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Application Deadline:
- For Undergraduate Program, the Korean Embassy or Consulate will recommend qualified candidates to NIIED by November 2014. Be sure to apply before this period.
- For the Graduate Program, the Korean Embassy or Consulate will recommend qualified candidates to NIIED by March 2015. Be sure to apply before this period.
The Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) is offered for international students who want to pursue Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees in Korean Universities. The scholarship is aimed to provide international students with an opportunity to conduct advanced studies at higher educational institutions in Korea, to develop global leaders and strengthen Korea-friendly networks worldwide.
Undergraduate Programme
Scholarship Period: 5 Years : 1 year of Korean language + 4 years of Bachelor’s course
Prospective applicants must meet the following qualification criteria;
- Must be a citizen of the country to which the scholarship is offered, which also applies to the applicants’ parents
- Have graduated or will be scheduled to graduate from high school as of March 1st of the invitation year
- Must possess above 80% (out of 100%) cumulative grade point average (CGPA), or must be within the top 20% (out of 100%) in rank in high school.
Graduate Program:
- Master’s course 1 year of Korean language + 2 years of Master’s course
- Doctoral course 1 year of Korean language + 3 years of Doctoral course
Qualification for Graduate Programme
- The applicant and his/her parents must hold foreign citizenships.
* Applicants who hold Korean citizenship are not permitted to apply for this program. - Applicants must be under 40 years of age of the selection year.
- Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree as of September 1st of the selection year.
* Applicants who have previously enrolled in or graduated from an undergraduate program, a master’s program, or a doctoral program (including exchange program) in Korea are ineligible to apply for the program. - Applicants must maintain a grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.64 on a 4.0 scale, 2.80 on a 4.3 scale, 2.91 on a 4.5 scale, or grades/marks/score of 80%(out of 100%) or higher from the previously attended institution. If the applicant does not satisfy the above GPA requirements, he/she will be ineligible to apply to this program.
Eligible African Countries:
Algeria, Angola,Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo , Cote d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Djibouti , Egypt , Equatorial Guinea , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Kenya
Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar , Malawi Mali , Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco , Mozambique, Namibia , Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda
Zambia, Zimbabwe
Selection Procedure
[Undergraduate Program]
- 1st round of selection
Korean Embassies will recruit and select qualified candidates
* Applicants should apply for the program THROUGH their local Korean Embassy
- 2nd round of selection
NIIED selection committee will screen qualified candidates selected by the Korean Embassies - 3rd round of selection
Korean Universities will screen candidates for admission
- [Graduate Program]
- 1st Selection
- The 1st selection institutions (Overseas Korean embassies or Domestic designated universities) will draft a selections standard based on the criteria provisioned by NIIED, and will recommend qualified applicants according to its respective standards.
- 2nd Selection
- The NIIED selection committee will select the most successful candidates from the pool of applicants recommended by the 1st selection institutions.
- 3rd Selection
- Only candidates who were recommended by a Korean embassy and have passed the 2nd selection successfully will be evaluated for admission. Successful candidates will gain admission from at least one of the three universities.
Scholarship Worth:
- [Undergraduate Program]
- – Round-trip economy class airfare
- – Monthly Stipend (800,000 won)
- – Medical insurance (20,000 won) per month will be provided (limited coverage)
- – Settlement Allowance (200,000 won upon arrival)
- – Tuitions
* Additionally, grantees with a good command of the Korean language (level 5 or higher in TOPIK) will receive an additional 100,000 won
[Graduate Program]
- Airfare Round-trip economy class ticket
- Monthly Allowance 900,000 won (KRW) per month
- Research Allowance Per Semester 210,000 won for scholars in the field of humanities and social sciences; 240,000 won for scholars in natural and mechanic sciences
- Relocation (Settlement) : Allowance 200,000 won upon arrival
- Language Training Fee : Full coverage
- Tuitions : All admission fees are waived by the host institution (university) The tuition will be provided for by NIIED
- Dissertation Printing Costs : 500,000 ~ 800,000 won, depending on actual costs
- Medical Insurance: 20,000 won per month will be provided (limited coverage)
- Special funding for scholars who are proficient in the Korean language (TOPIK Level 5 or 6) : 100,000 won per month
How to Apply:
- Applicants can only apply for the scholarships through the Korean Embassy in their home country or a participating Korean University.
- Click Here to Visit the websites of Korean Embassy/Consulate in your own country.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Korean Government Scholarship
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Than you for the opportunities available for developing countries i personaly will try out my luck so as to qualify for my bachelors degree in law.
give me chance to get scholarship in any of physics master
I have first degree in physics From Bahir Dar university in Ethiopia, Help me .
To get scholarship master in any of physics master fields
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am undergraduate student @AAU I wan 2 learn out side 4 such medical fields 4 my satisfacion & 2 made considerable change in MEDICNE!
I have first degree in computer information system from kenya methodists university and works with the ministry of environment meteorological department -kenya and i wish to pursue master degree in information technology
hey. i wanna study at bachelor degree. what should i do? when is the deadline of application
hey,i wanna study @master degree in civil engineering. what shouid i do? when is the dealine of application
what is the study LANGUAGE?
I have learned this with joy and hope to secure a chance for a scholarship.
With kind regards.
How to apply for graduate program? Is there any application form for download?
i am civil engineer seeking scholarship position
Am abraham zewdie from ETHIOPIA am ambitious to develop my educational carrier at South Korea i am MBA holder from one of Ethiopian university(UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR)and now i wanna to a pplay for PHD program
Am requesting for a fully sponsored short training course in either Public Relations or Management
I have completed my bachelor in public policy and management in the University of Papua New Guinea and employed with the Ministry of Health in Papua New Guinea. I want to continue my post graduate but I dont know where to progress from there. Please can you advice me the next steep to take.
I have a bachelor in pharmacy and pharmaceutical chemistry since 2013 and I have finished the courses year from my master in food quality control . I want to apply for Master scholarship but the korean Embassy in Syria is know closed , Can i I apply in korean Embassy in another country?
I graduated with BA Sociology in 2012. Currently, I’m working as Instructor of sociology since 2012. I want to continue my MA in Sociology or related. How to achieve and maintain the scholarship?
I have a master degree in Educational planning and policy analysis and my wish is to do a Phd in planning and evaluation.Am i welcome ?I am a teacher by profession.
I am Textile Engineer passed out from National Textile University,Pakistan in Dec 2006 with specializing in Textile Chemistry scoring GPA 2.71 out of 4.00.I have industrial Experience of almost 7-years.I want to study further in Korea like MS in Textile Engineering on scholarship.Please help me….
BBest Regards,
RRauf Ahmad.
i am a Kenyan citizen of 24 years old. I graduated from moi university with a degree in law, and would like a scholarship in the legal sector. I’m I eligible
@Lilian: You are eligible to apply.
i need a Phd scholorship on project management. Please, help me
I am Muchie Nibiret instructor of Mettu university and Ethiopian ctizen i graduated from Indir Ghandi National open University I went to study at south korea PhD in Sociology how to achieve and maintain the scholar ship
better allow online application
hi! can u please tell me Pakistan is eligible for the Korean scholarship??
Yup Off Course Pakistan is Eligible kinza
Im a Ghanaian citizen I graduated from University of Cape Coast with degree in Bachelor of Commerce and would like a masters scholarship in business administration.Pls am I eligible
@Anthoinette: You can apply.
I graduated from the University of Ilorin with a degree in Food Science (2,2). Am I qualify for master degree?
Am a Cameroonian and just graduated from the university of Buea, Cameroon. I studied a double major program in Women and Gender studies/law and wish to study in korea. I had a GPA of 2.64 on 4. i am eligible?
I wish to get that opportunity
I am a Filipino, are there some scholarship suitable for me? I graduated BSED-ENGLISH and I would like to study Korean Language.
pls where can I locate Korean Embasy in Ghana
I really need that opportunity..am 23 years old, Im from Tanzania..
am Tanzanian 23 years,,i wll need that opportunity,,
Please in am a Cameroonian studying telecommunication engineering in Ghana but is unable to meet with the school fees requirement please i wish to apply for funding. Can some on help me please
how to apply for ms in civil engineering,is there any application form available, if it is plzzz send it on my email address. my email address is sshahzadkhan88@gmail.com
I AM FROM NIGERIAN, AN UNDERGRADUATE……. CAN I APPLY
please give me a chance to get the scholarship . Next year I Will get degree on information tecnology in Hawassa Universty in ETHIOPIA . For the future I want to live in SOUTH KOREA so that I want this scholarship so badly.
Am Edson from Tanzania, am pursuing B A in Mass Communication, I need to study Masters in project management or Marketing in South Korea please how can I accomplish my dreams ? help me
please help me to achieve this greate advanteg…………………………..
I have been undergraduate of health science and working know also teaching health college, I wants to get scholar ship in Korea can you help me on this please!
I have completed a degree programme in electrical engineering and now am looking for master degree in control engineering. please send to me an application form.
i’m mueed from afghanistan seeking for an undergraduate scholarship please help me .
I need to attend my Msc…PhD in your country and I will grasp some useful knowledge and I need to implement in my country and create good relationship between my country and yours. Currently am attending Msc program in the field of remote sensing at Entoto Observatory, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
I am Usman Haruna From Nigeria! I need your help! I finished Diploma in Computer Science!! in Federal Polytechnic, and I want to further my Education in Your Country ( I lost All my Parents). How may you Help me Please!!!!!!!!
i will like to be they but i do not understand the couers
i studied to masters for enginnering to korea university from addis abeba ethiopia
Please there is no link here at all to click on to apply. please how do i apply for the korean government scholarship. Please help
@Ezekiel: http://www.niied.go.kr/eng/contents.do?contentsNo=78&menuNo=349
you have been instructed to apply direct from the Korean embassy in you respective countries…
OR apply direct in whichever Korean university you have chosen in that list…UNDERSTOOD?????
OR go back to the top and proof read again…ARA-SSO?????
sir
I am a Bangladeshi student.I am very interested in foreign degree.I need a master scholarship to full fill my dream.
Is the korean scholarship program for 2016/2017 out yet
am undergraduate student in first year wishin to study out in any health related field may you pliz help me
Comment: I am a cameroonian I liKe to study in south korea I wish to ask the dateline for registration for master program
Comment:I from nigeria I has come out of secondary school in Onitsha name christ the king college and I want to study computer science in university and also my father is last and he die when I was is js 1 in secondary and is only my mother that is paying my school and my siblings(5 boys and a girl) please please please I want a scholarship that will help me and my family too because it will help my mother so much. 08173793520 is my number
dears I am an Ethiopian I and I have B.Sc(BSc) degree in Animal production and Range land Management and M.Sc (MSc)degree in fisheries and Wetlands Management.I have four publication. Now I am looking PhD in one of the following field of studies( Fisheries, Aquaculture, Environmental Science, Natural resource Management, Animal science, animal feed , wetland, ecology or any other related field. But I have no any sponsor or fund.So, dear please find me sponsor or help me to study my PhD.Thank you for your consideration!!
dears my name is kassim omer and i am from ethiopia. now i am surveyer how can i apply scholarship
My name is Misganaw Medagna . I am from Ethiopia. I went to the Korean Embassy in Addis Ababa to ask information about scholarships registration and the types of scholarships offerred in South Korea but they told me that they don’t have any information about it. I would like you to give me full information application requirements,date of application and other related issues. Thank you.
my name is amina idriss 20 years old i am ethiopian who lived and studied in saudi arabia i want to learn korean language and study business please help me hoew to sign up before its too late
Comment:
Dear sir,
Im Al Mohaiminul Islam. Im reading a university in my country in Bangladesh. My subject name is Petroleum & Mining Engineering. Within 2 years i will be complete my graduate. Then for higher studies i want to go in Korea. Please help me i will be very happy.
Dear Sir,
I am ERNEST SUH a CAMEROONIAN by nationality and a holder of a bachelors degree in structural engineering. I wish to further my education in SOUTH KOREA. Please kindly inform me on how to get a masters scholarship program, procedure and closing dates for application and other related issues in civil and structural engineering. I will be very grateful for your kind help.
I want to attend my PhD in your country and I have some useful information about your country so as to create a good partnership between our countries. In addition I will apply your country’s experiences to develop my nation. previously, I have graduated my masters degree in Bah Dar University, Ethiopia in Educational Leadership and I am currently work in secondary school Supervisor. I hope and I believe that you will help and give me in getting the chance to attend my scholarship in your country.
am interested in obtaining a scholarship in korea i have Bsc public health,i need your help
Comment: I’m Kabir Hasion. I have done B.Sc in Textile Engineering from City University of Bangladesh. I want to know how can apply for scholarship M.Sc in korea.
me, I am Rwandan and I need to take bachelors degree!!!
My name is Pal Mai. I am South Sudanese by nationality. South Sudan is the Africa’s newest independent state which seceded from the Sudan in 2011.
I have massive interest in receiving scholarship for Master Degree in Global Public Policy and Management from Seoul School of Graduate. The reason is that I like an education with Asian character. Asia’s development in economy and technology is very impressive to Africa’s developing nations. The problem of poverty and the means of defeating it are best known by Asian governments and for Africa to develop, it has to adopt these policies of the east.
I had graduated from Addis Ababa University with Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Administration and Development Management. I was to apply for Scholarship for Master Degree in Global Public Policy and Management at Seoul school of Graduate but I realized that applications are submitted through Nearby Korean Embassy which is not available in South Sudan…there is no Korean Embassy in South Sudan.
Please would you give me advice on I can apply?
I’m Achini Nisansala.I’m a undergraduate(B.Sc.Mathematics,Computer Science) student in Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.After my degree,I want to know how can apply for M.Sc. in Korea? Please help & advice me.
May I know if I can get Korean scholarship to study for a Bachelor degree in madicine.Am a Kenyan,sat for K.C.S.E. in 2014 and got A(plain) in Mathematics,Biology,Chemistry & Physics,A(minus) in English.Also,please let me know how to start applying for the scholarship.
Comment:am looking for a scholarship in a bachelors in law please help me….I really need t
Comment: I am from Guinea-Bissau and i would like to continuo my studies in Korea
as i have bachelor degree in education (English) but am having difficulties in how to aply and when to aply.
Dear Sir /Madam
I would like to apply for Master Degree (MA) in International Cooperation & Development in South Korea Country since it is the World’s Human Resources Training Center I have BA Degree in Development Management. How can I succees to win being study in South Korea ?
Yours Regards & Thanks
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E-mail: olienyyat@yahoo.com
Cellphone: +251911853096.
Gew Ding Olieny
Comment: Hi..! am Umar Mukhtar from Sokoto State, Nigeria. and i would like to have your scholarship becouse i am convinced that you offer quality education that can help me solve some economical challenges my country is facing. I will like to study BSC ECONOMICS. thank you for your positive responses.
Comment:iam undergraduate i want to study english language i need your help phone number 08065093315
Comment: Hello..! Boamah Benjamin is my name an undergraduate from Ghana.. I will like to apply for the government scholarship. I believe that Korea is the best when it comes to education.. I will like you to help me gain Korean scholarship. Your Regards & THANKS… Hope to here from you soon.. For any feedback information kindly forward Email:benjaminboamah123@yahoo.com
hello ; i’m a moroccan bachelor student and i want to continue my studying on the agricultural engineering in korea .. can u give some informations about that please
I heard that we need to send original Transcript with application of Korean Scholarships, is that true?
And UST Scholarships are only for English taught programs?
Comment:
I have a Bachelors in Education from The University of Zambia and am currently working in Zambia with the Ministry of Education. I majored in Civic Education and minored in Mathematics. I want to continue studying Peace and Conflict Studies, please advise on how to go about it.
I’m very much fond of a cadidate
DEAR SIR,
I, AGBOR CECILIA ENEKE A GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA CAMEROON WHO READ BIOCHEMISTRY HAS A MAJOR WHILE MINORING IN MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY AND WHO CARRYOUT A RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF AGROCHEMICALS ON HUMAN HEALTH PLEASE I WANT TO CONTINUE STUDIES ON THE EFFECTS OF AGROCHEMICALS ON THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM OF HUMANS, SO PLEASE ADVICE AND HELP ME OUT ON WHAT TO DO NOW