Top Five Korean Scholarships for International Students

Top Five Korean Scholarships for International Students

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Before we get into the world of scholarships, you must know why should you study in Korea which is considered as a hub of scholarship offerings?

Korea is the basket of Innovation. All the famous and major companies like Samsung, LG, Posco, Hyundai, kia, etc originated from Korea. So, if you want to be the center of Innovation you should go for study in Korea.

Top Five Korean Scholarships

There are top five Korean Scholarships one should must know

#1 Korean Global scholarships

Global Korea Scholarship (GKS), would help international students obtain both an associate and an undergraduate degree in finance.

Benefits of GKS scholarship

Each student receives financial support from the government of Korea every month. Undergraduate student receives KRW 800,000 and the graduate receive 900,000 KRW per month.

Eligibility for GKS Scholarship

  • Student who has already used the Korean exchange can not apply again for scholarship.
  • The applicant to a graduate program must be less than 40 years old.

#2 KAIST Undergraduate Scholarships

KAIST is one of Korea’s top ranked University and it is Korea’s first research-oriented University.

Through Korea Higher Institute of Science and Technology students can get advanced education and progressive research, entrepreneurships and. Globalization.

  • Medical Health Insurance
  • Full tuition fee waiver for 8 semesters
  • Offers living expenses allowance almost 350,000 KRW per month.

Eligibility for KAIST Scholarship

  • Applicant must have a good academic record and must be an international student.
  • The applicant who has dual citizenship can nota apply for this scholarship.
  • The applicant must have a diploma degree from a home country’s institution.

#3 GIST Scholarships

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea encourages highly qualified students, researchers, and technical professionals to pursue MS, PhD, and MS leading to PhD degrees for GIST Scholarships.

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Benefits of GIST scholarship

  • Tuition charge will be waived and all international students will receive 100% tuition fee assistance.
  • MS students will get a stipend of 140,000 Won each month.
  • PhD students will be paid a stipend of 295,000 Won per month.

Eligibility for GIST scholarship

  • Applicant must be advanced and efficient in English Language.
  • Applicant must be an international student.
  • Applicant’s degree must be equal to Korean’s bachelor degree.

#4 UST scholarships

Students can apply for master’s degree programmes, master’s degree programmes that lead to a PhD, and PhD programmes.

The UST full scholarship is open to both international and Korean students residing abroad.

Benefits of UST scholarship

  • Offers Tuition fee waiver and offers good stipend to students.
  • Offer is for master’s 00$ per month stipend and for PHD students 1600$ stipend.

Eligibility for UST scholarship

  • Students holding Korean citizenship or related to Korean family are not eligible for scholarship.
  • Applicant must have a good health.
  • Applicant must be highly motivated.

#5 KGSP scholarships

International students and researchers are invited to apply online for the fully-funded Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP). 

Students will be able to attend undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programmes at any university of their choice thanks to these Korean scholarships.

Benefits of KGSP scholarship

  • An prize for demonstrating Korean language proficiency.
  • A grant of up to KRW 240,000 to help with research expenses (per semester)
  • A stipend of 500,000 KRW – 800,000 KRW for printing the dissertation/thesis.
  • Offers medical Insurance of KRW 20,000
  • Will give the grantees of Resettlement allowance of 200,000.

Eligibility of KGSP scholarship

To be eligible to apply for the KGSP Korean Scholarship, you must first ensure that you meet all of the basic requirements outlined below:

  • Before arriving in Korea, the undergraduate applicant must have finished all of his or her schooling at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
  • Graduate Applicant’s age must be under 40.
  • Applicant must be international.
  • Undergraduate must be under 25 years.