Spring Semester 2024

GRADUATE SCHOOL
APPLICATION GUIDELINES FOR
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

2023. 11.

GRADUATE SCHOOL
NATIONAL KOREA MARITIME & OCEAN UNIVERSITY

KMOU Graduate School, 727 Taejong-ro, Yeongdo-Gu, Busan 49112, South Korea
TEL) +82-51-410-5120 FAX) +82-51-403-0432 http://english.kmou.ac.kr
 Contents

1. Qualifications of Applicant ················································································ 1

2. Quotas of Admissions & Program Units ····················································· 2

3. Selection Procedures & Application Fee ······················································· 5

4. Admission Schedule ·························································································· 5

5. Application Documents ····················································································· 6

6. Important Notes ···························································································· 9

□ Application Forms
【Form 1】 Application Form
【Form 2】 Personal Statement & Study Plan
【Form 3】 Personally-Identifiable Information Collection and Usage Agreement
【Form 4】 Scholarship Certification
【Form 5】 Recommendation(Language Requirement Exemption)
1. Basic Qualifications
m Students must satisfy one of the following conditions
(1) Both parents are native-born foreigners with foreign nationality.
(2) Korean National Residing Abroad or Foreigners who completed their entire
education abroad and that education system is equivalent to Korea’s
12-year educational system and university curriculum.

2. Academic Qualifications
m Master’s program applicants : Must hold a Bachelor’s degree or a level of
education equivalent to or higher than a Bachelor’s degree
m Doctoral program applicants : Must hold a Master’s degree or a level of
education equivalent to or higher than a Master’s degree
✻ Applicants who are expected to graduate by February 29, 2024 can also
apply for the program. Applicants who are expected to graduate at the
time of application must first submit a certificate of expected graduation.
The official degree certificate(or diploma) and final academic transcript
must be submitted February 27, 2024.

3. Language Requirement(at least one of followings)

TOEFL iBT TOEIC TEPS IELTS TOPIK
Eligibility
68 600 279 5.5 3
Criteria

m The language proficiency test score must be valid as of the application

deadline.
m Applicants from English-speaking countries(USA, UK, Canada, South Africa,
New Zealand, Australia, Ireland) are exempt from this requirement.
m Applicants with the Language Requirement Exemption recommendation
from supervisor-to-be at KMOU can still apply without any language
proficiency test score.

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❍ Program Units(Departments & Majors)
College Department Major Master Doctor

◦ Maritime Law
Dept. of Maritime Law & Policy
◦ Maritime policy

◦ Machine and Materials Engineering

◦ Ship Machinery·Energy Systems
Dept. of Marine Systems Engineering Engineering
◦ Ship Electrics and Electronics
Control Engineering

◦ Maritime Safety Technology

Dept. of Navigation Science
◦ Maritime Traffic Information

◦ Mechanical Fusion &

Material Engineering
Dept. of Marine Engineering
◦ Green Ship Technology
◦ Mechatronics Engineering

◦ Maritime Police Administration

Dept. of Coast Guard Studies
◦ Maritime Safety & Environment

◦ Offshore Plant Management

Dept. of Maritime AI & Cyber Security ◦ Maritime AI and Humanities
◦ Maritime Cyber Security

◦ Smart Systems Engineering Limited Limited

ENGIN Dept. of Marine Information
◦ Information Technology quotas quotas
EERIN Technology
Engineering
for for
G
each unit each unit
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering ◦ Mechanical Engineering

Dept. of Naval Architecture and ◦ Naval Architecture and Ocean

Ocean Systems Engineering Systems Engineering

Dept. of Electronics and Communications ◦ Electronics and Communications

Engineering Engineering

Dept. of Ocean Engineering ◦ Ocean Engineering

Dept. of Ocean Energy and Resources ◦ Energy and Resource Engineering

Engineering ◦ Ocean Energy Engineering

Dept. of Logistics ◦ Logistics

Dept. of Control and Instrumentation ◦ Control and Instrumentation

Engineering ・IT Convergence Engineering

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College Department Major Master Doctor

Dept. of Advanced Materials Convergence

◦ Materials Engineering
Engineering

Dept. of Refrigeration and ◦ Refrigeration and

Air-Conditioning Engineering Air-Conditioning Engineering

Dept. of Electrical and Electronics

◦ Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Engineering

Dept. of Radio Communication

◦ Radio Communication Engineering
Engineering

Limited
Dept. of Civil Engineering
quotas
Limited for
ENGIN Dept. of Environmental Engineering
quotas each unit
EERIN
G for
each unit
◦ Computer
Dept. of Computer Engineering
Information Engineering

Dept of Nano-Semiconductor Engineering ◦ Nano-Semiconductor Engineering

◦ Architectural Design
Dept. of Oceanic Architectural
◦ Disaster prevention of offshore
Engineering
structures

◦ Convergence of Maritime &

Dept.of Convergence interdisciplinary
Ocean City Design
education of Maritime & Ocean Contents
◦ Logistics System

◦ Advanced Ship
Dept. of Advanced Ship Management
Operations Management N/A
Convergence
◦ Advanced Ship Technology Management

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 College Department Major Master Doctor

Dept. of Data Informatics ◦ Data Informatics

◦ Marine Biotechnology
NATURAL Dept. of Marine BioScience and
SCIENCES ◦ Marine Environmental Science
Environment
◦ Aquatic BioScience

Dept.of Convergence interdisciplinary

education of Maritime & Ocean ◦ Maritime & Ocean Biotechnology
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Dept. of Shipping Management ◦ Shipping Management

◦ Private Law
Dept. of Maritime Law ◦ Public Law
◦ Maritime Law

◦ International Trade
Dept. of Maritime Economics
◦ Economics Limited Limited
HUMANI quotas quotas
TIES
◦ English Linguistics for for
& Dept. of English Language and Literature
◦ English Literature each unit each unit
SOCIAL
SCIENCES
◦ International Policy
Dept. of Public Policy
◦ Maritime Administration

◦ East Asian Studies

Dept. of International Area & Cultural
◦ Maritime History and Culture
Studies
◦ Cultural Interaction Studies

Dept.of Convergence interdisciplinary

◦Convergence of Maritime &
education of Maritime & Ocean
Ocean Culture-Contents
Contents

◦ Marine Leisure Industry

Dept. of Sports Convergence ◦ Sports Medicine
◦ Ocean Safety (only Master’s)
ARTS &
SPORTS

Dept.of Convergence interdisciplinary

education of Maritime & Ocean ◦ Maritime & Ocean Health Care
Contents

※ For International students, more than 50% of classes to be taken for

graduation are taught in English.

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1. Selection Procedures
m The main method of evaluation is review of application documents.
(There is no interview)
m Evaluators in each department assess previous education, financial status,
study plan and personal statement and make a judgment concerning overall
academic ability to decide on whether the student will be admitted.

2. Application Fee
m KRW 50,000 or USD $60
m Graduate School Account No 301-0185-6530-41 (NONGHYUP BANK)
※ There is no refund once the application is made.
※ The application is completed only after you pay the application fee.

Contents Date & Time Remarks / Place

① Application
eujin20@kmou.ac.kr

Application Submission 2023. 11. 20.(Mon) 09:00 ② Submission

( Both ① and ② ) ~ 12. 8.(Fri) 18:00 by Postal Mail or visit KMOU
KMOU Graduate school
(#506, G2)
727 Taejong-ro, Yeongdo-gu,
Busan, 49112, South Korea

Document Screening 2023. 12. 18.(Mon)

in the departments Each department office
~ 12. 22.(Fri)

Announcement of KMOU Graduate school Homepage

Admission 2024. 1. 5.(Fri) 17:00 http://www.kmou.ac.kr/
graduate/main.do

Payment for 2024. 1. 10.(Wed)

Registration Nonghyup Bank
~ 1. 12.(Fri)

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No Required Documents Master’s Doctoral Remarks
Sign or seal after
1 Application form 【Form 1】 ○ ○
printing
Sign or seal after
2 Personal Statement & Study Plan【Form 2】 ○ ○
printing
Personally-Identifiable Information Collection Sign or seal after
3 ○ ○
and Usage Agreement【Form 3】 printing

4 Certificate of Bachelor’s degree ○ ○

- Apostilled or
5 Undergraduate Transcript ○ ○ consular confirmation
- Transcript :including
6 Certificate of Master’s degree ○ CGPA for the entire
academic curriculum
7 Graduate Transcript ○

8 Letter of Recommendation ○ ○ from present professor

TOEFL, TOEIC, TEPS, IELTS

9 Certificate of valid Language Proficiency ○ ○
or TOPIK
Photocopy of Applicant’s passport or
10 ○ ○ any proof of nationality
Applicant's Proof of Citizenship
Photocopy of Parent(s)’s passport(or Proof
any proof of nationality
11 of Citizenship) and family relationship ○ ○
and family relationship
document
12 Certificate of Finance ○ ○

13 Photocopy of Alien Registration Card △ △ only for holders

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◦Requirements for each submitted document
Documents
Submission Requirement
to Submit
- Submit an academic transcript officially issued by the
graduated university

- Submit the Transcript indicated with a CGPA for the entire

academic curriculum
- If the CGPA is not indicated in one of the acknowledged GPA
scales (4.0, 4.3, 4.5 point scale), submit a transcript converted
into one of the above GPA scales as a supplementary document
ㆍ A converted transcript is only valid when the relevant
university officially confirmed the document (this
Academic supplementary document does not need to be apostilled or
Transcript consular confirmed, but should be submitted in an original
document with university’s authentication)
ㆍ A transcript converted with a conversion tool such as
scholaro.com or wes.org is only acceptable when the
relevant university officially confirms the document (does not
need to be apostilled or consular confirmed, but should be
authenticated by the university)
ㆍ If applicants cannot submit the converted transcript, the
screening committee may convert the score according to the
criteria in the admission plan
- If passport is not available, please submit official certificates
such as birth certificate or family register issued by a
government that proves ① family relationship between an
applicant and his/her parents and ② their citizenship.
ㆍ If one cannot submit necessary documents due to an
Proof of absence of their parent(s) –e.g., divorced or deceased –
Citizenship please provide additional documents (e.g., divorce certificate
and or death certificate) that explains the reason for not
Family submitting their proof of citizenship
relationship ㆍChinese applicants can submit a household register or a certificate
of kinship. Consular confirmation is required. If the document is
written in Chinese, submit a certified translation as well
ㆍEthnic group, birth place, or current residency in the
submitted documents are not accepted as a citizenship
information

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 - Submit one of the following ①, ②, ③, ④
① Original bank statement with deposits equivalent to KRW 16,000,000
in the applicants name
② Original bank statement with deposits equivalent to KRW
16,000,000 in the applicants’ parents names
ㆍAn original copy of the parents’ employment certificate/income
certificate/tax payment certificate (choose one of three), or a
copy (original not needed) of their business registration
certificate
③ Original Scholarship certificate: If the applicant is receiving
financial support from their own government, agency, or other
organization
④ [Form 4] Scholarship Certification[Form4]
ㆍCertificate to grant scholarship that shows the amount of grant is
KRW 16,000,000 or more [Form4]
Certificate ㆍProvider of the grant should either be a prospective professor,
of Finance research institute or chief researcher of KMOU.
※ The financial guarantee documents submitted when applying for
admission cannot be used for future visa applications or other
purposes.
※ In principle, all financial documents must be issued within 30
days of submission. However, documents with an expiration date
on the balance certificate are accepted as valid until the expiration
date (however, it is valid for up to 6 months from the date of
issue).
※ If the total amount of scholarship money is less than
KRW16,000,000, the remaining costs are the responsibility of the
student and he or she should submit a Proof of Financial
Capability document verifying the remaining amount.
- The financial support person or the head of organization should
sign on the Affidavit of Financial Support included in application
【Form 1】
★ Notice
m All required documents must be written either in English or Korean.
Documents written in languages other than Korean or English must
accompany a complete Korean or English translation notarized by a notary
public.
m All applicant documents must be presented in their original forms. If an
applicant has to submit photocopied documents, applicants must have the
photocopies notarized, apostilled, or receive consular confirmation and submit
those certified documents.
m Applicants who studied or obtained an academic degree in China must
submit a certificate of verification issued by the degree-authentication center
run by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

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m All applicants must submit their required documents in original version to the
Graduate School Office by postal mail or in person. If applicants do not
submit their documents by the deadline, their application will be cancelled
automatically.
m When you do not submit all of the required documents, do not provide all
required information in the application form, do not check application results
and/or do not take the required steps for entry into Korea, your admission
may be canceled. In these cases, applicants are solely responsible for any
consequences.
m If applicants have obtained admission through felonious acts, such as forgery
or the doctoring or mistranslation of required documents, your admission
will be canceled even after you have started attending and all your study
records shall be erased, even if this is uncovered after graduation. In
addition, you will be charged with a criminal offense by our university
according to relevant Korean laws.
m International students(holders of D2 visa) are mandatory to join National
Health Insurance Service.
m All submitted documents shall not be returned, regardless of whether or not
your application is successful.
m All the other issues not clearly indicated in these guideline shall be handled
according to the university’s admissions procedures and regulations.
m Cancellation of registration and refund of tuition fees shall be handled
according to the university’s policies and regulations on tuition payment.
m If you are expected to receive your bachelor’s or master’s degree, you have
to receive and submit it by Feburary 27, 2024.
m Successful applicants should change their visa at the Busan Immigration
Office or at the Korean Embassy (or consulate) in their home countries to
get a student visa after acquiring the Certificate of Admission from the
International Office of KMOU.
m For more information or questions regarding the admission procedure,
please contact the KMOU Graduate School Office. +82-51-410-5120,
eujin20@kmou.ac.kr