Korean Government Scholarship Program for International Students to Study in Korea 2019/20 (Fully-funded)

Deadline: Not specified

The Korean Government Scholarship Program 2019/20 has been announced. The scholarship aims to provide international students with opportunities to conduct advanced studies in undergraduate & graduate programs at higher educational institutions in the Republic of Korea in order to promote international exchanges in education and mutual friendship between countries. 170 persons (undergraduate course) and 700 persons (graduate course) will be selected this year.

Available Options in Universities

• Undergraduate course: 4-year courses at designated universities
  ※ Transferring between universities is not allowed. (e.g. Starting studies at the junior year is not allowed.)
• Graduate course: Master’s or Ph.D. courses at general graduate schools of Korean universities

Scholarship

The scholarship covers the following:

• Airfare
• Resettlement Allowance
• Living Allowance
• Medical Insurance
• Language Courses
• Tuition Fees
• Award for Excellent Korean Language Proficiency
• Research Support
• Printing Costs (Dissertation)
• Completion Grant

Eligibility

• Both an applicant and his/her parents must be citizens of their country of origin. ※ Applicants should not hold Korean citizenship.
• Applicants should have adequate health, both mentally and physically, to stay in a foreign country for a long time.
• Should be under 25 years of age at the date of entrance. (Undergraduate)
• Should be under 40 years of age at the date of entrance. (Graduate)
• Have finished or be scheduled to finish formal education of all elementary, middle, high school courses by the date of arrival. (Undergraduate)
• Possess a grade point average (G.P.A.) above 80% from the last educational institution attended.
• Hold a Bachelor’s degree or a Master’s degree by the date of arrival. (Graduate). ※ Applicants who have previously acheived 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.

Requirement

Korea Language Training: Grantees are required to take Korean language training courses for 1 year at a language institution located on-campus of the domestic universities. (Those who have attained a Korean language fluency score higher than level 5 in TOPIK are exempt from this requirement.)

Application

• NIIED invites the Korean Embassy in the invited country or a domestic university to recommend potential candidates.
• Applicants should submit all documents related to their scholarship application to the Korean Embassy in their country of residence to or the domestic university concerned.
• The Korean Embassy or the domestic university sends proper candidates to NIIED with the required documents.

NIIED evaluates potential candidates and notifies the Korean Embassy of the final selected KGSP grantees