---
page_version: 4279a758a89451fae235c52447993708
content_date: 2026-10-16
entity_id: profession:nurse:kr
entity_type: profession_country
name: Nurse in South Korea: recognition
canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/south-korea/
json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/move-as/nurse/south-korea.json
markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/move-as/nurse/south-korea.md
snapshot_id: approved-static-48d32b636f07abc8
generated_at: 2026-10-25
last_verified: 2026-10-15
citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1
citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/south-korea/
citation_title: Nurse in South Korea: recognition
citation_author: ImmigrationDB
citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB
citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-48d32b636f07abc8
citation_version: "4279a758a89451fae235c52447993708"
citation_retrieval_date: "2026-10-16"
citation_build_date: "2026-10-16"
citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/
---

# Working as a nurse in South Korea

Nurse is a regulated profession in South Korea. Foreign qualifications go through: After foreign-school recognition review, an eligible foreign-trained nurse applies for and passes the Korean nurse national examination; the MOHW flow does not add a preliminary exam for the nurse profession.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: After foreign-school recognition review, an eligible foreign-trained nurse applies for and passes the Korean nurse national examination; the MOHW flow does not add a preliminary exam for the nurse profession.
- Recognition authority: Kuksiwon receives and conducts individual review of a foreign nursing school for exam eligibility; MOHW approves the review result.

## Sources

MOHW foreign-school examination route and nurse national-examination scope. — https://www.mohw.go.kr/menu.es?mid=a10702020300

## Cite

This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately.

### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nurse in South Korea: recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4279a758a89451fae235c52447993708]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/south-korea/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-south-korea-recognition_1d1c65fab9fa,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in South Korea: recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {4279a758a89451fae235c52447993708},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/south-korea/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

### Markdown

[Nurse in South Korea: recognition](https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/south-korea/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 4279a758a89451fae235c52447993708; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

- Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1`
- Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/south-korea/
- Title: Nurse in South Korea: recognition
- Author: ImmigrationDB
- Publisher: ImmigrationDB
- Snapshot: `approved-static-48d32b636f07abc8`
- Version: `4279a758a89451fae235c52447993708`
- Retrieved: 2026-10-16
- Built: 2026-10-16
- Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## Boundary

This is reference information, not legal advice. Verify current requirements with the linked authority.