Yonsei University Korean Language Institute

Yonsei University’s Korean Language Institute offers intensive Korean study at the university’s Seoul campus on Yonsei-ro. Its regular programme welcomes international learners and overseas Koreans with goals ranging from everyday communication to further study, employment and longer residence in Korea. The institute is an established university-based option for learners planning a sustained period of language education.

A structured ten-week programme

The regular course runs for ten weeks and includes 200 teaching hours per term. Four terms are offered each year, with morning and afternoon schedules. The curriculum is organised into six levels, and speaking and writing placement assessments identify the appropriate starting point.

This is a term-based programme with defined application deadlines, rather than a course that can be joined at any point. Students should allow time for academic documents to be reviewed and for the placement process before the first day of teaching.

Planning study at the Seoul campus

The institute’s office is at Yonsei University in Seodaemun-gu. Its wider student-life provision includes cultural activities, counselling and language-exchange information. These can help learners connect formal lessons with their experience of living in Seoul.

Prospective students should distinguish the regular programme from Yonsei’s separate shorter and seasonal Korean offerings. Check the exact campus, teaching session and document requirements for the selected course. Completing a language programme also needs to be considered separately from admission to a university degree.