# Notice: 2026 Fall Semester Graduate School Comprehensive Examination

 

**Foreign Language Course and Foreign Language Exam Pass List Announcement Date:** Tuesday, September 8, 2026 (scheduled)

 

Students subject to the foreign language exam course and exam are requested to apply for the Comprehensive Examination after the pass list is announced.

 

**Note on Special-Case (Exemption) Applicants:** Special-case applicant billing statements will be issued/registered in mid-September 2026 (scheduled). If payment is not made, the Comprehensive Examination registration will be cancelled.

 

**How to Check Your Tuition Billing Statement**

Next-Generation Information System > Graduate Students > Registration > Print Tuition Billing Statement > Enter Student ID/Name and click Search > Select "Agree" for consent > Print Tuition Billing Statement

 

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## 1. Comprehensive Examination Application and Process

 

 

**1. Apply for the Comprehensive Examination** *(Student)*

**First-time applicants:**

① Consult with your department chair professor and decide on exam subjects (based on the courses you have completed — print your transcript).

*Each professor may be requested for no more than 2 subjects.*

 

② How to apply: Comprehensive Information System → Log in with ID/PW → Graduate Students → Qualifying Exams → Apply for Comprehensive Exam → Search → New → Select exam subjects (search by course name): 3 subjects for Master's / 4 subjects for Doctoral → Save → Submit Application

 

**Re-applicants (failed subjects):**

① How to apply: Comprehensive Information System → Log in with ID/PW → Graduate Students → Qualifying Exams → Apply for Comprehensive Exam → New → Select exam subjects (search by course name) — must select subjects you previously failed

3 subjects for Master's / 4 subjects for Doctoral → Save → Submit Application

Sept. 2 (Wed) – Sept. 10 (Thu), 2026

 

**2. Enter Exam Question-Setters/Graders**

*(Department Chair Professor)*

 

**Grader entry method:**

Comprehensive Information System → Log in with ID/PW → Graduate School → Qualifying Exams → Qualifying Exams (Faculty) → Comprehensive Exam Grader → Select Exam Year: 2026, Exam Semester: Fall, select Master's or Doctoral (combined Master's-Doctoral program is included under Doctoral), select Exam Type (Comprehensive Exam) → Search → Double-click each searched exam subject → Select question-setter/grader on the right → Save

 

Sept. 2 (Wed) – Sept. 11 (Fri), 2026

 

**3. Comprehensive Exam Administration and Grading**

*(Conducted by each department)*

Conducted by each department.

Pass mark: 70 points or higher per subject (pass/fail determined by subject)

 

Sept. 21 (Mon) – Oct. 7 (Wed), 2026

 

**4. Entry of Comprehensive Exam Results and Department Recordkeeping**

*(Department Chair Professor)*

 

|epartment chair professor enters the results of the exam conducted by each department; answer sheets are kept by the department

(*retention period: 5 years*)

 

By 2:00 PM, Oct. 8 (Thu), 2026

 

**5. Comprehensive Exam Pass List Announcement**

 

How to check: Comprehensive Information System → Log in → Qualifying Exams → Apply for Comprehensive Exam → Check pass/fail results.

*Students who fail must retake the failed subject(s) in a subsequent exam within their enrollment period.*

 

Oct. 14 (Wed), 2026

 

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## 2. Eligibility for the Comprehensive Examination

 

**1. Master's Program**

a) Passed the First Foreign Language Exam

b) Earned or expected to earn 24 credits (GPA of 3.0 or higher)

 

**2. Doctoral Program**

a) Passed the First Foreign Language Exam

b) Earned or expected to earn 36 credits (GPA of 3.0 or higher)

c) Combined Master's-Doctoral Program (Doctoral track): earned or expected to earn 60 credits (GPA of 3.0 or higher)

 

> Following the revision of Article 48 (Eligibility to Apply) of the Graduate School Academic Regulations (Jan. 11, 2021), students expected to earn the required credits in the Doctoral or Combined Master's-Doctoral (Doctoral track) program have been eligible to apply since the 2021 Spring semester (for completed courses).

> Applications may be submitted within your enrollment period, and you must pass before submitting your degree thesis application (for students exempt from the thesis, before your graduating semester).

 

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## 3. Re-Applicants for the Comprehensive Examination (Failed Subjects)

 

**a. How to apply:** Submit application via the Comprehensive Information System, then pay the exam fee.

*Re-examination is available only for subjects previously failed.*

**b. Fee:** 12,000 KRW per subject

**c. Payment account:** Shinhan Bank 100-036-657940 (Account holder: Chosun University Graduate School)

*Payment must be made under the applicant's own name.*

 

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## 4. Exam Subjects

*(Excludes courses currently being taken in Fall 2026)*

 

a. **Master's:** 3 subjects selected from completed major courses (supplementary courses excluded)

b. **Doctoral:** 4 subjects selected from completed major courses (supplementary courses excluded)

 

### Special-Case Applicants — Comprehensive Exam Application

 

**[If the student's completed major courses allow the exam to proceed]**

a. Documents required: Special-Case Applicant Comprehensive Exam Application Form (attached), transcript

b. Submit to: Graduate School Academic Affairs Team (Main Building, 3rd Floor, Room 3156) or upload via Graduate School email (grad@chosun.ac.kr)

 

**[If the student's completed major courses do not allow the exam to proceed]**

a. Documents required: Special-Case Applicant Comprehensive Exam Application Form (attached), transcript, department meeting minutes (specifying substitute subjects)

b. Submit to: Graduate School Academic Affairs Team (Main Building, 3rd Floor, Room 3156) or upload via Graduate School email (grad@chosun.ac.kr)

 

*No exam fee for special-case applicants.*

 

### Transfer Students — Comprehensive Exam Application

 

**[If the number of courses completed at our graduate school is fewer than the required number of exam subjects]**

→ Select from courses recognized for transfer credit (major) completed at the previous university, and submit the following documents:

a. Documents required: Chosun University official transcript, previous university transcript, Transfer Student Comprehensive Exam Department Meeting Minutes (attached form)

b. Submit to: Graduate School Academic Affairs Team (Main Building, 3rd Floor, Room 3156) or upload via Graduate School email (grad@chosun.ac.kr)

 

*Transcript issuance link: Chosun University Certificate Issuance System [ICerti]*

 

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## 5. Inquiries

 

- Graduate School Academic Affairs Team: 062-230-6405, 062-608-5038

- Special-Case Applicant Inquiries: 062-230-6415

 

Attachments: 1. How to Apply for the Graduate Master's/Doctoral Comprehensive Examination, 1 copy. (ENG/KOR)

2. [Special-case applicant] Comprehensive Exam Application Form, 1 copy. End.

3. [Transfer student] Department Meeting Minutes, 1 copy. End.