YKU
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A shortlist built around your profile. YKU scores every indexed program against your field, grades, budget and city preference, then shows the reasons behind each name.
- Field and level match
- Cost and scholarship fit
- Reasons shown per result
Now in development. Early access opens soon.
Find the Korean university that actually fits you.
YKU is an AI-guided platform for international students. It turns your background, goals and budget into a shortlist of English-taught programs in South Korea, then walks with you from first search to final application.
당신의 길
March / SeptemberTwo intakes a year at most Korean universities
12 universitiesIn the live demo index, expanding as verification completes
100%Of records will carry a source link and a verified date
01 The problem
The information exists. It is just scattered everywhere.
Every Korean university publishes its programs, tuition and requirements on its own site, in its own format, on its own update schedule. Students end up with forty tabs, three spreadsheets and one big guess.
| What you need | Where it lives today | How YKU organizes it |
|---|---|---|
| English-taught status | Buried in program pages, mixed with Korean-taught tracks | A dedicated field on every program record |
| Deadlines | Different per university, intake and applicant type | One timeline, ordered by your target intake |
| Requirements | Hidden inside PDFs, sometimes years out of date | Structured fields with a last-verified date |
| Tuition and aid | Split across five different pages per university | One cost view, scholarships included |
02 The method
One profile. Three stages. A single route.
Rankings describe universities in the abstract. YKU works from the other direction: it starts from your profile and stays with you through three stages.
Apply
From shortlist to submitted. For every target you keep one living checklist: eligibility, documents, deadlines per intake, and the next action ordered by date.
- Document checklist
- Intake-aware deadlines
- Step plan with dates
Belong
Arrive already oriented. Acceptance is the middle of the story, not the end: housing, cost of living and the cultural basics for your first month on campus.
- Housing options
- City and campus orientation
- Cultural preparation
03 The data
Recommendations are only as good as the data under them.
Most study-abroad sites treat a language model as the database. We treat it as a tool that works on a verified dataset. These are the rules that dataset follows.
- Official sources only. University pages, never blogs or forums.
- One program per record. Not one row per university. One row per program.
- English-taught status is explicit. A dedicated field, not a guess from the page title.
- Every record keeps its source URL. Any claim can be checked in one click.
- Every record keeps a last-verified date. Old data is labeled as old.
- Requirements are structured. GPA, language scores and documents as fields, not prose.
- Programs update independently. One changed deadline never rewrites everything else.
- Unknown stays unknown. Missing data is marked. It is never filled in by a guess.
- The engine has a quality gate. Programs below the data bar are excluded from recommendations.
- Sources are re-checked on a schedule. Universities change pages. The index follows.
04 Live demo
Try the matching logic right now.
This is a working slice of the YKU engine running in your browser, on a small public dataset of Korean universities known for English-taught tracks. The full product scores against verified program-level records.
Fit engine, demo build
Fit = field 50 · budget 25 · location 15 · priority 10
Four picks, one click. Results appear below.
Select one option in each row, then run the engine.
Demo dataset. Tuition bands are rough annual figures for international students and change by program and intake. The production index uses verified records with source links and verified dates.
05 Why Korea
A degree in Korea is a practical bet on your future.
| Academic calendar | Two intakes a year: spring in March and fall in September. Application windows typically open six to nine months before the semester starts. |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Full English-taught tracks run alongside Korean-taught programs, especially in engineering, business and international studies. Korean language support is widely offered on campus. |
| Scholarships | The Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) funds thousands of international students each year, and most major universities add their own merit-based awards. |
| University cities | Seoul is the largest hub, with Daejeon, Pohang, Ulsan, Daegu and Gwangju home to science institutes of global standing. |
| Cost picture | Tuition varies widely. Public science institutes are often the most affordable option, private universities in Seoul the most expensive, with scholarships narrowing the gap. |
06 Questions
Fair questions, straight answers.
Is YKU live?
Not yet. The platform is in active development. Join the waitlist and you will be among the first to enter when the doors open.
Does YKU guarantee admission?
No platform can, and we will never claim to. YKU shows where you are competitive and what to prepare. Admission decisions belong to the universities.
Where does the university data come from?
Official university sources only. Each record keeps its source link and last-verified date, so you can check any claim yourself.
Is my demo input sent anywhere?
No. The demo runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you select leaves this page.
How much will YKU cost?
Pricing is not final yet. Waitlist members hear about plans first and get early-access terms.
Who is behind YKU?
An independent builder, documenting the process in public. Waitlist emails include progress letters, not just launch news.
07 Early access
Be first through the gate.
YKU is being built in the open. Leave your email and you will get one note when the doors open, plus occasional progress letters. No spam, unsubscribe in one click.
Your path. Your university. Tailored to you.
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