The Graduate School of Architecture at Seoul National University offers Master of Science in Architectural Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture & Architectural Engineering.

Topics in Architectural Planning 1

Studies in Environmental Modeling & Simulation

Studies in Architectural Design Process

Theory of Architectural Design

Topics in Interior Design

Seminar in Building Code

Advanced Building Environmental Technology

Design of Building Structures 1

Design of Building Structures 2

Architectural Concrete Technology

Project Planning and Control in Construction

Advanced Concepts and Applications of Building Materials in Construction

Cost Planning of Building Design and Construction

Architectural Design Studio 1

Architectural Design Studio 2

Architectural Design Studio 3

Advanced Building Systems Design

Studies in Theory of Architecture

Seminar in History of Korean Architecture

Seminar in History of Asian Architecture

Methodology in History of Korean Architecture

Advanced Building Construction Technology

Consturction Performance and Productivity Improvement

Structural Dynamics of Building Structures

Advanced Theory of Concrete Plasticity

Construction Management & Project Engineering

Structural Analysis Theory and Applications

Behavior and Plastic Design of Steel Structures

Finite Element Implementation

Stability of Steel Structures

Architectural Space Analysis

Earthquake Engineering for Building Structures

Studies in Building Technology

Structural Planning for Architectural Design

Dissertation Research

Studies in Urban Design

ICT-based Smart Architect

System Identification for Built Environment

 

Master’s Program

 

1. Requirement of Course Completion

1) Minimum 24 credits are required for program completion. (GPA 3.0↑)

 

2) Students may take graduate courses that are offered by other departments/divisions, even if not considered as major courses in our department, based on their academic advisors' recommendation and approval of the head of department. In this case, course credits may be counted as major course credits up to half of the required credits for program completion. Within this half of the required credits, students may earn by taking courses from a different department/division (six credits may be earned by taking courses in the undergraduate program).

 

① For students who entered the program before 2021 (~2020학번), maximum 3 credits taken from the course “Research on Thesis for Graduate Program”(대학원 논문연구) can be included in total credits for program completion and counted as major course credits. Surplus credits exceeding 3 are not included neither in total credits nor in major course credits.

 

② For students who enter the program after 2020 (2021학번~), credits taken from the course “Research on Thesis for Graduate Program” are not counted as major course credits, and maximum 3 credits can be included in total credits for program completion. Since the “Research on Thesis…” course will not be considered a major course, ‘half of the required credits for program completion’ mentioned in the clause 1 – 2) above will be defined as (a-b)/2.

- a: total 24 credits (Master’s program completion requirement)

- b: credits taken from the course “Research on Thesis…” (maximum 3 credits)

 

3) Students who entered the program before 2021 (~20학번) can take maximum 9 credits per semester, 12 credits if include "Research of Thesis..." course.

 

4) Students who enter the program after 2020 (21학번~) are required to take minimum 3 credits from the list of convergence courses on the bottom of this page.

 

5) Starting from 2022, maximum 3 credits taken from courses in '대학원 공통역량교과목' category can be included in total credits for program completion.

 

2. Master’s Thesis Submission Qualification Exam

1) The foreign language examination applicant must have registered at least 1 semester.

 

2) The comprehensive exam applicant must have registered at least 2 semesters and completed the ‘environmental protection and safety education’ and ‘education for life protection’.

 

3) The thesis submission qualification exam contains more than 3 questions based on majors, and students are to select 3 questions to answer.

 

4) The score of each question must exceed 40% to be added to the total score, and the total qualification score must be at least 60 points out of 100 points.

 

3. Master’s Thesis Submission Qualification

1) Students who have passed the thesis submission qualification exam(including comprehensive exam(major test) and foreign language exam) are qualified for submitting their graduation thesis.

 

2) Architecture Major

 

① Students entering before 2021 (~2020학번)

Students are required to publish at least one thesis in KCI level academic journal. It can be replaced with awarded project participated individually in competitions such as the following:

1. Awarded project from architectural competitions hosted by domestic or foreign government
2. Awarded project from architectural competitions hosted by the primary architectural related organization such as Architectural Institute of Korea, Korean Institute of Architects, Korea Architects Institute, or any other organizations of equivalent level out of country
3. Awarded project from domestic and foreign competitions that is published in architectural academic journals, such as Avery Index or A&HCI. (For students who enrolled after 2016 spring semester)

 

② Students entering after 2020 (2021학번~)

Students are required to publish minimum 90% worth of thesis in KCI level academic journal. It can be replaced with minimum 90% worth of awarded project participated in competitions such as the following:

1. Awarded project from architectural competitions hosted by domestic or foreign government
2. Awarded project from architectural competitions hosted by the primary architectural related organization such as Architectural Institute of Korea, Korean Institute of Architects, Korea Architects Institute, or any other organizations of equivalent level out of country
3. Awarded project from domestic and foreign competitions that is published in architectural academic journals, such as Avery Index or A&HCI. (For students who enrolled after 2016 spring semester)

 

※ Thesis author contribution table

Order/Number of authors	1	2	3	4	5 and more
1	100	95	90	85	80
2		70	60	50	40
3			50	40	30
4				30	20
5					10

(Contribution of corresponding author is considered same as that of the first author.)

 

3) For Architectural Engineering Major, students are required to present at symposiums at least once or publish at least one thesis in academic journal. Architectural Engineering students are required to write their graduation thesis in English.

 

4) All the regulation regarding writing, reviewing and submitting the thesis should follow Seoul National University’s regulations.

 

---

 

Ph. D. Program & Combined Master’s and Ph. D. Program

 

1. Requirement of Course Completion

 

▶ Ph. D. Program

1) Minimum 36 credits are required for program completion. (GPA 3.0↑)

 

2) Students may take graduate courses that are offered by other departments/divisions, even if not considered as major courses in our department, based on their academic advisors' recommendation and approval of the head of department. In this case, course credits may be counted as major course credits up to half of the required credits for program completion. Within this half of the required credits, students may earn by taking courses from a different department/division (six credits may be earned by taking courses in the undergraduate program).

 

① For students who entered the program before 2021 (~2020학번), maximum 6 credits taken from the course “Research on Thesis for Graduate Program”(대학원 논문연구) can be included in total credits for program completion and counted as major course credits. Surplus credits exceeding 6 are not included neither in total credits nor in major course credits.

 

② For students who enter the program after 2020 (2021학번~), credits taken from the course “Research on Thesis for Graduate Program” are not counted as major course credits, and maximum 6 credits can be included in total credits for program completion. Since the “Research on Thesis…” course will not be considered a major course, ‘half of the required credits for program completion’ mentioned in the clause 1 – 2) above will be defined as (a-b)/2.

- a: total 36 credits (Ph. D. program completion requirement)

- b: credits taken from the course “Research on Thesis…” (maximum 6 credits)

 

3) For students who entered the program before 2021, (~20학번) credit acquisition limit per semester is 9 credits (12 credits if include "Research on Thesis...") for full-time students, and 6 credits (9 credits if include "Research on Thesis...") for part-time students.

 

4) Students who enter the program after 2020 (21학번~) are required to take at least one course from the list of convergence courses on the bottom of this page.

 

5) Starting from 2022, maximum 3 credits taken from courses in '대학원 공통역량교과목' category can be included in total credits for program completion.

 

 

▶ Combined Master’s and Ph. D. Program

1) Minimum 60 credits are required for program completion. (GPA 3.0↑) Students who have registered for more than three semesters and earned more than 24 credits are considered Ph. D. students. Until then, they are considered Master’s students.

 

2) Students may take graduate courses that are offered by other departments/divisions, even if not considered as major courses in our department, based on their academic advisors' recommendation and approval of the head of department. In this case, course credits may be counted as major course credits up to half of the required credits for program completion. Within this half of the required credits, students may earn by taking courses from a different department/division (six credits may be earned by taking courses in the undergraduate program).

 

① For students who entered the program before 2021 (~2020학번), maximum 9 credits credits taken from the course “Research on Thesis for Graduate Program”(대학원 논문연구) can be included in total credits for program completion and counted as major course credits. (3 credits during Master’s program and 6 credits during Ph. D. program) Surplus credits are not included neither in total credits nor in major course credits.

 

② For students who enter the program after 2020 (2021학번~), credits taken from the course “Research on Thesis for Graduate Program” are not counted as major course credits, and maximum 9 credits can be included in total credits for program completion. (3 credits during Master’s program and 6 credits during Ph. D. program) Since the “Research on Thesis…” course will not be considered a major course, ‘half of the required credits for program completion’ mentioned in the clause 1 – 2) above will be defined as (a-b)/2.

- a: total 60 credits (Combined Master’s and Ph. D. program completion requirement)

- b: credits taken from the course “Research on Thesis…” (maximum 9 credits)

 

3) Students who enter the program after 2020 (2021학번~) are required to take at least two courses from the list of convergence courses on the bottom of this page. (one course during Master’s program and one course during Ph. D. program)

 

4) Starting from 2022, maximum 6 credits taken from courses in '대학원 공통역량교과목' category can be included in total credits for program completion.

 

5) The operation of combined Master’s and Ph. D. program follow the regulations of Seoul National University.

 

2. Ph. D. Thesis Submission Qualification Exam

1) The foreign language examination applicant must have registered at least 1 semester.

 

2) The comprehensive exam applicant must have registered at least 2 semesters and completed the ‘environmental protection and safety education’ and ‘education for life protection’.

 

3) The thesis submission qualification exam contains more than 3 questions based on majors, and students are to select 3 questions to answer.

 

4) The score of each question must exceed 40% to add to the total score, and the total qualification score must be at least 70 points out of 100 points.

 

3. Ph. D. Thesis Submission Qualification

1) Students who have passed the thesis submission qualification exam(including comprehensive exam(major test) and foreign language exam) are qualified for submitting their graduation thesis.

 

2) The student must be registered as a research student in the semester of thesis submission.

 

3) Architecture Major

 

① Students entering before 2016 (~2015학번)

Students must publish minimum 150% worth of thesis related to the major or their thesis topic in KCI level academic journal, or present the thesis at an appropriate international conference and receive the approval about quality of the thesis by the Graduate School Committee of our department. Author contribution to the thesis written by multiple authors will follow the table below.

 

※ Thesis author contribution table

Order/Number of authors	1	2	3	4	5
1	100	95	90	85	80
2		70	60	50	40
3			50	40	30
4				30	20
5					10

 

② Students entering on 2016 and 2017 (2016, 2017학번)

Students are required to fulfill one of the two conditions below.

1. Students must publish minimum 250% worth of thesis related to the major or their thesis topic in KCI level academic journal, or present the thesis at an appropriate international conference and receive the approval about quality of the thesis by the Graduate School Committee of our department. Author contribution to the thesis written by multiple authors will follow the table below.
2. Students must publish at least one thesis on SCI level journal or international academic journals that are approved by the Academic Affairs Committee of our department. The student must be the first author of the thesis. For the journals that do not have authorship priority, the number of authors must be less than two.

※ Thesis author contribution table

Order/Number of authors	1	2	3	4	5
1	100	95	90	85	80
2		70	60	50	40
3			50	40	30
4				30	20
5					10

- If students publish their dissertation on SCI level journal, the ratio above can be doubled.

 

③ Students entering between 2018 and 2020 (2018, 2019, 2020학번)

Students are required to fulfill one of the two conditions below.

1. Students must publish minimum 200% worth of thesis related to the major or their thesis topic in KCI level academic journal, or present the thesis at an appropriate international conference and receive the approval about quality of the thesis by the Graduate School Committee of our department. Author contribution to the thesis written by multiple authors will follow the table below.
2. Students must publish at least one thesis on SCI level journal or international academic journals that are approved by the Academic Affairs Committee of our department. The student must be the first author of the thesis. For the journals that do not have authorship priority, the number of authors must be less than two.

※ Thesis author contribution table

Order/Number of authors	1	2	3	4	5	6 and more
1	100	90	80	70	60	50
2		70	60	50	40	30
3			50	40	30	20
4				30	20	10
5					10

- Contribution of corresponding author is considered same as that of the first author.

- If students publish their dissertation on SCI level journal, the ratio above can be doubled.

 

④ Students entering after 2020 (2021학번~)

Students are required to fulfill one of the two conditions below. When summing up the thesis contribution from both cases, the ratio can be doubled for case B (SCI journal) to add to the ratio from case A. Contribution of the thesis published on 건축학회지 can be multiplied by 1.5. Author contribution to the thesis written by multiple authors will follow the table below.

1. Students must publish minimum 250% worth of thesis related to their thesis topic in KCI level academic journal, or present the thesis at an appropriate international conference and receive the approval from Graduate School Committee of our department.
2. Students must publish minimum 90% worth of thesis on SCI level journal or international academic journals that are approved by the Academic Affairs Committee of our department.

※ Thesis author contribution table

Order/Number of authors	1	2	3	4	5 and more
1	100	95	90	85	80
2		70	60	50	40
3			50	40	30
4				30	20
5					10

 

 

4) Architectural Engineering Major

- Architectural Engineering students are required to write their graduation thesis in English.

 

① Students entering before 2021 (~2020학번)

Students are required to fulfill two conditions below.

1. The student must publish minimum 150% worth of thesis related to the major or their thesis topic in KCI level academic journals, or present the thesis at an appropriate international conference and receive approval about quality of the thesis by Graduate School Committee of our department. Author contribution to the thesis written by multiple authors will follow the table below.
2. The student mush publish (or expected to publish) at least one thesis in SCI level academic journals. The student must be the first of second author of the thesis.

 

② Students entering after 2020 (2021학번~)

Students are required to fulfill two conditions below.

1. The student must publish minimum 150% worth of thesis related to their thesis topic in KCI level academic journal, or present the thesis at an appropriate international conference and receive the approval from Graduate School Committee of our department. Author contribution to the thesis written by multiple authors will follow the table below.
2. The student mush publish (or expected to publish) at least one thesis in SCI level academic journals. The student must be the first or corresponding author of the thesis.

 

※ Thesis author contribution table

Order/Number of authors	1	2	3	4	5 and more
1	100	95	90	85	80
2		70	60	50	40
3			50	40	30
4				30	20
5					10

- Contribution of corresponding author is considered same as that of the first author.

- If students publish their dissertation on SCI level journal, the ratio above can be doubled.

 

5) All the regulation regarding writing, reviewing and submitting the thesis should follow Seoul National University’s regulations.

 

※ List of convergence courses

 

구 분	교과목 번호	교과목명	학점구조	비 고
Department of Architecture & Architectural Engineering	M1498.002300	건축과 AI	3-3-0	※ included in major course credits
	M1498.002400	ICT 기반 스마트 건축	3-3-0
	M1498.002500	데이터기반 건축시스템 설계와 운영	3-3-0
College of Engineering (Graduate)	M2177.006800	IoT·인공지능·빅데이터의 실무응용 연구 1	2-1-2	summer/winter semester
	M2177.006900	IoT·인공지능·빅데이터의 실무응용 연구 2	2-1-2	summer/winter semester
	M2177.003000	고급 데이터마이닝	3-3-0
	M2177.003100	딥러닝	3-3-0
College of Engineering (Undergraduate)	M2177.004300	딥러닝의 기초	3-3-0
	M2177.004900	IoT·인공지능·빅데이터 개론 및 실습	3-2-2
	M2177.006400	IoT·인공지능·빅데이터의 실무응용 1	2-1-2	summer/winter semester
	M2177.006500	IoT·인공지능·빅데이터의 실무응용 2	2-1-2	summer/winter semester