every completed class
※ Chinese Nationality: Submit both the notarized and Embassy Legalization |
[Applicant for PhD course]
(1) Bachelor’s Degree Certificate / Course Graduation [or that stipulates a Bachelor’s Degree from a 4-year college]
※ If graduated from a university in China: Submit both the Certificate of Graduation and Degree Certificate (Notarization is necessary for both, Embassy Legalization is not necessary.)
(2) Master’s Degree Certificate / (Expected) Course Graduation [or that stipulates a Master’s Degree]
※ If graduated from a university in China: Submit both the Certificate of Graduation and Degree Certificate (Notarization is necessary for both, Embassy Legalization is not necessary.)
(3) Undergraduate and graduate school transcripts with every completed class
※ Chinese Nationality: Submit both the notarized and Embassy Legalization
* Those who apply to transfer to SKKU need to submit (1) Certificate of (expected) Graduation, (expected) Completion, Enrollment or Attendance (Choose one of these) at the previous university, (2) transcripts with every completed class from the previous university and [Form 4,5] for it as well, besides the academic documents from your previous courses.
※ Instructions
1. Applicant submitting a certificate of expected graduation
: Need to submit the documents below within 15 days after entering SKKU.
(If not, the application and admission will be rejected.)
(1) Degree Certificate / Graduation
(2) Transcript including the last semester’s results (2nd semester of senior year in undergraduate course for master’s applicants / 4th semester in the graduate course for PhD applicants).
(The Expected Graduation Certificate needs notarization but not Embassy Legalization/Apostille, however the final Degree/Graduation Certificate is required to have Embassy Legalization/Apostille.)
2. An applicant that transferred must also submit their previous university’s transcript.
(In the case that it is located in China, a Credentials Report is also necessary)
3. If an applicant’s transcript does not include information about their Grade Point Average (GPA), or it is difficult to convert it into a percentage, they are required to submit an official document issued by the school they graduated from describing the university’s evaluation system and the applicant’s academic achievements.
※ Document submission exemption: Applicants of advanced courses within 5 years after entering SKKU through the admission for international students are not required to submit graduation certificates or transcripts from overseas schools. (If the previous documents submitted when entering into the previous course did not include Korean Embassy Legalization or Apostille, then it can be requested to submit them again later.)
- How to be exempted: When submitting the application documents, please submit the proof of (expected) graduation or the degree from SKKU and SKKU transcript. |
| ⑦ CREDENTIALS REPORT (Only for those graduating from a university in China) |
‘CREDENTIALS REPORT’: 认证报告, refer to http://www.cdgdc.edu.cn
(Embassy Legalization is not needed, but if it is a Chinese language version, it needs to be translated and notarized. If it is in English version then the original document is needed.) |
| ⑧ Recommendation Form by Department |
| The majority of these belong to Natural Sciences and Engineering Departments (Refer to p.8-17 ‘6. Department & Details / Language Proficiency’) |
| ⑨ Evidences of Excellence and so on. |
Award, Scholarship, Language Proficiency except the requirement, Degree Dissertation, Artwork Portfolio, and so on.
(Refer to p.8-17 ‘6. Department & Details / Language Proficiency’) |
| ⑩ Document Proving Financial Ability (Tuition & Living Expenses) - Only for the Successful Candidates after the Announcement |
| After the Announcement of Acceptance, the accepted candidates need to submit the copy of the Document Proving Financial Ability (Tuition & Living Expenses) explained below. It will be noticed later. |
1) Certificate of Deposit Balance of more than 20,000 USD from the student or one of his/her parents issued by a bank (domestic or overseas).
(The owner of the bank account is limited to be one of the student's parents. If both of the student's parents are deceased or are completely unable to be contacted, it is possible to use a brother or sister's account.)
‣Issue Date: Submit a certificate issued within 30 days from the submission date. If there is an expiration date on the certificate, it is accepted until that (only accepted within 6 months of the date of issuance.)
※ To extend a student's stay or change their qualification from language study to studying abroad, only the student’ own certificate issued by a domestic (Korean) bank is accepted.
※ For the students who receive scholarships (tuition & living expenses) from universities or their countries' embassies, they can be substituted with certificates of scholarship payment issued by the president of the university, confirmation documents of tuition support issued by the embassies, etc. (If a student is being supported by a religious organization, overseas Korean foundation or so on, a confirmation document from the relevant group director stating the correct amount of support funding and the student's ID card info must be submitted.)
※ If the applicant earns enough scholarship funds from SKKU, such as STEM, then the tuition and living expenses will be covered, so this document is exempted. |
