South Korea

Undergraduate

Previous university/college study is required in addition to local high school qualifications for our Undergraduate Bachelor degree courses. 

If you've taken A-levels or the International Baccalaureate, you can find our requirements for your chosen course through the Course Finder.

If you've attended Junior College, we normally require 75% or above from a Junior College two-year course for entry into the first year of our degrees, depending on subjects taken and individual marks obtained.

We accept a number of international qualifications and foundation programmes. We also accept the SAT with a minimum of 1100 out of 1600 with 550 in each test plus High School Graduation Diploma , or a minimum of 3 APTs with two at 3 or above and one at 4 or above.

Some courses have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team admit@essex.ac.uk.  You can also get in touch with our country contact Michelle Neoh: m.neoh@essex.ac.uk. 

We also offer a range of Foundation Programmes which can lead to entry to our undergraduate degrees, please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

Postgraduate Taught

Many of our Postgraduate Taught Masters will consider applicants with grades above B or 2.75/4 or 3/4.5 from Bachelor degree. Some courses and departments have higher entry requirements as well as other admissions criteria. Please see individual courses for more information or email our admissions team pgadmit@essex.ac.uk. 

We also have a range of Foundation Programmes available if you do not meet these grades. Please visit University of Essex International College for further information.

Postgraduate Research 

For entry to Research degrees, please refer to the entry requirements for the degree that you are interested in. 

An undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK 2:2 (see the grade information above), and a master's degree with a good grade is required for most PhD programmes, in addition to a well-developed research proposal in a field in which we can offer supervision. Please have a read through our information for research degree applicants and check the course details for your chosen programme for further information about entry criteria.

Our Essex Global Talent Scholarship, worth 50% of the first year tuition fee, is available for international undergraduate or master’s students.

International Baccalaureate Excellence Scholarship offers £2,000 scholarships to students who start at Essex in 2025-2026 and achieve academic excellence in their International Baccalaureate.  

Academic Excellence International Masters Scholarship offers  £4,000 scholarships to international students who took undergraduate degree overseas or in the UK and are self-funding their postgraduate studies. Please visit the link for further details about deadlines and eligibility. 

Our Asia (West-Central-North) Undergraduate Scholarship offers up to £3,000 scholarships to undergraduate students from South Korea. Please visit the link for further details about deadlines and eligibility.

Please visit our Scholarships pages for information about additional funding opportunities.

We have a partnership between Sungkyunkwan University and the Department of Economics at Essex. Students from BA Global Economics at Sungkyunkwan University can gain a double degree with BA or BSc Economics at Essex and graduate with a dual degree from Sungkyunkwan and Essex. Please get in touch with Michelle with the details below for more information.