GKS 2024 Quota Countrywise for Graduate Programs

In 2024, the Korean Government invites up to 2,200 students globally, welcoming them to pursue their studies in South Korea through the GKS Scholarship Graduate Programs, which include Masters, Doctoral, and Research programs. Each participating country has designated quotas for both the Embassy Track and the University Track.

GKS 2024 Application Guidelines

Below you can find the quota allocation of each track for each country.

Embassy Track (800) + University Track (1400) = Total (2,200)

Embassy Track
General	IRT	Overseas Korean	Sub Total
737	44	19	800

University Track
General	R-GKS	IRT*	R&D	Research	Global Network	Sub Total
368	627	10	300	15	80	1,400

1) Embassy Track Quota = 800

A) General: 737 scholars from 147 countries or regions

No.	Country/Region	Quota	No.	Country/Region	Quota
1	Afghanistan	4	76	Kyrgyzstan	9
2	Albania	1	77	Laos	11
3	Algeria	3	78	Latvia	1
4	Angola	1	79	Lebanon	3
5	Antigua and Barbuda	1	80	Libya	2
6	Argentina	4	81	Macedonia	1
7	Armenia	3	82	Madagascar	3
8	Australia	1	83	Malawi	1
9	Austria	1	84	Malaysia	22
10	Azerbaijan	6	85	Mauritius	1
11	Bahamas, The	1	86	Mexico	6
12	Bahrain	3	87	Mongolia	14
13	Bangladesh	7	88	Montenegro	1
14	Barbados	3	89	Morocco	7
15	Belarus	2	90	Mozambique	4
16	Belgium	2	91	Myanmar	17
17	Belize	2	92	Nepal	4
18	Benin	1	93	Netherlands	1
19	Bolivia	2	94	New Zealand	1
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	95	Nicaragua	2
21	Botswana	2	96	Niger	1
22	Brazil	8	97	Nigeria	7
23	Brunei	5	98	Norway	1
24	Bulgaria	8	99	Oman	5
25	Burkina Faso	1	100	Pakistan	7
26	Burundi	2	101	Palestine	3
27	Cabo Verde	1	102	Panama	5
28	Cambodia	12	103	Paraguay	4
29	Canada	3	104	Peru	6
30	Canada (Quebec)	2	105	Philippines	17
31	Chile	5	106	Poland	3
32	China	38	107	Portugal	1
33	Colombia	6	108	Romania	2
34	Common Wealth of Dominica	1	109	Russia	17
35	Costa Rica	4	110	Rwanda	5
36	Cote d’Ivoire	4	111	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1
37	Croatia	1	112	Saint Lucia	1
38	Czech Republic	2	113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1
39	Denmark	1	114	Saudi Arabia	2
40	Dominican Republic	4	115	Senegal	4
41	DR Congo	1	116	Serbia	4
42	Ecuador	8	117	Singapore	9
43	Egypt	5	118	Slovakia	1
44	El Salvador	4	119	Slovenia	1
45	Equatorial Guinea	1	120	Somalia	2
46	Estonia	1	121	South Africa	2
47	Ethiopia	8	122	Spain	2
48	Fiji	2	123	Sri Lanka	7
49	Finland	3	124	Suriname	1
50	France	4	125	Sweden	1
51	Gabon	2	126	Switzerland	1
52	Gambia, The	1	127	Syria	2
53	Georgia	5	128	Taiwan	4
54	Germany	5	129	Tajikistan	6
55	Ghana	7	130	Tanzania	7
56	Greece	2	131	Thailand	17
57	Grenada	1	132	Timor-Leste	3
58	Guatemala	1	133	Togo	1
59	Guyana	3	134	Trinidad and Tobago	4
60	Haiti	2	135	Tunisia	7
61	Honduras	3	136	Turkey	9
62	Hong Kong	2	137	Turkmenistan	7
63	Hungary	4	138	Uganda	7
64	India	28	139	United Kingdom	4
65	Indonesia	34	140	United Arab Emirates	2
66	Iran	6	141	Uruguay	1
67	Iraq	4	142	United States of America	17
68	Ireland	1	143	Uzbekistan	14
69	Israel	3	144	Venezuela	2
70	Italy	8	145	Vietnam	34
71	Jamaica	3	146	Zambia	2
72	Japan	6	147	Zimbabwe	1
73	Jordan	4	Total		737
74	Kazakhstan	13
75	Kenya	7

B) Overseas Korean: 20 scholars from 12 countries or regions 

No.	Country/Region	Quota	No.	Country/Region	Quota
1	Canada	1	7	Norway	1
2	Cuba	1	8	Russia	1
3	Germany	1	9	Sweden	1
4	Japan	1	10	Ukraine *IRT	1
5	Kazakhstan	3	11	USA	4
6	Kyrgyzstan	2	12	Uzbekistan	3
Total	20

C) International Reconstruction Talent program (IRT):

44 scholars from Ukraine (*Including Quota of Overseas Korean)

2) University Track Quota = 1,400

A) General: 375 scholars from 57 countries or regions 

B) R-GKS: 630 scholars from 59 countries or regions 

• R-GKS Preference: Recommendation from local governments & universities participating in RISE project, Education Specialization Zone project
• IRT Preference: Recommendation from the Government of Ukraine
• Vacancies: In both the embassy and university track, if vacancies occur in the second round of selection at NIIED due to insufficient number of recommended candidates or due to the candidate’s ineligibility, candidates from other countries or programs may fill the vacancy

C) R&D: 300 scholars from all countries around the world 

• No limit on the number of invited countries (available to all countries around the world) University (approximately 8 more) and Quota Information will be fully updated in early-March
• R&D Preference: Recommendation from the international organizations or the Export-Import Bank of Korea

No.	University
1	Ajou University
2	Chonnam National University
3	Gyeongsang National University
4	Inje University
5	KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
6	Keimyung University
7	Kookmin University
8	KOREATECH (Korea University of Technology and Education)
9	Kyungpook National University
10	SeoulTech (Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
11	Soonchunhyang University
12	Sungkyunkwan University

D) Global Network: 80 scholars from all countries around the world 

• No limit on the number of invited countries (available to all countries around the world) 
• University and Quota Information will be updated in early March on the GKS notice 
• Global Network Preference: Recommendation from the international organizations and international education bodies 

E) Research: 15 scholars from 156 countries or regions 

• Applications available to 156 countries or regions where General program and Regional University program are offered 
• Research Preference: Recommendation from the Korean Embassy 

For detailed information, please download the official GKS 2024 Application Guidelines here:

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Click the link below to read the official notice on the studyinkorea website: Official Notice of 2024 Global Korea Scholarship