Where students from Iran study in Korea

Universities ranked by how many students from Iran are enrolled — degree programmes and language institutes together.

Students from Iran in Korea

473

+9.2% compared with a year earlier

368 in degree programmes (D-2) · 105 in language training (D-4)

Ministry of Justice (법무부) monthly statistics, as of 2026-07. Updated monthly.

221 students from Iran at the 20 universities listed here.

#	University	From Iran	Share	All international students
1	Kyungbok University 경복대학교 · Gyeonggi	27	3%	800 total · 54 degree · 454 language institute
2	Seoul National University 서울대학교 · Seoul	25	1%	1,933 total · 906 degree · 647 language institute
3	Kyung Hee University 경희대학교 · Seoul · all campuses	18	0%	4,866 total · 3,866 degree · 825 language institute
4	Sungkyunkwan University 성균관대학교 · Seoul · all campuses	14	0%	4,105 total · 2,842 degree · 917 language institute
5	Yonsei University 연세대학교 · Seoul	14	0%	3,930 total · 2,579 degree · 1,106 language institute
6	Sejong University 세종대학교 · Seoul	13	0%	4,265 total · 3,456 degree · 648 language institute
7	Pusan National University 부산대학교 · Busan	12	1%	1,547 total · 1,043 degree · 371 language institute
8	Korea University 고려대학교 · Seoul	10	0%	4,480 total · 3,321 degree · 716 language institute
9	Soongsil University 숭실대학교 · Seoul	10	1%	1,468 total · 901 degree · 494 language institute
10	Gyeongsang National University 경상국립대학교 · Gyeongnam	9	1%	802 total · 514 degree · 180 language institute
11	Seoul National University of Science and Technology 서울과학기술대학교 · Seoul	9	1%	1,190 total · 744 degree · 339 language institute
12	Jeonbuk National University 전북대학교 · Jeonbuk	8	0%	2,840 total · 1,614 degree · 363 language institute
13	Dong-A University 동아대학교 · Busan	8	0%	2,082 total · 915 degree · 1,103 language institute
14	University of Ulsan 울산대학교 · Ulsan	8	2%	522 total · 303 degree · 184 language institute
15	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology 광주과학기술원 · Jeonnam & Gwangju	8	5%	157 total · 144 degree · 0 language institute
16	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 한국과학기술원 · Daejeon	7	1%	960 total · 807 degree · 7 language institute
17	Bucheon University 부천대학교 · Gyeonggi	6	1%	638 total · 14 degree · 510 language institute
18	Sun Moon University 선문대학교 · Chungnam	5	0%	3,086 total · 1,431 degree · 1,642 language institute
19	Ajou University 아주대학교 · Gyeonggi	5	0%	2,129 total · 930 degree · 1,082 language institute
20	Hanyang University 한양대학교 · Seoul · all campuses	5	0%	7,447 total · 5,617 degree · 1,528 language institute

Source: Korea's Ministry of Justice (법무부) records of international students, as of 2026-06-30, published on data.go.kr. Share = students from this country out of all international students at the university.

Universities with fewer than 5 students from a country are not listed for it, so that no student can be identified.

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