1. Program Objective:

The Korean Government Scholarship Program is designed to provide higher education in Korea for international students, with the aim of promoting international educational exchanges as well as mutual friendship amongst the participating countries. Students graduated from a renowned college with good academic qualifications will have a higher possibility to be selected for the KGSP.

 

 

2. Duration of Scholarship

 Master’s : 3 yrs. (1 yr. Korean language + 2 yrs. Master’s program)

 Doctoral : 4 yrs. (1 yr. Korean language + 3 yrs doctoral program)

 

 

3. Number of Students to be Selected

 Master’s : To be announced at the end of early February, 2014

 Doctoral : To be announced at the end of early February, 2014

 

● KGSP scholarship for Graduate Students was provided with total of around 760 candidates from 135 countries. 2~5 candidates are selected from each country.

● Ajou accepts over 5 students every year

 

 

4.Qualifications

Prospective applicant must meet the following qualification criteria

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

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

2) 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

3) Applicants must be under 40 years of age as of Sep. 1st

4) Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree as of September 1st

* (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 31st 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 31st, must submit a certificate of degree or diploma expectation, and submit the official certificate of degree or diploma to NIIED by August 31st,

○ 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 program.

* 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.

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

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

 

 

5. Fields of Study in Ajou University

a. Graduate School

 

 

Division	Department	Field of Study		Remarks
		Master's	Doctoral
College of Engineering	Mechanical Engineering(*)	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering	rhex@ajou.ac.kr
	Environmental Engineering(*)	Environmental Engineering	Environmental Engineering	kunlee@ajou.ac.kr
	Industrial Engineering(*)	Industrial Engineering	Industrial Engineering	kiejin@ajou.ac.kr
	Architecture	Architecture	Architecture	dshin@ajou.ac.kr
	Architecture Engineering	Architecture Engineering	Architecture Engineering
	System Engineering	System Engineering	System Engineering	gnwang@ajou.ac.kr
	Civil & Transportation Engineering	Civil Engineering	Civil Engineering	jangho@ajou.ac.kr
	Urban Development	Urban Development	Urban Development	dshin@ajou.ac.kr
	Applied Bio Technology(*)	Cosmetic Science	Cosmetic Science	sybyun@ajou.ac.kr
	Molecular Science and Technology(*)	Applied Chemistry	Applied Chemistry	bunyeoul@ajou.ac.kr
		Biological Engineering	Biological Engineering
		Medical Science	Medical Science
		Pharmaceutical Science	Pharmaceutical Science
	Systems Biomedical Informatics(*)	Biomedical Informatics	Biomedical Informatics	ppark@ajou.ac.kr
		Medical and Healthcare Informatics	Medical and Healthcare Informatics
	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	kdp@ajou.ac.kr
College of Information Technology	Electrical and Computer Engineering(*)	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Electrical and Computer Engineering	oskn@ajou.ac.kr
	Computer Engineering(*)	Computer Engineering	Computer Engineering	hjyeh@ajou.ac.kr
	Digital Media(*)	Digital Media	Digital Media	kwlee@ajou.ac.kr
	Space Electronics and Information Engineering(*)	Space Electronics and Information Engineering	Space Electronics and Information Engineering	jkim@ajou.ac.kr
	Life Media	MEST Convergence	MEST Convergence	drghoh@ajou.ac.kr
		MIPS Convergence	MIPS Convergence
College of Natural Sciences	Mathematics(*)	Mathematics	Mathematics	yjeon@ajou.ac.kr
	Physics(*)	Physics	Physics	ahny@ajou.ac.kr
	Chemistry(*)	Chemistry	Chemistry	sjookim@ajou.ac.kr
	Biological Science(*)	Biological Science	Biological Science	dahpnia@ajou.ac.kr
School of Business	Business Administration(*)	Strategy Innovation	Strategy Innovation	sungmj@ajou.ac.kr
		MS/OM	MS/OM
		OB-HRM	OB-HRM
		Global Business	Global Business
	Global Management(*)	Global Management	Global Management
	Management Information System	Management Information System	Management Information System	leejsk@ajou.ac.kr
	Financial Engineering(*)	Financial Engineering	Financial Engineering	gshim@ajou.ac.kr
School of Humanities	Korean Language and Literature	Korean Language and Literature	Korean Language and Literature	kuzuburi@ajou.ac.kr
	Culture and Contents	Region Contents	-	dkall@ajou.ac.kr
		Contents Industry	-
School of Social Sciences	Economics	Economics	-	leekh@ajou.ac.kr
	Applied Sociology	Applied Sociology	Applied Sociology	ysgong@ajou.ac.kr
	Political Science and Diplomacy	Political Science and Diplomacy	Political Science and Diplomacy	mchin@ajou.ac.kr
College of Law	Law	Law	Law	whlee@ajou.ac.kr
School of Medicine	Medical Sciences(*)	Clinical Medicine	Clinical Medicine	jouilo@ajou.ac.kr
		Public health and Social Medicine	Public health and Social Medicine
	Biomedical Sciences(*)	Molecular Medicine	Molecular Medicine
		Neuroscience	Neuroscience
		Cancer Biology	Cancer Biology
		Biomedical Informatics	Biomedical Informatics
		Convergence Medicine	Convergence Medicine
College of Nursing	Nursing Science	Science of Nursing	Science of Nursing	msyu@ajou.ac.kr
School of Pharmacy	Pharmacy(*)	Pharmacy	Pharmacy	yisjung@ajou.ac.kr
-	Energy System Research(*)	Applied Physics	Applied Physics	khkim@ajou.ac.kr
		Applied Chemistry	Applied Chemistry
		Energy Chemical Engineering	Energy Chemical Engineering
		Energy Material Science Engineering	Energy Material Science Engineering
		Energy	Energy

 

 

b. Graduate School of International Studies

 

 

Division	Department	Field of Study		Remarks
		Master's	Doctoral
Graduate School of International Studies	International Business(*)	International Business	-	jykang@ajou.ac.kr
	International Trade(*)	International Trade	-	hgchoi@ajou.ac.kr
	NGO Studies(*)	NGO Studies	-	mchin@ajou.ac.kr
	International Development and Cooperation(*)	International Development and Cooperation	-

※ (*) marked departments have English classes.

※ The e-mail addresses are the chief's of the each department.

 

 

6. Scholarship

1) Scholarship period : same as the period of invitation.

2) Scholarship Benefits

 

 

Airfare	Round-trip economy class ticket
Monthly Allowance	Graduate : 900,000 KRW/month
Research Allowance	Human and Social Sciences : 210,000 KRW/semester Natural and Mechanic Science : 240,000 KRW/semester
Settlement Allowance	200,000 won(once) upon arrival
Korean Language Training Costs*	Full tuition fee for Korean Language up to one year
Tuition	The tuition fee up to 5 million won is exempted by the Korean Government, and if any, the tuition fee exceeding 5 million won and the entrance fee for the first semester by the host university.
Dissertation Printing Costs	Cost : 500,000 or 800,000 KRW depending on the actual costs
Medical Insurance	20,000 KRW/month(limited coverage)
Special Fund for Students Proficient in Korean Language (TOPIK level 5 or 6)	100,000 KRW/month(commencing from the main program)

 

 

7. Selection Procedure

 

 

Quota	Ajou University	Embassy
Submission of Required documents	University in Korea Until March 20th, 2014(by post)	Embassy in your country (Each embassy has its own deadline)
1st Screen	Until early April 11th, 2014	Until early April 11th, 2014
2nd Screen	NIIED - Until end of April	NIIED - Until end of April, 2014
3rd Screen	-	University - Until end of May, 2014
Announcement of Final Successful Candidates	NIIED Until June 17th
VISA Issue and Air Ticket Purchase	Until end of July, 2014
Entry into Korea	Late August, 2014
NIIED Orientation & Korean Language Course	September 1st, 2014 ~ August 31st, 2015
Enter University	September 1st, 2015

 

○ 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.

 

○ For applicants (including Korean adoptees) who apply for KGSP via Korean Embassies

- (1st Selection) Korean Embassies make its own selection schedule and plan based on the criteria provided by NIIED, and accept the applications. They select 1.5 times as many candidates as their quota from the pool of applicants and recommend them to NIIED.

* Applicants from China and the Czech Republic should submit their applications to the Ministry of

Education (or equivalent institution) in their respective country of origin, in accordance with the mutual agreements between Korea and those countries.

* Only Korean adoptees who have foreign citizenship can apply for this program via a Korean Embassy if their countries of origin are allotted the adoptee quota. They are selected through a separate procedure; general applicants cannot be accepted through this application category.

- (2nd Selection) NIIED Selection Committee selects as many successful candidates as each embassy quota amongst the pool of candidates recommended by the Embassies.

- (3rd Selection) NIIED submits the documents of successful candidates to their 3 universities of indicated preference, and requests admission examination of the candidates into their master’s or doctoral programs.

The universities have to notify the result of examination to the candidates and NIIED by the designated date.

The candidates who gain admission from more than one university will have to make a final selection, and notify their respective local Korean Embassy and NIIED by the designated date. Only the candidates who gain admission within the 3rd Selection period can be accepted as official KGSP scholars.

 

○ For applicants who apply for KGSP via designated domestic universities

- (1st 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.

- (2nd 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.

 

 

8.Selection Criterion

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

 

 

9.Required Documents

○ Place of submission

* NIIED and Foreign embassies in Korea are not 1stSelectionInstitutionsanddonotacceptapplications.

* NIIED accepts and judges only the candidates recommended by the 1st Selection Institutions. They are:

- For applicants (including overseas Korean adoptees) applying via a Korean embassy : the Korean embassy in the country of origin.

* Korean Educational Institutes affiliated with the local Korean embassies may accept applications, and select and recommend candidates in place of embassies in some countries.

- For applicants applying via a domestic university : One of the 60 designated universities

 

○ Deadline of Submission : The date set forth by the 1st Selection Institutions(Ajou University) within March 20th 2014.

- Address : Sanghyun Lee, No.305, Yulgok Hall, San 5, Woncheon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, 443-749, Korea (Tel : 82-31-219-2302)

 

○ Required documents : One original document(placed in a separate envelope) and 3 extra copies.

* Documents not in English or Korean must be accompanied by a complete English or Korean translation authenticated by the issuing institution or notarized by a notary’s office.

 

 

Check List for Application Documents	Master's	Doctoral
01. Complete Application Form (Designated Form)	○	○
02. Personal Data	○	○
03. Self-Introduction or Personal Statement	○	○
04. Letter of Recommendation - 1 or more	○	○
05. Pledge	○	○
06. Personal Medical Assessment	○	○
07. Graduate Certificate of High School	-	-
08. High School Grade Transcripts	-	-
09. Copy of diploma or Certificate of Graduate from Undergraduate Institution	○	○
10. Official Transcript of previously attended Undergraduate Institute(s)	○	○
11. Copy of Diploma or Certificate of Graduation Institution	-	○
12. Official Transcript of previously attended Graduate Institution(s)	-	○
13. Certificate of TOPIK score (original copy), if available	△	△
14. Certificate of TOEFL or IELTS score (original copy)	△	△
15. Published papers, if available (one or two)	△	△
16. Awards, if available (one or two)	△	△
17. Copy of passport (possible to submit after selection)	○	○
18. Certificate of Citizenship (Applicant & Parents)	-	-

 

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, applicants must submit the original to the 1st Selection Institution and have the original one and the photocopied one collated. The confirmation of collation should be indicated in the photocopied documents.

- Applicants who are expected to graduate from their respective home undergraduate/graduate institutions by August 31st, 2014, 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 31st,2014.

- 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 thedepartmentsconcernedonlywithin 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.

 

10. Contact Information

KGSP Coordinators

 Graduate School

- Tel : +82-31-219-2303

- Fax : +82-31-214-1500

- E-mail : klove@ajou.ac.kr, grad.ajou.ac.kr

- Webpage : http://grad.ajou.ac.kr

 Graduate of International Studies

- Tel : +82-31-219-1552

- Fax : +82-31-214-1554

- E-mail : gsis@ajou.ac.kr

- Webpage : http://gsis.ajou.ac.kr

 

11. Notes

Detailed qualifications, required documents, schedule and scholarship can be changed a little year by year, so you should visit official website of KGSP (http://www.studyinkorea.go.kr, http://www.niied.go.kr) to get more detailed information before application.