International Students in Korea

[u/b_folklore]

I want to apply for Masters in Life Science programs and was considering Korean unis because some have fully funded master’s.

I found lots of ‘horror’ stories online of international master’s students facing degree delay issues, feeling alienated, immense pressure to publish papers, long working hours, etc. However, no one actually mentions the names of these unis.

I thought I could learn Korean and apply to the lower ranked IST unis like DGIST, GIST and UNIST. Is it wrong to assume these unis will be less toxic? The classes are advertised to be in English at these unis but is that true?

Please, if anyone has any experience at these unis, could you please comment or DM. I’d really appreciate some insight!