[2025 Early Admission Special] Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 7x Increase in Non-Major Selection... Reduction in Student Record Interview

Selection of 2,086 Students in Rolling Admissions
SW Talent Screening Fully Converted to Document Review

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies will select 2,086 students in the 2025 early admission. While significantly expanding the selection of undeclared majors, the university has partially eliminated interview evaluations in the comprehensive student record screening.

By admission type, 488 students will be selected through the Comprehensive Student Record Screening (Interview Type), 34 through the Comprehensive Student Record Screening (SW Talent), 525 through the Comprehensive Student Record Screening (Document Type), 191 through the Equal Opportunity Admission, 375 through the Principal Recommendation Admission, and 473 through the Essay Admission. All admission types allow multiple applications.

The undeclared major selection is divided into Type 1 and Type 2, selecting a total of 835 students. This is about 7.2 times the 116 students selected for undeclared majors in the previous year. Type 1 includes the newly established Seoul Campus Division of Liberal Arts, selecting 100 students, and the Global Campus Division of Liberal Arts, selecting 224 students. Type 2 recruits 511 students by university and department.

The Comprehensive Student Record Screening SW Talent will select successful candidates in 2025 solely based on 100% document evaluation without interviews. Last year, the process involved selecting three times the number of candidates based on 100% document evaluation in the first stage, followed by a combined evaluation of 50% document and 50% interview in the second stage. Accordingly, the Interview Type is the only admission type at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies that conducts a second-stage interview.

There are differences in the weighting of evaluation elements in document assessments between the Interview Type and SW Talent, and the Document Type and Equal Opportunity Admission. The Interview Type and SW Talent reflect academic competency 30%, career competency 50%, and community competency 20%. The Document Type and Equal Opportunity Admission evaluate documents with academic competency 50%, career competency 30%, and community competency 20%. The second-stage interview conducted only in the Interview Type is a personality and aptitude interview based on submitted documents, reflecting academic competency 40%, career competency 40%, and community competency 20%.

Jeong Seok-o, Dean of Admissions, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

In the Essay Admission, the weighting of the essay exam has increased from 80% last year to 100% this year. With the introduction of minimum CSAT score requirements at the Global Campus, minimum standards apply to both campuses. For the Seoul Campus LD/LT Department, applicants must meet a combined grade of 3 or less in two subjects among Korean, Math, English, and Social/Science Inquiry (one subject), and a grade of 4 or less in Korean History. For other departments at the Seoul Campus excluding LD/LT, applicants must meet a combined grade of 4 or less in two subjects among Korean, Math, English, and Social/Science Inquiry (one subject), and a grade of 4 or less in Korean History. The minimum CSAT requirements for all departments at the Global Campus are a grade of 3 or less in one subject among Korean, Math, English, and Social/Science Inquiry (one subject), and a grade of 4 or less in Korean History.

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