Korean Government Scholarship Program for Graduate Students

(Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

 

1. Program Objective

The Korean Government Scholarship Program is designed to provide higher education in Korea for international students in order to promote international exchange in education and mutual friendship between the participating countries.

 

 

2. Total number of Applicants for our Nomination: 20 persons

 

※    Nationality Requirement

 

Name of Countries

Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'ivoire,  Croatia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rumania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Is., South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, The United Kingdom, The United States, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, U.A.E, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

*In case of applying through Korean Embassy in your country, a different nationality requirement is applied. Please visit http://www.studyinkorea.go.kr or contact the nearest Korean Embassy for further details.

 

3. Applicable fields for our university

o Applicable fields and majors (click)

Note: KGSP students are not allow to apply for HUFS-UPEACE Dual Master’s Program

* Graduate School (Medium of Instruction: Korean): http://www.hufs.ac.kr/gra

* Graduate School of International and Area Studies (Medium of Instruction: English or Regional Languages)

http://gsias.hufs.ac.kr

o Available course : Master’s Program, Doctoral Program.

  Note: Combined Masters & Doctoral Program is not available at HUFS

 

4. Advantages for studying at HUFS :

 HUFS provides additional scholarship to KGSP students who obtain high grades in their degree program:

 KRW 200,000 per month during semester: students who obtain GPA 3.0 or above in the previous semester

 KRW 1,000,000: students who obtain GPA 4.3 or above in a semester

 

5. Main Notes for the 2012 Selection

o Applicants have to apply for this program via either an embassy or a designated university. Overseas

Korean adoptees have to apply only via an embassy if their countries are allotted the adoptee quotas.

o The selection process for applicants will proceed in three steps. Firstly, applicants must be selected

by the institution he or she is applying through (a Korean embassy, or a designated university).

Secondly, applicants who passed the first round must be selected by the NIIED Selection

Committee.  Finally, applicants who passed the second round must gain admission from a university.

o Institutions accepting applications: 111 overseas Korean embassies or 60 designated Korean universities.

 * Applicants who submit applications to more than one of the aforementioned institutions will be disqualified immediately.

o Selection Procedure

-      1^st Selection: Each 1^st selection institution will draft a selections standard based on the criteria provisioned by NIIED, and recommend the best applicants according to its respective standards.

-      2^nd Selection: The NIIED Selection Committee will select the most successful candidates from the pool of applicants recommended by the 1^st selection institutions.

-  3^rd Selection: Only the candidates who were recommended by a Korean embassy and passed the 2^nd selection successfully will be evaluated for admission by the 3 universities to which they applied; each candidate has to gain admission from at least one university.

* Applicants who were recommended by a designated university will automatically be granted admission to the university that recommended them, upon the condition they are selected as a successful candidate in the 2^nd Selection. Subsequently, once they pass the mandatory medical examination (when it’s orientation), hey will join the ranks of the final successful candidates.

 

6. Duration of Scholarship

o Master’s (01.09.2013 ~ 31.08.2016) : 1 yr. of Korean language + 2 yrs of Master’s

o Doctoral (01.09.2013 ~ 31.08.2017) : 1 yr. of Korean language + 3 yrs of Doctoral

* (Important) After the Korean language course, the scholarship period of degree course (2 years of master’s or 3 years of doctoral) cannot be extended beyond the designated duration.

* In the case that a scholar possesses a TOPIK Level that is higher than 5, he or she is exempted from the Korean language course; the exempted period will be deducted from the total scholarship period (2 years for master’s or 3 years for doctoral).

* In the case that a scholar possesses a TOPIK Level 6, he or she must be exempted from the Korean language course and must start his/her academic course of Master or Doctoral degree; the exempted period will be deducted from the total scholarship period (2 years for master’s or 3 years for doctoral).

 

7. Korean Language Course

o All scholars, unless exempted, must take one year of Korean language course in the designated

language institution.

o Exemption from the Korean language course requirement: Korean proficiency at TOPIK Level 5 or 6

(with certification).

* Scholars who have surpassed TOPIK Level 5 and want to start their degree course without the Korean language course should obtain permission from NIIED in advance.

* Scholars who have surpassed TOPIK Level 6 must start their degree course without the Korean language course should obtain permission from NIIED in advance.

* Scholars who are exempted from taking the Korean language course may take their degree course starting from September 1^st, 2013.

o Only the scholars who will have passed at least Level 3 of TOPIK (the Test of Proficiency in Korean) after one year of Korean language course are permitted to start their master’s or doctoral program.

o Scholars who do not pass at least TOPIK Level 3 after one year of Korean language course should complete an additional six-month coursework in the Korean language.

o Language Institution : the NIIED has designated seven language institutions for the Korean language course.

 

8. Application Requirements

o The applicant and his/her parents must have foreign citizenships.

* Applicants who hold Korean citizenship are not permitted to apply for this program.

o Applicants should be in good health, both mentally and physically, to stay in Korea for an extended period of time.

* Applicants must submit the Personal Medical Assessment (included in the application form) when he/she apply for this program, and when it’s orientation, an Official Medical Examination will be done by NIIED. A serious illness (For example, HIV, Drug, etc) will be the main cause of disqualification from the scholarship.

※ The handicapped who satisfy the above are also eligible for the program

※ NOT Eligible: those who are pregnant

o Applicants must be under 40 years of age as of Sep. 1^st, 2013 (born after Sep. 1^st, 1973).

o Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree as of September 1^st, 2013.

 * (Important) Applicants who have ever enrolled in a university in Korea will be disqualified from applying to the KGSP program. Specifically, an applicant who has previously enrolled in an undergraduate program, a master’s program, a doctoral program or an exchange program in Korea cannot apply for this program.

However, a KGSP scholar who has graduated or will graduate from a Korean university as of August 31^st, 2013 can apply for this program again only via the embassy if only he/she holds at least TOPIK Level 4 and obtain another recommendation within the allotment from the Korean Embassy of his/her respective country of origin (re-application is limited to one instance).

* Applicants who apply for the Master’s program must hold a Bachelor’s degree or a diploma that is equivalent to or higher than a Bachelor’s degree.

 * Applicants who apply for the Doctoral program must hold a Master’s degree or a diploma that is equivalent to or higher than a Master’s degree.

* Applicants who are expecting to obtain the relevant required degree or diploma by August 31^st, 2013 must submit a certificate of degree or diploma expectation, and submit the official certificate of degree or diploma to NIIED by August 31^st, 2013.

o Applicants must maintain a grade point average (G.P.A.) 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% or higher from the previously attended institution.

If an applicant does not satisfy the above GPA criteria, he/she will be disqualified from applying to this rogram.

* If the transcript is not indicated in grades/marks/scores format, or is difficult to convert into percentages, attachment of official explanation from the attended institution is required.

o Applicants who have Korean proficiency or English proficiency may be given preference.

o Applicants who apply for natural science and technology program may be given preference.

 

9. Scholarship

o Scholarship Period : same as the period of invitation.

o Payment:

-Airfare: Round-trip economy class ticket.

* Airfare for entry will not be provided to scholars who already presently live in Korea for academic study or employment.

* The fees for domestic travel within a scholar’s home country and for travel insurance to and from Korea will not be provided.

* Scholars from China and the Czech Republic will not be provided airfare by NIIED, but by their country of origin according to the mutual agreements.

-Monthly Allowance : 900,000 won (KRW) per month.

-Research Allowance : 210,000 won for scholars in the humanities and social sciences; 240,000 won for scholars in natural and mechanic sciences, per semester.

-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 is paid by NIIED.

-Dissertation Printing Costs : 500,000 ~ 800,000 won, depending on the 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 (commencing from the degree program)

 

o NOTES

- NIIED does not compensate fees for the domestic travel both in the grantee’s country and Korea.

- Airfare for entry into Korea will not be provided to a scholar that has been staying in Korea for his or her study, work, etc. as of the date of announcement of successful candidates   

- NIIED does not compensate fees for insurance for traveling to and from Korea.

- The medical fee is to be reimbursed through the insurance company to the scholar after s/he pays first. However, the expense for dental clinic or chronic disease will not be covered.

- Any scholar who gives up his/her study during the scholarship period will not receive airfare and allowance for repatriation.

- Any scholar that quits the program within 3 months after s/he entering Korea, should refund all scholarship fees (The airfare of arriving Korea, settlement allowance, monthly stipend, Korean language training expenses, etc.).

 

o HUFS Scholarship

-      KRW 200,000 per month(excl. vacation period): All new KGSP students and current KGSP students obtaining GPA 3.0 or above

-       KRW 1,000,000: KGSP students who obtain GPA 4.3 or above (cumulative)

 

10. Selection Procedure Details

o The guideline, application form, and university information will be available at the website of GKS (www.studyinkorea.go.kr), Korean Embassies, and designated domestic universities.

 

o For applicants who apply for KGSP via designated domestic universities

- (1^st Selection) Each designated university will draft its own selection schedule and plan based on the criteria

provided by NIIED, and accepts the applications. Each designated university will select up to 20 candidates from all of the quota-assigned countries and recommend them to NIIED. They cannot recommend more than 3 candidates from a single country.

 

- (2^nd Selection) NIIED Selection Committee selects as many successful candidates as each country’s quota from all of the candidates recommended by the universities. The candidates who are selected in the NIIED Selection Committee will be accepted to the university which recommended them, and will be finally accepted as official KGSP scholars upon a successful comprehensive medical examination.

 

11. Selection Criterion

o All documents including transcript, self-introduction, study plan, certificates of language proficiency (Korean and English), recommendations, published papers and awards, etc., will be evaluated.

 

 

12. Required Documentation

o Place of submission

 Mr. Heesung Park

Administrative Office of Graduate Schools

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

 107, Imun-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea, 130-791

  Tel: 82-2-2173-2387  /  Fax: 82-2-2173-3369

 

Note: All application documents should be presented in their original format, and submission by email attachment is NOT allowed.

 

o Deadline of Submission : March 22nd, 2013

* Candidates whose paperwork is not submitted on time will be excluded from the Selection Committee.

 

o Required documents : One original document

*Please do not send us extra copies. HUFS will make photocopies after 1^st selection

 

Check List for Application Documents	Master’s	Doctoral
1. Personal Data (Attachment #1)	○	○
2. Self-Introduction (Attachment #2)	○	○
3. Study Plan (Attachment #3)	○	○
4. Letter of Recommendation (Attachment #4)	○	○
5. Pledge (Attachment #5)	○	○
6. Personal Medical Assessment (Attachment #6)	○	○
7.Certificate of graduation from undergraduate institution	○	○
8. Official transcript of previously attended undergraduate institution(s)	○	○
9. Certificate of graduation from graduate institution	-	○
10. Official transcript of previously attended graduate institution(s)	-	○
11. Certificate of TOPIK score (original copy), if available	△	△
12. Certificate of TOEFL or IELTS score (original copy)	△	△
13. Published papers, if available (one or two)	△	△
14. Awards, if available (one or two)	△	△
15. Copy of passport (possible to submit after selection)	○	○
16. Certificate of citizenship of parents of applicant : birth certificate, passport, etc. (* applicable only to overseas Korean immigrants)	△	△
17. Adoption documents (*applicable only to overseas Korean adoptees)	△	△

 

 

o Note

* Selection for successful candidates will be done strictly by the NIIED Selection Committee.

Therefore, appropriate documents should be submitted by the deadline. 

- Dual applications are not accepted. Applicants must apply for this program via only one institution.

- Documents should be presented in their original form.

- Submitted documents will not be returned to the applicants.

- Incomplete or incorrect documents may lead to application rejection or failure in the Selection Committee, and scholarship revocation even after entry into Korea.

- In case of submitting photocopied documents, the documents must be authenticated by an official body such as an institution which originally issued the document, Korean Embassy, notary office, and etc. The confirmation of authentication (collation) should be indicated in the photocopied documents.

- Applicants who are expected to graduate from their respective home undergraduate/graduate institutions by August 31^st, 2013, should submit the certificate (or letter) of expected graduation issued by said institutions when they apply; the official certificate of graduation should be received by NIIED by August 31^st, 2013.

- Applicants must accurately complete the health checklist truthfully. All successful candidates must take a comprehensive medical exam when its’ orientation. In accordance with the requirements of the Korea Immigration Service and the KGSP Program, the candidates who are judged to be physically unfit for this program will not be accepted.

- Applicants may submit the copies of published papers, if available.

- Applicants may submit the copies of awards, if available.

* Applicants must submit all the documents by the checklist order. (Checklist for the application documents should be on the front page, followed by the required documents, stapled and attached.)

* Transferring to a different university after confirming the host university is not permitted in any cases. In regards to changing majors, it would be permitted only under the mutual agreement of the departments concerned only within the same university, with the scholarship period unchanged. (2 years of Master’s, or 3 years of doctoral, in total). However, quitting a program and applying for a new one is not permitted.

 

13. Selection Schedule

o Application Deadline : Mar. 22^nd (HUFS)

o The 1^st Selection : The end of March (by HUFS)

o The 2^nd Selection : Mid to End-April (NIIED Selection Committee)

o Announcement for the Results of the 2^nd Selection : April 30^th (posted on GKS websites)

o Admission Procedures for the Korean Embassies’ candidates: May 1^st~May 31^st

o Announcement for Final Successful Candidates : June 17^th (GKS websites-www.studyinkorea.go.kr)

o Visa Issue and Air ticket purchase : June 18^th ~ July 31^st

o Entry into Korea : August 26^th ~ August 28^th

o NIIED Orientation : August 29^th ~ August 31^st

o Korean Language Course : September 2^nd

 

14. For further information, please contact:

o Contact & Mailing Information for HUFS

  Ms. Kang, Miri (Main Coordinator for KGS Program)

Administrative Office of Graduate Schools

  Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

  107, Imun-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea, 130-791

  Tel: 82-2-2173-2449 / Fax: 82-2-2173-3369

  Email: mrkang@hufs.ac.kr

 

 

o KGSP Team, National Institute for International Education (NIIED)

- Address: #205 NIIED, 81 Ewhajang-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-810, Republic of Korea

- www.studyinkorea.go.kr

‣ Korean version: 정부초청외국인장학생 → 공지사항

‣ English version: Korean Government Scholarship Program → Announcement 

- Phone:  +82-2-3668-1364, +82-2-3668-1389

- Fax: +82-2-743-4992

- Email: niied@mest.go.kr

 

 

14. Other useful websites

ㅇ KCUE (Korean Council for University Education)         http://www.kcue.or.kr

ㅇ Learning Korean                                                          http://www.kosnet.go.kr

ㅇ Understanding of Korean culture                                               http://korea.net

ㅇ Overseas Korean embassies                                        http://www.mofat.go.kr

ㅇ Visa and Registration                                         http://immigration.go.kr

 

15. Application Form: Refer to the attachments

 

GPA Conversion Table