Announcement for 2017 GKS Korean Government Support Program for Self-Financed Foreign Students
1. Purpose
? The scholarship program will generate motive of accomplishment among students and positive perceptions of Korea.
2. Support Size : 170 Students
3. Scholarship Information
? Benefits : 6,000,000 KRW (500,000 KRW per month)
? Scholarship Period : March 2017 ~ February 2018 (12 months)
? Payment Procedure
- The NIIED transfers the scholarship money to the bank account of the relevant universities (Every semester, twice a year)
- The universities then pay the monthly scholarship to the selected students on a monthly basis
4. Qualifications
Applicants must qualify all of the requirements below
※ Previous recipients of the 2nd self-financed scholarship program cannot apply (Will be enforced from 2018)
① Must be an international student in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th year at a Korean university at the time of applying
※ Students who enrolled without acquiring credits, graduate students, cyber university students cannot apply ※ In case of transfer students, only those who have spent more than one year (two semesters)in a Korean university can apply ※ Any undergraduate student in a Korean university who is recorded as a foreign student with foreign nationality can apply ※ Recipients of other similar scholarship(living expenses related scholarship that exceeds 500,000 KRW a month) from Korean government, university or other institutions cannot apply |
② Must have a total GPA of 80 percentile or higher
③ Must have the previous semester's GPA of 80 percentile or higher
※ Grade must be recorded out of 100 percentile grading system(If the grade transcript only shows GPA, a university faculty must write down the grade converted to 100 percentile and sign accordingly), Students with rounded-off score of 80 cannot apply
④ Must have a Level 4 or higher on the TOPIK
5. Application Submission
? Online Submission
- Information Service (URL) : Overseas Study Support Division(www.studyinkorea.go.kr)
- Online Application Period : Jan 25, 2017 (Wed) ~ Feb 22, 2017 (Wed)
- Inquiry for online application (Overseas Study Support Division, Dept. of Planning&Management, 02-3668-1441)
- Procedure : Create an account → Online application → Print application form → Submit the application and other required documents to the university
? Submission Period for Application form
- Feb 20, 2017 (Mon) ~ Feb 28, 2017 (Tue)
Directly Submit to Yonsei University Office of International Affairs (Baekyang Hall S308, 02-2123-3488)
Please refer to the attachment for more details.
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