Global Korea Scholarship - Funded by Korean Government

Scholarship Description:

Available Subjects:

• 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 Benefits:

Eligible Nationalities:

international students are eligible.

Eligibility Criteria:

• 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 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.

Application Procedure:

• 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.