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Requirements
Prospecting students can obtain the application Forms on-line. In addition, applicants need to submit the following information:

Undergraduate admission
One Completed Application Form
Use this form to provide your personal information. Be sure to indicate your intended area of study and the related school or college.

Study Plan & Personal Statement
Study Plan: You are required to write an overall statement about your future academic and career goals. The purpose of this study plan is to clearly define your path to your degree.
Personal Statement : This statement provides an opportunity for you to reveal more about yourself, your family, academic and other achievements, extracurricular interests and commitments, work experiences, and your reasons for applying to Seoul National University.

Two Letters of Recommendation from your teachers
Two teachers or professors are required to complete theses forms for their evaluation of your performance and the contributions you have made in their classes or fields. The letters must be sealed in an official envelope and signed on the back by the recommenders.

A copy of the applicant's passport
(or other official document which specifies your parents' nationality)

A copy of both parents' passports
(or other official document which specifies your parents' nationality)

Financial Certificate
Use this form to provide basic information about the financial resources available for your education and living expenses.

Official Documents Transcripts and Graduation/Degree Certificates
These Documents detail your academic achievements and are required from every school or college you have attended. Transcripts must provide a record of the courses you have taken in each year of study, along with the final grades. You must also submit official evidence of the conferrals of all degrees, diplomas, or professional titles showing the date of the conferrals.

A Score report of a recognized English proficiency test(Toefl, Teps, Toeic, etc.)
Native speakers of English are exempt from this requirement.

Master's/ Doctoral Program
One Completed Application Form
Use this form to provide your personal information. Be sure to indicate your intended area of study and the related school or college.

Study Plan & Personal Statement
Study Plan: You are required to write an overall statement about your future academic and career goals. The purpose of this study plan is to clearly define your path to your degree.
Personal Statement : This statement provides an opportunity for you to reveal more about yourself, your family, academic and other achievements, extracurricular interests and commitments, work experiences, and your reasons for applying to Seoul National University.

Study Plan & Personal Statement
Study Plan: You are required to write an overall statement about your future academic and career goals. The purpose of this study plan is to clearly define your path to your degree.
Personal Statement : This statement provides an opportunity for you to reveal more about yourself, your family, academic and other achievements, extracurricular interests and commitments, work experiences, and your reasons for applying to Seoul National University.

Two Letters of Recommendation from your teachers
Two teachers or professors are required to complete theses forms for their evaluation of your performance and the contributions you have made in their classes or fields. The letters must be sealed in an official envelope and signed on the back by the recommenders.

Official Documents
Official Undergraduate Studies Transcript
Notarized Certificate of a Bachelor's Degree/ Notarized Certificate of both Bachelor's and Master's Degree
Graduation Certificate of Undergraduate School/ Graduation Certificates of Undergraduate and Graduate School

A copy of the applicant's passport
(or other official document which specifies your parents' nationality)

A copy of both parents' passports
(or other official document which specifies your parents' nationality)

Official document indicating parent-child relationship between the applicant and his/her parents.

Financial Certificate
Use this form to provide basic information about the financial resources available for your education and living expenses.

Official Documents Transcripts and Graduation/Degree Certificates
These Documents detail your academic achievements and are required from every school or college you have attended. Transcripts must provide a record of the courses you have taken in each year of study, along with the final grades. You must also submit official evidence of the conferrals of all degrees, diplomas, or professional titles showing the date of the conferrals.

A Score report of a recognized English proficiency test(Toefl, Teps, Toeic, etc.)
Native speakers of English are exempt from this requirement.

Submitting your Application Form
Fill out Application Form at the SNU website(http://www.snu.ac.kr) according to the instructions in the section    titled "Submitting Your Application." The Application fees (\72,000 or US$70) should be paid online.

Applicants whose forms and supporting documents are incomplete or unsatisfactory will be disqualified from the    admissions process.

Submission of Required Documents
Original documents should be submitted. Should they be unavailable, however, copies must be authorized by    the originating institution before they are submitted.

Documents that are not in Korean or English must be accompanied by a notarized Korean or English    translation. Please submit the original documents as well.

After completing your online application, download the completed form and send it via registered mail,    along with the required documents to the following address:

Office of Admissions
Address Seoul National University,
San 56-1, Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea
Mail to Office of Admissions Seoul National University,San 56-1, Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul
151-742, Korea
Telephone Number +82-2-880-6977/6971~2
Fax Number +82-2-880-6979/ 6996
E-mail snuadmit@snu.ac.kr

If you are in Seoul, visit us at the Office of Admissions, Building #150 of the Gwanak Campus, 4th floor.
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