Hongdae, Mapo-gu, Seoul
+$300 service fee
Popular: Japan
Hongik University
Korean Language Institute · Levels 1–6
Tuition / term
₩1,750,000
Next intake
D-41
2026 Winter · apply by Oct 7, 2026
Free to apply · we reply within 24 hours · no payment now
Term length
10 weeks
200 class hours
Class hours
4 h / day
09:00–12:50 (Levels 2–6) or 14:00–17:50 (Level 1) · Mon–Fri
Levels
Levels 1–6
Placement test on site
Terms per year
4 terms
Mar · Jun · Sep · Dec
Class size
About 13 students per class
Same group all term
Dormitory
₩900,000
No dormitory through the institute — we book verified housing for you
Campus on video
See it before you commit
Our life as students here
Institute official
Sisi’s study-in-Korea story
Student story · grand prize
Silvia — FRIENDHONGIK
Student story
24 hours in a student’s life
Student story
Mari’s tips for enjoying student life
Student story
Natsuki’s favourite places to eat in Hongdae
Student story
Total cost
What you actually pay
Tuition
₩3,500,000
₩1,750,000 × 2 terms
Application fee
₩100,000
One-time, non-refundable
Dormitory
₩1,800,000
No dormitory through the institute — we book verified housing for you
Living costs
≈ ₩4,800,000–7,800,000
Food, transport, SIM, utilities · about ₩800,000–1,300,000 / month
ALLO service fee
US$300
Non-partner school
2 terms total
6 months · 2 terms
≈ ₩10,620,000–13,620,000
Not included
Flights
Return ticket from your country
Insurance
Mandatory · about ₩80,000 per 6 months
Textbooks
₩23,000–40,000 per level
Alien Registration Card
₩30,000, applied for after arrival
2026 calendar
Terms and deadlines
Term
Classes start
Apply by
Status
2026 Summer
Classes start
Jun 8, 2026
Apply by
Apr 8, 2026
Closed
2026 Fall
Classes start
Sep 7, 2026
Apply by
Jul 8, 2026
Closed
2026 Winter
Classes start
Dec 7, 2026
Apply by
Oct 7, 2026
Accepting
2027 Spring
Classes start
Mar 8, 2027
Apply by
Jan 6, 2027
Accepting
2027 Summer
Classes start
Jun 7, 2027
Apply by
Apr 7, 2027
Accepting
Document deadlines here are early — roughly a week after registration opens. D-4 applicants pay two terms of tuition at once. Miss the placement test and you start in Level 1. The institute sits in an officetel just off the main campus, so there is no campus dormitory to apply for.
Eligibility
Three questions, then you know
1
How long do you plan to study?
2
Have you finished high school (or will you before classes start)?
3
Can you show USD 10,000 in a bank account, yours or a parent’s?
Documents
What you’ll need to send
Everyone
Whatever your term length
Application form (institute form — INCLUDES study plan)
Required
Photo 1 — white background, within 3 months
Required
Passport copy — valid 10+ months from application
Required
Diploma/certificate ORIGINAL + apostille/consular — by MAIL (D-4)
Required
Gap proof — if 1+ year since graduation
Required
Two terms or more · D-4 visa
The school sponsors your student visa — immigration asks for these
Bank statement ORIGINAL — own name USD 10,000+, within 1 month, by mail (parents → family cert)
Two terms+
[Designated countries excl. China] IDs + notarized family cert + transcript + parents' employment/income + guarantor (visits in person)
Two terms+
We check every file before it reaches the school. If something is wrong, you hear it from us — not from a rejection letter.
Location
Hongdae, Mapo-gu, Seoul
101 Dokmak-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul — Yemungwan Bldg. A, Room 411
Nearest station
6
Sangsu Station · Exit 2
3 minutes on foot — about 200 m, then left. The institute sits right in Hongdae, the neighbourhood that takes its name from Hongik University.
Commute by metro
Hongdae
~10 min
Sinchon
~15 min
Myeongdong
~30 min
Incheon Airport
~70 min
Who you’ll study with
Classmates from your part of the world
Especially popular with students from Japan.
Source: 2025 figures official data →
A day here
Four hours above Sangsu Station, then Hongdae
Class is only four hours a day, morning or afternoon. Everything else is your time — enjoy Korea, work part-time, or do nothing at all.
4 h
Class — morning or afternoon
Four hours a day, five days a week (09:00–12:50 (Levels 2–6) or 14:00–17:50 (Level 1) · Mon–Fri). That is the whole timetable.
The rest of the day is yours
Explore the city, meet people, study in a café, travel on weekends — or work part-time, which a D-4 allows from six months after entry.
Language exchange
Student clubs and exchange meetups run through the week around Hongdae, Mapo-gu, Seoul — the fastest way to actually speak.
Homework
Expect one to two hours a night. Level tests every two weeks keep you honest.
Two ways in
Same tuition either way
On your own
With ALLO
Service fee
This school is not a partner university
₩0
US$300
Tuition
Paid to the university, never to us
₩1,750,000
₩1,750,000
Document review
Checked before the school sees it
You guess
We check every file
If a document is rejected
Deadlines do not move
Email the office and wait
We fix it the same day
D-4 visa folder
Consulate-ready set
Build it yourself
Prepared for you
Housing
Dorm or verified room
Korean-language listings
Booked before you fly
SIM, bank, ARC
Your first week
Figure it out on arrival
Walked through with you
Apply to Hongik
₩1,750,000 per term, paid straight to the university. Our service fee for this school is US$300 — tuition is identical either way.
Full tuition refund if your visa is refused — the school returns it, minus the application fee.
We review every document before submission, so refusals for paperwork almost never happen.
Tuition and the application fee go to the university at the published rate — we never mark them up.
One consultant follows your file from today until you land in Korea.
Takes about 10 minutes · no payment now
₩1,750,000
per term ·
