South Korea offers many scholarships that are
provided by the Korean government as well as by other
organizations. Some scholarships are meant for Indian students
specifically while others are for international students in
general. One may also go to the university websites directly to
see the availability of scholarships for international students.
Scholarships
1. The Ministry of Education,
Science and Technology offers government scholarships for higher
education to Indian students. It covers tuition fee, monthly
allowance, medical insurance and a round trip airfare. The
notifications are announced in the Ministry of HRD, Government
of India website
2. Samsung Electronics has
created the Global Scholarship Programme for promising students
in several counties including India with the aim of recruiting
them into their company. SE provides two kinds of scholarships
a. GSP (MS Program) through
Seoul National University
b. GSP (MBA Program) through Sung Kyun Kwan University
The Scholarship provides for tuition, monthly allowance,
dormitory expenses, monthly allowance, and round trip airfare,
internship in Samsung Electronics and employment in the company.
Research Students
The RoK government provides
scholarship to international graduate students for either one of
the following courses:
1) Master's course: 3 years (1 year of Korean language course &
2 years of master's course) OR
2) Doctoral course: 4 years (1 year of Korean language course &
3 years of doctoral course) Scholarship Payment is as follows:
(subject to change and actual contract)
-Airfare: A round-trip economy class ticket
-Monthly Allowance: 900,000 won per month
-Research Allowance: 210,000 won for students in humane and
social sciences; 240,000 won for students in natural and
mechanic sciences per semester
-Relocation Allowance: 200,000 won upon arrival
-Language Training Fee: The full costs up to 1 year (NIIED pays
directly to the entrusted language institution)
-Tuitions: The full entrance fee is exempted by the host
institution. The full tuition is exempted by NIIED.
-Dissertation Printing Costs: Up to 500,000 won will be
reimbursed for the costs related to a dissertation printing. (Up
to 800,000 won for art or physical education course)
-Medical Insurance: 15,000 won per month
For application form and details please visit the website http://www.niied.go.kr/
Click on Korean Government Scholarship Students Link
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