Category | Application Period | Required Document | Maximum Period (Semesters) |
How to Apply | |
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General Leave of Absence | From the last day of academic semester until the 3/4 point of the next academic semester | - | M.S. : 2 Ph.D. : 4 Integrative : 6 |
UST Integrative Info System →Academic Management →Leave of Absence Apply Here | |
Special Leave of Absence | Military Service | Anytime | Notice for Enrollment (Only for Korean male students) | Given period | |
Pregnancy·Delivery | Certificate of pregnancy·delivery or Certificate of Kinship | 2 semesters (Only for female students) | |||
Childcare | Certificate of Kinship | 4 semesters | |||
Start-up | Certificate of Incorporation | 4 semesters | |||
Disease | Written diagnosis requiring medical treatment longer than 30 days issued by a general hospital. When hospitalization in needed, written diagnosis issued by special hospitals can be accepted. Counsel with person in charge at UST. | 2 semesters | |||
Others | Official document that can prove that applicant can not pursue education longer than 30 days(natural disasters, delay in Visa issuance, etc.) | 2 semesters |
Each type of special leave of absence is given additional period regardless applicant’s academic course.
General and Start-up leave of absence are not applicable in the 1st semester.
Credit(s) can be given when applicant made more than 3/4 of the semester.
When leave of absence occurs after applicant make tuition payment, refund can be made.
The time when tuition refunds can be made | Amount of Refund |
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less than 30 days after the semester begins | Full refund |
30 ~ 60 days after the semester begins | 2/3 of the tuition |
60 ~ 90 days after the semester begins | 1/2 of the tuition |
more than 90 days after the semester begins | No refund |
The date when cause for tuition refund happens(for example, when application for leave of absence was made)