Of course. There are many students who majored in science and engineering and are currently conducting active researches in areas involving basic dental sciences and clinical dentistry.

There is no minimum GPA that applicants must attain. However, GPA is converted into certain scores based on standards and therefore, an applicant’s GPA may be considered as one of the factors for admission during the selection process.

Interviews last no more than 20 minutes for each applicant. You may be asked some general academic questions pertaining to your major. If the applicants have deligently studied their major from the bottom up, they should not have a difficult time answering the questions.

No, we do not give a preference to graduates of Seoul National University.

Applicants with only TOEIC scores are not eligible to apply. Applicants are required to present TEPS score (750 or above) or TOEFL score (IBT 103 or above). Language proficiency test scores are only valid for two years from the opening date of the admission application. Also, we do not accept TOEIC scores.

BK21 scholarship or research funds for each research laboratory are available for admitted applicants. For more information on financial aid, please contact your academic advisor.

After each freshman submits the application to each classroom office, a head professor will draft the appoinment list. Then the Graduate Student Advisory Board will review the list and finalize the appointment.

The combined masters and doctorate program is designed for applicants enrolled in the masters program who wish to pursue a continuous program of study leading to doctoral degrees. This program allows applicants to skip the doctoral application process and to concentrate on research and scholarly work thereby shortening the entire process of maters and doctoral studies upto one year. Since only the applicants for the masters program are eligible for the combined program, you cannot enroll for the combined program during the admission process.

When academic achievement in respect to credit completion, class attitude, or dissertation examination is so poor that it may result in expulsion from the program, an academic advisor is required to present a written opinion to the Graduate Student Advisory Board and the Dean. However, if students completed certain credit hours, they may earn their degree. If students cannot earn any degree, they may be considered as completing the certificate program.

The reason why we require applicants to complete prerequisite courses is that it is beneficial for students to study dentistry after they have attained overall concept of biology, physics, chemistry, math or statistics. Therefore, when taking the prerequisite courses, we suggest that students take the courses that are listed in the approved list of courses or courses that teach basic concepts of sciences.

No. Our Graduate School does not issue certificates for prerequisites since the admission process of the year 2011. But when applying:
1) When applying, applicants must list all completed prerequisite courses according to the input standards that we provide;
2) When the prerequisite courses are taken at the undergraduate level, applicants can submit transcript; and
3) When other methods are taken to complete the prerequisites, such as other universities or academic credit bank system, prerequisite completion certificate in addition to transcripts should be submitted.

When submitting a transcript, please highlight all the names of the prerequisite courses.

No, it is not acknowledged. In other words, prerequisite courses are accepted only if their grades are out during the application process.

Credits for prerequisite courses can be earned through other univeristies’ summer or winter sessions or academic credit bank system, and those issue certificates of course completion. However, private educational institutes or online courses are not accepted for the purpose of admission.

No. We acknowledge credits that are earned at universities, graduate schools, academic credit banks, and any other legal instutitions that issue certificate of course completion. But we recommend that you take the prerequisites at the universities you are attending.

Yes, laboratory courses must be completed.

No, prerequisite courses can be taken as liberal arts education or as part of your major.

A The process is fundamentally the same as the process for graduates of universities in Korea.
1) If an applicant has completed all prerequisite courses at a foreign university, the applicant may submit a transcript issued by the university. In such cases, the transcript should show the completed credits, GPA, and standards for calculating the GPA and credits.
2) However, if some of the prerequisites were not completed while attending a foreign university, the applicant may complete the prerequisite courses at another university in Korea or use the academic credit bank system, and present the certificate of completion as well as the transcript issued by the foreign university.

We have listed only the subjects that are applicants have inquired since we are unable to list all subjects on the approved courses list.