How Korea Finder works.
Plain-language disclosure of how we list programs, how we make money, and what we don't yet have.
What gets in. What stays out.
Inclusion criteria
- Short-term program (2–12 weeks) at a Korean university.
- Open to international students, with track language (English or Korean) explicitly stated.
- 2026 dates confirmed by the university or our team.
- Direct enrollment path — students can apply through the university, not only through a third-party provider.
- Pricing published or directly verifiable.
Exclusion criteria
- Long-term degree programs (semester abroad, full degrees).
- Programs at non-Korean universities.
- Programs without published 2026 prices.
- Provider-only listings without a direct-enrollment alternative.
- Programs we cannot verify against an official university source.
Students pay nothing. Universities pay on enrollment.
Students never pay Korea Finder. Free forever. No subscription, no per-search fee, no premium tier.
Universities pay a commission on confirmed enrollments we attribute via URL parameters. The student clicks from Korea Finder to the university's own application page (with a utm_campaign parameter), enrolls, and the university shares a small percentage of the resulting tuition with us.
We do not charge for listing inclusion. Any program meeting the inclusion criteria gets listed regardless of partnership status.
We do not display ads, accept payment for placement, or rank programs by commission rate. Sort order, search relevance, and filter behavior treat all programs identically.
KRAVEDU Inc. also operates 6 of the 17 programs in this catalog directly. See the conflict-of-interest disclosure below for the full list.
We operate 6 of these 17 programs ourselves.
Korea Finder is operated by KRAVEDU Inc., which also runs 6 of the 17 programs in our catalog. Each KRAVEDU-operated program is labeled “Operated by KRAVEDU” on its card.
We list KRAVEDU programs alongside university-operated programs without ranking adjustment. Sort order, search relevance, and filter behavior treat all 17 programs identically.
The 6 KRAVEDU-operated programs are:
- D.Camps Academic Program — Seoul National University
- Gifted Student Enrichment Program — Grayson Gifted at SNU
- Korean Arts: Contemporary — Soongshil University
- Korean Arts: Tradition — Soongshil University
- Korean Culture: Entertainment (K-Ent) — Gimpo University
- Korean Culture: Food (K-Food) — Gimpo University
When you contact us about a KRAVEDU-operated program, you are talking to the program's operator. When you contact us about a university-operated program, we will direct you to the university's own application page — we do not handle their enrollment.
Every price has a source URL.
Every program in our catalog has a dataSourceUrl linking to the university's official .ac.kr page (or, for KRAVEDU-operated programs, KRAVEDU's own program page). Each program also carries a lastVerified date.
Click any “Source” link on a program detail page to verify our data against the university's published information. If you find a discrepancy, email us — we'll fix it within 48 hours and log the correction below.
Verification cycle: we re-verify each program against its source on a rolling basis. Programs not re-verified within 90 days carry a small Verifying 2026 data chip on their card. Stale data stays in the catalog (we'd rather you see possibly-outdated data than no data) but the chip warns you to double-check the source link.
We'd rather say what we don't have than fake it.
Korea Finder lists short-term programs (2–12 weeks) at Korean universities for international students. We’re still waiting on confirmed 2026 data from a few major schools. We’ll add them as they confirm.
- Yonsei GSISAwaiting 2026 dates
- Korea U Business SchoolAwaiting 2026 pricing
- Ewha Winter SessionVerifying 2026 application open date
Found a problem? Tell us — we'll fix it.
If you find inaccurate pricing, dates, attribution, or a broken source link, email hello@koreafinder.kr. We'll fix it within 48 hours and log the correction below.
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Two paths, depending on who runs the program.
For 11 university-operated programs (most of the catalog): browse, click through to the university's official .ac.kr application page, and apply directly with them. We don't touch your enrollment, your documents, or your money. You can also leave your email on a program detail page to get one heads-up when its 2026 application window opens — no other emails after that.
For 6 KRAVEDU-operated programs: click “Express Interest” on the program detail page. Because KRAVEDU is the operator, our team handles application prep, document formatting (3.5×4.5cm photos, apostilled transcripts, etc.), and university coordination. Average response time: 48 hours.
Either way, students never pay Korea Finder. See How we make money above.
For most short-term programs, no visa.
US citizens don't need a visa or K-ETA for programs under 90 days — through December 2026. You enter Korea with just your passport and an e-Arrival Card (submitted online in about 5 minutes).
Other passports vary. Most short-term study routes use either no visa, K-ETA, D-4 (general training), or D-2 (degree). For KRAVEDU-operated programs we route the correct application; for university-operated programs the university's admissions page lists the requirement.
If you're unsure, email us with your nationality + the program you're looking at — we'll point you to the right route within 48 hours.
Lower tuition, more English tracks, stronger cultural pull.
Korean summer programs run roughly $1,500–$3,500 in direct tuition for 4–6 weeks at top universities. Japan summer programs run $3,000–$4,500. Singapore and Taiwan land somewhere between the two.
Korea also publishes more English-taught short-term courses than its neighbors — particularly at SKY (Yonsei, Korea University, SNU), KAIST, and Sungkyunkwan — which means you don't need Korean language fluency to participate academically.
The cultural pull (K-Pop, K-Drama, K-Food, design, fashion) isn't academic, but it does shape program demand. Visa rules also currently favor Korea: the US K-ETA exemption through December 2026 lets US students arrive with just a passport for programs under 90 days.
Read the catalog itself or write to us — both are honest starting points. Email hello@koreafinder.kr.