Admissions
Undergraduate
Application for Transfer Admission
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Eligibility
Sophomore-year Transfer Students
Applicants must have completed at least one year of academic study at a Korean or foreign college that corresponds to a 4-year or 2-year Korean college. For students attending the British education system, academic study at a 3-year university is accepted.

Junior-year Transfer Students
Applicants must either
(1) have completed at least two academic years of study at a Korean or foreign college that corresponds to a 4-year Korean university (for students attending the British education system, a 3-year university is accepted) or
(2) have graduated from a Korean or foreign college that corresponds to a 2-year college.
Transferring Credits
A maximum of 65 credits that the applicant received at another school may be transferred to Handong Global University. Credit transfers are limited to coursework and must include the course title and letter grade on the transcript submitted to Handong Global University at the time of application. The limits are shown in the following.
Track (Required Credits at HGU) Credit Limits
Double Major (33 credits + 33 credits) within 18 credits per major
Single Major (66 / 60 credits) within 33 / 30 credits
Minor within 12 credits per course of study
Important Notices
  • 1. ONLINE APPLICATION ONLY. All applications must be submitted through the online application system on the University's English website.

          In-person and postal applications are no longer accepted.

  • 2. Your application is complete only when all 3 steps are done:

    • 1) the online application form is submitted,

    • 2) all required documents are uploaded,

    • 3) and the Application Fee is paid. Without payment, no application number is issued and the application will not proceed.

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  • ​​​3. Application Fee: 100,000 KRW, paid by wire transfer. After payment, you must submit your remittance information through the designated link.

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  • 4. Cornerstone Scholarship applicants must submit both a language proficiency score certificate and the Scholarship Application Form. (TOEFL, IELTS, TEPS, and TOPIK are accepted.)

     

  • 5. Original documents are required only after acceptance. At the application stage, uploading scanned copies are sufficient.

  •      Final admitted students must submit apostille- or consular-authenticated original academic and nationality documents to the Office of International Affairs by February 28 (Spring entry) / August 31 (Fall entry):

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  • Office of International Affairs (OIA), HDH 118,

  • 558 Handong-ro, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do,

  • Republic of Korea (ZIP 37554)

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