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Sejonghakdang over the world uses a single name “The King Sejong Institute”. This article surveys curriculums of Sejonghakdang over the world. Specially we focused on Sejonghakdang of University-linked form. When Sejonghakdang foundation decided to support “The King Sejong Institute” it also supports the institute follow it’s own standard curriculum for teaching Korean language. We contacted with a person in charge 14 Sejonghakdang. And then we sent e-mail to the other person in charge. Surveying 14 Sejonghakdang through their website add to there. Finally we found out that all institutes have their own different curriculums. Term system is from 2 semesters to 5 semesters, one semester is between 6～ 22 weeks, hours per week are between 3∼15 hours, and the classes have the variety between 1 to 8. That means many institutes don’t follow the original standard curriculum of Sejonghakdang foundation. It is the necessary that make a standard form on the assumption that it manages flexible for their status. So we hand out two suggestions based on status analysis. Our recommendation is that “The King Sejong Institute” should be more professional and stick to the original standard curriculum if “The King Sejong Institute” over the world wants to be long-lasting. And if necessary, Sejonghakdang foundation should invest to manage the standard curriculum again and make a new policy for korean language education parts.