✈️ Academic route
FROM🇰🇷 South Korea→TO🇮🇪 Ireland
South Korea school-leaving stage to Ireland: education route
Compare school-leaving stage in South Korea with the corresponding school stage in Ireland, 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. Ireland describes the receiving stage as Senior Cycle / Leaving 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 STAGESenior Cycle / Leaving Certificate
📚 Side-by-side
What crosses with the learner
Route point🇰🇷 South Korea🇮🇪 Ireland
Current stage고등학교 · Grades 10–12 / 검정고시 / CSATSenior Cycle / Leaving Certificate
Education authorityA national curriculum is implemented through metropolitan and provincial education offices; KICE administers the CSAT.The Department of Education sets national policy; curriculum and state examinations are delivered through national agencies and schools.
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 ↗Education system overviewGovernment of Ireland · Department of Education and Youth ↗State examinations and candidate informationState Examinations Commission ↗
🔎 Also described as
moving from South Korea to Ireland for school-leaving stageSouth Korea school-leaving stage in IrelandSouth Korea to Ireland school transfer requirements