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Online Camp for
graduate students, 2025 Fall semester

  • KAIST Korean Language Center
  • Korean Language Camp
    (for KAIST Students Only)
  • Online Camp
    for graduate students, 2025 Fall semester

KAIST Language Center operates Online Korean Language Camps to help international students gain basic communication skills in Korean prior to the start of studies to facilitate adjustment to the studies and research environment and build a foundation for cooperation in research.

Schedule of Korean Language Camp
  • Period : Jul 14, 2025 – Aug 14, 2025 (5 weeks, 24 days)
  • Lesson time : 6:30 PM – 10:20 PM (Korean time)
    • Lesson times may be adjusted depending on the participants’ locations.
  • Method : Real-time online lectures (using ZOOM)
Camp registration
  • Target : International students being admitted to graduate studies at KAIST in the Fall semester of 2025
  • Application period : Jun 20 – 30, 2025
  • Registration method : Online (The online registration link will be announced in June.)
  • Tuition fee : KRW 1,000,000
    • Refer to details below for payment methods and refund regulations
  • 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.
Level test and student assessments
  • 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
Requirements for camp 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)
  • A certificate in the name of the Director of KAIST Language Center will be issued upon program completion.
Lesson content and schedule
  • Goal : Obtaining TOPIK Grade 1
  • Hours : 100 hours
  • Lesson schedule
    • Lesson hours (real time online lessons- using ZOOM)
      Language lessons: 80 hours (4 hours/day), Culture lessons : 20 hours (5 hours/day)
      Time Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
      18:30-19:20 Grammar Vocabulary Culture Vocabulary Listening
      19:30-20:20 Vocabulary Speaking Writing Speaking
      20:30-21:20 Speaking Grammar Speaking Activity
      21:30-22:20 Activity TOPIK Reading TOPIK
      • Lesson times may be adjusted depending on the participants’ locations
    • Lesson content by date
      Week Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 17 Jul 18
      1 Hangul Introductions Learning
      about lab life
      through video      		 Asking and
      replying
      about object
      names      		 Requesting
      for items
      Jul 21 Jul 22 Jul 23 Jul 24 Jul 25
      2 Asking and
      replying
      about current
      activities      		 Asking and
      replying about
      destination
      and location      		 Learning
      about culture
      in labs from
      senior
      students      		 Asking and
      replying
      about date
      and days of
      the week      		 Ordering at
      restaurants
      Jul 28 Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul 31 Aug 1
      3 Asking and
      replying
      about the
      weather      		 Discussing
      exams      		 Key
      expressions
      used in labs      		 Setting an
      appointment
      time
      		 Expressing
      symptoms
      and
      prohibitions
      Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 7 Aug 8
      4 Expressing
      reasons      		 Discussing
      holiday plans      		 KAISTians in
      the media      		 Describing
      appearances      		 Making
      recommendations
      Aug 11 Aug 12 Aug 13 Aug 14
      5 Expressing
      hopes      		 Extending
      invitations      		 Making
      requests      		 TOPIK test
Payment methods
  • Credit card payment: Available at the program registration website
  • Bank transfer : Please make the payment using the information below.
    • Bank Name : WOORI BANK
    • Branch Name : KAIST Subbranch
    • Bank Address : 17, WORLD CUP BUK-RO 60-GIL, MAPO-GU, SEOUL, 03921, SOUTH KOREA
    • SWIFT CODE: HVBKKRSEXXX
      • Please take note that some foreign banks may recognize the code as HVBKKRSE.
    • Beneficiary Name : KAIST
    • Beneficiary Phone Number : +82-42-350-8731
    • Beneficiary Account Number : 270-003359-13-046
    • When transferring tuition fees from overseas, a difference in the final sum may arise from bank fees and exchange rates. The bank fee is to be paid by the student and the difference must be paid as soon as possible.
Refund regulations : Students who wish to cancel their registration must submit an application to the KAIST Language Center office and the sum refunded is as follows.
  • Full refund for cancellations before the course starts.
  • 2/3 refund for cancellations made before 1/3 of the course duration (excluding the 1/3 point itself).
  • 1/2 refund for cancellations made before 1/2 of the course duration (excluding the 1/2 point itself).
  • No refund for cancellations made after 1/2 of the course duration (including the 1/2 point itself).
  • If you cancel on the day of the class, that day's class will be considered attended, and the refund amount will be calculated accordingly.
  • Transfer fees incurred during the refund process are borne by the student
Inquiries : KAIST Language Center