KGSP

Program Objective

Duration of Scholarship

Qualifications

Prospective applicant must meet the following qualification criteria

The applicant and his/her parents must have foreign citizenships.
- Applicants who hold Korean citizenship are not permitted to apply for this program.
Applicants should be in good health, both mentally and physically, to stay in Korea for an extended period of time.
- Applicants must submit the Personal Medical Assessment (included in the application form) when he/she apply for this program, and when it’s orientation, an Official Medical Examination will be done by NIIED. A serious illness (For example, HIV, Drug, etc) will be the main cause of disqualification from the scholarship.
The handicapped who satisfy the above are also eligible for the program

NOT Eligible: those who are pregnant
Applicants must be under 40 years of age as of Sep. 1st
Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree as of September 1st
Prospective applicants who have attained a Bachelor's, Master's, or a doctoral degree in Korea are NOT eligible to apply

Exception : Overseas Korean adoptees and GKS scholars

Applicants who apply for the Master’s program must hold a Bachelor’s degree or a diploma that is equivalent to or higher than a Bachelor’s degree.
Applicants who apply for the Doctoral program must hold a Master’s degree or a diploma that is equivalent to or higher than a Master’s degree.
Applicants who are expecting to obtain the relevant required degree or diploma by August 31st, must submit a certificate of degree or diploma expectation, and submit the official certificate of degree or diploma to NIIED by August 31st,
- Applicants must maintain a grade point average (G.P.A.) of at least 2.64 on a 4.0 scale, 2.80 on a 4.3 scale, 2.91 on a 4.5 scale, or grades/marks/score of 80% or above on 100 point scale or be ranked within the top 20%within one's class
- If an applicant has a CGPA below the minimum grad requirement, the applicant will be disqualified and application will be disregarded
If the transcript is not indicated in grades/marks/scores format, or is difficult to convert into percentages, attachment of official explanation from the attended institution is required.
- Applicants who have Korean proficiency or English proficiency may be given preference
- Applicants who apply for natural science and technology program may be given preference

Fields of Study in Ajou University

Graduate School

Fields of Study in Ajou University - Graduate School
College	Department	Field of Study	Master	Ph.D	Intergrated Course	English Classes
College of Engineering	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering	O	O	O	X
	Chemical Engineering	Chemical Engineering	O	O	O	X
	Environmental Engineering	Environmental Engineering	X	X	X	X
	Environmental and Safety Engineering	Environmental and Safety Engineering	X	-	-	X
	Industrial Engineering	Industrial Engineering	O	O	O	X
	Material Science and Engineering	Material Science and Engineering	X	X	X	X
	Architecture	Architecture	X	X	X	X
	Architecture Engineering	Architecture Engineering	X	X	X	X
	Department of Smart Convergence Architecture	Architecture	O	O	O	O
	Department of Smart Convergence Architecture	Architectural Engineering	O	O	O	O
	Systems Engineering	Systems Engineering	O	O	O	O
	Civil Systems Engineering	Civil Systems Engineering	O	O	O	X
	Transportation System Engineering	Transportation System Engineering	X	X	X	X
	Urban Development	Urban Development	X	X	X	X
	Biomedical Engineering	Biomedical Engineering	O	O	O	O
	Systems Biomedical Informatics	Systems Biomedical Informatics	X	X	X	X
	Molecular Science and Technology	Applied Chemistry	O	O	O	O
		Biological Engineering	O	O	O	O
		Medical Science	O	O	O	O
		Pharmaceutical Science	O	O	O	O
College of Information Technology	Electrical and Computer Engineering	Electrical and Computer Engineering	O	O	O	O
	Computer Engineering	Computer Engineering	O	O	O	O
	Digital Media	Digital Media	X	X	X	X
	Space Electronics and Information Technology	Space Electronics and Information Technology	X	X	X	X
	Military Digital Convergence (Former NCW)	Cyberwarfare	O	O	O	X
	Military Digital Convergence (Former NCW)	IT Convergence	O	O	O	X
	Knolwedge Information Security	Industrial Security	X	-	-	X
	Life Media	Media Contents	X	X	X	X
	Life Media	Media Science and Psychology	X	X	X	X
College of Natural Sciences	Mathematics	Mathematics	O	O	O	O
	Physics	Physics	O	O	O	O
	Chemistry	Chemistry	O	O	O	O
	Applied Biotechnology	Cosmetic Science	O	O	O	O
	Applied Biotechnology	Applied Biotechnology	X	X	X	X
	Biological Science	Biological Science	O	O	O	O
School of Business	Business Administration	Strategic Management	O	O	O	O
		Marketing	O	O	O	O
		MS/OM (Management Science/Operation Management)	O	O	O	O
		OB-HRM	O	O	O	O
		Accounting	O	O	O	O
		Finance	X	X	X	X
	Mangement Information System	Mangement Information System(MIS)	O	O	O	O
	Financial Engineering	Financial Engineering	O	O	O	O
School of Social Sciences	Economics	Economics	X	X	X	X
	Psychology	Social psychology, etc.	X	X	X	X
	Applied Social Science	Applied Social Science	O	O	O	X
	Public Administration	Public Administration (TOPIK level 6 or above)	X	X	X	X
	Political Science and Diplomacy	Political Science and Diplomacy	O	O	O	X
College of Law	Law	Law	X	X	X	X
School of Humanities	Korean Language and Literature	Korean Language and Literature	O	O	O	X
	Korean Language and Literature	Teaching Korean as Foreign Lanaguage	O	-	-	X
	English Language and Literature	Interpretation and Translation	O	O	O	O
	History	History	X	-	-	X
		Archeology	X	-	-	X
		Korean History	X	-	-	X
	Culture and Contents	Region Contents	O	-	-	X
	Culture and Contents	Contents Industry	O	-	-	X
	Digital Humanities and Convergence	Digital Humanities	O	-	-	X
	Digital Humanities and Convergence	Medical Humanities & Psychoanalysis	O	-	-	X
School of Medicine	Medical Sciences	Clinical Medicine	O	O	O	O
		Public Health and Social Medicine	O	O	O	O
		Medical Sciences of Healthy Aging	O	O	O	O
		Integrative Biomedicine	O	O	O	O
	Biomedical Sciences	Molecular Medicine	O	O	O	O
		Neuroscience	O	O	O	O
		Cancer Biology	O	O	O	O
		Biomedical Informatics	O	O	O	O
		Convergence Medicine	O	O	O	O
College of Nursing	Nursing Science	Nursing	X	X	-	X
College of Nursing	Nursing Science	Advanced Nurse Practioner course	X	X	-	X
School of Pharmacy	Pharmacy	Pharmacy	O	O	O	O
-	Energy System Research	Applied Physics	O	O	O	O
		Applied Chemistry	O	O	O	O
		Energy Chemical Engineering	O	O	O	O
		Energy Materials Science and Engineering	O	O	O	O
		Energy	O	O	O	O
	Energy	Energy(E)	O	O	O	O
	Energy	Energy(H)	O	O	O	O
	Education	Lifelong education and HRD Program	-	-	-	X
		Curriculum and Evaluation Program	-	-	-	X
		Educational Counselling and Psychology	-	-	-	X
	AI and Data Science	AI and Data Science	-	-	-	-

Graduate School of International Studies

Fields of Study in Ajou University - Graduate School of International Studies
Division	Department	Field of Study		Remarks
Division	Department	Master's	Doctoral	Remarks
Graduate School of International Studies	International Business	International Business	-	crhee@ajou.ac.kr
	International Trade	International Trade	-	jungho@ajou.ac.kr
	NGO Studies	NGO Studies	-	shingookang@ajou.ac.kr
	nternational Development and Cooperation	International Development and Cooperation(*)	-	shingookang@ajou.ac.kr

GSIS provide full English courses and all the students in GSIS are international students. [https://gsis.ajou.ac.kr]

The e-mail addresses are the chief's of the each department.

If you have general questions about admission procedure and required documents , then please do not contact to the professor but contact to the coordinators of each graduate school (gsis@ajou.ac.kr)

Scholarship

Scholarship Benefits
Airfare	Round-trip economy class ticket
Monthly Allowance	Graduate : 900,000 KRW/month
Research Allowance	Human and Social Sciences : 210,000 KRW/semester Natural and Mechanic Science : 240,000 KRW/semester
Settlement Allowance	200,000 won(once) upon arrival
Korean Language Training Costs*	Full tuition fee for Korean Language up to one yea
Tuition	The tuition fee up to 5 million won is exempted by the Korean Government, and if any, the tuition fee exceeding 5 million won and the entrance fee for the first semester by the host university.
Dissertation Printing Costs	Cost : 500,000 or 800,000 KRW depending on the actual costs
Medical Insurance	20,000 KRW/month(limited coverage)
Special Fund for Students Proficient in Korean Language (TOPIK level 5 or 6)	100,000 KRW/month(commencing from the main program)

Selection Procedure

Selection Procedure
Quota	Ajou University	Embassy
Submission of Required documents	University in Korea Until March 16th, 2015(by post)	Embassy in your country (Each embassy has its own deadline)
1st Screen	Until early April 10th, 2015	Until early April 10th, 2015
2nd Screen	NIIED - Until end of April, 2015	NIIED - Until end of April, 2015
3rd Screen	-	University - Until end of May, 2015
Announcement of Final Successful Candidates	NIIED Until June 16th, 2015
VISA Issue and Air Ticket Purchase	Until end of July, 2015
Entry into Korea	Late August, 2015
NIIED Orientation & Korean Language Course	September 1st, 2015 ~ August 31st, 2016
Enter University	September 1st, 2016

The guideline, application form, and university information will be available at the website of GKS (www.studyinkorea.go.kr), Korean Embassies, and designated domestic universities.

For applicants (including Korean adoptees) who apply for KGSP via Korean Embassies

(1st Selection) Korean Embassies make its own selection schedule and plan based on the criteria provided by NIIED, and accept the applications. They select 1.5 times as many candidates as their quota from the pool of applicants and recommend them to NIIED.
Applicants from China and the Czech Republic should submit their applications to the Ministry of Education (or equivalent institution) in their respective country of origin, in accordance with the mutual agreements between Korea and those countries.

Only Korean adoptees who have foreign citizenship can apply for this program via a Korean Embassy if their countries of origin are allotted the adoptee quota. They are selected through a separate procedure; general applicants cannot be accepted through this application category.
(2nd Selection) NIIED Selection Committee selects as many successful candidates as each embassy quota amongst the pool of candidates recommended by the Embassies.
(3rd Selection) NIIED submits the documents of successful candidates to their 3 universities of indicated preference, and requests admission examination of the candidates into their master’s or doctoral programs.
The universities have to notify the result of examination to the candidates and NIIED by the designated date.
The candidates who gain admission from more than one university will have to make a final selection, and notify their respective local Korean Embassy and NIIED by the designated date. Only the candidates who gain admission within the 3rd Selection period can be accepted as official KGSP scholars.

For applicants who apply for KGSP via designated domestic universities

(1st Selection) Each designated university will draft its own selection schedule and plan based on the criteria provided by NIIED, and accepts the applications. Each designated university will select up to 20 candidates from all of the quota-assigned countries and recommend them to NIIED. They cannot recommend more than 3 candidates from a single country.
(2nd Selection) NIIED Selection Committee selects as many successful candidates as each country’s quota from all of the candidates recommended by the universities. The candidates who are selected in the NIIED Selection Committee will be accepted to the university which recommended them, and will be finally accepted as official KGSP scholars upon a successful comprehensive medical examination.

Selection Criterion

Required Documents

Place of submission

NIIED and Foreign embassies in Korea are not 1st Selection Institutions and do not accept applications.
NIIED accepts and judges only the candidates recommended by the 1st Selection Institutions. They are:
For applicants (including overseas Korean adoptees) applying via a Korean embassy : the Korean embassy in the country of origin.
Korean Educational Institutes affiliated with the local Korean embassies may accept applications, and select and recommend candidates in place of embassies in some countries.
For applicants applying via a domestic university : One of the 60 designated universities

Deadline of Submission

The date set forth by the 1st Selection Institutions(Ajou University) within March 16th 2015.
Address : Sanghyun Lee, No.305, Yulgok Hall, Ajou University, 206, Worldcup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, 443-749, Korea (Tel : 82-31-219-2302)

Required documents

One original document(placed in a separate envelope) and 3 extra copies.
Documents not in English or Korean must be accompanied by a complete English or Korean translation authenticated by the issuing institution or notarized by a notary’s office.

Check List for Application Documents
Check List for Application Documents	Master's	Doctoral
01. Personal Data (Attachment #1)	○	○
02. Self-Introduction or Personal Statement (Attachment #2)	○	○
03. Study Plan (Attachment #3)	○	○
04. Letter of Recommendation (Attachment #4)	○	○
05. Pledge (Attachment #5)	○	○
06. Personal Medical Assessment (Attachment #6)	○	○
07. Diploma or certificate of graduation from undergraduate institution	○	○
08. Official transcript of previously attended undergraduate institution(s)	○	○
09. Diploma or certificate of graduation from graduate institution	-	○
10. Official transcript of previously attended graduate institution(s)	-	○
11. Certificate of TOPIK score (original copy), if applicable	△	△
12. Certificate of TOEFL or IELTS score (original copy), if applicable	△	△
13. Published papers, if applicable	△	△
14. Awards, if applicable	△	△
15. Copy of passport (possible to submit after selection)	○	○
16. Certificate of citizenship of applicant and his/her parents: birth certificate, passport, certificate of nationality expatriation, etc.	○	○
17. Adoption documents (*only for overseas Korean adoptees)	△	△

Application Forms - refer to attachment (Guideline download)

Note

Selection for successful candidates will be done strictly by the NIIED Selection Committee.
Therefore, appropriate documents should be submitted by the deadline.

Dual applications are not accepted. Applicants must apply for this program via only one institution.
Documents should be presented in their original form.
Submitted documents will not be returned to the applicants.
Incomplete or incorrect documents may lead to application rejection or failure in the Selection Committee, and scholarship revocation even after entry into Korea.
In case of submitting photocopied documents, applicants must submit the original to the 1st Selection Institution and have the original one and the photocopied one collated. The confirmation of collation should be indicated in the photocopied documents.
Applicants who are expected to graduate from their respective home undergraduate/graduate institutions by August 31st, 2015, should submit the certificate (or letter) of expected graduation issued by said institutions when they apply; the official certificate of graduation should be received by NIIED by August 31st,2015.
Applicants must accurately complete the health checklist truthfully. All successful candidates must take a comprehensive medical exam when its’ orientation. In accordance with the requirements of the Korea Immigration Service and the KGSP Program, the candidates who are judged to be physically unfit for this program will not be accepted.
Applicants may submit the copies of published papers, if available.
Applicants may submit the copies of awards, if available.
Applicants must submit all the documents by the checklist order. (Checklist for the application documents should be on the front page, followed by the required documents, stapled and attached.)

Transferring to a different university after confirming the host university is not permitted in any cases. In regards to changing majors, it would be permitted only under the mutual agreement of the departments concerned only within the same university, with the scholarship period unchanged. (2 years of Master’s, or 3 years of doctoral, in total). However, quitting a program and applying for a new one is not permitted.

Contact Information

Notes

Guideline

Admission

Korean Government Scholarship Program

Exception : Overseas Korean adoptees and GKS scholars

Graduate School

Graduate School of International Studies

Scholarship period

Scholarship Benefits

Selection Procedure

For applicants (including Korean adoptees) who apply for KGSP via Korean Embassies

For applicants who apply for KGSP via designated domestic universities

Place of submission

Deadline of Submission

Required documents

Note

KGSP Coordinators

Notes

College of Engineering

College of Information Technology

College of Computing and Informatics

College of Natural Sciences

School of Business

College of Humanities

College of Social Sciences

College of Law

School of Medicine

College of Nursing

College of Pharmacy

Unclassified

Interdisciplinary Programs