IELTS Requirement for South Korea Universities: Minimum Score

Typical minimum: 6.0 overall where a university states a fixed minimum, though individual universities and tracks in this project's own sample range from 5.5 to 7.0, and several general undergraduate tracks (Yonsei, Korea University's general majors, Sungkyunkwan's Korean Track, POSTECH's own undergraduate guide) publish no fixed minimum at all and instead ask only for a valid score, or accept TOPIK as an alternative., verified 7 September 2026.

Computed from this project's own sample of 8 researched Korean universities: Seoul National University states IELTS 6.0, KAIST states 6.5, Sungkyunkwan's Business Administration English-track states 6.0, Korea University's Global Open Major (its only stated undergraduate figure) states 7.0, and Kyung Hee's English Track states 5.5. Yonsei's and POSTECH's figures used in the companion file (5.5 and 6.0) are each borrowed from that university's Graduate School or graduate GIFT track because their own undergraduate guides state no fixed minimum. Hanyang stated no fixed English minimum for undergraduate admission at all. studyinkorea.go.kr does not publish one national figure.

Verified universities in South Korea and their minimum

Sources, checked 7 September 2026
  1. https://admission.kaist.ac.kr/intl-undergraduate