Earth and Environmental Sciences

 Earth and Environmental Sciences is a part of natural science that studies component parts, circulations, and changing mechanisms of the Atmosphere, Geosphere, and the Hydrosphere; that analyzes and predicts the formation and changes of the natural environment. In order to understand Earth and Environmental formation andchanges, the object of Earth and Environmental Sciences offers a method to analyze, predict, and restore various scale of kinetic and material system’s formation, evolution, extinction and interaction between them.These researches are conducted by introducing an applied scientific technology that is based on an understanding of basic science.

Students study each part of the Earth and Environmental Sciences intensively according to their interests. Namely, they select their major out of Atmospheric Science,Earth System Science, and Oceanography. And with the economical and social growth of our society, many professionals of Earth and Environmental Sciences are required in various fields: government agencies, research institutes, related companies, and broadcasting stations. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree, students go on to an internal or external graduate school, or are employed. Students who obtain a master’s or doctor’s degree within the country accumulate a career as a researcher at abroad universities and laboratories. They stay abroad or return to the homeland to be employed by universities, research institutes, or related companies.

• Synoptic Meteorology
• Large Scale Dynamics of Atmosphere
• Micrometeorology
• Numerical Modeling and Weather Prediction 1
• Atmospheric General Circulation
• Tropical Meteorology
• Cloud Physics
• Topics in Atmospheric Sciences 1
• Statistical Methods in Meteorology
• GIS Meterology
• Environmental Geochemistry
• Advanced Metamorphic Petrology and Lab.
• Stable Isotope Geochemistry and Lab.
• Sedimentary Geology
• Stratigraphy and Paleontology
• Hydrogeology
• Computational and Environmental Geomechanics
• Process and imaging of Earth System Remote Sensing Data
• Physics of the Earth's Interior
• Earthquake Seismology
• Advanced Study in Tectonophysics
• Ocean Currents
• Tide Theory and Analysis
• Sedimentology
• Geochemistry of Marine Sediments
• Marine Pollution
• Marine Benthic Ecology
• Marine Microbial Ecology
• Tracer Chemistry
• Advanced Marine Natural Products Chemistry
• Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics
• Air Pollution and Dispersion
• Numerical Modeling and Weather Prediction 2
• Mesoscale Meteorology
• Atmospheric Waves
• Middle Atmosphere Dynamics
• Topics in Atmospheric Sciences 2
• Atmospheric Chemistry
• Atmospheric Radiation
• Marine Geodynamics
• Advanced Mineralogy and Lab.
• Advanced Topics in Petrology
• Topics in Structural Geology
• Advanced Study in Sedimentary geology
• Seminar in Paleobiology
• Advanced Study in Resource Geology
• Recent Advances in Geology
• Topics in Environmental Geology
• Topics in Applied Geology
• Workshop in Earth System Observation Science
• Topics in Geophysics
• Topics in Exploration Geophysics
• Topics in Aqueous Geochemistry
• Physical Oceanography of the Coastal processes
• Topics in Theory of Ocean Circulation
• Topcis in Ocean Waves
• Basin Analysis
• Topics in Marine Geochemistry
• Topics in Marine Ecology
• Topics in Sediment Assessment
• Topics in Earth Environments and Marine Microbes
• Topics in Biological Oceanography
• Advanced Environmental Chemistry and Lab.
• Topics on Marine Drugs
• Topics in Chemical Oceanography
• Seminar in Oceanography
• Seminar in Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Reading and Research
• Atmospheric Turbulence and Boundary Layer
• Atmospheric remote sensing
• Atmospheric remote sensing
• Topics on Seawater Analysis and Lab.
• Advanced Spectroscopic Analysis of Organic Compounds
• Topics in Earth and Environmental Sciences 1
• Topics in Earth and Environmental Sciences 2

1. Online
   application
2. 
   proof
   of
   Korean
   
   proficiency
   is
   required;
   
   
   
   
   1)
   Korean
   Proficiency:
   TOPIK
   level
   3
   or
   higher
   
   
   
   
   2)
   Other
   official
   documents
   indicating
   proof
   of
   language
   proficiency (ie.
   SNU
   Korean
   Language
   Center
   Level
   4
   or
   higher)
3. Personal
   Statement
   and
   Study
   Plan
4. Letter
   of
   Recommendation
5. Counselor
   Reference
   
6. Official
   High
   School
   Transcript
   and
   Graduation
   Certificate
7. A
   Copy
   of
   the
   Applicant’s
   Passport
8. Certificate
   of
   Facts
   concerning
   the
   Entry
   and
   Exit
9. Portfolio,
   Records
   of
   Achievement,
   etc.
10. Agreement
    for
    Verification
    of
    Academic
    Record

If you wish to apply for the scholarship program, please fill out the scholarship application form every semester. Application period:

• During November(1st semester)
• During May(2nd semester)

International Student Scholarship

• GPA requirement: 3.0 GPA or higher (average of the previous semester)
• Funding: Tuition and fees (partial or fully funded)
• Eligibility: International student in the government-funded (government-invited) scholarship, international student

  (self-funded), Korean student living overseas and studying in Korea (undergraduate and graduate course)

Lecture/Research Scholarship

• GPA requirement: 3.3 GPA or higher (average of the previous semester; excluding new students)
• Eligibility: Graduate student recommended by the advising professor; an annual income of less than KRW 12 million
• Working condition: 10 or more hours a week (40 hours/month)
• Responsibility: Assist the lectures by the professor, general electives and research; help students with their course; manage assignments; manage laboratory; fulfill administrative duties for the undergraduate course, etc.
• Funding: Current student: Fully funded tuition and fees and monthly scholarship;

  Research student: Monthly scholarship

• Termination: If on leave of absence, disciplinary action or determined to be unqualified for other reasons

Core TA Scholarship

• Eligibility: Returning graduate student and research student
• Funding: Type A – Tuition (partially funded) and monthly research aid / Type B  – Half of the monthly research aid
• Duration: 1st semester : March – August (6 months) /

  2nd semester: September – February of the following year (6 months)

• Responsibility: Attend the assigned lecture; supervise discussion; check assignments; focus on Laboratory

  sessions/Experiment/Practice courses; assist practice, etc.

SNU Foundation Scholarship

• GPA requirement: 3.3 GPA or higher (average of the previous semester)
• Funding: Tuition and fees (partially or fully funded)
• Feature: Scholarship funded by some 200 funds created by Seoul National University Foundation

The following is the scholarship programs offered for graduate applicants. Students may apply for the programs before or during the admission application period. The annual announcement will be posted on this websitehttp://en.snu.ac.kr/apply/info.

Graduate Scholarship for Excellent Foreign Students (GSFS)

Eligibility

• Asian students, excluding Japanese and Chinese nationals, who wish to study one of the designated graduate programs
  * The programs eligible for this scholarship are subject to change, and different by applicants’ nationalities. The eligible programs list is announced every semester.

Number of Recipients

• Approximately 20

Subsidies

• Tuition fee: full tuition exemption for a maximum of 4 semesters
• Living expenses: 500,000 KRW per month (different according to recipients’ majors)

Application Period

• During admission period for international students every semester

Selection Procedure

• Applicants who submit admission application to SNU’s Office of Admissions ⇒ applicants submit scholarship application to SNU’s Office of International Affairs ⇒ Selection made by respective Colleges/Schools based on the admission documents ⇒ decision noticed

Contact

• SNU staff in charge: 82-2-880-2519, intlscholarship@snu.ac.kr

Silk-Road Scholarship

Eligibility

• Applicants from the countries in the ‘Silk-Road’ area who want to study humanities or social sciences, including Korean language, history, culture, politics, and economics

Number of Recipients

• About 5 new graduate students

Subsidies

• Tuition fee: full tuition fee exemption for a maximum of 4 semesters
• Living expenses: maximum of 600,000 KRW per month for 4 semesters
• Airfare: maximum of 1 million KRW for one economy round trip
• Korean language training fee: fee exemption at the Language Education Institute

Application Period

• During admission period for international students every Fall semester

Selection Procedure

• Applicants who submit admission application to SNU’s Office of Admissions ⇒ applicants submit scholarship application to SNU’s Office of International Affairs ⇒ Selection made by respective Colleges/Schools based on the admission documents ⇒ decision noticed

Contact

• SNU staff in charge: 82-2-880-2519, intlscholarship@snu.ac.kr

Overseas Koreans Scholarship

Eligibility

• Overseas Korean students who wish to take graduate degrees at SNU

Subsidies

• Full tuition exemption
• Living expenses: 800,000 KRW per month for 4 semesters
• Insurance fees: approximately 30,000 per month
• Settlement expenses aid upon initial arrival: 500,000 KRW (one-time payment)
• Airfare for one economy round trip
• Language training expenses: for 2 semesters

Application Period

• March and September

Selection Procedure

• Applicants submit applications to Korean embassies in their countries ⇒ the embassies make the first selection ⇒ the Overseas Koreans Foundation make the second selection

Contact

• SNU staff in charge: 82-2-880-2519, intlscholarship@snu.ac.kr

Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP)

Eligibility

• International students applying for SNU’s graduate programs

Number of Recipients

• 325

Subsidies

• Full tuition fee: tuition exemption for 4 semesters for master’s program and 6 semesters for Ph. D program
• Living expenses: 900,000 KRW per month
• Airfare: one economy round trip
• Korean language training fee: for one year
  * Korean language training is mandatory and when the student does not achieve TOPIK grade 3 within a year, she/he is not eligible to enter the degree program
• Others: medical insurance, research fund, thesis printing fees, settlement and returning expenses

Application Period

• February

Selection Procedure

※ Applicants choose one of the following application methods.

• University Recommendation Program: applicants submit applications to SNU’s Office of Admission ⇒ the National Institute for International Education make the selection
• Embassy Recommendation Program: applications submit applications to Korean Embassies in their countries ⇒ the National Institute for International Education make the selection

Contact

• SNU staff in charge: 82-2-880-6971, sck590@snu.ac.kr