1. Eligibility

Newly enrolled International students for 2025 Fall Semester who consent to a personal information collection, utilization, and processing entrustment to a trustee.

2. Student ID (ID Card)

Yonsei Student ID card is a multi-purpose identification card. It gives you access to university facilities such as libraries, sports facilities, computer rooms, etc. International students can apply for an ID card with Woori Bank check card function from the start of the semester, after (s)he gets an alien registration card from the Immigration Office. Prior to the alien registration card issuance, only the ID without check card function is applicable.

3. Student ID number check period: from July 11, 2025 ~

When applying for a student ID card, you must log in with a new account generated based on your student number (ID: student number, Password: 6-digit date of birth in the format YYMMDD). 

This account is not linked to the admission number account. The previous admission number account does not have access to the ID card application page.

4. Application Period

5. How to Apply

※ Prepare a photo file for your ID in JPG format with no more than 200KB.

※ During the freshman ID card application period, only non-financial type student IDs can be applied for.International students are only allowed to apply for an ID without check card function until (s)he gets an alien registration card from the Immigration Office.

※ In order to receive issuance notifications and guidance, please provide a reachable Korean phone number.

6. ID Pick-Up Period and Location

1) When receiving your student ID card, you must present an official form of identification(e.g., passport).

2) For card distribution procedures, please follow the instructions provided by your respective college or graduate school.

3) Pick-up Locations

- For Undergraduate Students at the International Campus:

- For graduate students, please follow the specific instructions provided by your affiliated graduate school to collect your student ID.

7. Student ID Card(with Check Card Function) Issuance

- To apply for a student ID with check card function for cash deposit/withdrawal in ATMs, you should open a bank account at the on-campus Woori Bank with your alien registration card and the certificate of attendance. Applications are available after the semester begins.

- Alien registration card may take a maximum of one month to receive from Korea Immigration Service. If you are under processing to issue an alien registration, you must wait for receiving the card.

- A certificate of attendance is available from March 1 free of charge on the Online Transcripts & Certificates menu at Yonsei Portal Service or at the office ([Shinchon] Office of Academic Affairs: Room B101, Underwood Hall / [International] Underwood Memorial Library Information Desk on the B1F(Available on 10:30 – 17:00 Monday and Thursday, In-session only) with payment.

- If you hold a foreigner registration card and wish to apply for a financial type student ID, you can apply separately through the same process as after the freshman application period ends, similar to the process for 5. How to Apply. (For foreigners, before obtaining a foreigner registration card, only non-financial type student IDs can be applied for).

- Once a non-financial student ID has been issued, it cannot be upgraded to include financial functions. If you wish to change your student ID from non-financial to financial after issuance, please report it as lost and apply for reissuance as a financial card.

8. Student ID Card Re-issuance

A. Re-issuance of the ID Card without Check Card Function

B. Re-issuance of the ID Card with Check Card Function

※ If you did not provide a domestic phone number when applying for a student ID, you cannot receive the text. In this case, please inquire about the issurance status at the location mentioned below 1-2 weeks after the application. (To receive, a valid Korean mobile phone number must be entered in the portal for contact purposes)

9. Mobile ID card(Yonsei Y-MID)

A. Targets: Freshman who joined SKT, KT, and U+ mobile under his/her name and agreed to collect and use personal information of mobile student ID by receiving plastic student ID card

B. Method: Install Yonsei University mobile student ID app(Yonsei Y-MID app) in the Play Store(App Store)

1) You can use either a plastic card or mobile card by activating one of them.
※ How to activate the card

  A) PC: Yonsei Portal Service → Log in → Academic Link → Issue Student ID → Press ‘ID Card Mgmt.’ Button → Press ‘Choose the card to be activated’

  B) Mobile: Y-MID APP → 환경설정 → 학생증/신분증 활성화 및 해제

2) Unactivated one is not available to use.

10. Office Hours

- [Shinchon] Mon-Fri 9 am ~ 5:20 pm

- [International(Songdo)] Mon, Thu 10:30 am ~ 5:20 pm (Operated only during the semester)

11. Inquiries

• University Service Center on Student ID Card :

+82-2-2123-3200 (from overseas), 02-2123-3200 (in Seoul)

• Immigration Contact Center on Alien Registration Card :
+82-2-1345 or +82-2-6908-1345 (from overseas), 1345 (in Seoul)

• Banking Service for international students at Woori Bank :
+82-2-1599-2288 (from overseas), 02-1599-2288 (in Seoul)

• Mobile Student ID(Yonsei Y-MID) App: Ubivelox
+82-2-3470-4951 (from overseas), 02-3470-4951 (in Seoul)

• Woori Bank Yonsei Financial Center Sinchon Campus : 02-313-3198 Ext. 313 or 321 (in Seoul), +82-2-313-3198 Ext. 313 or 321 (from overseas)

• Woori Bank Songdo International Campus Center: 032-822-6321 (in Seoul), +82-32-822-6321 (from overseas)

Office of Academic Affairs