What actually moves an OASIS score: the six levers, with the point values the operator prints

The OASIS matrix looks like a wall of Korean programme names. It is actually six levers, each with a printed point value and a printed time cost. The operator's own worked example shows the cheapest combination to 60.

Lever one: the courses

The eight OASIS courses carry values from the operator's page. OASIS-1 basic IP 10, OASIS-2 advanced IP 10, OASIS-4 basic startup class 10, OASIS-5 mentoring 15. Then OASIS-6 exhibition 30, OASIS-7 incubation graduation 15, OASIS-8 corporation establishment 15, OASIS-9 commercialisation support 30.

Time costs print with them. OASIS-1 runs 2 days, 12+ hours, 80 percent attendance required.

Mentoring is 6 hours over 3 sessions. Incubation needs six months of residency before graduation counts.

The Global Startup Center's 2026 page prints the two courses it runs at the same values. OASIS-4 at 10, OASIS-5 at 15.

Lever two: intellectual property

Holding, co-inventing or applying for registered IPRs are prerequisite items. The page prints applications at up to 10 points, regardless of count. Multiple IPRs overlap to a maximum of 60.

One OECD footnote matters. An IPR registered in an OECD country earns the OASIS-2 education exemption: the advanced IP course drops away, with point recognition intact.

Levers three to six: language, education, incubation, investment

Korean ability and degrees sit in the elective block. TOPIK/KIIP level 5+ is 20 points, level 3+ is 10. A master's degree or higher is 10.

Incubation graduation is 15 points after six months. Investment is the capital lever: KRW 100 million or more, received from ACs, VCs or policy financing institutions and verified by the center.

The operator's own route to 60

The page's worked example: OASIS-4 (10) + OASIS-5 (15) + OASIS-8 (15) + OASIS-1 (10) + a patent application (10). Five moves, no registered patent — the application itself is the IP anchor.

When the courses actually run

The Global Startup Center publishes the year's window. For 2026 it printed applications opening on 14 April and closing on 18 May, in an announcement dated 23 April 2026.

OASIS-4 ran in three rounds that year and OASIS-5 in two, each with its own application link. The documents listed are an application form, a passport, an alien registration card where you have one, a participation pledge, and a data-use consent.

The process runs in three steps. Submit an expression of interest, wait for the Ministry of Justice forms by email, then confirm enrolment. Questions go to the OASIS team on oasis@startup-korea.com.

When the classes actually run, and how selection works

The designated operator publishes a single national calendar at oasisvisa.com. Two things on it change how you plan.

OASIS-4 is not first-come. A review committee evaluates the business item you submit, and successful applicants are notified individually by email. The class is delivered offline.

Six rounds ran in 2026, plus two regional sittings — one with Incheon Metropolitan City in May, one with Gwangju Technopark in June. The sixth round took applications from 12 October to 8 November, announced on 11 November, with the class on 19-21 November.

OASIS-5 and OASIS-8 are 수시접수, on request, rather than fixed rounds. OASIS-5 requires a defined business idea and a working MVP, and runs as three sessions, each gated on completing that session's task. OASIS-7 selects its final candidates in March, and graduation counts only after six months in the incubation space.

Regional centres run their own calendars on top of that. The Jeonbuk centre publishes its own at jbgsic.kr, including rounds our national table did not have.