🇨🇷 Costa Rica → 🇰🇷 South Korea · Natural Sciences · 2026
Planning to study Natural Sciences in South Korea from Costa Rica — perhaps as a scientist or researcher? Here's the TOEFL you'll need, the score range universities there look for, and how to confirm it on the new 1.0–6.0 scale.
Korean universities accept TOEFL for admission — including for the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) — commonly ~80+ old-scale / ~4.5+ on the new 1–6 scale; set per university. Confirm both during the transition.
Most universities in South Korea accept TOEFL for admission where an English-language test is required. Globally, TOEFL iBT is accepted by more than 13,000 universities and institutions across over 160 countries. Confirm the exact score your programme needs on its official admissions page.
Your overall TOEFL score is now the AVERAGE of the four sections (Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), each scored 1.0–6.0 in half-band steps — not the old 0–120 sum. The scale is CEFR-aligned.
The Natural Sciences requirement is set per programme (postgraduate often higher) — confirm the current figure on the university's official page. Many universities and visa authorities are still updating their thresholds during the 2026–2028 transition — confirm the current figure (and which scale, new 1–6 or old 0–120) on the official source before you rely on it.
English-taught programmes need TOEFL/IELTS; Spanish-taught destinations generally do not.
Accredited South Korea universities in our directory offer Natural Sciences. A few examples:
All Natural Sciences universities in South Korea that accept TOEFL →
All four sections with honest AI feedback + a full mock test — original material, never copied from ETS.
Always confirm. TOEFL requirements change and vary by university, programme and visa route — always confirm the current figure with the official body before you rely on it. This page is honest guidance, not immigration advice.