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Department of Social Welfare

Admission

Recruitment guidelinesOperating regulations

General admission degree programs

Master
  • Individuals who have obtained a bachelor's degree from domestic or foreign universities or those expected to obtain a degree upon completion of the current registered semester
  • Individuals recognized as having equivalent or higher academic qualifications under relevant laws
Combined master's/doctorate's program
  • Individuals who have obtained a bachelor's degree from domestic or foreign universities or those expected to obtain a degree upon completion of the current registered semester
  • Individuals recognized as having equivalent or higher academic qualifications under relevant laws
Doctorate
  • Individuals who have obtained a bachelor's degree from domestic or foreign universities or those expected to obtain a degree upon completion of the current registered semester
  • Individuals recognized as having equivalent or higher academic qualifications under relevant laws
Eligibility for master's/doctorate's
Support for North Korean defectors
  • Individuals qualified to apply for master's or doctorate's program
  • Individuals registered as North Korean defectors pursuant to the North Korean Defectors Protection and Settlement Support Act

Additional eligibility requirements and submission documents

  • Written examination in major-specific English
  • Submission of official foreign language proficiency test scores recommended

Program information (for students admitted after 2022)

Category Length of study Maximum period of enrollment Period for degree acquisition after completion Minimum credits required Graduation thesis
Master Minimum 2 years 3 years 6 years 24 credits Master's thesis
Doctorate 5 years 8 years 36 credits Doctoral dissertation
Combined master's/doctorate's program Minimum 4 years 8 years 8 years 60 credits Doctoral dissertation

※ The minimum of 36 credits for doctoral program completion applies to new students from the 2022 academic year

※ For other academic information: Refer to relevant items on the Education/Academic Affairs tab of the Graduate School website

Minimum publication requirements for doctoral dissertation

  • At least one paper published as first author in a journal listed (or candidate) by the National Research Foundation of Korea
  • Or at least one paper published in SCI(E), SSCI listed journals regardless of author rank