Study options in South Korea
After IGCSE, SPM, Foundation, A-levels, IB, UEC or STPM, students can opt to study in 4-year degrees or 2-year degrees.
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4-year degrees
The normal 4-year bachelor degree requires at least 140 credits and the first 2 years focuses on the general/basic education while the next 2 years focuses on specialised education. About 30 different undergraduate majors are provided in Korea such as business administration, literature, fine arts, law, music, pedagogy science, theology, economics, agriculture, political science, administration, engineering, library science, medicine, nursing, oriental medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine.
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2-year degrees
Junior colleges and industrial universities offer 2-3-year programs in a range of vocationally oriented studies. Most of the programmes last for 2 years and require at least 80 credits. The programmes provide 40 percent general subject content and 60 percent technical content, with major focus on the internships. Pupils are evaluated by means of examinations conducted during the term and also at the end of each semester.
After a Bachelor's degree, students can opt to study for their masters.
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Masters
The Master degree (Suksa) is provided at universities and 4-year colleges.The Master degree program requires the completion of coursework and a thesis, and also requires at least 24 or more credits and a GPA (grade point average) of 3.0 or above. The thesis is evaluated by 3 or more examiners. For admittance to a Master degree program, students must have completed their bachelor degree course.