Korea University Department of Physics

Guidelines for 2024 Spring Admission for 

Integrated Master-Doctoral Degree Programs

 1. Applicable Departments

2. Admission Quota

The admission quota was determined within the number of vacancies in doctoral degree programs that had arisen due to non-selection, withdrawal, and mid-course cancellation from integrated master-doctoral degree programs for the 2022 and 2023 academic years.

3. Eligibility

 A. Applicants expected to enter the third semester of an integrated program: eligible applicants must be enrolled in a master’s degree program offered by the Korea University Graduate School, and have completed (or are expected to complete) two semesters (including the acknowledged semesters for transfer student) and acquired (or are expected to acquire) at least 12 credits with a GPA of at least 3.5.

 B. Applicants expected to enter the fourth semester of an integrated program: eligible applicants must be enrolled in a master’s degree program offered by the Korea University Graduate School, and have completed (or are expected to complete) three semesters (including the acknowledged semester for transfer student) and acquired (or are expected to acquire) at least 18 credits with a GPA of at least 3.5

※ However, master’s degree candidates or prospective master’s degree candidates are ineligible to apply

Applicants falling within either A or B above either

 must have acquired a GPA of at least 4.0 in order to enter an integrated program established by the Department of Sociology, Department of Political Science and International Relations, and Department of Education, or 

 must have acquired a GPA of at least 3.8 in order to enter an integrated program established by the Department of Biotechnology, Department of Life Sciences, Department of Plant Biotechnology, Department of Integrated Biomedical and Life Science, and Department of Physical Education

 C. Applicants who are a full-time master’s degree student (students in an 

 academic-research-industrial cooperative program are also eligible to apply)

 D. Applicants who are recommended by their academic advisor

 E. The admission will be revoked if applicants falling within either A or B above fail to complete the required number of semesters or acquire the required credits or GPA upon completion of the semester in which they made the application.

 ※ Note

(1) Eligible applicants for an integrated program established by the Department of Education must meet all of the requirements specified in A–D above and have an official TOEFL iBT score of at least 81.

(2) Applicants can only apply for the major that is identical to the one they had studied or are currently registered for that is established by the same department. In addition, applicants who are an “applicant beyond the student quota” are eligible to apply, except for military-entrusted students, as defined in the relevant ordinance of the Ministry of Education, and Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) students.

(3) As the Department of International Business was integrated into the International Business major under the Department of Business Administration, applications for the Business Analytics major program are no longer accepted.

4. Application Documents

 A. Application form

 B. Copy of ① undergraduate and ②graduate degree academic transcripts 

 (including academic transcript for two semesters from the master’s degree program)

 ※ In case of the Department of Economics and Department of Statistics, only a copy of graduate degree academic transcript is required. 

 C. Research plan

 D. A recommendation letter from the academic advisor

E. Copy of certificate of research paper and a certificate of research accomplishment

F. Copy of foreign language proficiency test score from an accredited institution (*upon submission, applicants must bring the original copy of the certificate for verification)

 ※ Note

  ① Mandatory documents: Documents specified in A–D

 However, applicants for an integrated program established by the Department of Education must submit an official TOEFL iBT score.

 ② E and F are optional.

5. Evaluation

 : Document screening and oral interview

 However, applicants for an integrated program established by the Department of Sociology must undertake a written examination instead of an oral interview, and applicants for an integrated program established by the Department of Economics, Department of Statistics, and Department of Mathematics will be took only document screening.

6. Application Period

 A. Date and Time: November 27(Mon) – 29(Wed), 2023, 09:00~17:00

 B. Documents Submission: Documents must be submitted to the Administration Office of the college where the integrated program is established

 C. Application Fee: KRW 80,000

 D. Bank Account: Hana Bank 391-910010-71604 [고려대학교]

 (Depositor Information Example: 홍길동경영; applicants must specify their name + name of their graduate school department)

 E. Applicants must attach a receipt of deposit when submitting the application documents

7. Date of Admission Screening (differs from each college)

 : December 7(Thu) - 8(Fri), 2023

 ※ The date of admission screening will be announced in the admission guidelines and provided by the Administration Office of each college when applicants submit their application documents.

8. Announcement of Acceptance

 : January 26(Fri), 2024 (TBA) <Expected>

 ※ The list of accepted applicants will be announced on the website of the Graduate School and the bulletin board of the Administration Office of each college.

9. Please contact the Administration Office of the relevant college for further information.

This notice was originally written in Korean and translated into English. 

The Korean guide prevails the translated guide if any conflicts occur in the interpretation.