Underwood International College

1. Students must either hold or expect to hold a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalency as defined by Article 98 of Enforcement Decree of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act before matriculating at UIC.

GED, home schooling, cyber schooling, or other equivalent certificates are not considered as a high school diploma, thus does not satisfy the minimum criteria for eligibility.

2. The student must be a non-Korean with non-Korean parents as stated by Article 3 of the Nationality Act. If the student or any one of the student’s parents has dual citizenship with Korea, the student is NOT eligible for the International Students Track. Foreigners who are ethnically Korean must submit legal documentation that verifies their renunciation of Korean citizenship.

3. If a student is a foreigner who is ethnically Korean, the student and both of the parents must have acquired foreign citizenships before the student entered high school in order to apply for the International Students Track, as stated the basic guidelines for university admissions.

4. Korean adoptees with a foreign nationality are eligible to apply for the International Students Track only if he/she acquired the foreign citizenship before entering elementary school (Grade 1).

* International students can matriculate either in March or in September.

*Document Submission means the (physical) arrival of the documents at the UIC office.

1. A hard copy of the application must arrive at the UIC Office by the document submission deadline. If the applicant fails to submit the documents required for application by the deadline, the applicant will not be interviewed and will be disqualified. The Admissions Committee may consider an application postmarked earlier than the online application deadline as an exception.

* As it is the applicant’s responsibility to keep the admissions schedule, the UIC office will NOT extend the deadline under any circumstances.

2. Students are required to participate in the interview (online) on the assigned date and time.

3. The UIC Office provides information on visas, tuition payment and course enrollment via the individual email addresses noted on the applications. Students entering in the spring semester (March) will receive an email in late January, and students entering in the fall semester (September) in late June.

1. Information regarding admissions (e.g. arrival of application, application number, date of the interview, and admissions notification) and scholarships will be provided via individual email addresses noted on the applications.

* It is the applicant's responsibility to submit all the documents by the deadline, thus he/she is responsible for any disadvantages caused by not submitting the required documents.

2. Applicants who submitted the documents required for application by the deadline will receive two test calls: First for the applicant verification and second for the interview.

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Required Documents

1. A printed copy of your Application Form as you registered through Online Application or Common App

* T he appli cants who took application method 1(Direct Application to UIC) must submit the 7 paged Application Form (Available on the UIC website)

2. Letter of Consent & Verification (Available on the UIC website)

3. [Apostille/Korean Consulate Confirmation] Official transcripts* from all high schools attended

4. [Apostille/Korean Consulate Confirmation] Certificate of graduation* or certificate of expected graduation* (in the latter case, certificate of graduation must be submitted before matriculation)

5. One copy of the applicant’s and his/her parents’ passports or ID cards

6. One copy of the applicant’s birth certificate or legal documentation that verifies the relationship between the applicant and his/her
     parents

7. [Foreigners residing in Korea] must submit the applicant’s and his/her parents’ Certification of Alien Registration                                                          (외국인등록사실증명)

8. Foreigners with Korean ethnicity must submit legal documentation verifying that the applicant and the applicant’s parents have   
     renounced their Korean citizenship. Such documents include a Certificate of Family Relationship that shows Renunciation of Korean
     Citizenship, 국적상실사실확인증명 issued from Korean Consulate or 국적이탈사실확인증명 issued from Ministry of Justice, or a
     notarized copy of Alien Registration Card issued after the year 2011.

9. Receipt of application fee payment

* Documents that require the submission of an apostille before matriculation.
    Students are required to obtain apostilles for these documents before matriculation.
    (Refer to "Apostille Requirement".)

Supplementary Documents

1. Documents certifying the scores of high school graduation exam or higher education entrance exam listed under the Test Information
     (e.g. SAT, ACT, GCE-A LEVEL, IB, AP, Gao Kao, Matura, CU-TEP, CU-AAT, Vietnamese High School Graduation Examination, etc.).

2. When applicants report the records of IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, AP, Duolingo etc. directly to Yonsei University, they must inform
     [uicadm@yonsei.ac.kr] of applicants’ English name and the date of the test so that the scores can be evaluated. When the students do
     not inform [uicadm@yonsei.ac.kr] of the reporting and, as a result, the scores are not evaluated, the responsibility lies entirely on the
     applicants. (ETS Institution Code: 9893 / College Board DI Code: 7441)

3. Honors, awards, qualifications and documents that certify extra-curricular activities from high school should be filed with the List of
     Supplementary Documents. Provide copies with a seal affixed from the issuing institution or Notarization.

4. A pplication Materials Checklist (Available on the UIC website)

Apostille Requirement

High school transcript(s) and certificate of high school graduation can be verified in the following ways:

1. obtaining Apostille stamps on the documents if the student has attended or graduated from school(s) in a country that is a member of
     the Hague Convention (Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents); or

2. obtaining Korean Consulate Confirmation; or

3. China Qualifications Verification of CDGDC (China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center) when the
     student has attended or graduated from school(s) in People’s Republic of China.

Miscellaneous

1. Applicants must provide a full name which can be verified through legal documents, such as passport, social security card, or birth
     certificate.

2. Unless stated otherwise, all documents must be originals. If an original document cannot be submitted, a copy of it should be
     submitted with a seal affixed by the issuing institution or Notarization.

3. All documents must be in English. Documents in another language should be accompanied by a notarized English translation.

4. Documents submitted during the admissions process will NOT be returned.

5. Cancellation or changes after submission of application will NOT be accepted.

Credit Transfer

*  UIC awards transfer credits for designated Advanced Placement (AP) examinations and International Baccalaureate Diploma                     Program (IB DP) subjects. If admitted students wish to transfer credits, they should submit Official AP, IB exam scores. Please visit the       website (https://uic.yonsei.ac.kr/main/news.asp?act=view&mid=m06%5F01%5F02&cmid=m06%5F01%5F02&bid=30&sOpt=&pact=&hSel=&hYear=&page=1&keyword=Approval+Form&uid=&idx=10313&ddx=0&sdx=0) and check the previous policy of UIC.

Underwood International College offers two different online application options. You may apply by choosing ONE of the two options below.

Option 1. Direct Application to UIC
Applicants must complete an online application and then send the application materials to the UIC office by post.

Step 1. Online Application: Submit your Application
Applicants must apply online through the UIC website. All the information that you register on the website will be kept confidential and used for admissions purposes only.
Registered information must be printed out and then sent to the UIC Office with other Application Materials.
‘Online Application’ website address: https://univ.jinhakapply.com/Univ110810.aspx

Step 2. Offline Application: Submit your Application Materials to the UIC Office by the Application Deadline

Address:

UIC International Admissions

Underwood International College, Yonsei University

(Daewoo Annex Hall #301)

50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
Contact number:
Tel : 82-2-2123-3924

[Option 1] Application Fee: KRW 150,000 (about USD 150)

Option 2. Using the Common Application
Applicants must complete an online application through Common App and then send the application materials to the UIC office by post.

Step 1. Online Application: Submit your Application on the Common Application website You can use the Common Application system to apply to US colleges as well as UIC (https://www.commonapp.org/explore/underwood-international-college-yonsei-university). Once you have set up a Common Application account, search and add “Underwood International College” then complete your application.

Step 2. Offline Application: Submit your Application Materials to the UIC Office by the Application Deadline

Address:

UIC International Admissions
Underwood International College, Yonsei University

(Daewoo Annex Hall #301)
50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea

Contact number:
Tel : 82-2-2123-3924

[Option 2] Application Fee: USD 150

※ UIC does not offer/accept a fee waiver.

Option 1. Direct Application to UIC

Application Fee: 150,000 KRW (Approximately 150 USD) by Jinhak Apply system

Option 2. Using the Common Application

Application Fee: USD 150 by Common Application system

※ UIC does not offer/accept a fee waiver.