Since the mid 1990s, there has been an increasing demand for high-quality human resources with ability of leading technological innovations and developments in the field of IT. To respond to such needs, the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) and Korea's IT-related research institutes and IT industrial bodies jointly founded ICU. ICU (Information and Communications University) was founded in 1997 and continues to be supported by the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication and IT industry. There are two schools of engineering and IT-business, both of which focus on IT, and the areas of research and study include wireless communication, ubiquitous computing, bioinformatics, software engineering, and IT-management among others.
The amount of research funds per faculty member is the highest in Korean universities. ICU undergraduate students are selected from the top 1% of Korean SAT examinees and 60% of the students are from Korea's specialized high schools such as Science High School. 15% of ICU graduate student population is foreign nationals, contributing a great deal to the growth of ICU in its academic and research capacity. In addition, all the major courses are taught in English, a rare trait among Korean universities. Furthermore, ICU has superior, state-of-the-art research, teaching, and residential facilities, built in 2003. Located in Daedeok Science Town
(DASTO), Korea's center for research and development activities, ICU is also well-situated to establish cooperative relations with outstanding research and academic institutions.
The ultimate goal of ICU's School of Engineering is to produce global technical leaders who are equipped with superior management capabilities as well as comprehensive technological skills in the field of IT. To achieve this goal, the School of Engineering focuses on developing students' global leadership in the IT industry, government, and academia. An emphasis is also placed on nurturing students' capability to not only solve practical problems and develop technologies required by the real-world, but also perform research and develop global leading technologies.
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The School of IT-Business offers intensive programs with a goal to cultivate leaders in the IT business world. The School aims at seeking powerful and effective answers to management problems related to IT business sectors. The programs focus on providing interdisciplinary education in order to foster IT leaders with knowledge in engineering, and offers fundamental courses fromdifferent academic areas including business, economics, industrial engineering, information sociology, and engineering. There are three programs available: IT-Management, IT-Economics/Policy, and E-Commerce.
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Currently ICU admits international students at the graduate level only while transfer students are allowed in the undergraduate programs as well. The graduate programs consist of engineering and business areas, both of which focus on IT. ICU boasts of excellent faculty with extensive industrial and research experiences, highly-challenging academic programs, superior research centers, state-of-the-art facilities, 100% employment rate, and financial support for all international students. The types of financial support available for international students are Samsung Electronics Scholarship, Korean government scholarships, and research assistantships.
Graduate applicants are required to submit a study plan, copies of diplomas, official transcripts, and two letters of recommendation among others. Non-native English speakers must show a proof of English proficiency by submitting a minimum TOEFL score of 550 (CBT 213) or IELTS score of 6.0, for English is the main instructional language at ICU. ICU's institutional code of TOEFL/GRE/GMAT is 4558. The application deadlines are October 31 for the spring term (starting around February) and April 30 for the fall term (starting around August).
For more information on admission, visit the following links or contact the
Admission Team of ICU:
*Application Guidelines for International Students*
http://www.icu.ac.kr/eng/Eadmission0201.jsp?pageNum=5&subNum=2
*Application Form*
http://www.icu.ac.kr/eng/Eadmission04.jsp?pageNum=5&subNum=4
*Application FAQ*
http://www.icu.ac.kr/eng/Eadmission05.jsp?pageNum=5&subNum=5
*Expected Annual Expenses for Graduate Students*
http://www.icu.ac.kr/eng/Eadmission0202.jsp?pageNum=5&subNum=2
*Financial Support*
http://www.icu.ac.kr/eng/Eadmission03.jsp?pageNum=5&subNum=3
Admission Team
Office of Academic & Student Affairs, F107
Information and Communications University (ICU)
#119 Munji-ro, Yuseong-gu,
Daejon, 305-732, South Korea
Phone: +82-42-866-6043
Email: international@icu.ac.kr
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