Sejong University

About Sejong University

A private university in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, with a dedicated One Stop Service Center for international admissions. Fifteen undergraduate programmes are taught in English and need only IELTS 5.5, and first-year scholarships of 30-100% of first-semester tuition are set by language score.

• Fifteen undergraduate programmes are taught in English, so a student without any TOPIK can still enter a degree: Public Administration, Media and Communication, Business Administration, Economics, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Computer Science and Engineering, Comics & Animation Technology, the School of Global Liberal Studies, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, AI and Software, Smart Mobility, K-Pop Entertainment, Visual and Performing Content and Contemporary Music. The requirement is IELTS 5.5, TOEFL iBT 3.5 (59 on the old scale) or New TEPS 202.
• Tuition for 2026, PER SEMESTER, in KRW: 4,669,000 for humanities, social sciences, business, economics, hospitality and tourism; 5,521,000 for natural sciences and physical education; 6,340,000 for IT, advanced convergence, engineering and life sciences; 6,392,000 for arts. Roughly double these for a year. The application fee is 150,000 KRW and the guide warns tuition may rise for the 2027 academic year, with a preliminary deposit charged to cover the difference.
• The Korean track sets TOPIK Level 4 for most departments, Level 3 for Media and Communication and Business Administration, and Level 2 for the School of Creative Studies, Global Liberal Studies, Entertainment and Content, arts and physical education majors and Korean language and literature. Students admitted at Level 2 must complete, within one year, either 300 hours of Korean instruction, the Korea Immigration and Integration Program, or a King Sejong Institute course — and must reach Level 4 (or 3 by department) before graduation.
• Daeyang Global College is the university's dedicated college for international students, with four schools and eight majors. Students entering the School of Global Liberal Studies spend the first year exploring before choosing one of the eight majors, or transferring to another college under the university's rules.
• Spring 2027 entry is assessed in two rounds: applications 7-21 September 2026 for the first, 22 October to 13 November 2026 for the second. Everything is submitted online during the application window; original physical documents are posted only after admission, during the tuition-payment period, and failure to send them cancels the admission.
• The admissions office publishes document guidelines specific to Vietnam, alongside China, Uzbekistan, Nepal and Bangladesh — a sign the university handles Vietnamese applications often enough to standardise them. Note that all documents must be apostilled or consularly authenticated and notarised before being uploaded.
• Contact the One Stop Service Center directly at sos@sejong.ac.kr or +82-2-3408-2620. The campus is at 209 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul.

Tuition & scholarships

Sejong University sits in the Budget-friendly tuition band. Tuition and scholarships change every year and by program, so VNIS provides the exact up-to-date figures for the program you choose during consultation. Entrance scholarships are awarded on language score alone, as a percentage of FIRST-SEMESTER tuition. English track: 80% at IELTS 8.0, 50% at IELTS 6.5, 30% at IELTS 5.5. Korean track: 100% at TOPIK 6, 70% at Level 5, 50% at Level 4, 30% at Level 3. Students arriving from Sejong's own Language Center receive a further 500,000-1,000,000 KRW depending on semesters completed; the two may be combined up to the value of tuition. Because the award follows a published score table rather than a committee, you can calculate your own entitlement before applying..

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