How we get things right
A wrong deadline or an out-of-date requirement can cost a student a whole application cycle. So everything on KoreaAdmit is built to be factual, sourced, and dated. Here is exactly how we research and verify what we publish, and how to tell us when something is off.
We publish facts, not promises
Every claim on the site is meant to be verifiable. We do not publish testimonials, invented success stories, admission-odds percentages, or guarantees, because we cannot prove them and they would mislead the students who rely on us. Where a figure is an estimate or changes year to year, we say so, and we point you to the official source so you can confirm the current number yourself.
We work from primary sources
Our guides are written from official documents, not from other blogs. That means each university's own admission guidelines, the National Institute for International Education (NIIED) and the Study in Korea portal for the Global Korea Scholarship, the Korea Immigration Service (HiKorea) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for visa and document rules, and each scholarship provider's own pages. When a guide states a deadline, a fee, a test threshold, or a document requirement, it comes from one of those.
Guides and scholarship pages carry a visible “last reviewed” date and a list of the sources we used, so you can always see how recent the information is and check it at the source.
We keep it current
Korean admissions and scholarship rules are reissued every cycle: quotas, dates, fees, and eligibility all move. We review guides against each new official guideline as it is published and update the reviewed date when we do. Because the exact numbers shift, we write the durable process in the body and treat specific dates and amounts as a reference cycle you should confirm before you rely on them.
Who writes this
KoreaAdmit is written and maintained by its founder, Sans Bhatia, who built the site after mapping this process herself. You can read more about her and why she started KoreaAdmit on the my story page.
We are independent
KoreaAdmit is not affiliated with the Korean government, NIIED, or any university, and we do not speak on their behalf. Our guidance is here to help you understand and navigate the official process, but the official sources are always the final authority. Nothing here is a promise of admission or funding.
Found something wrong? Tell us
If you spot a fact that looks out of date or incorrect, we want to know so we can fix it quickly. Send it through the feedback page. Corrections that affect a deadline or a requirement are our highest priority.