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Global Korea Scholarship Notices

Program Overview

Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) has been renamed Global Korean Government Scholarship (GKS) since 2019 or also known as Korean Government Scholarship Program. These are scholarships funded by the Korean government budget.

Every year, the Korean Government Scholarship Program opens in two admission rounds: February and September. The February admission round is for postgraduate programs, i.e. Masters, PhDs and research. The September one is for those who apply to study at university, i.e. to obtain a bachelor's degree.

Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) is designed to provide international students with opportunities to study at higher education institutions in Korea, both undergraduate and graduate level. The scholarship aims to enhance international education exchange and strengthen mutual friendship between Korea and participating countries.

Qualifications

  • Graduate Program


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 must hold citizenship of NIIED designated countries that are invited to take part in the GKS program.
    * 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 academic professor who are under 45 years of age as of September 1st of the inviting year that also holds a citizenship of one of the Official Development Assistant (ODA) recipients are eligible to apply.
  3. Applicants must hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree as of July 31 of the inviting year.
    * Applicants who have graduated from a high school in Korea or ​have completed an undergraduate program, a master's program, or a doctoral program in Korea are not eligible to apply for the program. (Exception: GKS scholars)
  4. Applicants must have maintained the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) equivalent to or higher than 80% in their previous degree program.
  • Undergraduate Program

Scholarship Period

Bachelor's Degree

1 year of Korean language course + 4~6 years of undergraduate program

Associate Degree Program

1 year of Korean language course + 2~3 years for associate degree program

Qualifications
  1. Applicants must hold citizenship of NIIED designated countries that are invited to take part in the GKS program.
    * Korean citizens and Koreans holding dual citizenship are not permitted to apply for this program.
  2. Applicants must be under the age of 25 as of March 1st of the inviting year.
  3. Applicants should have graduated from high school. (Please refer to the updated application guidelines for detailed information.)
    * Applicants who have graduated from high school in Korea applicants who have bachelor’s degree are not eligible to apply for the program.
  4. Applicants must have maintained the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) equivalent to or higher than 80% in their previous degree program.

Selection Procedure

Graduate and Undergraduate Program

 1st Round of Selection

Applicants submit their applications either to Korean Embassies in their home countries or Korean universities designated by NIIED. Each embassy and university selects the successful candidates among the applicants based on NIIED’s selection criteria.

2nd Round of Selection

The NIIED selection committee conducts the 2nd round of selection among candidates that pass the 1st round of selection.

3rd Round of Selection

(Embassy Track Applicants ONLY)
The applications of the 2nd round successful candidates will be reviewed by the universities for admission. The candidates must receive admission from at least one of the universities they applied in order to be selected as GKS scholars. 

Final Result Release

The announcement of finally selected GKS scholars (3rd round successful candidates of embassy track and 2nd round successful candidates of university track) will be made.

Scholarship benefits

  • Round-trip Airfare, Language Training Fee, Tuition, Monthly Allowance

For further details and information, find the links below:

http://www.niied.go.kr/eng/main.do

http://niied.go.kr/user/nd35203.do

http://www.studyinkorea.go.kr/ko/main.do

 

 

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