Seoul National University

※ Occasion: Admission Guide Session for International students

※ Date: March 13, 2009 (Fri), 13:30~17:00

※ Venue: Auditorium, University Museum , Bld 70

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Dear International students,

The Office of International Affairs cordially invites you to The Admission Guide Session for International students, on Friday, March 13, 2009 at 13:30. Following SNU museum tour and reception is also organized.

We host this presentation to help international students who want to start their graduate courses at Seoul National University.

We would be delighted if you could join us for this special occasion. Please return this RSVP to us until February 28, 2009.

* Anyone who wants to get information about Seoul National University is welcomed.

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The Office of International Affairs

Seoul National University

KDI School

Dear KGSP Fellows,

Greetings from the KDI School! This is Jungwoo Park, International Student Admission Coordinator at the KDI School. It has been about six months now since you came to Korea, and I imagine you must be quite busy studying Korean. Yet as busy as you may be, the time has now come to begin exploring universities you may wish to apply to. That being said, I hope the KDI School will be among your ideal choices. We offer two master’s programs (MPP and MBA, Click → Curriculum) to both unrestricted (자율) and designated (위탁) students.

For 2009 fall admissions, we plan to open our online application system in late March. Please refer to the following admission information.

Admission Timetable (Tentative)

Early April	Open Class at KDI School
April 16~17	NIIED School Fair
Late April	Application Deadline
May	Document Review & Interview
Late May	Final Results Announced
September	First Semester Starts

* This schedule is for designated students.

Required Application Documents

- Online Application

- Statement of Purpose (Click)

- Bachelor’s Transcript(s)(University Grades/Marks)

- Certified copy of Bachelor’s Degree Diploma (Certificate of Graduation)

- Two Photos (3cm X 4cm)

- Recommendation Letter (if available)

- English Score Reports (if available)

If you have any questions, please contact me directly by email at jwpark@kdischool.ac.kr or by telephone at 02-3299-1281.

Best Regards,

Jungwoo Park (Ms.)

External Relations and Development Affairs

KDI School of Public Policy and Management

87 Hoegiro, Dongdaemun Gu, Seoul, 130-868 KOREA

Tel: 82-2-3299-1281 Fax: 82-2-3299-1223

Homepage: http://www.kdischool.ac.kr

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NIIED - They Remembered Us!

Information for Korean Language Proficiency Test

I would like to give my heartfelt thanks for your effort to study in Korea. It is not easy to live in a new environment and overcome language barriers. Moreover, it is also not easy to study abroad. You are struggling to assimilate different environment. From this point of view, the procedure of your readiness to study in Korea, will be harder than you thought. We, all of the staff members in NIIED, are pleased to help you.

As you know, you have to achieve a certain level of Korean Proficiency Test in order to get admission from your Graduate School. It will be held in March 28th(Sat.), 2009. Actually, we made a plan to have TOPIK, but it is changed to have KLPT because of the graduate school's admission schedule. We recognized that many of KGSP fellows are studying TOPIK patterns and drills. We, however, discussed it with University fellows and decided that we have KLPT. It might be understandable because main aim of this test will be provided the proper evaluation for your admission to Undergraduate course. We have to manage your admission with urgent schedule. Moreover, KLPT's elements of Korean Language evaluation is compatible to the TOPIK and the test will be held under the same condition of the participants.

The Schedule of KLPT is as follows;

1.Evaluation Institute: Korean Language Association

2.Type of Evaluation: KLPT

3.Date: March 28(Sat.), 2009

4.Venue: Not confirmed

5.Let your University Staff knows your ID information with .jpg photo.

Thank you for your kind cooperation!

Ho-nam, Park Ph.D

KGSP Manager, NIIED

hnpark@mest.go.kr

About KLPT

After the mail from IIE, I have checked the homepage for some information.

First of all, KLPT is a proficiency test which has 5 sections including Listening, Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading and Conversation. It takes 110 minutes to take the test. There are 6 levels according to your result score. To get 2nd level you have to know 2000 words (Just for record, from 초급1 till now I have been writing all the vocabulary, even the ones that we don't need to know and it is not more than 1700). Also there is Basic-KLPT for students who have taken language course for 150-200 hours which consists of Listening and Reading parts. Estimated time for the test is 90 minutes.

By the way, I went to the main office today to get answers to my questions which can be useful for you too. I have been told that they are going to organize a special KLPT exam for us, and that is not Basic-KLPT. After getting exam results designated students can apply to the university for their 1st choices. In case you fail, you will have 4 more chances to apply to another university which can be done after May. Wish good luck to all.

The Name Of The New Adventure - KLPT

Dear Government Scholarship Students,

Hello!

It is Sang Im Kim from IIE office.

We have some information on TOPIK and the Exhibition for 35 universities.

You are going to take KLPT test on March, 28th(Sat) instead of TOPIK.

We apologize that the test has been changed and advanced.

TOPIK test would have some troubles for us which the result will be presented in June and it has difficulties of being calculated in terms of 50%, so that NIIED cannot help changing the test.

KLPT test is also a Korean proficiency test like TOPIK(only different ministry) and you can get the result two weeks later with KLPT test. (Website http://www.klpt.org/)

IIE plans to open a class for KLPT during March and we are going to make an announcement after everything has been fixed.

All of you(designated and unrestricted students) should take this KLPT test to get Korean language score.

Secondly, the exhibition for 35 universities will be held April, 16th~17th(Thu~Fri) in Busan. This will be a good opportunity to get useful information for graduate school not only for designated students but also for unrestricted students. We hope many of you will join. If the place is fixed, we are going to Busan altogether.

Designated students will be able to apply for your first preference university from April, 16th~24th. You have all the same period to apply with different universities.

Please prepare your documents before the period.

If you have a question, please visit the office.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Sang Im Kim

2.3.2009

Dear Government Scholarship Students,

Hello!

It is Sang Im Kim from IIE office.

Firstly, as you know, we did participate in the meeting last Friday.

Actually, we discussed lots of things but there is nothing exactly decided. So please understand us that we cannot give the information about what you are wondering at this moment.

But NIIED is going to give all of you a conclusive answer by e-mail very soon based on the contents which was discussed last Friday.

Secondly, If you have difficulties of getting the documents to apply for graduate school, NIIED will give you photocopies of them after they stamp in order to prove those documents are the same as the original ones which you submitted before you came to Korea.

We will give you those documents as soon as NIIED sends us.

Lastly, when you apply for graduate school, you are required to submit a recommendation. If you need it, please visit the office.

Always thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

Sang Im Kim