Seoul National University - Exchange

City: Seoul Country: South Korea

Overview

What SNU has to offer:

The most prestigious university in South Korea - acceptance to SNU is often viewed as a "ticket to success" in Korean society
Has a tradition of standing up for democracy and peace on the Korean peninsula
Has a variety of academic disciplines; including the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Nursing, Business Administration, Engineering, Agriculture & Life Sciences, Fine Arts, Law, Education, Human Ecology, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Music, Medicine, and Liberal Studies
Has small class sizes - averaging about 15 to 30 students
Renowned for being a high technology campus, with its free wireless networks for all students, a high-speed gigabyte backbone network for general operations, and a Super Computer facility for research
Located in Seoul, the capital of South Korea, one of the largest cities in the world!

Students applying for this exchange are also encouraged to apply for funding through the Alberta-Korea Young Scholars Exchange Award.

When Can I Go?

Terms Offered: Fall, Winter, Full Year

Term Dates:

Fall term equivalent: August - December

Winter term equivalent: February - June

Eligibility Requirements

Open to: All Faculties but not business, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, music, and fine arts

Level: Undergraduate, Graduate

Undergraduate students need a cumulative 2.6 GPA average, and graduate students a cumulative 3.1 GPA, to be considered for an exchange to Seoul National University.

See Eligibility.

Course Information

Language of Instruction: English, Korean

Field of Study: All, except those marked as restricted (through the link just provided, scroll down to the "Restriction" section to find out more)

Students wanting to take courses in the Departments of Korean History, Psychology, Statistics, and Pharmacy at Seoul National University will be required to have Korean language proficiency. A satisfactory level of Korean language ability should be Level 5 or above of the official Korean Language Proficiency Test, TOPIK.

Seoul National University Course Information

Seoul National University Credit Information