Purpose

To cultivate advanced human resources to lead future-oriented relations and promote friendship through exchange of higher education students between Korea and Japan

Program Overview

Category	Master's and Doctoral degree		Undergraduate one year course		Undergraduate short-term program
	Korea → Japan	Japan → Korea	Korea → Japan	Japan → Korea	Korea → Japan	Japan → Korea
Field		science and engineering	all academic areas	Japanese language and culture	all academic areas	all academic areas	all academic areas
Number of students	15 students a year	15 students a year	25 students a year	25 students a year	160 students a year	160 students a year
Support Period	3 years of master's program,4 years of doctoral program(including one year of preparatory education)		1 year (October to September next year)	1 year (September to August next year)	within 2 weeks to 3 months
Eligibility	under 35 years old	under 40 years old	under 18~30 years old		under 18~30 years old
	Master's program: college graduate (expected) Doctoral program: master's degree (expected)		second year or higher undergraduate students of Japanese universities		undergraduate students of Japanese universities
	(Korea → Japan) Korean nationality, (Japan → Korea) Japanese nationality ※ Multiple nationality support is not available

- Refer to the detailed plan of Korea and Japan for each process

Selection Procedure

- Selected from the host country

Category	Master's and Doctoral degree	Undergraduate one year course	Undergraduate short-term program
Korean students	Recruiting at Embassy of Japan (Offered in April as a Japanese Government Scholarship Program)→ Japan Student Support Organization Recommendation → Selection of Japanese universities	Recruiting at Embassy of Japan (Offered in November as a Japanese Government Scholarship Program)→ Japan Student Support Organization Recommendation → Selection of Japanese universities	Japanese university recruiting ※ Offered by the Japan Student Services Organization through the Overseas Study Support System
Japanese students	Korean university recruitment and recommendation → Selection of National Institute for International Education	Korean university recruitment and recommendation → Selection of National Institute for International Education	Japanese university recruiting

Scholarship Support Details

- Full payment from the host country

- Korean Student Scholarship : Supported according to the Japanese Government Scholarship Program (Embassy recommendation) and overseas study support system

- Japanese Student Scholarship

Course	Master's and Doctoral degrees	Undergraduate one year course	Undergraduate short-term program
Support benefits	tuition, living expenses (KRW 900,000 / month),round-trip airfare, medical insurance (KRW 20,000 / month), settlement fee (KRW 200,000), thesis and dissertation printing costs	tuition, living expenses (KRW 800,000 / month),round-trip airfare, medical insurance (KRW 20,000 / month), settlement fee (KRW 20,000)	tuition, accommodation, round-trip airfare