This document provides information about Underwood International College (UIC) at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. It describes UIC's admissions tracks for international, Korean, and overseas Korean students. It outlines UIC's liberal arts curriculum which emphasizes global competency through English-only classes, East Asian competency through regional exchange programs, and Korean competency through local course offerings. The curriculum includes a common freshman year and opportunities for study abroad, majors, seminars, and a senior thesis. Career development services and global forums are also highlighted.

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UIC Office:
Phone 82-2-2123-3923~4
Email uicadm@yonsei.ac.kr
Website http://uic.yonsei.ac.kr
Underwood International College,
Yonsei University 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu
Seoul, Korea (120-749)
APPLYING TO UIC
Admissions
There are three different admissions tracks at UIC. Applicants must
apply through the appropriate admissions track. For further information,
please refer to following websites at
http://uic.yonsei.ac.kr or http://admission.yonsei.ac.kr/seoul
International
Students
Korean
Students
Overseas
Koreans
(12 years
abroad)
Overseas Koreans
(More than 3 years)
Nationality
&
Qualifications
Foreign students whose
parents are both foreign
nationals
(dual nationals or green
card holders must
give up their Korean
nationality
before application)
Korean
students
Korean
students
who
completed
both
primary and
secondary
education
overseas
(all 12 years)
Korean students
who completed
more than 3 years
of secondary
education overseas
(at least 1 year of
high school, with
both parents
staying overseas
with the student
for at least
18 months,
including
6 months of
high school)
Application
Deadlines
In August & December:
Spring entry
In December & April:
Fall entry
In September:
Spring entry
In July:
Spring entry
In May:
Fall entry
In July:
Spring entry
Application
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http://uic.yonsei.ac.kr http://admission.yonsei.ac.kr/seoul
Contact
UIC Office
(uicadm@yonsei.ac.kr)
82-2-2123-3923
Office of Admissions
(ysadms@yonsei.ac.kr)
82-2-2123-4131
Evaluation
Process
1st Stage : Document Review
2nd Stage: Interview (excludes 12 years Overseas Koreans)
Required Documents
Application form, transcripts, high school diploma, personal statements
in English, letter(s) of recommendation, and other supporting documents.
Required documents may differ according to the admissions track.
All documents submitted for admission must be either originals or have a seal
affixed by the issuing institution or by UIC.
The Liberal Arts
for International Minds

2. ABOUT UIC
Career Development
UIC places great importance on student career development. Faculty advisers
at the Underwood Career Development Center assist students in pursuing their
professional ambitions, ensuring that UIC graduates are uniquely positioned to
take advantage of an increasingly global job market and gain admission to top
international graduate programs.
UIC Forums and Lectures
Underwood Global Forum and Career Lecture Series
The Underwood Global Forum hosts distinguished international scholars from
a variety of academic fields, providing UIC students with an opportunity to
engage in discussions with internationally acclaimed scholars. In addition, Career
Lectures Series are held throughout the semester, with experts and professionals
from various fields giving career-oriented lectures on a broad range of topics.
All first-year UIC students reside at the International Campus in Songdo,
Incheon. After the first year, students in the Underwood Field will take courses
at the Sinchon Campus, while students from the HASS and ISE Fields continue
to take major courses at the International Campus.
UIC CURRICULUM
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
INTERNATIONAL CAMPUS
What is UIC?
UIC is the first independent liberal arts college in Korea to conduct all its classes
in English. Established in February 2005 as Yonsei University's newest college,
UIC has changed the shape of higher education in the region, providing Korean
and international students with a rigorous education that combines global
standards with a uniquely East Asian experience.
Why UIC? Global + Regional + National
UIC’s unique program recognizes that the leaders of the future must have a
grasp of global, regional, and national affairs. Through a curriculum combining
core requirements, major courses, and interdisciplinary upper level seminars, UIC
students learn to approach the world's problems from a variety of perspectives.
1)
Global Competency
•
Ivy League-quality curriculum emphasizing intellectual curiosity, critical
thinking, and communication skills
•International faculty and culturally diverse student body
•
Exclusive exchange programs and global networking tours
2) East Asian Competency
•Exchange programs with other East Asian universities
•Elite students drawn from throughout East Asia
•Language instruction in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
3) Korean Competency
•
Wide range of courses in Korean literature, culture, and politics
•Korean Studies minor
•Access to Yonsei University’s extensive alumni network
International Students in UIC
Americas Europe Africa Oceania Asia
92 34 6 11 132
*As of March 2013
Common Curriculum
Freshman Year
The first-year common curriculum, drawing on the best of the liberal arts
tradition, seeks to produce effective leaders capable of independent, critical,
and creative thinking. UIC students take small reading and writing-intensive
seminars in literature, philosophy, history, critical reasoning, science literacy, and
research methods.
UIC Seminars/ Senior Thesis
UIC seminars allow students to explore a wide range of subjects outside of their
major, benefiting from the cutting-edge research of their professors. In addition,
students can also take classes in the creative arts (writing, filmmaking, music)
or in career-oriented subjects (business, law). In their senior year, UIC students
have the option of writing a thesis.
Majors
Underwood Field
Students can study the following majors at the Sinchon Campus:
Division Majors
Underwood Division (UD)
Comparative Literature and Culture; Economics;
International Studies; Political Science and International
Relations; Life Science and Biotechnology
Humanities, Arts Social Sciences Field(HASS)
Students can study the following majors at the International Campus:
Division Majors
Asian Studies Division (ASD) Asian Studies
Techno-Art Division (TAD)
Information Interaction; Creative Technology
Management; Culture Design Management
Integrated Social Sciences
Division (ISSD)
Justice Civil Leadership; Quantitative Risk Management;
Science, Technology Policy; Sustainable Development
Cooperation
Integrated Science Engineering Field(ISE)
Students can study the following majors at the International Campus:
Division Majors
Integrated Science
Engineering Division (ISED)
Bio-Convergence; Energy Environmental Science
Engineering; Nano Science Engineering
UIC Exclusive Exchange/ Study Abroad Program
1. Three Campus Comparative East Asian Studies Program
•Keio University (Japan / Fall)
•Yonsei University (Korea / Spring)
•University of Hong Kong (China / Summer)
2. University of Geneva 3. Dartmouth College
4. Waseda University 5. UC Berkeley (Department of Economics)
6. Barnard College, Columbia University 7. Utrecht University, Netherlands
UIC encourages its students to study abroad for 1or 2 semester(s) during
their junior or senior year. UIC students may also participate in Yonsei
University’s exchange programs. As of 2013, Yonsei has exchanges with
more than 600 partner institutions in 60 countries (http://oia.yonsei.ac.kr).