Yonsei University International Summer School

Offered since 1985, this long-standing program offers a wide variety of courses from arts, culture and humanities to management and economics, history, and science and technology. Students can choose between a 4-week program track or a 6-week track depending on their summer schedule.

YISS Internship Programs

Students interested in professional development have the option to combine course study with corporate or research internship programs offered by YISS. To qualify students must be accepted into YISS and enrolled in at least 2 YISS courses (minimum 5 credit). Note: internship components will not be eligible for transfer credit at UBC. Further information is available on the partner's website.

More specific and finalized program details can be found on the partner institution's website. However, you must apply through Go Global to be considered for this program and ensure you follow the appropriate transfer credit process.

• All applicants must meet Go Global eligibility requirements
  • UBC Vancouver students
  • UBC Okanagan students
• You must have minimum cumulative average of 2.0 on 4.0 GPA (73%) scale to participate in this program

Areas of study available:

• Art History
• Arts
• Asian Studies
• Commerce
• Economics
• Entrepreneurship
• Environmental Science
• Film Studies
• Korean Language
• Korean Studies
• Management
• Media Studies
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Science
• Sociology

Course equivalency formula

• 1 Yonsei credit = 1 UBC credit

Course load information

• Take a minimum of 1 course, worth 3 Yonsei credits up to maximum of 3 courses, worth 9 Yonsei credits

Transfer credit

Check out the courses that previous students have transferred back to UBC in the last 5 years using our Course Search Tool. If you don't see a particular course you listed, it simply means you need to submit it as a new course request through the Transfer Credit Portal while on your Go Global experience. For more information, please visit the Go Global Transfer Credit webpage.

Not all courses listed are offered through the summer program at this partner institution. The tool is for reference only–research the partner's website for actual course offerings.

Search for previously approved courses

Note: Transfer credits are only granted for courses with academic content that meet the academic standard for UBC. Courses that do not contain academic coursework may not be eligible. Please visit Go Global Transfer Credit webpage to learn more. Please speak to a departmental advisor if you have any questions.