Yonsei University
Program Overview
About Yonsei University
As the oldest university in Korea, Yonsei University traces its roots back to April 10, 1885, when, by Royal Decree, King Kojong opened the first modern hospital. Yonsei University was established in 1957 when Yonsei University and the Severance Union Medical College and Hospital were formally united, and the new institution was renamed as Yonsei University, derived from the first two syllables of the two institutions. Yonsei is particularly fortunate to have a spacious and well-wooded campus located just 20 minutes away from the economic, political, and cultural centers of the Seoul metropolitan area. It has 18 graduate schools, 19 colleges, and 111 subsidiary institutions. With its student body comprised of the top 1 percent of high school graduates in Korea, Yonsei University is proud of its long history as the leading institution of higher education in Korea, as well as of its reputation as the most international university in Korea. The University has over 36,000 undergraduate students and over 1,500 full time faculty members.
Term Dates
Yonsei University offers IBEX opportunities in fall and spring semesters.
- Fall semester: mid-August to mid-December
- Spring semester: mid-February to mid-June
Dates are approximate and may be subject to change.
Housing and Living Costs
- Housing: on- and off-campus housing is available, and prices ranges between KRW 1,456,000 – 2,565,000/semester.
- Meals: approximately KRW 400,000 – 600,000/month.
- Books: approximately KRW 150,000 – 250,000/semester.
- Transportation: approximately KRW 50,000 – 100,000/month.
KRW = South Korean won
Find out more about IBEX tuition, housing and other logistics.
Language of Instruction
English and Korean
Student Services
The student services available to exchange students include:
- International Buddy Program
- Activities organized by the Division of International Education and Exchange
- Student clubs and organizations
Academic Information
If you are accepted to IBEX, you will attend two individual advising meetings to plan and revise your schedule: one with NYU Stern Academic Advising and one with the NYU Stern International Programs team. As you build your academic schedule for your semester abroad, carefully review and consider the following course information. Please note that Yonsei requires a minimum 3.0 GPA for all exchange students.
IBEX Course Information
- You may take a full semester of business classes while abroad on IBEX.
- Note that the NYU credits you receive for a course are based on the conversion above not the amount of credits you receive if you take the course on NYU's campus (as an example Texts and Ideas equivalent do not automatically transfer back as 4 credits).
- Leave room for at least two general electives in your schedule. This allows you to:
- Take interesting, location-specific courses not offered at Stern, and
- Have more flexibility during the course registration process.
- Reference the IBEX Course Guide: What you can or cannot take.
- You can take a maximum of two classes per concentration.
- Accounting courses cannot be taken for credit toward the Accounting or CPA majors/concentrations.
- All IBEX grades will transfer back to NYU Stern as Pass/Fail.
Previously Approved Courses
- Listed below are courses that were taken previously by Stern IBEX students and have already been approved for a specific NYU equivalent.
- There is no guarantee that the courses listed here will be offered during the specific semester you study abroad. It is important to be flexible. Have a Plan A and Plan B and the space to take some electives.
- If a course is already listed below as approved, it does not need to be reviewed again, unless you want to see if it will count towards a new requirement.
Finding New Courses
- You are not limited to only taking the courses listed on this page.
- If you see a course on Yonsei’s website that you would like to take, but is not listed below, you must submit the syllabus to Stern’s Global Experiences team for approval.
- Once Yonsei publishes its confirmed courses for the semester you will be attending, you can revise your list as needed based on what is being offered.
List of Approved Courses
Please note that exchange students have encountered challenges enrolling in computer science, data science, and artificial intelligence courses due to limited availability. As with all topics, it is very important to continue to be as flexible as possible when selecting courses.
Course Title Abroad | NYU Credits | Course Equivalent at NYU | Semester Taken |
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ECO3111-01 Regional Economics | 3 | Advanced Economics Elective | Spring 2022 |
ECO3112-01-00 Korean Economy | 3 | Advanced Economics Elective | Spring 2022 |
BIZ2119 Financial Management | 3 | FINC-UB 7 Corporate Finance | Spring 2024 |
ISF6009 Investment and Risk Management 1 | 3 | FINC-UB 44 Portfolio Management | Fall 2023 |
BIZ3120-02 Investment Theory | 3 | FINC-UB 44 Portfolio Management | Fall 2023 |
ISF6023-01 Corporate Finance | 3 | FINC-UB 7 Corporate Finance | Fall 2023 |
IEE3159-01-00 Money, Banking, and Finance | 3 | Advanced Finance Elective | Spring 2022 |
BIZ3162 Money and Banking | 3 | Advanced Finance Elective | Fall 2021 |
ISM4519 Global Finance & Corporate Governance | 3 | Advanced Finance Elective | Fall 2022 |
BIZ4131 Global Business Environment | 3 | Advanced Global Business Elective | Fall 2021 |
ECO3112 Korean Economy | 3 | Advanced Global Business Elective | Fall 2021 |
COM2105 Understanding of Advertising | 3 | MKTG-UB 3 | Spring 2024 |
CNT3114 Brand Management of Culture and Fashion | 3 | Advanced Marketing Elective | Fall 2022 |
CNT3139 Fashion Products & International Trade | 3 | Advanced Marketing Elective | Fall 2022 |
BIZ4189 Business Negotiations | 3 | MGMT-UB 30 Negotiation & Consensus Building | Spring 2022 |
BIZ3147 Strategic Management | 3 | MGMT-UB 18 Strategic Analysis | Fall 2022 |
BIZ3202 Strategy and Success | 3 | MGMT-UB 18 Strategic Analysis | Spring 2022 |
AAI3120 Machine Learning | 3 | TECH | Spring 2024 |
AIC2120 Introduction to AI and its Applications | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2023 |
BIZ3198 - Introduction to Business Programming | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2023 |
BIZ3189 Management Information Systems | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2023 |
STA4123-01 Introduction to Optimization for Data Science | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2023 |
STA4122-01-00 Information Theory for Data Science | 3 | Advanced Computing & Data Sciences Elective | Fall 2023 |
ANT3110-01 ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE | 3 | Sustainable Business Elective (Issue Area) | Spring 2024 |
COM3176-01 BIG DATA AND SOCIETY | 3 | Sustainable Business Elective (Issue Area) | Spring 2024 |
UCI1167-01 Social Innovation & CSR | 3 | Sustainable Business Elective (Discipline) | Fall 2022 |
SOC6565-01 SOCIAL Class and Issues of Inequality | 3 | Sustainable Business Elective (Issue Area) | Fall 2022 |
YONSEI SPIRIT AND KOREA (IEE3596.01-00) | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2024 |
UCL1119-02-00 TAEKWONDO | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2024 |
Korean Popular Culture and Korean Wave | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2024 |
IEE Contemporary Korean History, Culture & Religion | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2024 |
Korean Art History | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2023 |
IEE3300 Contemporary Korean Cinema and Society | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2022 |
IEE3372-02 Understanding of Digital Media | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2022 |
IEE1013.01 Basic Korean III | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2022 |
POL 4135-01 Global China and World Politics | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Spring 2022 |
CFS3114 Personality Development | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2021 |
Intensive Korean Language (Level 1) | 6 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2021 |
Intensive Korean Language (Level 2) | 6 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2021 |
Intensive Korean Language (Level 3) | 6 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2021 |
Intensive Korean Language (Level 4) | 6 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2021 |
IEE3329 Brain, Cognition and Daily Life | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2021 |
IEE3317 Media Communication in Korea | 3 | General Non-Stern Elective | Fall 2021 |
BIZ2122 Management Science | 3 | General Stern Elective | Fall 2022 |
BIZ3166-01-00 Service Operations Management | 3 | General Stern Elective | Fall 2022 |
IEE3107 Pre-Modern Korean History | 3 | Cultures and Contexts | Fall 2021 |
HUM2049-01 Korean History seen through Historic Figures | 3 | BPE Area Studies Elective | Spring 2022 |
IEE3108-01 Modern Korean History | 3 | BPE Area Studies Elective | Spring 2022 |
CLC3705-01 East Asian Cinema and Cultural Crossing | 3 | BPE Area Studies Elective | Spring 2022 |
Democracy In South Korea | 3 | BPE Area Studies Elective | Spring 2022 |
Intro to Astronomy | 3 | Natural Science | Spring 2022 |
IEE2083 KOREAN ART HISTORY | 3 | Cultures and Contexts | Spring 2024 |
IEE3600 MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY KOREAN ART | 3 | Cultures and Contexts | Spring 2024 |
Ell3921 English Bible and English Literature | 3 | Texts and Ideas | Fall 2023 |
IEE3149 Philosophy in East Asian Literature | 3 | Texts and Ideas | Fall 2021 |
ELL4921 Modernity and the Idea of the Sacred | 3 | Texts and Ideas | Fall 2021 |
ELL3929 Utopian Literature and Thought | 3 | Text and Ideas | Fall 2021 |
ECO2101 MACROECONOMICS | 3 | ECON-UB 11 EGB | Spring 2024 |