Application & Test fee
     In principle, students need to take the FLEX exam. However, students who need to take a test in languages not offered
     in the FLEX exam must submit the completed application form and pay test fees to the Graduate School office by the date
     indicated. However, the exam is offered free of charge to students who take the test for the first time.

 Examination Period
    The foreign language exam other than FLEX is offered twice a year, once in March and again in September.

 Eligibility
     Both master’s students and doctoral students who have registered for at least one
    (1) semester are eligible to take the examination.

 Examination Subject
    1) In principle, master’s students need to take the FLEX (English) exam. However, students in the departments of English
        linguistics, English literatures, and TESOL have to take the exam on languages other than English. Also, students, who
       need to take a test in languages not offered in the FLEX exam, must choose one foreign language offered at the
       undergraduate level. International students need to avoid taking a foreign language test related to their concentrated area
       or native languages, which allow them to take a Korean test.
   2) Doctoral students must take two (2) foreign language exams as listed below. However, in selecting the second foreign
       language, international students need to avoid taking a foreign language test related to their concentrated area or native
       languages, which allow them to take a Korean test.

    3) Students may replace the foreign language exam by taking a language program offered by the HUFS’s Global
        Leadership Academy or a class instructed in English from the Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation or
        the Graduate School of International and Area Studies and achieving a score over 85 (B+). However, this replacement 
        of exam is not applicable for students in their final semester or in the stage of degree candidacy and students who
        completed the course work.
    4) The subject, General English, may be supplanted with an adequate TOEFL test scores. However, scores are valid
         for only two years after the test date.
    5) Subjects, General English or Foreign Language 2, may be replaced with an adequate TOEFL test scores. 
        However, scores are valid for only two years after the test date.