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印 University Profile
Taejae University (태재대학교)
◎ Seoul
Who is it for?
Korea’s ‘Minerva-style’ university (founded 2023) — fully English-taught, tiny cohorts, city rotation, Common App admissions. Check current scholarship policy by year.
- You want classes taught in English — this university has an English-taught track.
印 Location & Life
Getting around & student life
Based in Jongno by Gyeongbokgung Palace — but studies rotate through global cities (Seoul, Tokyo, New York) in a hybrid model.
CitySeoulMajors6 departments & majors
Quick facts
Location
Seoul
Type
Private
GKS scholarship
Not confirmed
English track
Available (see below)
Programs & study options
Fields of study
Engineering · Humanities & Social Sciences · Natural Sciences
Departments & majors
6 listed in the official disclosure
English-taught track. Yes — the entire university is English-medium (‘an English-language university with an academically rigorous curriculum’). There is no separate ‘English track’; all programs are taught in English.
Admissions details
Application period
- /admission.taejae.ac.krJS.
- 1 ‘2024 FALL Taejae Admissions – International Students’ PDF, Fall 2025: Early Action 2024.11.01~2025.02.28 / Regular Decision 2025.02.28~03.31(23:59 KST) / Rolling Admissions 2025.03.31~05.02(23:59 KST).
- Stage 1 Stage 2, 15~30.
- 2026·2027Fall 2026/2027 — (unverified), admission.taejae.ac.kr/international Common App ‘Taejae University’.
Admission type
- International applicants apply entirely through Common App (www.commonapp.org) — not a domestic-style paper ‘foreign-student admission’ system. Eligibility requires that the applicant and both parents hold non-Korean nationality (former Korean nationals who renounced citizenship before starting elementary school may still apply).
- 2: 1 → 2.
- Early Action / Regular Decision / Rolling Admissions 3 1.
- No application fee. Some materials indicate First-Year applicants do not need a personal essay or recommendation letters and testing is Test Optional/Flexible (per Common App’s university profile page; exact conditions may vary — unverified).
Language requirements
: TOEFL iBT, IELTS Academic, Duolingo English Test, Common App First-Year ‘Test Optional/Flexible’unverified — cut-off.
English track
Yes — the entire university is English-medium (‘an English-language university with an academically rigorous curriculum’). There is no separate ‘English track’; all programs are taught in English.
Competition (reference)
Freshman quota 100
Intake year
2025
Always verify with the official guideline. Dates and requirements change every intake — the official admissions page is the final source.
Data from official sources · last updated 2026-07-02
Contact & location
Location
Seoul · Open in Google Maps →
Admissions office
Office of Student Recruitment: [email protected] / [email protected] —, [email protected]. Address: 22-8 Changdeokgung 5-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03051, Republic of Korea.
International office
Office of Student Recruitment/ — Office of International Affairs unverified. admissions_contact.
Website
Contacts come from the latest official admissions materials — offices occasionally change numbers between intakes.
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