Global Korea Scholarship

This scholarship provides international students with a full coverage of expenses to study undergraduate & graduate programs in the Republic of Korea. The deadline for Bachelor’s is in November 2019 and for Master’s and PhD is in April 2020.

Global Korea Scholarship: 170 persons will be selected for four-year undergraduate courses and 700 persons for graduate courses.

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.)

Candidates will receive full coverage of airfare resettlement, living allowance, language courses and tuition fees.

Main criteria

  • Both an applicant and his/her parents must be citizens of their country of origin. Applicants should not hold Korean citizenship;
  • Undergraduate applicants must be under 25 years of age at the date of entrance and graduate applicants must be under the age of 40;
  • GPA of 80% and above from the last educational institution attended is required;
  • 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.

Find out more about the Global Korea Scholarship. 


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