Economics (freshman entry) — Chung-Ang University

Explore freshman entry to Economics at Chung-Ang University’s Seoul campus. Ask us to check the current curriculum, entry route and next available intake. Confirm the department’s teaching languages and the Korean readiness needed before starting degree classes.

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Course details

Qualification

Undergraduate degree entry

Teaching provider

CHUNG-ANG UNIVERSITY

Campus

The admission-unit table places this programme at the Seoul campus. Application documents go to the Office of International Affairs, Room 210, Building 310, Chung-Ang University, 84 Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06974, Korea. Confirm the teaching rooms and accommodation separately. Any required preliminary Korean retraining has a separately stated initial location at Da Vinci Campus, Anseong.

Location

Seoul

Teaching language

This department falls under the guide’s Korean-language advancement and retraining requirements. Confirm the actual teaching and assessment languages of its modules. An English subject name or an English admissions guide does not establish English-medium delivery.

Duration

Confirm the current programme duration, credits, completion requirements and exact degree title with the department. The admission-unit row does not establish a standard period for this individual entry; transfer study lengths and architecture’s four- or five-year labels are not applied to it.

Entry requirements

The guide separates application eligibility from Korean readiness to start degree classes. Its advancement alternatives include TOPIK level 4, completion of CAU’s Korean course level 4, completion of level 5 at an eligible IEQAS-certified Korean university, or Sejong Hakdang Intermediate 2, subject to the stated recognition rules. The latter two alternatives are described as applying upon admission; confirm their current acceptance. Admitted students who do not meet the Korean standard must pay both degree tuition and language-course fees, take a leave from the degree programme and attend Korean training before re-enrolment. The guide requires the first six months of that training at the Da Vinci Campus in Anseong. Confirm the applicable visa and financial requirements for this conditional route, which may be announced separately. The freshman route requires high-school graduation or expected graduation, or an accepted equivalent, with both parents holding foreign nationality. The guide excludes Korean/other dual nationals, acquisition of foreign citizenship after starting elementary school, and the stated home-school, self-education and GED routes. Obtain an individual nationality and education-history check. This entry concerns freshman admission; transfer qualifications are separate. Prepare the printed online application, high-school graduation evidence and full transcript with the grade scale, family/nationality evidence, applicant passport and parent/applicant identity copies, plus status-specific documents where applicable. Documents outside Korean or English require notarised Korean or English translations; the listed translation validity is three months from notarisation. Complete the online application, pay the applicable application charge, print the required forms and deliver the originals by post or in person as instructed. The Personal Statement and Study Plan row is restricted to Medicine, rather than imposed on this entry. Chinese family evidence includes the prescribed notarial relationship certificate. Final academic authentication depends on the country and school type: Chinese academic high schools, vocational schools and skilled-worker schools have distinct verification routes; follow the current CHSI, online verification, apostille or consular instructions applicable to your case. Expected graduates must provide final authenticated graduation evidence before the semester starts. Bank evidence for the Certificate of Admission is requested from admitted students during the separate COA period, not with the initial admission documents. The historical degree-COA table states more than KRW 20,000,000, with listed alternatives of USD 16,000, CNY 110,000 or VND 380,000,000. These are the guide’s historical amounts, not current exchange-rate conversions. The certificate may be in the applicant’s or a parent’s name and must meet the one-month issuance window tied to the visa-issuance or change application. Chinese-bank conditions include an historical freeze until 30 April 2026 and bank/certificate restrictions; obtain the current accepted amount, bank and holding period before moving funds. The guide says separate COA and balance criteria will be announced for students who do not meet the Korean standard. Admission, programme start and visa approval are separate decisions; none is guaranteed.

Course fees

For Spring 2026, the guide lists an application charge of KRW 150,000 for the first choice and KRW 60,000 for an eligible second choice. It states that the application charge is non-refundable after the application period; confirm current charges and terms. The 2025 reference table gives KRW 5,076,000 for the first semester for this college group. It also gives KRW 4,880,000 in a column labelled “After the second semester”; confirm the second-semester charge and the current billing schedule. These historical figures are not a current invoice, and no separate admission-charge amount is inferred from their difference. Budget separately for housing, insurance, living costs, document work and any required Korean retraining. The historical first-semester scholarship panel lists TOPIK 6 at 100% of tuition, TOPIK 5 or CAU Korean level 5 at 50%, and CAU level 4 or the specified certified-university Korean level 5 at 30%. Award documents had to be submitted by 19 December 2025, a past deadline. Korean-language award criteria are separate from any English-entry qualification. From the second semester, the guide lists previous-semester GPA thresholds of 4.3, 4.0, 3.7 and 3.2 for 100%, 50%, 30% and 20% reductions respectively, subject to university rules and the standard programme period. Multiple awards are permitted only within the tuition limit. Eligibility, nationality conditions and scholarship rules may change; obtain a current award decision and complete invoice. No award, combined discount or net fee is guaranteed.

Intake

Historical Spring 2026 admission: the summary lists application and document rounds from 1 to 19 September 2025 and from 12 to 26 November 2025. These periods are closed. The programme-unit table is headed as the first application period, so confirm the units and choices available for your intended round. Ask us to check the next current intake, full document deadline and available places; no open application window is established here.

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