To provide international students with the opportunity to conduct advanced studies of undergraduate & graduate programs at higher educational institutions in the Republic of Korea in order to promote international exchange in education mutual friendship between countries

Undergraduate course: 4-year courses at designated universities
※ University transferring is not allowed. (e.g. Starting studies at the junior year is not allowed.)
- Graduate course: Master's or Ph.D. courses at general graduate schools of Korean universities

100 persons (undergraduate course), 300 persons (graduate course)

Grantees are required to take Korean language training courses within 1 year at the language institution placed on the domestic universities. (Except for those who reach a certain level of Korean language fluency more than level 5 in TOPIK.)

Contents	Undergraduate	Graduate
Announcement	Before Dec. of the previous year	Feb. of the year
Recommendation (Embassy, University)	Jan. of the year	March ～ April of the year
Result release	Jan. ～ Feb. of the year	June of the year
Arrival in Korea	Late March of the year	Late August of the year

Division	Monthly allowance	Research allowance	Settl- ement allowance	Repa- triation allowance	Air fare	Tuition	Lang- uage training fee	Disser- tation printing costs	Medical ins- urance	Allowance for excellence in Korean
Course	Common	Master's Ph.D.	Common	Common	Common	Common	Common	Master's Ph.D.	Common	Common
Amount (KRW)	Undergraduate: 800,000 Graduate: 900,000	Humanities Social Sciences: 210,000 Natural Science: 240,000	200,000 (once at arrival)	100,000 (once at departure)	Actual (amount)	2,400,000 (4 semester)	Full amount	500,000~ 800,000 (actual amount) (once)	20,000 (per month)	100,000 per month
Payment time	Beginning of each month	Beginning of each semester (twice a year)	Within 30 days after arrival	Within 15 days before departure	First arrival last departure	Beginning of Mar., Jun., Sep. Dec.	Feb.~Mar. Aug.~Sep. (twice a year)	In time with thesis completion	-	Only given to applicants who apply after acquiring appropriate qualification (beginning of each quarter)

Both an applicant and his/her parents must possess the citizenship of the country of origin.
※ Applicants should not be a holder of Korean citizenship.

- Applicants should have adequate health, both mentally physically, to stay in a foreign country for a long time.
- Should be under 25 years of age as of the date of entrance. (Undergraduate)
- Should be under 40 years of age as of the date of entrance. (Graduate)
- Have finished or be scheduled to finish formal education of elementary, middle, high school courses as of the date of arrival. (Undergraduate)
- Hold a Bachelor degree,a Master's degree as of the date of arrival. (Graduate)
※ Person who have enrolled in or graduated from a Korean university can not apply.
- Possess a grade point average (G.P.A.) above 80% from the last educational institution attended have earned top 20% of G.P.A. among classmates. (Common)

NIIED requests the Korean Embassy in the invited country or the domestic university concerned to recommend Candidates.
Applicants should submit all documents related to their scholarship application to the Korean Embassy in their country of residence to or the domestic university concerned.
The Korean Embassy or the domestic university concerned sends proper candidates to NIIED with required documents.
NIIED evaluates proper candidates and notifies the Korean Embassy of the final KGSP