JEONBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Course registration
How to register for courses
- Refer to the list of courses, class schedules and syllabuses offered in each department when registering for courses.
- Go to the website for course registration (the University’s portal) and enter the courses you want to take.
- Go to the website for course registration (the University’s portal) – Click on “course registration (수강신청)” – When the course registration page opens, read the instruction – Enter your student ID number and password (For freshmen, the password is 6 digits of birthday (YYMMDD).) – You are logged in.
- Freshmen shall be instructed how to register for courses at their department office before registering for courses.
Designated prerequisite course registration
Students should register for and complete designated prerequisite courses first.
Maximum credits per semester: 9 credits
Returning students’ course registration
- Course registration period :
Returning students should register for courses during the same registration period as current students.
* Important notes
1. Returning students should, if possible, be finished with course registration and reinstatement procedures (application for reinstatement – submitting a reinstatement form to the administrative office of the college) before the semester begins. If not, they would be marked as absent before the day of their registration
2. Re-admitted students and students returning to school after a long period of leave must check eliminated and changed courses before registering for course. In the case of course repeat (the same course or a course with the same content), they cannot earn credits.
Changing and adding courses
- Students can change and add courses during the course change period (for a week after the semester begins).
- In the case of course cancellation, students of the course can register for another course during an additional specified period for course registration.
Other matters
- Students are not allowed to register for courses after the first quarter of the semester ends, and they will marked as absent for the period before their registration of courses.
- Students can at pleasure check course registration details on the course registration website (the University’s portal).
- Course drop period: Refer to the academic calendar and the academic affairs notice on the website.
* A student should submit a course drop form to his or her department office after gaining consent from the professor of the course.
* When registering for courses, please note that only one course can be dropped.
Leave of absence and reinstatement
Leave of absence
| Classification | Reason | Required document |
|---|---|---|
| General leave of absence | When a student cannot attend school for more than a quarter of school days in a semester due to illness or other unavoidable reasons | Leave of Absence Form (guardian's counter signature) |
| Military leave of absence | When a student enters the army to serve his military duty | Leave of Absence Form (guardian's counter signature), copy of the enlistment notice |
Procedure
Log in on OASIS → Enter “application for leave of absence (휴학신청)” → Print out the Leave of Absence/Reinstatement Form (sealing) → Department office [confirmation by the head professor of the department] → Submit the form to the administrative office of the college
Leave of absence period
The total period of absence shall not exceed 4 semesters.
* There are some exceptions. The total period of absence does not include a period of compulsory military service, a period of absence due to pregnancy, childbirth childrearing (up to 4 semesters in total), and a period of absence to run a start-up (up to 4 semesters in total).
Important note
Leave of absence is not allowed after the 3rd quarter of the semester has passed. (This does not apply to the military leave of absence.)
Other matters
A student planning to take a leave of absence may decide whether to pay a tuition fee or not before taking a leave. If the student wants to be enrolled, he or she may take a leave of absence after paying a tuition during the same tuition payment period as current students. In this case, the student will be considered to have paid the tuition fee for the semester he or she will return to school without an additional procedure, and the student will not need to pay an increased amount.
Reinstatement
| Classification | Period | Procedure |
|---|---|---|
| General reinstatement | Within the first quarter of every semester after the expiration of the leave of absence or after the disappearance of the reason for the leave (The student can postpone reinstatement by 1 semester if the total leave of absence does not exceed the maximum period, or 4 semesters.) |
Apply for reinstatement on OASIS → Print out the Reinstatement Form → Department office → Submit the form to the administrative office of the college |
| Reinstatement after discharge from the military | A student who has completed his military duty should return to school within 3 semesters from the date of military discharge. If a student is discharged from the military after the first quarter of a semester and wants to return to school in the semester, he may return to school provided that his commanding officer allows him to take a leave from the military or take classes so that he can attend classes for longer than three quarters of the semester. | Apply for reinstatement on OASIS → Print out the Reinstatement Form → Department office → Submit the form to the administrative office of the college (Military Service Discharge Form) |
- A student who has been sent home from the military should immediately return to school and his attendance will be acknowledged from the date of his reinstatement. (Note that the student should attend at least three quarters of the school days in the semester.)
- A student, who does not return to school within the postponed period of reinstatement after the expiration of the leave of absence or after the disappearance of the reason for the leave, shall be automatically expelled.
Readmission
Readmission period
- Beginning of each semester (first class day)
* The pre-registration schedule will be provided separately. (Refer to the academic affairs notice.)
Eligibility for readmission
- A person eligible for readmission: A person who was expelled due to non-reinstatement, non-registry, academic warning, or the like and a person who voluntarily withdrew from the Graduate School for economic, physical or other reasons
- A person ineligible for readmission
- A person who cannot complete a specified program during the years required for completing a course of study
- A person expelled from the University as a disciplinary measure
- A person expelled due to academic warning and it has not been 1 year since then
Contact for inquiry
Office of Student and Academic Affairs, JBNU Graduate School (270-2856)