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South Korea Admissions Requirements

South Korea Admissions Requirements

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Prerequisite Equivalencies

  1. Review the program pages or international viewbook.
  2. Find your program(s) of choice.
  3. Review the international admission requirements for the exact required courses for your program(s) of interest.
  4. Come back to this page to find more specific information on the required courses and how we calculate your average.
  5. Detailed course descriptions may be requested for these subjects to ensure the required content is covered to meet prerequisite requirements.
Prerequisite Equivalencies
Required Courses Korean Academic Curriculum
Senior or Grade 12 English Advanced Subject* English I or English II
Senior or Grade 12 Mathematics covering algebra, trigonometry and functions Advanced Subject Mathematics II
Senior or Grade 12 Mathematics covering calculus Advanced Subject Mathematics: Differential & Integral Calculus
Senior or Grade 12 Mathematics covering statistics Advanced Subject Mathematics: Probability & Statistics
Senior or Grade 12 Biology Advanced Subject Biology II
Senior or Grade 12 Chemistry Advanced Subject Chemistry II
Senior or Grade 12 Physics Advanced Subject Physics II

*Advanced subjects are sometimes referred to as Enriched subjects.


Minimum Requirements

  • 5 advanced or enriched academic courses are required for admission.
  • To clear conditions, your Korean Senior Secondary School Certificate of graduation (Inmungye Kodung Hakkyo) must be sent directly from your school.
  • If your first language is not English, you may need to meet our English-Language Proficiency requriement.

Grading Scale

Korea Grade Scale
Canadian Equivalent* Korean Grade
(2006 onwards)		 Korean Grade
(before 2006)
97% 1 Su
90% 2
84% 3 Wu
77% 4
71% 5 Mi
65% 6
58% 7 Yang
52% 8
49% 9 Ga

*Grades converted to reflect 50% pass.

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