Yonsei University (reviews)

A top ranking university in South Korea. Yonsei University is a dream to be in. The moment you walk into the university you’d be welcomed by the sight of students conversing on every nook of the university. The lush green campus is quite a positive ambience for us to relax and enjoy the walk. The hygiene around the university is quite commendable. The management is always on alert for the needs of the students. Even though the courses here are very straining, they bring out the best in you. Feather, if you’re a student from abroad! Learning Korean is a must for you to survive here. Everything to be studied or even most of the interactions you’ll have will be in Korean. So if you’re someone with a passion to learn this language, you’ll slide through ease.

I am an international student studying at Yonsei University. It’s an intense institution and the courses are challenging. Catching up with lectures can get difficult if your Korean is not very strong. Even if you are fluent in the Korean language according to TOPIK (Korean proficiency test), academic Korean is very different, and it can feel frustrating and emotionally exhausting. On the brighter side, professors and TAs are very helpful and answer questions patiently in class or through email. The university is challenging but rewarding and there are lots of opportunities to get scholarships. Lots of internship opportunities and chances to study abroad as exchange students are also available.

Firstly, because of covid, more than 70% of the classes are currently offline. However, from next semester, it will mostly be offline. Even though we have online classes, the professors make sure we learn everything and also have time to ask questions. The professors are really sweet and they answer your emails as quickly as possible. The extracurricular activities provided by the university are the best. Some of the activities are a get together with all the students from the same major, getting to know Korean culture through drinking, games, travelling, dance and cooking classes, etc. There is also a college where everything is taught in English so it’s the best for international students. There are a lot of events like spring festival, orientation, member training, etc where students can meet new people and make new friends. Overall, it is a very good university for both Korean and international students.