The 2024 GKS Scholarship stands out as a globally renowned award, offering more than just airfare and tuition coverage. Recipients also receive a generous stipend, free Korean language training, degree completion grant, thesis printing fee and comprehensive medical insurance.
Here’s a glimpse of the benefits of the GKS Scholarship 2024 Graduate Program.
1) Airfare:
- Economy class flight ticket (actual expense)
2) Free Tuition
- NIIED: up to 5 million KRW
- University: amount that exceeds 5 million KRW, Admission fee
3) Korean Language Training Fee
- 5.2 million KRW (four quarters)
4) Study Incentive
- Korean language program: 14,100,000 KRW per year
- Graduate Degree program: 15,700,000 KRW per year
- Research Program: 19,800,000 KRW per year
Study Incentive :
All-inclusive subsidy of Settlement Allowance, Monthly Allowance, Research Allowance, Korean Proficiency Grants, TOPIK Application Fee, Degree Completion Grants, Medical Insurance, and Publication Printing Fee.
Korean Proficiency Grant:
GKS Scholars who will be initially exempted from the Korean language program with TOPIK level 5 or 6 will be given Korean Proficiency Grants automatically. (except for GKS scholars in the Global Network program, Research program, and Japanese applicants)
Important Notes regarding Scholarship Benefits
– If a GKS scholar withdraws from the scholarship within the first 3 months after the enrollment to their university, one MUST return the full scholarship amount that he or she has received after being selected as a GKS scholar (entry airfare, settlement allowance, monthly allowance, tuition, etc.)
– Even if 3 months have passed since entering Korea, if the scholarship status changes, part of the already paid scholarship can be refunded or can be deducted from the next payment
– Korean Language Training Fee and Korean Proficiency Grants are not provided to GKS scholars in Research program
– Korean Language Training Fee is not provided to GKS scholars in Global Network program
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
