🏛️ Host Country: South Korea
🎓 Course Level:
- Master’s Degree Programs
- PhD Programs
- Research Programs
🌐 Available Universities and Fields of Study: Refer to the ‘2023 GKS-G Available Universities & Fields of Study’ file attached in the Application Guidelines. Contact each university for further information.
⌛ GKS Scholarship Duration:
- Doctoral Degree Program: 4 years
- 1 year Korean language program
- 3 years regular degree program
- Master’s Degree Program: 3 years
- 1 year Korean language program
- 2 years degree program
- Research Program: 6 Months or 1 Year
🌟 Benefits:
- Airfare (Return Air Ticket)
- Settlement Allowance: 200,000 KRW
- Monthly Allowance:
- Degree Program: 900,000 KRW per month
- Research Program: 1,500,000 KRW per month
- Research Allowance
- Liberal Arts and Social Science: 210,000 KRW per semester
- Natural Science and Engineering: 240,000 KRW per semester
- 1-Year Korean Language Training Fee: Fully covered
- Degree Program Tuition: Fully covered
- Research Support Fees
- Medical Insurance covered
- Korean Proficiency Grants: 100,000 KRW per month
📚 Eligibility Criteria:
- All international students can apply
- Korean citizens are not eligible
- Age: Under 40 years for graduate programs
- Master’s Program Applicant: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- Doctoral Program Applicant: Master’s degree or equivalent
- Research Program Applicant: Invitation from partner universities
- Not eligible if previously availed Korean scholarship
- Good health required
📝 How to Apply:
There are two ways to apply for the Korean Government Scholarship Program 2023. Either to the Korean Embassy of your country or directly to the domestic university of Korea.
- While applying to the Korean embassy, a candidate needs to dispatch original or attested documents to the embassy.
- On the other hand, applying directly to the university requires a candidate to submit all documents to the domestic university.
- Embassy applicants: Apply to 3 universities
- University applicants: Apply to 1 university
- Students passing round two of the Embassy track process should not consider it the final selection.
📄 Required Documents:
- Recommendation letters
- Attested transcripts
- Statement of Purpose
- Awards, Published books
- Certificate of Proficiency
- Medical Assessment form
⏳ Application Deadline:
- Varies by the country’s Korean embassy and domestic university, apply ASAP!
