Notice on Foreign Student Scholarship Application for the fall semester of 2026

1. Eligibility

- Foreign graduate school students who will register for their regular semester in the fall semester of 2026.

  * Students who will register for their additional semester for credit earning, complete the course-work or who will supposed to have a leave of absence as of 2026 fall semester are not eligible.

   * GKS scholars and joint/dual degree students are not eligible.

- All requirements(please refer to the ‘2. Requirements’) for application should be met.

- Students should apply for the scholarship every semester

2. Requirements

1) Global Leadership Scholarship

  - GPA for the spring semester of 2026 is 4.0/4.5 or above

  - Take Compulsory Education for Foreign Students

2) Humanities and Social Science

  - GPA for the spring semester of 2026 is 3.5/4.5 or above

  - Take Compulsory Education for Foreign Students

3. Scholarship

1) Global Leadership Scholarship: Tuition 100% + Living Scholarship 2,000,000 won

2) Humanities and Social Science Scholarship: Tuition 75%

4. Scholarship Application Procedure and Result Announcement

- Application Period: July 1st (Wed) 10:00 KST ~ July 21st (Tue) 23:59 KST

- How to Apply: Due to the portal system change, the scholarship application process will also be changed.

Students must check the application instructions themselves in the “Announcements” section of the Graduate School website at 10:00 a.m. (KST) on July 1st.

- If you encounter an error while using the updated system, please contact the Graduate School Administration Team (dhnam14@korea.ac.kr) and include a screenshot of the error screen.

- Required Documents (ALL the documents must be MERGED into one PDF file and be submitted. Please upload at KUPID)
  ① Application form and Statement of ability for an applicant
  ② Certificate of completion for each compulsory education for foreign students
      * Please find the other attached files to check “Course sign-up guideline” and “Certificate issuance guideline“

- Date of the education needs to be attended ★ Important

   ▶ Human Rights and Gender Equality Education (인권과 성평등 교육)

      The education needs to be attended within “the academic year” of scholarship application date is included.

      ex) When applying for the scholarship for fall semester 2026: The education must be attended within 2026 academic year period(Mar. 2026 ~

   ▶ Crime Prevention Education (범죄예방교육)

      The education needs to be attended within “the academic semester” of scholarship application date is included

      ex) When applying for the scholarship for fall semester 2026: The education must be attended during the spring semester 2026(Mar. 2026 ~)

- Result Announcement: in August, 2026 (expected)

    * Global Leadership Scholarship: 2 candidates to be selected

    * Humanities and Social Science Scholarship: 11 candidates to be selected

5. Inquiries

1) Human Rights and Gender Equality Education: humanrights@korea.ac.kr

2) Crime Prevention Education: GraduateOIH@korea.ac.kr

3) Application for Scholarship: kubs_msphd@korea.ac.kr