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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.
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Major 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

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Total Candidates to be Selected
170 persons (undergraduate course), 700 persons (graduate course)

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 uency score higher than level 5 in TOPIK are exempt from this requirement.)

Application Procedure

Time line Undergraduate Graduate

Announcement released Sept. in the year prior to planned studies in Korea Feb. in the year of planned studies in Korea

Application deadline Oct.-Nov. in the year prior to planned studies in

Major sites Mar.-Apr. in the year of planned studies in Korea
(including recommendations) Korea

Major information services

Results released Jan. in the year of planned studies in Korea June in the year of planned studies in Korea

Arrival in Korea Late Feb. in the year of planned studies in Korea Late Aug. in the year of planned studies

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

Actual
Under cost KRW
KRW KRW
graduate: (No more 210,000 - KRW KRW
Amount Actual KRW 20,000 800,000 KRW
800,000 than 5 240,000 500,000 - 100,000
(KRW) cost 200,000 (per per 100,000
Graduate: million (per 800,000 (Once)
month) quarter
900,000 KRW per semester)
semester)

Qualications
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 nished or be scheduled to nish formal education of all elementary, middle, high school courses by the date of arrival. (Undergraduate)

- Hold a Bachelors degree or a Master's degree by the date of arrival. (Graduate)

Applicants who have previously enrolled in a university in Korea are not eligible to apply to the KGSP program. Specically, an applicant who
has previously enrolled in any undergraduate program, masters program, or doctoral program in Korea cannot apply for this program.

However, a KGSP scholar who has graduated can apply for this program again only via the embassy and only if he/she holds a TOPIK score of at
least Level 4 and obtains another recommendation from the Korean Embassy of his/her respective country of origin (re-application is limited to
one instance).

- Possess a grade point average (G.P.A.) above 80% from the last educational institution attended.

Procedure for the Scholarship Award

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 noties the Korean Embassy of the nal selected KGSP grantees.

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