Yonsei Korean Language Institute

2025 Academic Schedule (subject to change, Korean Standard Time)

• Eligibility: Applicants must have at least a high school diploma
• Required Documents
  1. Copy of passport
  2. Certificate of graduation from the last school attended or a certificate of enrollment
     -If the documents are not in English or Korean, a translated version is required
  3. Application Fee Payment
     ※ Documents uploaded to the online application must be in jpg or pdf format
     ※ Document review begins once the online document submission and application fee payment are confirmed.

• Contact: yskliko@yonsei.ac.kr

• 2024 Application Fee (non-refundable)
  - 2024 academic year: 80,000KRW
  - 2025 academic year : 100,000KRW
• 2024 Tuition Fee(Per semester)
  - 2024 academic year : 907,000KRW
  - 2025 academic year : 960,000LRW
  • Textbook fees are separate
  • If tution is increased, the additional amount must be paid.
  • The student is responsible for any bank fees incurred during remittance. Any differences due to exchange rates must also be paid additionally.
• Refund Policy
  - Based on the date of submission of the refund application form
  - If requesting an international transfer, the amount excluding the transfer fee will be deposited.

  Period	Class Days (30 Days)	Refund Amount(2024)	Refund Amount(2025)	Refund %
  1/3	1 ~ 10	604,000 KRW	640,320 KRW	66.7%
  1/2	11 ~ 15	453,500 KRW	480,000 KRW	50%
  1/2~	16 ~ 30	Non-refundable	Non-refundable	0%

Level 1

• Textbook: Yonsei Korean in 3 Weeks 1
• You can fully learn Hangul and read and write.
• You know the basic pronunciation system and can accurately pronounce the initial, medial, and final sounds.
• You can understand and use the basic structure of the Korean language and tense expressions.
• You have the language skills necessary for basic daily life, such as greetings, self-introduction, and ordering food.

Level 2

• Textbook: Yonsei Korean in 3 Weeks 2
• You can understand and use the basic structure of the Korean language, tense expressions, and sentence connection methods.
• You can understand and use descriptive forms, conjecture expressions, reason expressions, plan expressions, and sequential expressions.
• You have the language skills necessary for basic daily life, such as shopping, finding directions, using public transportation, and making phone calls.

Level 3

• Textbook: Yonsei Korean in 3 Weeks 3
• You can accurately pronounce the individual sounds and phonetic rules of the Korean language in sentences.
• You can use vocabulary related to introductions, food, shopping, invitations, and transportation.
• You can use connected sentences and indirect sentences based on the simple sentences learned in Level 2.
• You can appropriately use honorifics and informal language according to the conversation situation.

Level 4

• Textbook: Yonsei Korean in 3 Weeks 4
• You can accurately pronounce the individual sounds and phonetic rules of the Korean language in sentences.
• You can use vocabulary related to public institutions, phones, hospitals, travel, and household chores.
• You can use indirect speech appropriately according to the conversation situation.
• You can solve various problems encountered in daily life to some extent with the knowledge gained.
• You can understand the simple daily culture.

Level 5

• Textbook: Yonsei Korean in 3 Weeks 5
• You develop communication skills that enable daily life in Korea.
• Through speaking practice such as storytelling, you learn to express your opinions correctly.
• You listen to and understand dialogues with relatively complex contexts and read texts that help understand Korean society and thought patterns, thereby expanding your vocabulary.
• You express your thoughts in prose through writing practice, enhancing the accuracy of grammar and vocabulary usage.

Level 6

• Textbook: Yonsei Korean in 3 Weeks 6
• Based on the basic grammar learned from Levels 1 to 5, you can make various expressions.
• You expand your vocabulary not only with everyday terms but also with Sino-Korean vocabulary, gaining a deeper understanding of Korean thought patterns and culture.
• You can engage in daily conversation and express your opinions in detail through longer narratives. You can also write texts on everyday topics.
• You can listen to and understand relatively long dialogues and texts about Korean society and culture, enhancing your understanding of the content.

Level 7

• Textbook: Yonsei Korean in 3 Weeks 7
• You cultivate the ability to understand academic and specialized texts in fields such as humanities, social sciences, and the arts, and to express your opinions logically.
• You can understand news, newspaper articles, and current materials and express your opinions.
• You understand Korean values related to language, education, work and leisure, economy, popular culture, tradition, family, and society.

Level 8

• Textbook: Yonsei Korean in 3 Weeks 8
• You can freely use Korean grammar to engage in complex and specialized activities.
• You learn vocabulary expansion and the thought patterns of Koreans through professional materials that reflect Korean society and culture.
• You cultivate language skills that allow you to participate in university-level activities.