Dong-A University동아대학교

Programs

A large private university with a broad academic profile.

Dong-A is one of Busan's largest private universities. Its three campuses cover humanities, social sciences, business, law, media, design, engineering, sciences and medicine, with a major teaching hospital tied to the Gudeok-area Dong-A University Hospital.

Academic Fields

Exact program availability, language of instruction and intake requirements change each cycle. Our education partners confirm the live catalogue for your profile, including which campus a given program teaches on.

Academic Calendar

Admissions

Start with the International Office on Bumin Campus.

International admission, visa, dormitory, insurance and Student ID questions route through the 대외국제처 국제교류과, the International Exchange Office, on Bumin Campus. Official pages list rooms BC-0116~3, while some admission documents refer to B03-0202, confirm the exact room in your latest admission email or notice before going. Dong-A does not publish one combined international admissions page, it splits by track, so start at the hub at https://global.donga.ac.kr/ and pick your branch from the 외국인 입학 menu: 한국어학당 Korean Language Institute, 학부 한국어트랙 undergraduate Korean track, 학부 영어트랙 undergraduate English track, or 대학원 graduate. The undergraduate Korean track page, which is the most complete, is https://global.donga.ac.kr/global/CMS/Contents/Contents.do?mCode=MN036. The undergraduate English track page is https://dongaoia.donga.ac.kr/dongaoia/CMS/Contents/Contents.do?mCode=MN115. Each intake's 모집요강 admission guideline PDFs are posted on the board at https://global.donga.ac.kr/global/CMS/Board/Board.do?mCode=MN038, and international scholarships live at https://global.donga.ac.kr/global/CMS/Contents/Contents.do?mCode=MN037. Two warnings. Search results often surface english.donga.ac.kr as Dong-A's international admissions page, but that page is the Korean Language Institute course page only and it was still listing 2025 deadlines in August 2026, so do not plan a degree application from it. Dong-A also serves the same site across many subdomain mirrors, so use the canonical global.donga.ac.kr address rather than whichever mirror a search engine hands you.

From Gimhae Airport

By Subway · ~1 hour (campus-dependent)

1. 01Gimhae Airport Light Rail → Sasang Station
2. 02Line 2 to Seomyeon → transfer to Line 1 toward Dadaepo Beach / Sinpyeong
3. 03Seunghak Campus → Hadan Station Exit 6 + Dong-A circulation bus (or Exit 9 walk to the main gate)
4. 04Bumin Campus → Toseong Station Exit 2, walk ~5 min toward Ami Post Office
5. 05Gudeok Campus → Seodaesin or Dongdaesin Station, ~15 min walk or campus circulator

First Stop Checklist

• 1Go to the International Office on Bumin Campus
• 2Confirm ARC / Visa process
• 3Check health insurance enrolment
• 4Confirm dormitory hall, room type and meal rules
• 5Ask whether you need a Korean level test
• 6Confirm exactly which campus your classes are on
• 7Obtain physical Student ID

Useful Korean Phrases

Student Life

Three campuses, three flavors of Busan student life.

Dong-A's student culture changes by campus. Seunghak feels like a classic uphill campus with the Hadan-dong streets just below. Bumin gives you central Busan, Toseong, Nampo, Gwangbok-dong, Bosu-dong Book Street, Gukje Market. Gudeok ties into the hospital and Daesin-dong area.

Support for international students

On-Campus Dorms

Dong-A runs two separate housing systems. 한림생활관 Hanlim Residence is the umbrella dormitory organisation operating four halls across the three campus areas, and it publishes exact per-semester fees. 석당 글로벌하우스 Seokdang Global House is the international-focused hall in Jung-gu serving the Bumin campus area, with a maximum of 184 residents in double rooms. One thing to understand before you compare numbers: Dong-A prices its Hanlim halls per hall, not per room type. There is no published 1인실 / 2인실 / 4인실 breakdown on the official 생활관비 or 사생모집 pages. Meals at the Hanlim halls are not bundled into the fee. They are sold as separate semester voucher plans, A형 100 meals for KRW 550,000 and B형 70 meals for KRW 420,000, both covering 평일 조식·석식만, weekday breakfast and dinner only. There is no dining service on weekends or public holidays, 주말 및 공휴일 식당 미운영, so lunch is on you, usually from vending machines or off campus. Extra 10-meal top-ups are available.

The four Hanlim figures are Dong-A's official 2026학년도 1학기 (Spring 2026) per-semester rates, published by the dormitory office and checked on 3 August 2026. Two official Dong-A sources disagree about Hanlim: the dormitory office publishes 939,000 KRW for 승학1관, while the International Exchange Office describes the same Seunghak accommodation to international students as 한 학기 90만원 내외, about 900,000 KRW per semester over four months, in a 2인1실. We publish the dormitory office figures because they are exact and hall-specific. The Global House number needs the same care. The International Exchange Office publishes it as 한 학기 75만원 내외(3개월 기준), approximately 750,000 KRW per semester on a three-month basis, with no academic year attached, and the only exact Global House figure Dong-A publishes anywhere is stale, a 756,000 KRW charge for the 2024.02.19 to 2024.05.18 period on an entry and exit schedule table that has not been updated past February 2025. Treat 750,000 as an approximation and confirm the live figure. What the Global House fee covers per room: 화장실 private bathroom, 1인용 침대 single bed, 책상 desk, 의자 chair, 서랍 drawers, 신발장 shoe rack, LAN케이블 LAN cable and 전화 telephone. Shared facilities include a laundry room, a lounge, a prayer room and a kitchen with cooking facilities. Bedding rental is extra at KRW 10,000 per set. The Global House rulebook links out to the university cafeteria menu system and does not bundle a meal plan. Confirm your hall, room type, meal plan, payment deadline and which campus it connects to with Seokdang Global House on 051-200-1496 before you pay anything.

Off-Campus Rent

Rental area depends on your campus. Seunghak: Hadan-dong / Hadan Station area. Bumin: Bumin-dong / Toseong / Nampo / Bosu-dong side. Gudeok: Daesin-dong. Korean rent contracts include a deposit, monthly rent and maintenance fee, always compare all three before signing. Useful search tools: Naver 부동산, 직방, 다방 and local real-estate offices.

Campus Cafeterias (금주의 식단표, this week's menu)

Dong-A runs a live weekly cafeteria menu system, 금주의 식단표, which lists each restaurant by campus and building with its own hours and prices. Across the campuses meals run roughly KRW 5,000 to 7,500. One honest caveat about the times below: we read them on 3 August 2026, which falls inside the summer vacation, so they are vacation-period operation, not term time. Term-time hours are normally longer and more outlets open. The Engineering building restaurant had no menu registered at all when we looked. Re-check the menu page in early September for genuine Fall 2026 semester hours.

Libraries & Sports

• Library facilities span Hallym / Hanlim Library, Bumin Library and medical and law library facilities across the three campuses.
• Reading rooms run late, some listings go to 24:00; true 24-hour or exam-period access varies by campus and period.
• Other useful facilities: Wi-Fi / eduroam, campus shuttle services, health centres, dormitories, Global Zone, Seokdang Museum and international student support services.

Health & Medical

For urgent situations anywhere in Korea, call 119.