1. Purpose 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.  

2. 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

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

4. 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.)  

5. 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 Recommend candidates(Korean Embassies, designated universities) Oct.-Nov. in the year prior to planned studies in Korea Mar.-Apr. in the year of planned studies in Korea 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  

6. Scholarship Benefit

Categories Airfare Resettlement

Allowance Living Allowance Medical Insurance

Language Courses

Tuition Fees

Award for Excellent Korean Language Proficiency

Research Support

Printing Costs(Dissertation)

Completion Grant Amount(KRW) Actual cost KRW 200,000 Undergraduate:800,000 Graduate:900,000 KRW 20,000(per month) KRW 800,000per quarter Actual cost (No more than 5 millionKRW per semester) KRW 100,000 KRW 210,000 - 240,000(per semester) KRW500,000 -800,000 KRW 100,000(Once)  

7. Qualifications

• 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)
• Hold a Bachelor’s 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. Specifically, an applicant who has previously enrolled in any undergraduate program, master’s 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.

8. 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 notifies the Korean Embassy of the final selected KGSP grantees.  

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