2020 GKS (Global Korea Scholarship) Recruitment Notice for Self-Financed Students

1. Total number of applicants to be selected: 250

2. Scholarship Details

◦ Scholarship Details: 5,000,000won (monthly allowance 500,000 won);

◦ Scholarship Period: March, 2020 – December 2020(10 months);

◦ Scholarship Payment Procedure

- NIIED transfers the scholarship money to the relevant universities

- The universities transfer the scholarship money to selected students on a monthly basis;

3. Qualifications

All applicants must satisfy the following conditions:

① Must be an international self-financed student in the 2nd year or higher of the Bachelor's degree at a Korean university (junior college) at the time of applying

② Must have a total GPA of 80 percentile (out of 100) or higher;

③ Must have the previous semester's GPA of 80 percentile (out of 100) or higher;

※ The grades are based on a criteria of 100 percentile, applicants with a score rounded off less than 80 percentile cannot be admitted (A legal university representative must convert the transcript, then sign it, or put a date);

④ Must have a Level 4 on the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) or higher;

4. Submission of Required documentations (to Eunhui CHA, Office of International Affairs, G&R HUB 214)

① 1 copy of Application (online application through the website ‘STUDY IN KOREA run by Korea Government ( www.studyinkorea.go.kr), then print it out)

② 1 photocopy of Passport

③ Enrollment Certificate, Transcript (whole semester grades): 1 copy of each

※ Transfer students must submit a transcript from the previous university in Korea;

※ Transcripts must be converted into a 100 percentile scale. If there are any corrections on the transcript, a legal university representative must sign it, or put a date;

④ Certificate of TOPIK score, 1 copy

※ The certificate must be original or copied after proved by the person in charged

  (A printed copy of TOPIK certificate from the website is considered as the original)

⑤ Self-introduction letter, Study plan (designated form, in applicant's own handwriting in Korean) 1 copy;

⑥ Other related documents: 1 copy of each (if applicable)

 ※ Certificate of Overseas Korean from embassy(Preferred for selection) 

◦ Notes

① Applicant's name must be written exactly as it is in the passport

② Application and the other documents should be A4 sized

③ Candidates must apply at universities, individual candidates are not accepted

④ Candidates must submit official transcripts issued by relevant universities

⑤ Documents should be submitted in the following order and may stapled, fastened with clips, etc.

※ Application + photocopy of Passport + Proof of Enrollment + Transcript (previous, current university) + certificate of TOPIK + Recognized Language Proficiency Test + Self- introduction letter, Study Plan + Letter of Recommendation (should be sealed by a university representative) + other relevant documents;

⑥ Applicants with inaccurate or incomplete documents may be excluded

⑦ After the screening procedure is over, if any fake entries, false information, or etc. are discovered, successful applicants will be automatically disqualified.

※ Scholarship loss: early graduation of excellent students, credit shortfall (semester score is lower than 80 percentile), forfeiture of the scholarship by a university representative, scholarship cancellation after additional inspections.

⑧ Scholarship losses may occur when a main candidate is replaced by another candidate in a reserve list.

※ Due to the selection of successful applicants, within the budget, the candidates on the reserve list may not be selected.

⑨ Submitted documents will not be returned

5. How to apply

◦ Online application

- through the webpage run by Korea Government (www.studyinkorea.go.kr) [Scholarship]-[Application for Int’l Self-Financed Students]

- Online Application Period: Jan 31st , 2020 (Fri) – Feb25th , 2020 (Tue);

- How to apply: Membership → Apply Online → Application print out → Submit all required documents to the Office of International Affairs 

  (G&R HUB 214, Ms. Eunhui CHA) before 3pm, 26th of FEB, 2020(WED)