Case Study: Busan International Foreign School streamlines admissions with OpenApply

Busan International Foreign School - Customer Case Study

Busan International Foreign School (BIFS) in Busan, South Korea, serves 500 students from 45 nationalities and receives around 200 applications each year. As the school expanded its international programmes, it needed an admissions system that could standardize the process for overseas applicants while still accommodating different document and programme requirements. BIFS chose OpenApply as part of a broader move toward an integrated school management system, alongside ManageBac.

OpenApply helped BIFS build a paperless admissions process with seven online forms, programme- and status-specific checklists, and a portal for both first-time and re-enrolment applications. The system also syncs applicant accounts with ManageBac, streamlining work for admissions staff, and provides useful analytics such as nationality breakdowns by year level that can be exported in one click. With OpenApply, BIFS improved efficiency, simplified support, and strengthened its admissions analysis and reporting.

Busan International Foreign School

Seung Mi Hong

Admissions Manager