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The total differs according to the individual but the estimated cost is as follows. (Estimate for 4 months)Estimated Living Expenses (for 4 months) 

Yes, you must have health insurance coverage for the duration of your study at Sogang. Exchange students must submit a proof of health insurance to the Office of International Affairs. 

To secure a dormitory room, exchange students must submit Dormitory Application to the Office of International Affairs by the due dates, which will be announced each semester. Due to limited space of the dormitory, once the application period is over, securing a dormitory room is impossible. Make sure to meet the application deadline. For more information, please refer to our English website, "International Service"-"Housing". 

International students hoping to study at Sogang as undergraduate or graduate students should contact the relevant Admissions Office, as follows:

Undergraduate Program (email): lovesogang@sogang.ac.kr

Graduate Program (email): gradsch@sogang.ac.kr

Graduate School of International Studies (email): gsis@sogang.ac.kr

Sogang Business School(Graduate Programs (email): gsbu@sogang.ac.kr

For undergraduate and graduate courses, Korean language proficiency is compulsory, however all the GSIS courses are offered in English. 

As an exchange student, you can apply to the Korean Language Program offered by the Korean Language Education Center at Sogang. Exchange students majoring in Korean Language or Korean Studies are eligible to take the Afternoon courses and receive 12 credits. Exchange students whose major is other than Korean Language or Korean Studies are eligible to take the Evening courses only and receive 3 credits. For more information, please visit the Korean Language Education Center website at https://klec.sogang.ac.kr/ 

Before you come to study at Sogang, make sure that you will be able to get the credits received at Sogang approved by your home university. Afterthe end of each semester, the Office of International Affairs will send official trans to your home university. (Spring semester- around August, Fall semester- around February). It is recommended that you keep the class syllabifor transfer of your credits earned at Sogang. 

Yes, you can add or drop courses during the first week of the semester. To add a course, you must get a written approval from the professor and submit the Course Change Form to the Office of International Affairs(OIA). To drop a course during the add/drop period, you need to submit the Course Change Form to the OIA (no written approval from the professor required). Note that you can add courses only during the add/drop period. After the period, adding courses is impossible. However, you can drop courses until around the third week of the semester if you submit a written approval from the professor to the OIA. 

Unfortunately,according to the academic rules at Sogang University, all undergraduate students including exchange students cannot take graduate courses even if students are academically competent. However, graduate students can take both undergraduate and graduate courses on the condition that credits earned at undergraduate program will be approved by home university. 

More than 30% of the total number of courses offered at undergraduate program at Sogang is offered in English. 100% of the courses offered at the Graduate School of International Studies and most courses offered at Sogang Business School (Graduate Programs) are in English. 

- Spring Semester: November 10 / - Fall Semester: May 10