Scholarship • South Korea

Global Korea Scholarship (GKS)

The South Korean government's flagship scholarship for international students, funded by the Ministry of Education through the National Institute for International Education (NIIED). Covers full tuition, a monthly living stipend, airfare, a one-year Korean language program, settlement and resettlement allowances, and health insurance, across undergraduate, Master's, PhD, and research-only tracks. Applicants must be non-Korean citizens (as must both parents), under 25 for undergraduate or under 40 for graduate tracks, with a GPA of roughly 80% or higher; selection runs through either the Embassy Track (via a Korean embassy) or the University Track (direct to a GKS-affiliated Korean university). Deadlines are set independently by each embassy and university and vary by country, typically falling between February and April each year for the following academic year's cohort.