KAIST Language Center has developed an Online Korean Language Camp program for students to study the Korean language before starting studies at KAIST. New students admitted to undergraduate studies at KAIST are advised to participate as completion of the Korean Language Camp is required for students to take the 3 regular Korean Language courses.

• Period : Jul 14 – Aug 14, 2025
• Lesson time : 1 PM – 6 PM (Korean time)
  • Lesson times may be adjusted depending on the participants’ locations.
• Method : Real-time online lectures (using ZOOM)

• Target : International students being admitted to undergraduate studies at KAIST in the Fall semester of 2025
• Application period : May 7 (Mon) – 19 (Mon), 2025
• Registration method : Online (The online registration link will be announced in May.)
• Tuition fee : Free (fully funded by KAIST)
  • Please sign up on the Language Center website, and log in through the "Non-KAIST Members login" for course registration, as you will be participating in the Korean language camp before the start of the Fall semester.

• Method : Individual assessments
• Content : The level test for class assignment assesses speaking abilities while improvements in the respective areas are assessed through task performance abilities and the TOPIK test at the time of program completion

• Minimum of 80% attendance in language and culture lessons respectively
• Minimum overall grade of 70% (Assignments, class participation/attitude, quizzes, mid-term/end of term exams)

• Students holding official score certificates for TOPIK Grade 1 or higher : Students who have submitted their official score certificates to the Language Center may be exempted from Korean language lessons and choose to participate only in other lessons in the camp.
  • Submission of TOPIK score certificate : Please send your score certificate to language@kaist.ac.kr.

• Goal : Obtaining TOPIK Grade 1
• Hours : 150 hours
• Lesson schedule
  • Language lessons (120 hours, real-time online lectures- using ZOOM)

    Time	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
    13:00~13:50	Vocabulary	Writing	Reading	Listening	Vocabulary
    14:00~14:50	Grammar	Vocabulary	Vocabulary	Vocabulary	Grammar
    15:00~15:50	Listening	Grammar	Grammar	Grammar	Listening
    16:00~16:50	Speaking	Listening	Speaking	Listening	Speaking
    17:00~17:50	Speaking	Speaking	Activity	Speaking	Writing

    • Lesson times may be adjusted depending on the participants’ locations.
  • Culture lessons (video lessons) - to be taken at student’s convenience during the camp period

    Topic	Content
    Introduction to KAIST	Library, ISSS, cafeterias, sports complex, duck pond
    Korean festivals	Seollal (meaning, sebae, sebaetdon, tteokguk) Chuseok (seongmyo, wishing upon the full moon, songpyeon)
    Understanding Korea	Country name, national flag, national flower, capital city, hangul, hanbok, hanok, currency
    Korean popular culture	K-POP, movies, drama series
    Korean society and travel	Characteristics of different regions in Korea (Seoul, Jeju-do, Gyeongju, Jeonju, Daejeon)

  • Lesson content by date

    Week	Jul 14	Jul 15	Jul 16	Jul 17	Jul 18
    1	OT and Hangul 1	Hangul 2, Hangul 3	Introductions	Asking and replying about object names	Asking and replying about current activities
    	Jul 21	Jul 22	Jul 23	Jul 24	Jul 25
    2	Introducing places	Asking and replying about date and days of the week	Ordering at restaurants	Asking and replying about the weather	Making suggestions
    	Jul 28	Jul 29	Jul 30	Jul 31	Aug 1
    3	Mid-term exam	Setting an appointment time	Expressing symptoms and prohibitions	Discussing holiday plans	Describing appearances
    	Aug 4	Aug 5	Aug 6	Aug 7	Aug 8
    4	Extending invitations	Discussing holiday plans	Describing appearances	Extending invitations	End of term exam
    	Aug 11	Aug 12	Aug 13	Aug 14
    5	TOPIK overview	TOPIK listening questions review	TOPIK reading questions review	Mock TOPIK exam

• Tel : +82-42-350-8731
• Email : language@kaist.ac.kr
• Website : https://lang.kaist.ac.kr