Bachelor in English for Specific Purposes and Korean studies
Vilnius, Lithuania
DURATION
3 up to 5 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
01 Jun 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
01 Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 4,108 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non-EU applicants | July 25th for EU/EFTA applicants
Key Summary
Introduction
Have you always been interested in the Korean culture? Do you want to develop a unique connection with Asia and visit it while studying? Do you want to study and work in a multicultural environment?
If those questions resonate with you and you would like to turn your knowledge of both Korean and Western cultures into a valuable asset, then these 3,5 years of language studies are for you.
Bachelor studies of English for Specific Purposes and Korean Studies is a unique option among other study programs in the field of Philology. By choosing this course, you will be enrolled in King Sejong’s Institute in Vilnius, where you will be able to study not just the Korean language, but the culture as well. You will study in Vilnius, in an international environment with students and teachers from Europe, South Korea, and the USA.
You will conduct your studies in English, for which you will be required to know the language at the B1 level. After graduating, you will be awarded 210 ECTS credits and a bachelor's degree. You will be able to command English and Korean languages enough to pursue a career in translation, public administration, international organizations, tourism offices, or similar roles. At MRU, you will conduct your studies in English and immerse yourself in the multicultural environment.
You will be able to study in Lithuania and at a South Korean university – a unique aspect of this study program. You will have a compulsory 1-year study abroad in a South Korean or any other European University, to make sure you familiarize yourself with the Korean local culture and the language.
Together with a low tuition fee and scholarships for studies made available, this course will surely be an attractive option for students, aiming to live an international life.
Admissions
Curriculum
1st Year
1 Semester
Compulsory Course Units
- Second Foreign Language 1 (Korean)
- UK and USA Country Studies
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Modern English 1 (Language in Use)
- Modern English 2 (Phonetics)
2 Semester
Compulsory Course Units
- Second Foreign Language 2 (Korean)
- Modern English 3 (Language in Use)
- Modern English 4 (Morphology and Syntax)
- Corpus-Driven Lexicology
- Basics of Translation
2nd Year
3 Semester
Compulsory Course Units
- Second Foreign Language 3 (Korean)
- English for Specific Purposes and Communication 1 (Business)
- Discourse Analysis
- Philosophy
- Basics of Literary Analysis
4 Semester
Compulsory Course Units
- Second Foreign Language 4 (Korean)
- English for Specific Purposes and Communication 2 (Public Administration)
- Theory of Language for Specific Purposes
- World Literature
- Alternatively elective course units
- Innovative Foreign Language Teaching Methods
- Translation Technologies
3rd Year
5 Semester
Compulsory Course Units
- Term Paper
- Alternatively elective course units 1
- Academic Writing
- Korean Reading Comprehension
- Alternatively elective course unit 2
- English for Specific Purposes and Communication 3 (Law)
- Understanding of Korean History
- Alternatively elective course unit 3
- Korean Conversation 1
- Second Foreign Language 5 (Korean)
- Alternatively elective course units 4
- Country Studies of Korea
- Korean Conversation 2
6 Semester
Compulsory Course Units
- Term Paper
- Alternatively elective course units 1
- Academic Writing
- Writing Reports in Korean
- Alternatively elective course unit 2
- English for Specific Purposes and Communication 4 (Finance)
- Korean Essay Practice
- Alternatively elective course unit 3
- Korean Culture and Design
- Second Foreign Language 6 (Korean)
- Alternatively elective course units 4
- Country Studies of Korea
- Korean Conversation 3
4th Year
6 Semester
Compulsory Course Units
- Professional Practice
- Bachelor Thesis
Program Outcome
Generic competences and Programme learning outcomes
- Autonomous learning and personal development
- Ability to organise study and professional activities autonomuosly, apply practical and research skills.
- Ability to control personal career and to integrate successfully into the labour market.
- Ability to organise study and professional activities autonomuosly, apply practical and research skills.
- Ability to control personal career and to integrate successfully into the labour market.
- Information management
- Ability to work with various information sources, evaluate critically and use practically subject related and other information.
- Ability to work with various information sources, evaluate critically and use practically subject related and other information.
- Social-communicative
- Ability to understand influence of cultural differences on social interactions and to communicate and cooperate in a multicultural environment.
- Ability to perform group tasks and undertake responsibility for completed work.
- Ability to understand influence of cultural differences on social interactions and to communicate and cooperate in a multicultural environment.
- Ability to perform group tasks and undertake responsibility for completed work.
Subject specific competences and Programme learning outcomes
- General language competence: understanding and analysis of general language and Korean language phenomena, usage of general language in intercultural communication
- Fundamental knowledge about the study languages and their structure: language structural elements, their functions and usage in communication acts.
- Ability to use English language and Korean language for general purposes in spoken and written intercultural communication.
- Ability to collect English language and Korean language data and carry out their analysis applying various research methods.
- Fundamental knowledge about the study languages and their structure: language structural elements, their functions and usage in communication acts.
- Ability to use English language and Korean language for general purposes in spoken and written intercultural communication.
- Ability to collect English language and Korean language data and carry out their analysis applying various research methods.
- Language for specific purposes competence: understanding and analysis of phenomena of language for specific purposes, usage of language for specific purposes in intercultural communication
- Knowledge about language for specific purposes: distinctive features of language for specific purposes, its types and forms, fundamentals of translation theory.
- Ability to use foreign language for specific purposes in spoken and written intercultural communication.
- Ability to collect data on language for specific purposes carry out their analysis applying various research methods..
- Knowledge about language for specific purposes: distinctive features of language for specific purposes, its types and forms, fundamentals of translation theory.
- Ability to use foreign language for specific purposes in spoken and written intercultural communication.
- Ability to collect data on language for specific purposes carry out their analysis applying various research methods..
- Literary and cultural competence: understanding and analysis of literature and culture phenomena
- Knowledge about literature, history and culture of the countries of the study languages and their interrelations in the world context.
- Ability to apply literature and culture research methods for analysis of literature and culture phenomena.
- Ability to collect and analyse data on literature and culture and carry out comparative analysis of literature and culture phenomena of different countries. įrankiais.
- Knowledge about literature, history and culture of the countries of the study languages and their interrelations in the world context.
- Ability to apply literature and culture research methods for analysis of literature and culture phenomena.
- Ability to collect and analyse data on literature and culture and carry out comparative analysis of literature and culture phenomena of different countries. įrankiais.
- Translation
- Knowledge of principles of translation theories and principles of practical translation, as well as translation processes, methods and strategies, specifics of different functional styles, and translation tools.
- Ability to translate texts from special areas by using databases, terminology banks, corpora, translation software, and other digital translation tools.
- Knowledge of principles of translation theories and principles of practical translation, as well as translation processes, methods and strategies, specifics of different functional styles, and translation tools.
- Ability to translate texts from special areas by using databases, terminology banks, corpora, translation software, and other digital translation tools.
- Scientific research
- Ability to perform research of a lingusitic, literary or cultural problem by applying philological and interdisciplinary research methods.
- Ability to perform research of a lingusitic, literary or cultural problem by applying philological and interdisciplinary research methods.
Scholarships and Funding
MRU seeks to ensure that all of our students receive high-quality education regardless of their financial situation, therefore, please find all the available scholarships for prospective international students listed below.
Note:
- All the listed scholarships are funded either by the Government of Lithuania or Mykolas Romeris University
- There might be additional funding from students’ countries of origin
- All EU citizens can apply for state-funded studies
- Scholarships for current international students are listed here
MRU Incentive scholarships
Who can apply?
Best-performing Bachelor or Master degree students (state-funded and non-state-funded) from target foreign countries*.
Financial provisions:
1,5 BSB (1 BSB = 55 Eur) provided 2 times per year (autumn semester (September-January)/ spring semester (February-June)) and is paid monthly.
Criteria:
Best-performing students in the academic unit are determined each semester by their learning results (average of the last session grades – at least 8).
*List of the countries is approved by the Rector on the proposal of the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
After graduating from this study program a student:
- Has theoretical knowledge about English and Korean languages’ structure, functionality, and the Korean culture
- Can communicate in two foreign languages (English and Korean) in a specific environment
- Can ensure transparent international specialized communication with partners from cooperating institutions
- Can conduct and develop dialogues in the business areas between multicultural representatives
Graduates of this study program can work at ministries’ and municipalities’ international relations sectors, EU institutions, international organizations, new media areas, tourism offices, centers of culture, information, and education, translation offices, press houses, and companies where communicating specialists with foreign language knowledge is needed.