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Expense calculator
Choose a country and a lifestyle and see what a student spends each month, built from the ranges universities and governments publish.
South Korea, Seoul
Lifestyle: Standard. Budget is the low end of each published range, Standard the midpoint, Comfortable the high end.
- Rent₩600,000
- Food₩250,000
- Local transport₩75,000
- Health insurance₩79,320
- Phone and internet₩150,000
- Per month
- ₩1,154,320About $831 (approximate USD)
- Per year (12 months)
- ₩13,851,840About $9,973 (approximate USD)
- Living costs for 12 months
- ₩13,851,840About $9,973 (approximate USD)
Where each figure comes from
Rent: ₩500,000 to ₩700,000 a month
- KRW 500,000-700,000 per month Study in Korea (NIIED), living costs and expenses
Food: ₩200,000 to ₩300,000 a month
- KRW 200,000-300,000 per month Study in Korea (NIIED), living costs and expenses
Local transport: ₩50,000 to ₩100,000 a month
- KRW 50,000-100,000 per month Study in Korea (NIIED), living costs and expenses
Health insurance: ₩79,320 to ₩79,320 a month
- KRW 79,320 per month Sungshin Women's University notice (NHIS rate for international students) (2026)
Phone and internet: ₩100,000 to ₩200,000 a month
- KRW 100,000-200,000 (other: phone, internet and health insurance combined) per month Study in Korea (NIIED), living costs and expenses
Typical total: ₩750,000 to ₩1,000,000 a month
- KRW 750,000-1,000,000 per month Study in Korea (NIIED), living costs and expenses