Catholic University of Pusan부산가톨릭대학교

Programs

A health sciences university with a small social science and computing wing.

CUP is a private Catholic university in Geumjeong-gu whose centre of gravity is nursing and allied health. The departments open to international applicants on the undergraduate foreign special-admission track, with quotas listed as 정원 외 (outside the standard quota) in the official 모집요강, are: 간호대학, 간호학과 (Nursing); 보건과학대학 (College of Health Sciences), 임상병리학과 (Clinical Laboratory Science), 물리치료학과 (Physical Therapy), 방사선학과 (Radiological Science), 치기공학과 (Dental Laboratory Technology), 병원경영학과 (Hospital Management), 언어청각치료학과 (Speech-Language and Hearing Therapy), 산업보건안전학과 (Industrial Health and Safety); 응용과학대학 (College of Applied Science), 소방방재학과 (Fire and Disaster Prevention), 컴퓨터정보공학부 (Computer and Information Engineering); 사회과학대학 (College of Social Sciences), 유통마케팅학과 (Distribution and Marketing), 사회복지학과 (Social Welfare), 상담심리학과 (Counseling Psychology), 글로벌한국학부 (Global Korean Studies).

Academic Fields

At graduate level the 일반대학원 (General Graduate School) runs 15 departments and operates its own 외국인전형 (foreign applicant track). The published departments include 간호학과, 임상병리학과, 물리치료학과, 방사선학과, 치기공학과, 병원경영학과, 언어청각치료학과, 안전보건학과, 컴퓨터공학과, 사회안전시스템공학과, 마케팅비즈니스학과, 글로벌유통비즈니스학과 (an online master's), 과학수사학과 (forensic science) and related tracks, plus a separate 미래복지상담대학원. Two honest gaps at graduate level: the graduate language requirement is not published on any web page we could read, it sits inside downloadable files that were not machine-readable, and graduate tuition is not published anywhere either. Ask 국제교류처 directly before you plan a graduate application.

Academic Calendar

Admissions

Everything international routes through 국제교류처.

The office is the 국제교류처 (International Exchange Office), in 메리놀관 201호, Maryknoll Building (H), 2nd floor, Room 201, at 오륜대로 74. Office main line 051-515-5811 to 5815, fax 051-514-1576. The official pages are: undergraduate (학부과정) https://ext.cup.ac.kr/organ/ext/front/conts/107001000000000.do, graduate (대학원과정) https://ext.cup.ac.kr/organ/ext/front/conts/107002000000000.do, language training (어학연수 과정) https://ext.cup.ac.kr/organ/ext/front/conts/107005000000000.do, and the admissions office's foreign-student guideline library at https://ipsi.cup.ac.kr/cup/ipsi/front/pdfView075000000000000.do. One practical point: CUP publishes no single generic international-admissions email address, so write to the named 국제학생담당 staff instead. The 입학처 (Admissions Office), which owns the foreign special-admission track itself, is on 051-510-0702 to 0703, 051-510-0705 to 0708 and 051-510-0804 to 0808 at (46252) 부산광역시 금정구 오륜대로 57, and the international contacts printed inside the 2026 foreign-admission 모집요강 are +82-51-510-0861 and +82-51-510-0868.

From Gimhae Airport

By Subway, about 1 hour 30 minutes, CUP's own estimate

1. 01공항역 (Airport Station) on the Busan-Gimhae Light Rail
2. 02Transfer at 대저역 (Daejeo Station)
3. 03Transfer again at 연산역 (Yeonsan Station)
4. 04Get off at 장전역 (Jangjeon Station) on Line 1, Exit 4
5. 05From Exit 4, take the town bus to the university stop, about 5 minutes, or the school shuttle, or walk about 10 minutes
6. 06Worth knowing before you set off: this published itinerary routes via Yeonsan, which is a long way round, and 1 hour 30 minutes is the university's own estimate for it.

First Stop Checklist

• 1Go to 국제교류처 in 메리놀관 201호 (Maryknoll Building H, Room 201)
• 2Confirm your ARC and visa steps
• 3Enrol in 국민건강보험 (National Health Insurance) after alien registration, D-2 students are required to
• 4Confirm your dormitory hall, room type and the 1일 2식 meal plan with the dormitory office on 051-510-0985
• 5Ask about the 생활지원장학금, which pays dormitory fees for students with TOPIK Level 3 or above on the foreign track
• 6Ask to join 함께하는 한국어, the mentor and mentee Korean language programme run by 국제교류처
• 7Obtain your physical Student ID

Useful Korean Phrases

Student Life

One strong international programme, and a small club scene.

The programme to know about is 함께하는 한국어, a mentor and mentee scheme run by 국제교류처 that pairs Korean student mentors with international student mentees for Korean language learning and regular cultural exchange, organised in teams. The published process runs announcement and application, then team formation and orientation, then team activities, then an activity report, then a results presentation with a scholarship payout. Benefits listed are a participation activity scholarship, an excellence activity scholarship, and activity support funding. This is the only verified international-specific student programme at CUP, and it is a real one.

Support for international students

On-Campus Dorms

The dormitory is the 학생생활교육관 (Student Life Education Center), two halls with a combined capacity of 518. 카타리나관 (Katarina Hall) houses 192 residents: guest rooms on the 2nd floor with 4 single rooms, female students on the 3rd floor in 16 double rooms for 32 people, and male students on floors 4 to 8 in 80 double rooms for 160 people. 카리타스관 (Caritas Hall) houses 326 residents, female students across floors 2 to 9 in double, triple and quadruple rooms, plus guest rooms. Rooms include a private bathroom, desk, chair, wardrobe and bed. Shared facilities are a laundry room with coin washers and dryers at KRW 1,000 per use, 07:00 to 23:00, an ironing room at KRW 100 per use, 07:00 to 23:00, a book café open 05:00 to 24:00, a computer room, seminar and study rooms, lounges open 05:00 to 24:00, and a parcel office. Meals are not included in the room fee. The dormitory meal service is 1일 2식, lunch and dinner including weekends, at KRW 2,350 per meal, which is the only on-campus meal price CUP publishes anywhere.

Read this before you budget. First, we have reproduced the fee table exactly as CUP publishes it, including the oddity that a 3-person room at KRW 640,000 costs more than a 4-person room at KRW 600,000. That is what the published table says and we are not going to silently correct it, so confirm the current rates with the dormitory office. Second, no academic year is stamped on the published fee table. Third, and most important for you: no official page states which halls accept international students. The dormitory's own 선발안내 says eligibility is new and continuing students resident outside Busan, selected on grades plus distance points, and it does not mention international students at all. What points the other way is that the full dormitory description is published on the 국제교류처 site, and that the 생활지원장학금 pays dormitory fees for international students holding TOPIK Level 3 or above. Together those imply international students are housed, but that is our inference, not a published statement, so get it in writing before you count on a bed. Dormitory office: 051-510-0985, fax 051-510-0989, in 카리타스관 at 오륜대로 74, https://dormitory.cup.ac.kr/

Off-Campus Rent

We have not verified current rent figures ourselves, so treat listings as a starting point rather than a quote. We found no citable rent figure for 부곡동 or the streets around 장전역, so we are not publishing a range. Korean search terms that work: 부산가톨릭대 원룸, 장전역 원룸, 부곡동 원룸, 금정구 원룸. Use Naver 부동산, 직방 and 다방, plus the estate agents around 장전역. Korean contracts carry a separate deposit and a monthly maintenance fee on top of the rent, so compare all three numbers before you sign anything.

학생식당 Student Cafeteria, 학생회관 (Student Union, Building D) 1F

Here is the honest position. CUP publishes where the student cafeteria is, 학생회관 (Student Union, Building D) 1st floor, but it publishes neither its opening hours nor its prices. The 식당&매점 page lists hours for the staff cafeteria and both convenience stores and leaves the student cafeteria's row blank, and the 식단표 menu page is a JavaScript date picker that returned an empty table when we checked. The only verified on-campus meal price at CUP is the dormitory's KRW 2,350, and we are deliberately not extrapolating that to the student cafeteria. What is published: the 교직원식당 (staff cafeteria) is in 베리타스센터 (Veritas Center, Building L) on the 2nd floor, open 11:50 to 13:30, tel 051-510-0988. The 매점 (convenience stores) are in 학생회관 1F, 08:00 to 22:00, and 베리타스센터 2F, 08:00 to 24:00.

Libraries & Sports

• 중앙도서관 (Central Library) is in 사피엔스관 (Sapiens Building, G), tel 051-515-5811 to 5815. During semester the reading rooms open 06:00 to 24:00 and the resource rooms 09:00 to 19:00 on weekdays. During vacation the reading rooms open 07:00 to 23:00 on weekdays and the resource rooms 10:00 to 16:00 on weekdays. Closed on public holidays.
• Floor by floor: 2F multimedia room, 44 seats, PC and laptop zone, DVD collection and group discussion rooms. 3F 제1자료실, 88 seats, social sciences, arts, language, literature and history. 4F 제2자료실, 83 seats, philosophy, religion, science and nursing or health. 5F The Learning+, 103 seats, research space, foreign-language materials, theses and journals. 6F 제1열람실, 128 partitioned seats, and 제2열람실, 202 seats with a white-noise room and charging desks. A theological library annex adds 136 seats.
• CUP GYM is a paid facility, which is unusual and worth knowing before you arrive. Students pay KRW 20,000 per month or KRW 190,000 per year, a 20 percent discount. Faculty, staff and alumni pay from KRW 30,000 per month. It is open to current students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and university supporters. Tel 051-515-5811 to 5815.
• Inside CUP GYM: a weight training area with 18 types of Nautilus machines plus free weights, treadmills with LCD TVs, stationary bikes, a GX room for stretching and yoga, showers with soap and hair dryers, and free lockers. Hours are 08:00 to 19:30 on weekdays, closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, with hours varying during vacation. There is also a 운동장 (sports ground) marked on the campus map.
• One honest note on access: neither the library page nor the gym page states any international-student-specific restriction, and "current students" would include international students, but no page says so explicitly.

Health & Medical

For urgent situations anywhere in Korea, call 119. Take your ID, your insurance details and a translation app to any medical visit.