Guidelines for 2024 Spring Admission for Combined Bachelor-Master Degree Programs

1. Applicable Departments and Eligibility

*Eligible applicants: students enrolled in an undergraduate program offered by Korea University / Restriction on departments

and majors available for admission have been abolished (however, duplicate applications are not allowed)

※ Eligible applicants for a combined bachelor-master degree program must have at least one semester remaining to complete

the required registration period of the program.

※ Applicants who are an “applicant beyond the student quota” are eligible to apply, except for military-entrusted students,

as defined in the relevant ordinance of the Ministry of Education, and Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) students.

2. Benefits

A. Reduction in Required Registration Period

: Graduate School 4 semesters → shortened to 3 semesters

(Only in case students are maintaining their GPA 4.0 or higher)

※ In case of early graduation from the undergraduate school, the one semester of the undergraduate school can be shortened.

	Early-graduation		(General) Graduation
Eligibility	CGPA 4.0 or above (Undergraduate)
Benefits	1st Semester	2nd to 3rd semesters	1st to 3rd semesters
	100% of tuition fee and entrance fee	50% of tuition fee	50% of tuition fee (Not included the entrance fee)
Beneficiary semester	Max 3 semesters
Notes	1) The scholarship will be transferred to the student’s account which is registered in the KU Portal (Spring : Around May, Fall : Around November) 2) The students should maintain their GPA 4.0 or higher. 3) The early-graduation requirements follow the graduation requirements of the Korea University’s Undergraduate School

B. Scholarship

C. Priority Recommendation for Students Applying to Enter an Integrated Master-Doctoral Degree Program

: In case of the College of Engineering, priority recommendation will be provided after the students admitted the master’s degree program when they apply for the integrated master-doctoral degree program.

3. Application Documents

A. Application form

B. Copy of Academic Transcript

C. Research plan

4. Evaluation

Document screening and oral interview (conducted by each department)

5. Application Period

A. Date and Time: November 27(Mon) – 29(Wed), 2023, 09:00~17:00

B. Document Submission: Documents must be submitted to the Administration Office of each college where the combined program

is established.

C. Application Fee: KRW 80,000

D. Bank Account: Hana Bank 391-910010-71604 [고려대학교]

(Depositor Information Example: 학석사홍길동국문; applicants must specify Bachelor Master + full name + name of

their undergraduate school department)

E. Applicants must attach a receipt of deposit when submitting the application documents

6. Evaluation Period and Result Release

A. Document Screening Period: December 7(Thu) - 8(Fri), 2023

※ Applicants will be informed of the date of admission screening by the Administration Office of each college when they

submit their application documents.

B. Announcement of Acceptance : January 26(Fri), 2024 (TBA)

※ The list of accepted applicants will be announced on the website of the Graduate School and the bulletin board

of the Administration Office of the Graduate School.

7. Taking of Graduate School Courses and Requirements for Entry

A. Taking of Graduate School Courses

1) Applicants who are successfully accepted to a combined bachelor-master degree program must acquire a total of six

credits from the graduate school from their first semester following the semester in which they are accepted to the

combined program until their undergraduate school graduation. (Taking the graduate school courses or BA-MA

related courses in advance)

However, the acquired credits from the graduate school courses (including BA-MA related courses) will only count

toward credits required for master program graduation. Those credits are not allowed to count toward required

graduation credits for the undergraduate school.

※ Accepted applicants must consult with their academic advisor first and then they should register the courses by themselves by checking in “개설과목 검색하여 신청” on the undergraduate school course registration system.

2) Students accepted to a combined bachelor-master degree program established in the College of Engineering must acquire

a total of six credits from graduate school courses during the seventh semester of their undergraduate studying (In case of the Department of Architecture, the ninth semester of their undergraduate studying).

B. Requirements for Entry

1) Students with a GPA of at least 3.50 who have met all undergraduate graduation requirements and additional

requirements set by the relevant department may be admitted to a master’s degree program.

*Departments that have a separate GPA requirement

Department	Minimum GPA Required to admit to a Master’s Degree Program (must be acquired before graduation)
Department of Sociology	At least 3.80
Department of North Korean Studies	At least 3.75

2) Students intending to enter a master’s degree program must submit a “letter of recommendation for entry into a

master’s degree” to the Administration Office of their affiliated college no later than 20 days before the commencement

of the semester immediately preceding the first semester of the master’s degree program (i.e., the last semester of

their undergraduate program).

※ Students failing to acquire a recommendation letter from their prospective master’s degree program academic advisor will be ineligible to admit to the master’s degree program. Students applying for early graduation from their undergraduate program must submit an application for early graduation to the Administration Office of their affiliated department at the beginning of the seventh semester of their undergraduate study.

This notice was originally written in Korean and translated into English.

The Korean guide prevails the translated guide if any conflicts occur in the interpretation.