KGSP Application Form, Benefits, Eligibility Criteria, Deadline, Required Documents & More

By Vipul Jain

22 Nov, 2024

Scholarship

KGSP Application Form 

The Fully Funded Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) 2024-2025 is requesting online applications from international students and researchers. These Korean scholarships will enable students to pursue undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD studies programs at any university of their choice. The Korean scholarship is also meant to foster friendly relations between the citizens of Korea and other countries.

KGSP Application Form

The process to apply for the South Korean KGSP Scholarship 2024-2025 is to first find a Korean university that offers this scholarship and then you have to follow the process specified by that particular university to apply for the KGSP Scholarship and admission.

Below we provide the steps to apply for the Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP) 2024-2025:-

• NIIED calls the Korean Embassy or local university to recommend potential candidates. (Students can apply through the Embassy or University and they will be selected through that platform).
• Applicants must submit the required documents to the embassy in their home country or the university to which they have applied.
• The Korean universities or embassies will then send the documents to NIIED (only shortlisted candidates' documents will be sent). This is for verification purposes that the selected students are indeed eligible for the scholarship.
• NIIED will then evaluate the documents and inform the embassy or university about the recipients.
• Applicants will learn about their selection or rejection from the embassy or university. The scholarship committee itself does not notify students directly.

Benefits Of KGSP Scholarships

Below we provide some benefits of the Korean Government Scholarship Program:-

• The KGSP scholarship will cover the airfare of the grantees.
• It will provide the grantees with a relocation or resettlement allowance of 200,000 KRW.
• KRW 20,000 per month will be given to cover living expenses.
• KRW 20,000 monthly will go toward medical insurance.
• KRW 800,000 every three months will be given to pay for the language course that every recipient has to take.
• Tuition fee coverage (of maximum KRW 5,000,000 per semester)
• An award for showing proficiency in the Korean language.
• A grant for supporting the research expenses of up to KRW 240,000 (per semester)
• A grant for printing the dissertation/thesis of 500,000 KRW – 800,000 KRW.
• KRW 100,000 upon completion of the degree program.

Note: Grants for research and thesis printing will be awarded only to students for whom this expense is relevant, such as students enrolled in a research-based program.

Eligibility Criteria Of KGSP Scholarships

To be eligible to apply for KGSP Korean Scholarship 2024; You must ensure that you meet all the basic pre-requisites required to apply for the Korean Scholarship Program as discussed below -

• The applicant and his/her parents should be born in a country other than Korea.
• The applicant must not have Korean citizenship.
• Applicants must be healthy both physically and mentally to ensure their health stays in
• Korea for the entirety of their degree program.
• Undergraduate students/applicants must be below 25 years of age.
• Graduate students must be below 40 years of age at the time of entrance.
• The undergraduate applicant must have successfully completed all of his/her education at the elementary, middle, and high school levels before arriving in Korea.
• The graduate student must have completed his/her master’s or bachelor's before arriving.
• The applicant should have a CGPA of more than 80%. This CGPA or percentage will be from his/her last educational institution.
• The applicant must not have attended any Korean educational institution before applying and should not have attained a degree from there. (This means any bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree. High school education is not included).
• Applicants who have a 90% result and who presently or formerly held a KGSP grant can apply again. They can apply directly through the university or they can opt for the university track.

Required Documents For KGSP Scholarships

Before applying for the KGSP Scholarship, we provide the following set of documents to avoid any further delays in submitting your Korean scholarship application:-

• Highest degree attained
• Transcripts of the highest degree
• Recommendation letters from the employers or professors
• Personal statement or statement of purpose (mandatory for only master and Ph.D. degree applicants)
• A study plan needs to be submitted by MS students
• Research proposal for Ph.D. degree applicants
• Motivational letter (for applicants of the bachelor’s program)

Deadline To Apply For KGSP Scholarships