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Undergraduate Special Admission for International Students, Pusan National University

Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea

South KoreaLow-cost schoolbachelorOpen to Mongolian citizens

Regional national-university bachelor's track in Busan with a simple 3-tier TOPIK tuition-waiver scholarship and an explicit USD financial-proof figure stated on the university's own page.

TuitionNot confirmedNot stated on the official admissions pages reviewed (schedule/eligibility/documents page carried no fee table). Secondary sources (not independently verified) suggest roughly 2.07-3.2 million KRW/semester depending on college - do not quote this to clients without confirming against PNU's own semester 모집요강 (admission guideline) PDF, which was not located in this research.
Living costNot confirmed
IntakesMarch, September
Proof of funds for the visaUSD 18,000Bank balance certificate dated within the last 3 months, per PNU's own admissions page - consistent with the Korea Visa Application Centre's general D-2 regional-institution figure.

What the scholarship covers

First-semester-only TOPIK tuition waivers; no living stipend.

What you need

  • TOEFL iBT/IELTS/TEPS or TOPIK 3 or TOPIK 4 or TOPIK 5 or TOPIK 4 or TOPIK 5 or TOPIK 6Department of Global Studies only: TOEFL iBT 80, IELTS 5.5, or New TEPS 326+ (TOPIK not required for this department); native English speakers from Anglophone countries exempt. Minimum for most departments (or PNU Language Education Institute level 3). Required for Humanities/Social Sciences and most Engineering departments (or Institute level 4). Required for Business Administration, Nursing, Food & Resource Economics, Nanomechatronics Engineering (or Institute level 5). Freshman scholarship: TOPIK 4 = full waiver of 'Tuition I' for the first semester. Freshman scholarship: TOPIK 5 = full waiver of 'Tuition II' for the first semester. Freshman scholarship: TOPIK 6 = full tuition waiver for the first semester.
  • High school graduate (or expected); transfer applicants need 66+ credits from 2+ years at a prior college/university.
  • Nationality + family relationship certificate
  • High school (expected) graduation certificate
  • High school/prior-college transcript
  • TOPIK certificate or PNU language institute completion certificate
  • English score report (Global Studies dept only)
  • Financial guarantee document
  • Portfolio (Art/Design depts) or performance video (Music composition)
  • Application form, self-introduction, study plan
  • Self-introduction
  • Study plan
  • Proof of funds: USD 18,000Bank balance certificate dated within the last 3 months, per PNU's own admissions page - consistent with the Korea Visa Application Centre's general D-2 regional-institution figure.

Where it leads

PNU's own Language Education Institute levels substitute for TOPIK at every tier, so a student can enter via the language institute (see separate entry) and test straight into the matching TOPIK tuition waiver.

Visa

D-2. PNU is IEQAS-certified (standard tier), per the official Study in Korea certified-university list.

Things to know

Both applicant and parents must hold non-Korean nationality; dual Korean nationals are not eligible. PNU is IEQAS-certified (standard tier).

Exact tuition KRW amount and exact 2027 deadline dates were not found on the official pages reviewed (only the general recurring application-cycle description); PNU publishes a semester-specific 모집요강 PDF that was not located - find and open it before quoting a tuition figure or exact date to a client.

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