Application Submission for the 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test Begins on the 22nd

Application Period for 12 Days Until the 6th of Next Month

Applications for the 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) will be accepted for 12 days starting from the 22nd.

On the 19th, the Ministry of Education announced that applications for the 2025 CSAT will be accepted from the 22nd at 85 education support offices across the country and at local high schools. The application period is 12 days from the 22nd to the 6th of next month (excluding Saturdays and Sundays), and the application hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

On the 6th, 100 days before the 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test, a test-taker is standing in the hallway studying independently at the Jongno Academy Gangbuk Main Branch in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

Applicants must submit their CSAT application in person. However, exceptions allowing proxy submission by immediate family members are permitted for persons with disabilities, inmates, military personnel, hospitalized patients, overseas residents as of the application date, and other unavoidable cases recognized by the provincial superintendent of education.

High school seniors currently enrolled will submit their applications collectively through their schools, while high school graduates must apply through their alma mater.

Among high school graduates, if the jurisdictional test district of the current resident registration address differs from that of the alma mater, or if both addresses fall within the same test district but belong to different administrative areas (applicable only to cities and counties within provinces), applications can also be submitted at the education support office of the test district corresponding to the current resident registration address.

Those who have passed the high school equivalency exam or have other recognized academic qualifications may apply at the education support office of the test district corresponding to their current resident registration address. Long-term hospitalized patients, military personnel, inmates, and others recognized for special reasons may apply at the education support office of their alma mater, current resident registration address, or actual residence.

High school graduates from Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and those with resident registration addresses in Jeju who are preparing for the exam outside Jeju may submit their applications at a separate reception desk set up at the Seongdong-Gwangjin Education Support Office in Seoul on the 5th and 6th of next month.

All applicants must prepare a photo ID and two passport-sized photos. The application fee is 37,000 KRW for up to four selected test areas, 42,000 KRW for five areas, and 47,000 KRW for six areas. Applicants who qualify as recipients of the National Basic Livelihood Security, legally designated low-income groups, or single-parent family support as of the application date may apply for a fee waiver by submitting relevant supporting documents.