Promote international educational exchange and promote friendship between countries by providing foreign students with the opportunity to study at Korean higher education institutions.
- Bachelor's and associate's degree programs offered at domestic universities
※ Departments (medicine, architecture, etc.) where the bachelor's course duration exceeds 4 years
are not permitted.
※ Departments where the duration of study for an associate's degree program exceeds 3 years are not
accepted.
- Master's and doctoral programs offered at domestic graduate schools
※ However, admission to professional graduate school is permitted only if the university provides a
scholarship for the amount exceeding 10 million won in annual tuition.
- Research conducted through exchange professorships and post-doctoral programs at domestic research institutes (including universities)
- 220 undergraduate students, 1,080 graduate students (varies depending on budget)
| division | department | Graduate school |
|---|---|---|
| Recruitment notice and application submission | September of the previous year every year | February every year |
| 1st round of selection (overseas embassies, universities) | Every year from October to November of the previous year | every March |
| Second selection (NIIED) | Every November of the previous year | every April |
| 3rd round of selection (university) ※ Applicable only to embassy selection applicants |
December of the previous year every year | Every May |
| Announcement of final successful applicants (NIIED) | every January | Every June |
| Scholarship student entry | February every year | Every year at the end of August |
| division | payment amount |
|---|---|
| Airfare | Sylvie |
| Settlement support fund | 200,000 won (1 time) |
| living expenses | month900,000 ~ 1,000,000 |
| medical insurance premium | Own standard amount |
| language course | 1 million won (quarter) |
| School expenses | Support up to 5 million won per semester |
| Excellent in Korean | 100,000 won (monthly) |
| research funds | per semester210,000 ~ 240,000 |
| Paper printing fee | 500,000 ~ 800,000 |
| Return reserve fund | 100,000 won (1 time) |
- Those who are under 25 years of age as of March 1st of the selection year
- Those who have (expected to) complete all elementary, middle, and high school curriculum as of March 1st of the selection year
- Those who are under 40 years of age as of September 1st of the selection year
- Those who have earned a bachelor's degree or master's degree as of February 28th of the selection year
- Those who are current professors from ODA recipient countries among the invited countries and are under 45 years of age as of September 1st of the selection year
- Applicants and both parents are foreigners
※ Dual Korean nationality is not recognized as an alien.
- Those who are healthy both mentally and physically to be able to study abroad in Korea for a long period of time
- Those who have a grade point average (GPA) of 80% or higher for all grades in the last school attended
- Those who are currently enrolled in or have graduated from a university or graduate school in Korea are not eligible to apply.
※ However, existing government-invited scholarship recipients with a grade point average (GPA) of 90% or higher in all grades of the last school and a TOPIK level 5 or higher can reapply through embassy or university screening (limited to one time)
Undergraduate and graduate school: Submit application to the Korean embassy in the relevant country or to one of the mathematics universities in Korea.
Research: Submit application to one of the mathematics universities in Korea
※ For more information, please check the recruitment guidelines and postings posted in the GKS notice.
PHF Inc. | CEO: Yeon Soo Chung
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