Life in Korea
- Foreign students may experience difficulties obtaining
housing, opening bank accounts, and using mass transportation,
telecommunications, postal service, medical service, etc. due to
unfamiliarity with the environment.
- To help them when problems occur and adapt to life in the
ROK, each school has staff dedicated to assisting them, and they can
find useful information at Study in Korea(http://www.studykorea.go.kr) and e-Government for Foreigners (http://www.hikorea.go.kr,
☎1345), run by the ROK government.
Completion of study
- Upon completing their studies, foreign students can return
to their home countries, obtain employment in the ROK, or go to
higher educational institutions such as graduate schools. If they
wish to get jobs in the ROK, they should obtain the status of
sojourn that is appropriate for the job type. When going to a higher
educational institution, the status of sojourn should be changed or
extended.
South Korea has increasingly been attracting international students
into their undergraduate, graduate and research programmes. There
are about 400 National and private universities and some
universities have state of the art research facilities in several
emerging scientific fields.
Universities that are oriented towards internationalization conduct
30% of their lectures in English. Graduate programmes have more
lectures in English than undergraduate courses. There are some
universities where all the courses are taught in English. Another
option is to enroll in Korean language course prior to the academic
session.
The academic year starts in March. A prospective student should
start making preparations one year prior to the intended time of
arrival.
Tuition fee varies depending on the university and national
universities are cheaper than private ones.
