TESOL (MA) — IGSE

Study TESOL through IGSE’s MA provision in Seoul. The Language Education curriculum covers teaching, education research, and learning-materials development. Published completion requirements include 30 credits, core courses, a GPA of at least 3.0, and either an MA thesis or a comprehensive examination. Confirm the curriculum for your chosen major.

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Course details

Qualification

MA

Teaching provider

INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Campus

IGSE, Hyuck-je Building, 89 Yangjae-daero 81-gil, Gangdong-gu, Seoul. Confirm your teaching location. The school states that it has no dormitories and offers information and support for finding nearby housing.

Location

Seoul

Teaching language

Listed as English-track provision. The Fall 2026 guide states that courses are conducted in English; the government profile describes above-90% English provision for its language-education entries. Confirm current teaching and assessment arrangements.

Duration

Four semesters over two years, subject to completion requirements.

Entry requirements

Entry requires a recognised bachelor's degree or equivalent education. The international route lists two alternatives: a foreign-national applicant with both parents holding foreign nationality, or completion of the full regular school and university education abroad. Confirm how your background is assessed. The English guide’s published language alternatives include TOEFL PBT 530/CBT 197/iBT 59, CEFR B2, TEPS 600/New TEPS 202 as printed, or IELTS 6.0. Applicants relying on an English-official-language country background must provide certification that their university courses were in English; this is not an unconditional nationality waiver. Confirm accepted test editions, validity and current requirements. The guide’s expected-graduate wording specifies February 2026 despite its Fall 2026 title; obtain the applicable final-degree deadline. Prepare the application, study plan, passport/ID, academic certificates and transcripts, language evidence and family documents. Academic authentication differs for Korean, Chinese and other university origins; Chinese-university records require the printed English verification report and a Chinese-notarised transcript. Upload the required files and mail the hardcopies. The English guide’s financial reference is KRW 20,000,000 or equivalent, normally in the applicant’s name; a parent-held certificate requires both family-relation and tax certificates. Without an expiry date, it must be issued within 30 days of the application deadline; stated validity is limited to six months and must cover document submission. Confirm current document, authentication, financial and any tuberculosis-test requirements. Admission and visa decisions are separate. The university’s Korean-language Fall 2026 publication gives conflicting TOEFL iBT thresholds: 59 in the eligibility table and 71 in the evidence checklist. Confirm the applicable minimum before relying on either figure. A native-English-country footnote in that publication describes no supporting documents, unlike the English guide’s certificate wording; confirm the applicable country and evidence rules. Its bank table prints an inconsistent amount unit, so obtain the required balance and currency in writing rather than treating either publication as a confirmed current threshold. The study-plan length also differs: two pages in Korean and three in English. Confirm the current form. For the historical first round, the Korean guide gives 14 May 2026 at 17:00 as the original-document arrival deadline after online applications closed on 13 May; these are different steps and are no longer open.

Course fees

Historical Fall 2026 Korean-language guide: the TESOL/ELT Materials Development MA row lists KRW 3,700,000 per semester for four semesters, a separate KRW 500,000 entrance fee, and KRW 4,200,000 as the first-semester payment. The stated tuition already includes the 35% scholarship; do not deduct it again. This clarifies the historical semester unit omitted from the English fee table; it does not confirm current charges or scholarship eligibility. Obtain a current itemised invoice, scholarship conditions and compulsory extras. These references are not a confirmed current or full-degree price.

Intake

The Fall 2026 guide lists application periods of 27 April–13 May and 8–24 June 2026, both now past. Its schedule heading says Fall 2025 despite those 2026 dates. These periods do not establish a current opening. Ask us to check the next intake, deadlines, interview arrangements and places.

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