Dear International Students!

Welcome to the College of Engineering at SNU, and welcome to Korea! We are very happy to have you at
our college, contributing to a growing international community on our campus and bringing in valuable
expertise and ideas from abroad.


Life is not always easy for international students; you are facing a different culture and a new Language
during your stay at SNU. Especially in the beginning you probably have lots of questions related to your
studies at SNU and to your private life in Korea: how do I sign up (and cancel) classes, where can I get
health insurance, how do I tell the taxi driver to drive me home, and where can I find a cheap room?


The Korean Language Class for International Students of the College of Engineering has been designed to
take the edge off the most urgent problems you are expected to face during the first few months here at
SNU. In the class, you will both learn survival Korean and be introduced to Korean culture and customs. In
addition, the class is also a great opportunity to meet and make friends with other international students
and to get to know our excellent staff in charge of international affairs at the College of Engineering.


The class takes place twice a week for ten weeks (September 22 to November 27, 2014) on Mondays and
Thursdays from 7 to 9pm. Participation is voluntary; we hope that many of you will take this opportunity
and invest a little time to get to know this great country, its language, people and customs, and the
procedures at SNU a bit better.


This fall we plan to offer an intermediate level class for students who attended the beginner level in spring
or know the Korean alphabet and have limited Korean skills. This class will only be offered if there are
enough participants; it is there fore important that you indicate the level of the class you would like to
attend on your application form.



You can sign up for the class by filling out the attached application form and returning it to Ms. Heesun
Kim by email (kavkr@snu.ac.kr) or in person (room 212, building 39, tel: 02-880-8079). The class is free
if you attend at least 80% of the lectures; otherwise the small sign-up fee will be used to cover expenses for
the class. If you are not able to pay the fee please let Ms. Kim know so that we can find an individual
solution.


Once again, welcome to the College of Engineering, and we hope to see you all on September 22nd.


Prof. Bernhard Egger                                                                                                      Heesun Kim
Director of International Affairs                                                                         Int'l Program Manager
College of Engineering                                                                                    College of Engineering
Seoul National University                                                                              Seoul National University
international.affairs@eng.snu.ac.kr                                                                    kavkr@eng.snu.ac.kr