HBAI Academy form
Tuition and fee refund standards notice
Legal basis Article 15(3) of the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Private Teaching Institutes and Extracurricular Lessons, Article 18(3) of the Enforcement Decree, and Appendix 4
Use For academy posting and internal confirmation
This HBAI Academy tuition refund notice applies only to Engineering Fundamentals, Softlanding, and Foundation.
1. Basic rules
- • HBAI Academy returns refundable tuition and fees within 5 days from the date the refund reason occurs.
- • Refunds are calculated from the tuition and fees already paid.
- • Total instruction hours means all instruction hours during the course period.
- • If a learner withdraws, the calculation uses the instruction time elapsed up to the refund reason date.
- • For remote instruction, the Academy deducts the part already accessed online or saved on a learning device.
2. Refund standards by reason
A. When a learner is isolated from the academy
Enforcement Decree Article 18(2)1 Refund reason date: date of isolation
Tuition and fees already paid - (daily prorated amount of tuition and fees already paid × number of days from the course start date to the day before isolation)
B. When the Academy cannot provide instruction
Enforcement Decree Article 18(2)1-2 and 2 Refund reason date: date instruction becomes unavailable
Tuition and fees already paid - (daily prorated amount of tuition and fees already paid × number of days from the course start date to the day before instruction became unavailable)
C. When a learner withdraws voluntarily
Enforcement Decree Article 18(2)3 Refund reason date: withdrawal date
C-1. Course period of one month or less
| Timing | Refund amount |
|---|---|
| Before the course starts | Full amount of tuition and fees already paid |
| After the course starts and before one-third of total instruction hours has elapsed | Two-thirds of the tuition and fees already paid |
| After one-third has elapsed and before one-half of total instruction hours has elapsed | One-half of the tuition and fees already paid |
| After one-half of total instruction hours has elapsed | No refund |
C-2. Course period longer than one month
| Timing | Refund amount |
|---|---|
| Before the course starts | Full amount of tuition and fees already paid |
| After the course starts | The refundable amount for the month in which the refund reason occurs, plus the full amount for the remaining months |
The refundable amount for that month means the amount calculated under the one-month-or-less standard above.
3. Posting statement
Under Article 15(3) of the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Private Teaching Institutes and Extracurricular Lessons, HBAI Academy posts the refund standards for tuition and fees as stated above.
Posting date
2026 05 25
Year Month Day Founder/Operator
SEUNGHYUN KO
Signature or seal Working English version for HBAI Academy. This page restates the tuition and fee refund standards in Appendix 4 of the Enforcement Decree in plain English.