The Global Services Center is recruiting mentor scholarship students for the Fall 2025 semester to help newly incoming international students adapt to KU life.

1. Program Overview and Main Activities

A. Program Overview

- A mentor is responsible for a group of 20 freshmen (max.) and provides regular and continuous academic supports for one year.

- Most of the freshmen mentees are able to speak Korean and/or English.

- Mentors and mentees will be grouped primarily by the same major. In the absence of a mentor for a specific major, students from the same college or a related field will be grouped instead.

※Note: If no mentor is available within the relevant major, a mentor from a different major may be assigned after the above procedure has been followed.

B. Main Activities

- Individual study guidance: Preparing a learning plan including course requirements and in-school activities per semester, and providing feedback on academic performance to improve the freshmen’s learning ability

- Basic study training for major courses: Providing supplementary explanations and practical advice for effective preparation for examinations, assisting to understand course content, and running study groups

- Sharing information and handling complaint: Providing information for course requirement, course works and on- and off-campus programs, and consultation for identifying difficulties related to campus life and finding solutions

2. Eligibility

A. Undergraduates of Seoul campus who are in the third grade (Year 3) or higher or Graduate students who are attending regular semesters at the Seoul campus (Students on a leave of absence or completed students cannot apply.)

B. Must be fluent in Korean. ​(Recommend to review this notice in Korean Version for your better understanding in guidance.)

C. (As of the previous semester) GPA 2.0 or higher

D. (As of the previous semester) 12 Credits or more

E. Koreans and Foreigners

F. Able to speak English and/or Chinese

G. Who can be and is willing to be a good mentor for the freshmen

H. Who can participate in offline consultation/activity is preferred

I. Who has experiences in School of Interdisciplinary Studies or in Global Open Major Division is preferred

3. The duration of the activity

Duration: 1 semester (Mid-August~December 19th 2025)

※ Regular activity: 1 Online Seminar per Week, 1 Offline Meeting per Month

※ The following two dates are mandatory activities. Failure to attend will result in immediate termination of participation.

- August 21st (Thu): Freshmen course registration assistance

- August 27th (Wed): International freshman orientation

(Detailed schedule and timing will be announced at a later date once confirmed.)

4. Benefits

A. Scholarship: After the semester ends, scholarship will be granted based on the assessment criteria.

Note: scholarships will not be awarded if the minimum requirements are not met.

※ Minimum Requirements (E) 1,200,000 KRW: Minimum 7 hours of weekly participation (Average) + 70% or Higher Rating from Mentees Satistaction Assessment.

※ Scholarship will be paid to the student’s own account at the end of the semester when the program ends.

※ Students may receive multiple scholarships; however, recipients of Scholarship from Institution other than Korea University should check with the foundation advisor.

B. Mentor Certificate signed by the Vice President of the Office of International Affairs

C. KUCHIVE Certificate

D. Extra points when you apply for the Exchange Program

※ Note: The above benefits will not apply if the mentoring activities are not completed as required

5. How to apply

A. First step: Document screening

1) Application period: until Aug. 7th, (Thu) by 13:00 PM

2) Required documents: Self-introduction and the Collection of Personal Information Utilization Agreement in Korean (The attached form)

3) Application submission: submit application documents to igementor@korea.ac.kr

- The forms must be signed by handwriting and scanned. (Typed signature is not acceptible)

- E-mail & File Title: “멘토 장학생 지원_Applicant’s name” (Otherwise, the application will not be accepted.)

- The required documents must be submitted by the deadline. Late submissions will be automatically disqualified.

B. Second step: Interview (Only those who pass the document screening will be notified individually for interview schedule.)

1) Interview date: Aug. 4th (Mon) to Aug. 7th, 2025 (Thu)

*The interview will be scheduled among the preferred dates that the applicant indicates in the application.

C. Announcement of result: Individual notice after the Interview via e-mail

6. Contact: igementor@korea.ac.kr / 02-3290-517