Kyung Hee University Admission 2027 for International Students

Admission at a glance

Kyung Hee University is a private university founded in 1949, with its Seoul Campus in Dongdaemun and a Global Campus in Yongin, admitting international undergraduates without Korean citizenship into either a Korean Track, covering most majors and taught mainly in Korean, or an English Track limited to specific programmes including the Department of International Studies. Review is by document screening of academic transcripts, a personal statement and language proficiency, with additional interviews, practical tests or video portfolio submissions for the College of Fine Arts, the Department of Postmodern Music and transfer applicants in specific fields.

English Track and Department of International Studies applicants need TOEFL iBT 71 (or the older CBT 197 or PBT 530 scale), IELTS Academic 5.5, or TEPS 600 or above; Korean Track applicants instead submit a TOPIK score, generally level 3 or higher depending on department. Kyung Hee runs a detailed internal scholarship scheme tied to the admission evaluation itself, Admission Scholarships A through I, ranging from a tuition waiver for the top scorer in specific colleges up to a full four-year tuition award for students who rank in the top 50% of applicants admitted to Engineering, Electronics Engineering or Software Convergence and then maintain a 3.5 GPA; English Track applicants are not eligible for one of these scholarships, which is reserved for a stated TOPIK level.

This review located Kyung Hee's official Spring 2026 international undergraduate admission guideline PDF, which confirmed the scholarship structure, the KRW 85,000 application fee and the D-4-to-D-2 visa extension rules, but the specific document server returned only its scholarship and visa-information pages rather than the front sections with exact 2027 deadlines. A news report from July 2026 separately noted that Kyung Hee and Ewha, unlike several other universities, had not yet released their Spring 2027 international admission schedule as of that date, and this review's own search closer to September 2026 still found no confirmed exact dates.

Requirements

Bachelor

Applicants must hold non-Korean nationality (dual citizenship including Korean nationality is not eligible) and must have completed, or be expected to complete, secondary education equivalent to Korean high school; GED, home schooling and similar equivalency routes are not accepted. English Track and Department of International Studies applicants need TOEFL iBT 71, IELTS 5.5 or TEPS 600 or above; Korean Track applicants need a TOPIK score, generally level 3 or higher.

Master's and PhD

Kyung Hee's Graduate School and its specialised graduate schools, including the Graduate School of International Studies, publish their own department-level deadlines and language requirements rather than one university-wide general deadline.

Full requirements and documents