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1. Qualifications

Graduate

Scholarship
Period		 Master's
Degree		 1 year Language Courses + 2 year Degree Courses
Doctoral
Degree		 1 year Language Courses + 3 year Degree Courses
Qualifications
  1. Applicants and their parents must be citizens of the countries listed in the application guideline of the selecting year.
    * Korean citizens and Koreans holding dual citizenship are not permitted to apply for this program.
  2. Applicants must be under the age of 40 as of September 1st of the inviting year.
    However, an applicant who qualify all conditions below are eligible to apply:
    - Must be an academic professor who are under 45 years of age as of September 1st of the inviting year
    - Must hold a citizenship of one of the Official Development Assistant (ODA) recipients.
  3. Applicants must hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree as of September 1st of the inviting year.
    * Applicants who have completed an undergraduate program, a master's program, or a doctoral program in Korea are not
    eligible to apply for the program. (Exception: Overseas Korean Adoptees and GKS scholars)
  4. Applicants and their parents must be citizens of the countries listed in the application guideline of the selecting year.
    * Korean citizens and Koreans holding dual citizenship are not permitted to apply for this program.

Undergraduate

Scholarship
Period		 Bachelor's
Degree		 1 year of Korean language course + 4 years of undergraduate program
Qualifications Prospective applicants must meet the following qualification criteria
  1. Applicants and their parents must be citizens of the participating countries listed in the application guideline of the
    inviting year.
    Applicants and their parents must be citizens of the participating countries listed in the application guideline of the
    inviting year.
  2. Applicants must be under the age of 25 as of March 1st of the inviting year.
  3. Applicants should have graduated or will be scheduled to graduate from high school as of March 1st of the inviting year.
    * Applicants who have graduated high school in Korea are not eligible to apply for the program.
    (Exception: Overseas Korean Adoptees and GKS scholars)
  4. (Bachelor’s degree program) The overall G.P.A during high school must be equivalent to or higher than 80 out of
    100 percentile.
    (Associate degree program) The overall G.P.A during high school must be equivalent to or higher than 75 out of
    100 percentile.

※ Applicants who have previously achieved in any undergraduate program, master’s program, or doctoral program in Korea cannot apply for this program.
However, a former or current KGSP scholar who hold the overall grade of 90% or above can reapply to this program once either through the embassy or

university track.

2. Application Procedure

Time Line Undergraduate Graduate
Announcement released September in the year prior to
planned studies in Korea		 February in the year of planned studies in Korea
Recommend candidates
(Korean Embassies, designated universities)		 October-November in the year prior to
planned studies in Korea		 March-April in the year of planned studies in Korea
Results released January in the year of
planned studies in Korea		 June in the year of planned studies in Korea
Arrival in Korea Late February in the year of
planned studies in Korea		 Late August in the year of planned studies

3. Scholarship Benefits

Categories Amount (KRW)
Airfare Actual cost
Resettlement Allowance KRW 200,000
Living Allowance Undergraduate: 800,000, Graduate: 900,000
Medical Insurance KRW 20,000 per month
Language Courses KRW 800,000 per quarter
Tuition Fees Actual cost (No more than 5 million KRW per semester)
Award for Excellent Korean Language Proficiency KRW 100,000
Research Support KRW 210,000 – 240,000 per semester
Printing costs (Dissertation) KRW 500,000 – 800,000
Completion Grant KRW 100,000 (once)

4. Contact Information

[Office in charge]Global Korea Scholarship Team, Dept. of Global Human Resources Development

Categories Graduate Program Undergraduate Program
Tel 82-2-3668-1389 82-2-3668-1483
FAX 82-2-743-4992 82-2-743-4992
E-mail iniwise@korea.kr ensmh99@korea.kr
Website www.studyinkorea.go.kr www.studyinkorea.go.kr
For more information, please visit the NIIED website below.