The schedule for foreign language exams(second foreign language and Korean) for Spring 2023 is as below.


1. Candidates : General Graduate School Master / Ph.D / Integrated MA-Ph.D students
※ Including the students who are on leave of absent and course completed
A. Criteria

Nationality	Degree Program	Test Language  (Mandatory)	Test Language  (Additionally, by department)
Non-Korean	Master	Korean
	Ph.D(Integrated MA-Ph.D)	Korean	English (In case student’s mother language is English, the other second language)
Korean	Master	Either English or other second language
	Ph.D(Integrated MA-Ph.D)	English	Second language

 

B. Applicable departments list for second language exams for Ph.D students

 

Law, Korean Language and Literature, English Language and Literature, Chinese & Japanese Language and Literature, , French Language and Literature, German Language and Literature, Spanish Language and Literature, History, Sociology, Linguistics, Philosophy, Korean History, Comparative Literature & Comparative Culture, Visual Culture, Interdisciplinary Program in Cultural Heritage Studies

 

2. Test subject : Second language(German, French, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese Character), Korean

※The KU Foreign Language Center will notify regarding the English Test.

(https://langtopia.korea.ac.kr/langtopia/index.do)

 

3. How to apply

A. Online Application : KUPID - 학적/졸업 - 각종시험 신청/확인 - 제2외국어 시험 신청

B. Application Period : February 1, 2023 10:00 ~ February 7, 2023 16:00

(Not allowed to apply for the exams after the deadline)

 

4. How to pay

A. Application fee : KRW50,000 per subject (Chinese Character: KRW20,000)

B. How to pay: After completing the online application, transfer the application fee

1) Bank account : KEB Hana Bank 391-910010-71604(Recipient: 고려대학교 대학원수험료)

2) Marking of depositor : Applicant’s full name and the last three digits of applicant’s student ID number(i.e. : 홍길동123)

※ The applicant has all responsibility for any problems that occur because the depositor is not verified.

C. Application fee payment period : February 1, 2023 10:00 ~ February 7, 2023 16:00

(Not acceptable the application fee after the deadline)

 

5. Test Date and Venue

A. Test Date : Applicants should be arrived at the Woodang Halll until March 4, 2023 AM09:40

B. Test Timeline : AM 10:00 ~ AM 11:20 (TBC)

※ Not allow to come to the Woodang Hall after the test starts.

C. Venue : Woodang Hall

 

6. Result Release : April 7, 2023 AM10:00 (TBC)

※ How to check : KUPID - 학적/졸업 - 각종시험 신청/확인 - 합격내역조회

 

7. Others

A. Materials : ID card / writing instruments without electronic functions

B. In case the application fee is not paid during the designated period, the application will be revoked.

C. Allow to possess dictionary book. But rentals and exchanges between students are not allowed.

※ Not allow to possess applicant’s electronic machines including cell phone, PDA, electronic dictionary, and etc.

D. The exam is subjective. And Korean exam is divided into ‘humanities and social sciences’ and ‘natural science and medicine.’

E. This notice is for only Korean and second language exams.

(The KU Foreign Language Center will notify regarding the English Test. )

F. This foreign language exam will be held only once (fall semester) in a year from the academic year of 2024.

 

January, 2023

 

 

Graduate School Administration Office, Korea University