| (1) | The conscription or call-up (hereafter referred to as "enlistment, etc" in Articles 124-2, 124-3, 125 through 127, 127-2, 128, 128-2 and 129) of persons falling under Article 60 (2) 1 or 2 of the Act may be postponed until they reach any of the following ages: <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 24890, Dec. 4, 2013; Presidential Decree No. 25687, Nov. 4, 2014; Presidential Decree No. 26348, Jun. 30, 2015> |
| 1. | For a high school, the age limit is 28; |
| 2. | For a two-year course at a junior college or a major college under Article 31 (4) of the Lifelong Education Act (hereinafter referred to as "major college"), the age limit is 22; for a three-year course, the age limit is 23; and for an extension course for a higher degree, the age limit is 24; |
| 3. | For a four-year course at a university, the age limit is 24; for a five-year course, the age limit is 25; and a six-year course, the age limit is 26 (for a medical school, dental school, oriental medicine school, and veterinary school, the age limit is 27); |
| 4. | For master's degree courses at a graduate school, the age limit is 26 for a two-year course; for a course exceeding two years, the age limit is 27 (for the departments of medicine, dentistry, oriental medicine, veterinary science, and pharmacy at any general graduate school, and for specialized medical graduate schools and specialized dentistry graduate schools, the age limit is 28); and for a doctorate course, the age limit is 28; |
| 5. | For an internship institute, the age limit is 26. |
| (2) | The scope of schools or internship agencies under paragraph (1) shall be as follows: <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22414, Oct. 1, 2010; Presidential Decree No. 26348, Jun. 30, 2015; Presidential Decree No. 26551, Sep. 25, 2015> |
| 1. | High school: Any of the following schools: |
| (a) | Schools, the graduates of which are recognized as having academic attainments entitling them to enter upper schools, among high schools, three-year technical high schools and various kinds of schools (limited to educational institutions similar to high schools or three-year technical high schools) under Article 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; |
| (b) | Schools, the graduates of which are recognized as having academic attainments entitling them to enter upper schools, among lifelong education facilities where curricula corresponding to that of high schools under Article 31 of the Lifelong Education Act is conducted; |
| 2. | Junior college, university, college, etc: Any of the following schools or facilities: |
| (a) | Universities and colleges, industrial colleges (limited to where the curricula equivalent to universities and colleges are fulfilled by attending classes), teachers' colleges, junior colleges, distance learning colleges, technical colleges, and various kinds of schools under Article 2 of the Higher Education Act, and universities and colleges established and operated pursuant to special-purpose Acts; |
| (d) | Facilities, the graduates of which are recognized as having academic attainments equal to those from junior colleges or universities and colleges, among distance learning college-style lifelong educational establishments under Article 33 (3) of the Lifelong Education Act, and major colleges; |
| 3. | Graduate school: Schools that confer at least a master's degree (including the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, the Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology, and the Korean National University of Arts that operates curricula equivalent to graduate programs); |
| 4. | Training Institute: Judicial Research and Training Institute. |
[This Article Wholly Amended by Presidential Decree No. 21867, Dec. 7, 2009]