How to Apply for a Global Korea Scholarship: Application Form, Guidelines, Eligibility, Selection Criteria, and Screening Date.
Global Korea Scholarship
The Korean government has decided to invite 2,200 international students for the Global Korea Scholarship Graduate Degree Program.
Global Korea Scholarship is designed to provide international students with opportunities to study at higher educational institutions in Korea to pursue academic degrees, which will enhance international education exchange and deepen mutual friendship between Korea and participating countries.
How to Apply for Global Korea Scholarship is one of the challenges interested candidates ask, ranging from the application forms, guidelines, eligibility, selection criteria, screening date, and application dateline.
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Applicants can apply via Embassy Track or University Track, the details of which can be found below.
GKS Scholarships Duration
- Master’s Degree Program: 3 years
1 year of Korean language program + 2 years of degree program - Doctoral Degree Program: 4 years
1 year of Korean language program + 3 years of degree program - Research Program: 6 months or 1 year
- Global Network Program: within 2 years
Master’s degree program within 2 years - Important Notes regarding Scholarship Period
Those who receive TOPIK level 5 or 6 within the first 6 months of the Korean language program will be exempt from the remaining 6-month language program and must start their degree program in the following semester (March 2025).
Who Can Partake in the GKS Program?
Applicants‟ parents (or legal guardians) must hold citizenship from another country other than Korea.
If applicants or their parents hold dual citizenship (one who has both Korean citizenship and citizenship of another country), such applicants are NOT eligible to apply
Age
To partake in the GKS program, the applicant must be under 40 years of age.
Eligibility
To Apply for the Global Korea Scholarship, you must be eligible in the following;
All applicants must hold citizenship of NIIED-designated countries that are invited to take part in the GKS program
Applicants and their parents who had previously held Korean citizenship must submit documentation issued by the Korean government that proves their renunciation of Korean citizenship
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If an applicant’s citizenship is changed during the selection process, he or she will be excluded from the evaluation. (Not applicable to R&D and the global network.)
program).
For overseas Korean applicants in an embassy track holding Japanese citizenship, if their parents hold a permanent Residency permit within Japan while holding Korean citizenship, they are exceptionally eligible to apply.
Applicants from all countries can apply to the R&D and Global Network program.
Applicants who are expected to graduate by July 31st, can also apply for the program with a certificate of expected graduation, Such applicant must submit their official
graduation certificate (or diploma) and final academic transcript to GKS Center, NIIED, by July 31st, . Failure to do so will result in the cancellation of your acceptance
Global Korea Scholarship: -GKS Eligible Countries.
Applicants from the following countries alone can apply for the GKS Scholarship program.
1) GKS Scholarship for Afghanistan
2) GKS Scholarship for Albania
3) GKS Scholarship for Algeria
4) GKS Scholarship for Angola
5) GKS Scholarship for Antigua and Barbuda
6) GKS Scholarship for Argentina
7) GKS Scholarship for Armenia
8) GKS Scholarship for Australia
9) GKS Scholarship for Austria
10) GKS Scholarship for Azerbaijan
11) GKS Scholarship for Bahamas
12) GKS Scholarship for Bahrain
13) GKS Scholarship for Bangladesh
14) GKS Scholarship for Barbados
15) GKS Scholarship for Belarus
16) GKS Scholarship for Belgium
17) GKS Scholarship for Belize
18) GKS Scholarship for Benin
19) GKS Scholarship for Bolivia
20) GKS Scholarship for Bosnia and Herzegovina
21) GKS Scholarship for Botswana
22) GKS Scholarship for Brazil
23) GKS Scholarship for Brunei
24) GKS Scholarship for Bulgaria
25) GKS Scholarship for Burkina Faso
26) GKS Scholarship for Burundi
27) GKS Scholarship for Cabo Verde
28) GKS Scholarship for Cambodia
29) GKS Scholarship for Canada
30) GKS Scholarship for Canada (Quebec)
31) GKS Scholarship for Chile
32) GKS Scholarship for China
33) GKS Scholarship for Colombia
34) GKS Scholarship for Common Wealth of Dominica
35) GKS Scholarship for Costa Rica
36) GKS Scholarship for Cote d’Ivoire
37) GKS Scholarship for Croatia
38) GKS Scholarship for Czech Republic
39) GKS Scholarship for Denmark
40) GKS Scholarship for the Dominican Republic
41) GKS Scholarship for DR Congo
42) GKS Scholarship for Ecuador
43) GKS Scholarship for Egypt
44) GKS Scholarship for El Salvador
45) GKS Scholarship for Equatorial Guinea
46) GKS Scholarship for Estonia
47) GKS Scholarship for Ethiopia
48) GKS Scholarship for Fiji
49) GKS Scholarship for Finland
50) GKS Scholarship for France
51) GKS Scholarship for Gabon
52) GKS Scholarship for Gambia
53) GKS Scholarship for Georgia
54) GKS Scholarship for Germany
55) GKS Scholarship for Ghana
56) GKS Scholarship for Greece
57) GKS Scholarship for Grenada
58) GKS Scholarship for Guatemala
59) GKS Scholarship for Guyana
60) GKS Scholarship for Haiti
61) GKS Scholarship for Honduras
62) GKS Scholarship for Hong Kong
63) GKS Scholarship for Hungary
64) GKS Scholarship for India
65) GKS Scholarship for Indonesia
66) GKS Scholarship for Iran
67) GKS Scholarship for Iraq
68) GKS Scholarship for Ireland
69) GKS Scholarship for Israel
70) GKS Scholarship for Italy
71) GKS Scholarship for Jamaica
72) GKS Scholarship for Japan
73) GKS Scholarship for Jordan
74) GKS Scholarship for Kazakhstan
75) GKS Scholarship for Kenya
76) GKS Scholarship for Lebanon
77) GKS Scholarship for Libya
78) GKS Scholarship for Macedonia
79) GKS Scholarship for Madagascar
80) GKS Scholarship for Kyrgyzstan
81) GKS Scholarship for Laos
82) GKS Scholarship for Latvia
83) GKS Scholarship for Malawi
84) GKS Scholarship for Malaysia
85) GKS Scholarship for Mauritius
86) GKS Scholarship for Mexico
87) GKS Scholarship for Mongolia
88) GKS Scholarship for Montenegro
89) GKS Scholarship for Morocco
90) GKS Scholarship for Mozambique
91) GKS Scholarship for Myanmar
92) GKS Scholarship for Nepal
93) GKS Scholarship for Netherlands
94) GKS Scholarship for New Zealand
95) GKS Scholarship for Nicaragua
96) GKS Scholarship for Niger
97) GKS Scholarship for Nigeria
98) GKS Scholarship for Norway
99) GKS Scholarship for Oman
100) GKS Scholarship for Pakistan
101) GKS Scholarship for Palestine
102) GKS Scholarship for Panama
103) GKS Scholarship for Paraguay
104) GKS Scholarship for Peru
105) GKS Scholarship for Philippines
106) GKS Scholarship for Poland
107) GKS Scholarship for Portugal
108) GKS Scholarship for Romania
109) GKS Scholarship for Russia
110) GKS Scholarship for Rwanda
111) GKS Scholarship for Saint Kitts and Nevis
112) GKS Scholarship for Saint Lucia
113) GKS Scholarship for Saint Vincent and the
114) GKS Scholarship for Grenadines
115) GKS Scholarship for Saudi Arabia
116) GKS Scholarship for Senegal
117) GKS Scholarship for Serbia
118) GKS Scholarship for Singapore
119) GKS Scholarship for Slovakia
120) GKS Scholarship for Slovenia
121) GKS Scholarship for Somalia
122) GKS Scholarship for South Africa
123) GKS Scholarship for Spain
124) GKS Scholarship for Sri Lanka *
125) GKS Scholarship for Suriname
126) GKS Scholarship for Sweden *
127) GKS Scholarship for Switzerland
128) GKS Scholarship for Syria
129) GKS Scholarship for Taiwan
130) GKS Scholarship for Tajikistan
131) GKS Scholarship for Tanzania
132) GKS Scholarship for Thailand
133) GKS Scholarship for Timor-Leste
134) GKS Scholarship for Togo
135) GKS Scholarship for Trinidad and Tobago *
136) GKS Scholarship for Tunisia
137) GKS Scholarship for Turkey
138) GKS Scholarship for Turkmenistan
139) GKS Scholarship for Uganda
140) GKS Scholarship for United Kingdoms
141) GKS Scholarship for United Arab Emirates
142) GKS Scholarship for Uruguay
143) GKS Scholarship for United States of America
144) GKS Scholarship for Uzbekistan
145) GKS Scholarship for Venezuela
146) GKS Scholarship for Vietnam
147) GKS Scholarship for Zambia
148) GKS Scholarship for Zimbabwe
How to Apply for the Global Korea Scholarship
- visit the application portal
- Choose your Country
- download the Application Form
- Fill out an application with the correct details
- upload supported documents
- Click on “Submit.”
GKS Scholarship Application Portal
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