How can I apply for graduate school at a Korean university without going through an agent?

It's a hassle. Actually, I want to go to Korea as well.

What, I heard that you have to go to the Public Security Department to apply for a visa, you are a student, bring your ID card, household registration book, and some "student information", there are many kinds of visa forms, people will fill in the form for your student when you go there, and the staff will tell you the specifics.

It can be said that there are many interdisciplinary applicants who go to South Korea for graduate studies, and at least 60% of the students who apply for graduate students every year are interdisciplinary applicants, and the admission pass rate is as high as about 70%, because the Korean educational philosophy respects the choices and needs of students. Let's take a look at how can I apply for graduate school across majors in South Korea?

At the undergraduate level, many majors in Korean universities require undergraduates to choose their majors from general, and some majors in some schools do not need to rush to choose their majors when they enroll, but study extensively, find their preferences, and choose majors in their sophomore years.

For graduate admission in South Korea, the school does not explicitly require you to have an undergraduate major. Therefore, the question of interdisciplinary application is not a problem, but whether you can continue to learn professional knowledge without a foundation, graduate successfully, and contribute to school, academics and society in the future.

So, what are the application requirements for interdisciplinary graduate studies in South Korea?

1. Advanced level of Korean, excellent in Korean listening, speaking, reading and writing.

2. English scores are preferred.

3. Excellent undergraduate grades.

4. Have a deep research on the major you are transferring, and you can write a very specific research plan and future research direction.

5. Have certain work experience and work experience in the field of the transferred major.

6. Excellent undergraduate background.

So, which majors accept interdisciplinary applications?

Some majors have less stringent requirements for undergraduate basic courses, such as MBA, some accounting majors, hotel management majors, Chinese language majors, media majors, international relations majors, and some sociology majors (such as non-profit organization management, public utilities management), etc. These majors do not require more undergraduate academic background for interdisciplinary applicants, of course, qualified university grades, language scores, etc. are still required.

There are a few more points to be paid attention to when studying for graduate school in South Korea

It is not recommended to cross the scope of disciplines: liberal arts across engineering, liberal arts, engineering, and business across majors that are not related to the major or are very specialized, such as design, art, media, etc.

For those students who want to go to Korea for graduate school across majors, the first thing to do is to clarify the direction of intermajor and what new field they want to choose; The second is to take or study relevant courses by yourself in China. If you can get the corresponding credits and perform very well, then when you apply to study in South Korea, you will be able to study more smoothly in the future.

You can apply for graduate school in Korea across majors.

If you apply for a master's program across disciplines, the language requirements will be higher. Because the leap in professional fields requires sufficient language ability to support, otherwise it is difficult to keep up with the progress of the teaching, and the road to study will be hindered, it is recommended that those who want to apply for Korean master's admission across majors should get at least TOPIK Level 4 and strive to get TOPIK advanced scores

In addition, one of the most basic documents for applying to study in Korea is academic transcripts. When applying across majors, if there are courses related to the intended major in the transcript of the previous school, the application will be scored a lot. Although there are no specific requirements for academic performance in the admission guidelines of Korean universities, it is recommended that you take courses related to your intended major as much as possible and increase your grade point average as much as possible during your time at the university.

However, if you are a student who has already graduated from a bachelor's degree, then try your best to improve your language scores, or increase your internship experience related to your intended major, and you can also greatly apply for your own points for studying in Korea.

Feasible professional directions for interdisciplinary application:

It is feasible for liberal arts majors to cross over to humanities and social sciences and business and economics majors.

Secondly, it is also feasible to cross humanities and social sciences majors from business and economics majors, but it requires the blessing of high Korean language scores. It is feasible for science and engineering majors to cross business and economics, humanities and social sciences majors. For example, the computer major applies for a business major, which is also a feasible cross-professional way.

However, students who want to cross from liberal arts to science and engineering and art majors should consider carefully, after all, there is no solid foundation of professional knowledge, and it is difficult to learn in the later stage.

Applying for a study abroad in Korea across disciplines is itself an attempt to face up to oneself in the new world, and it is relatively difficult to apply from the early application to the later study. Your own interests are important, but when choosing an interdisciplinary direction, it is recommended not to apply for a major that is too large with the major from which you came from, but to choose a major that is related to your previous courses, research directions, and internship experience, so as to maximize the success rate of your interdisciplinary application.

The requirements for applying for graduate study in Korea are as follows:

Condition 1: Undergraduate major. The undergraduate major needs to be strongly related to the major you are applying for, and the undergraduate cannot fail the major, the better the professional course grades, the higher the success rate, and the more confident you are to apply for a good school with the above GPA.

Condition 2: Language ability. Graduate students studying in South Korea can apply for Korean teaching or English-speaking, but they all need a foreign language level, and depending on the school they are applying for, they also need to pass the minimum level of level 4, and the better universities also need to pass level 6.

Condition 3: Interview with the professor. Just like the re-examination for graduate students in Korea, graduate students studying in Korea also need to take the re-examination.

The re-examination is generally interviewed by the professor, and the professor will ask some more professional questions to judge whether to admit you according to yours, so when the re-examination is taken, you must deal with it calmly, and at the same time, you must have your own unique views on professional knowledge.

Condition 4: Application materials. Unlike in China, graduate students in Korea also need to prepare application materials.

What are the application materials? On the one hand, it is common self-introduction, such as what experience has been had, what rewards have been obtained, etc.; On the other hand, there is the study plan. The study plan exists to let the professor know your study plan and leave a good impression on the professor.

By the way, the most different thing about studying in Korea is that you need to apply 8 months in advance, so if you want to study in Korea, you must remember to apply in advance.