✈️ Academic route
FROM🇰🇷 South Korea→TO🇦🇺 Australia
South Korea school-leaving stage to Australia: education route
Compare school-leaving stage in South Korea with the corresponding school stage in Australia, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.
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Route alignment
South Korea describes this point as 고등학교 · Grades 10–12 / 검정고시 / CSAT. Australia describes the receiving stage as Years 11–12 / state or territory certificate. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.
DEPARTING STAGE고등학교 · Grades 10–12 / 검정고시 / CSAT✈ARRIVING STAGEYears 11–12 / state or territory certificate
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇰🇷 South Korea🇦🇺 Australia
Current stage고등학교 · Grades 10–12 / 검정고시 / CSATYears 11–12 / state or territory certificate
Education authorityA national curriculum is implemented through metropolitan and provincial education offices; KICE administers the CSAT.The Australian Curriculum provides a national F–10 base; states and territories implement it and control senior certificates and examinations.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements
🧳 Preparation file
Bring these into the route
- Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
- School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
- Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
- Certified translations and language-learning history where requested
🔗 Official links
Open the issuing sources
National curriculum and achievement standardsNational Curriculum Information Center ↗검정고시 qualification, subjects and passing rulesNational Institute for Lifelong Education · 검정고시지원센터 ↗CSAT / 수능 official informationKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ↗Current CSAT candidate guideKorea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ↗Senior secondary curriculum and authority rolesAustralian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority ↗Senior secondary certificates by state and territoryAustralasian Curriculum, Assessment and Certification Authorities ↗Senior secondary assessment and reporting authoritiesAustralasian Curriculum, Assessment and Certification Authorities ↗
🔎 Also described as
moving from South Korea to Australia for school-leaving stageSouth Korea school-leaving stage in AustraliaSouth Korea to Australia school transfer requirements