Graduation

Graduation requirements

• Eligibility: Students who complete specified curriculum, pass the graduation thesis, meet English proficiency requirements, and any other requirements (see department office)
• Required credits for graduation
  Minimum of 135 credits  (For engineering: Minimum of 140 credits)
• Required General Education credits to graduate
  · Students enrolled since 2008: Minimum 25 credits and up to 55 credits
  · Students enrolled since 2012: Minimum 30 credits and up to 55 credits
• Required General Requirement credits to graduate
  (Basic Requirement (기초교양), INU Core Requirement (INU 핵심교양))
  · Students enrolled before 2015: 8 credits or more from General Requirement (More than 1 course in Korean, 6 credits or more in English courses)
  · Students enrolled after 2016 (Students transferred after 2016 school year)
     ※ 8 credits or more in 기초교양 (Basic Requirement): 대학영어1,2 (4) credits, 대학영어회화 1,2 (2) credits, 글쓰기 이론과 실제 or 공학 작문 및 발표 (2) credits
     ※ Students must complete at least 1 course in 2 out of the 3 areas of INU Core requirements.    ※ Students who have entered since 2008 must check courses restricted for enrollment by their major‘s de
  partment (Restricted courses are not counted for graduation)
• Graduation credit requirements for major courses (Major Basic, Major Requirement, Major Elective)
  · Students before 2009: 51 credits or more
  · Students since 2010:　60 credits or more
  ※ Dept. of Engineering: 72 credits or more, Dept. of Natural Science: 63 credits or more
  · Students studying double majors must complete 42 credits or more from each department for the completion of double major studies.
• Information for students who fail to meet graduation requirements
  · Students who fail to meet graduation requirements but complete all courses do not need to enroll. Once they fulfill requirements for graduation, they can apply to graduate.
  · In case of students who fail to meet graduation requirements and complete all required courses.
  ※ If a student wants to take a course, he or she must enroll in a course according to Article 12 (Authorized English test score is not included for the registered credits).
  ※ If a student does not want to take a course, a leave of absence should be filed.
  (Students without either enrolling or filing for a leave of absence will be expelled).   

Types of graduation thesis and criteria

• Graduation Thesis, Graduation Experiment (실험실습), Graduation Presentation (실기발표): D or higher
• Graduation Comprehensive Exam: Obtain 60% or higher of total test score

Completion

• It is proceeded according to each year's credits for completion and can be issued at the end of the semester.

Early graduation

• Eligibility: Students who have earned an average G.P.A. of 4.0 or better until the 4th semester
• Application period : Within a certain period before fifth-semester starts.
• How to apply: Complete the application form and visit the department office of your major.    Submit it to the Office of Educational Support.
• Requirements: Students must fulfill the requirements for graduation and earn a G.P.A. of 4.0 or better.