[2026 Early Admission] Hanyang University Revives Essay Track for Medicine... Minimum CSAT Requirement Applied

Recruiting 1,708 Students Within Quota and 189 Outside Quota for Early Admission
Essay-Based Track Now Requires Minimum CSAT Score,
10% of Evaluation Based on School Records

Hanyang University will recruit 1,708 students within the quota and 189 students outside the quota for the 2026 academic year through its early admission process. By admission type, the university will accept 341 students through the School Record-Based (Recommendation Type), 199 through the Comprehensive School Record-Based (Recommendation Type), 621 through the Comprehensive School Record-Based (Document Type), 120 through the Comprehensive School Record-Based (Interview Type), 118 through the Equal Opportunity track, 157 through the Specialized High School Graduate Employee track, 233 through the Essay-Based track, and 108 through the Practical Skills and Achievement-Based track.

Starting with the 2026 academic year, the Essay-Based track at Hanyang University will apply the minimum CSAT (College Scholastic Ability Test) requirements to all recruitment units, and the Department of Medicine will also select students through the essay track. The Essay-Based track will be evaluated with 90% based on the essay test and 10% on the comprehensive school record assessment. The minimum CSAT requirement for all recruitment units except the Department of Medicine is a combined grade of 7 or less in three out of Korean, Mathematics, English, and one subject from Social Studies or Science (the highest score among them). For the Department of Medicine, the requirement is a combined grade of 4 or less in three out of Korean, Mathematics, English, and the average of two subjects from Social Studies or Science.

The School Record-Based (Recommendation Type) track combines a 90% quantitative assessment of school record grades up to the first semester of the third year and a 10% qualitative assessment, and applicants must meet the minimum CSAT requirement. The minimum CSAT requirement is a combined grade of 7 or less in three out of Korean, Mathematics, English, and one subject from Social Studies or Science.

The Comprehensive School Record-Based track, which was previously evaluated solely on the school record, was reorganized into three types starting from the 2025 early admission. These are: the Comprehensive School Record-Based (Recommendation Type), which applies the minimum CSAT requirement; the Comprehensive School Record-Based (Document Type), which uses a 100% comprehensive school record assessment as in the previous general evaluation; and the Comprehensive School Record-Based (Interview Type), which is a multi-stage process with the first stage selecting seven times the number of applicants per opening, and the second stage reflecting 30% from the interview.

For the 2026 academic year, the Comprehensive School Record-Based (Interview Type) will introduce a passage-based interview. The recruitment units for this are ten departments within the College of Engineering and the Hanyang Intercollege Department, where students with diverse competencies will be selected through the passage-based interview. As eligibility requirements differ by track, applicants must check the details before submitting their applications. Additionally, starting with the 2026 academic year, students may apply to multiple tracks among the Recommendation, Document, and Interview Types, and for the Equal Opportunity track, multiple applications are also allowed regardless of department, provided the eligibility criteria are met.

Youngpil Kim, Dean of Admissions, Hanyang University

For the 2026 academic year, the enrollment quota for advanced departments at Hanyang University has increased by a total of 80 students. The Department of Data Science will add 20 students, the Department of Future Automotive Engineering will add 20 students, and the Department of Convergence Electronic Engineering will add 40 students, with the numbers distributed between early and regular admissions. The Comprehensive School Record-Based (Document Type) track saw a significant increase in the number of students, with some increases also in the School Record-Based and Comprehensive School Record-Based (Recommendation Type) tracks.

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