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Academic notes
Students’ home institutions set the policy regarding the award of credit for coursework completed at CNU. Students are responsible for knowing your home institution’s policies and procedures regarding this matter.
Academic information useful to participants: CNU subscribes to the system of Korean CREDIT. CNU does require exchange students to take at least 9 Korean credits (about 18 ECTS) a semester. A course of CNU usually grants 3 credits. (Workloads /Course = 3 hours a week, total 45 hours a semester)
- Minimum Korean CREDIT workloads to keep CNU student status: 9 credits per semester
- Maximum Korean CREDIT exchange students can take: 18 credits per semester
- Language of instruction: Korean/English
- CNU offers about 150 courses taught in English and the list will be sent one month before the start of a new semester
- Grading system:
- 95-100 = “excellent”
- 90-94 = “very good”
- 85-89 = “good”
- 80-84 = “highly satisfactory”
- 75-79 = “satisfactory”
- 70-74 = “fare” / “sufficient” (minimum passing grade)
- 00-69 = “insufficient”
It is unfortunately impossible to issue attachments with estimated equivalent evaluation used at the host university. Herewith, it is advisable to make sure there is a policy at home university that it enables student to convert the Korean CREDIT grades into the evaluation in use there. However, upon request, abstracts and syllabi of the courses student complete during their stay can be issued and attached to the transcript of record.
Transcript issuance
- Fall semester 2016: by the last week of January 2017
- Spring semester 2017 by the last week of July 2017
The transcript of records will be sent by the OIA CNU to the students’ home institutions by post after the exchange students’ returning to home.
Estimated personal expenses
| Food (per meal) | 3 - 7 USD |
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| Fee for Dormitory & Adten Registration Card |
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| Health Insurance |
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| Local Transportation |
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| Academic (books etc.) | At least 60 USD per semester |
| Personal (entertainment etc.) | 100 - 200 USD |
| USD/KRW exchange rate | It varies from 1,050 - 1,100 KRW for 1 USD. |
| EUR/KRW exchange rate | It varies from 1,400 - 1,500 KRW for € 1. |
* See current exchange rate here: http://fx-rate.net/KRW/
- University facts:
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University facts: Location City of Gwangju, South Korea City Population 1.5 million Student Population 30,000 Number of students from overseas 1,100 - For further information concerning Gwangju and South Korea, please refer to the following links below:
- South Korea Tourism
- Talk to me in Korean
- Gwangju website
- Gwangju International Center (GIC)
- Trains (Express Rail)
- Buses Buses
- South Korea Weather Forecast
- Local time in S. Korea
- South Korea at Wikipedia
- Gwangju at Wikipedia
- Embassies/Consulates of South Korea