South Korea: Study stays for students in Master's and Doctoral programmes and graduates of Bachelor's and Master's programmes
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The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Czech Republic offers Global Korea Scholarships for foreign students to pursue a master's or doctoral degrees at Korean universities. Citizens of countries other than Czechia must apply for scholarships at the Republic of Korea diplomatic missions in their country of citizenship.
Applicants who have not yet completed their degree programme must provide proof of their education (diploma, diploma supplement, or other proof of future graduation if a diploma has not yet been issued, e.g. confirmation of the expected date of the national final examination). Therefore, bachelor's programme graduates who are currently pursuing their master's studies need to submit a copy of their bachelor's diploma (or a document proving that they have completed their university studies). Master's studies graduates need to submit a copy of their master's diploma.
The Korean partner also requires a proof of academic perforance in the form of CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) – see page 11 of the manual. If the given institution does not use this system, a simple recalculation by the applicant is not accepted. The conversion of the academic results to GPA must be officially confirmed by the university, it is recommended that the applicants ask for confirmation from the study department or obtain a letter from an academic staff member guaranteeing the accuracy of the conversion. An automatized calculation of the Cumulative GPA can be done via online tools such as scholaro.com/gpa-calculator/.
During the one-year preparatory language course, the student must obtain proficiency in Korean at least at TOPIK level 3. If the applicant proves proficiency in Korean at TOPIK level 5 and above, he/she can immediately enter the study programme and the duration of the scholarship will be shortened by one year. If proficiency level 5 is achieved within the first six months, the language course will be shortened accordingly, and the studies in the study programme will begin.
The scholarships are funded by the National Institute for International Education Development under the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea.
How to submit an application
Within program
Scholarship Program of the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and SportsDesigned for
Age limit
State of Submission
- Czechia
Additional conditions
- The scholarship provider sets an upper age limit of 40 years. Students are eligible if they were born after September 1, 1985.
- The list of required documents as per the Republic of Korea Ministry of Education will be included in a later open call announcement. The documentation needs to be sumbitted in paper form to the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research, Academic Information Agency, Na Poříčí 1035/4, 110 00 Prague 1.
- In the first round of the selection process applicants must submit one set of documents – categories "Documents to complete“ and „Certificates“.
- The successful candidates who are recommended for the award of scholarships after the first round have to apostille the documents in the "Certificates" category immediately after the interviews and have all documents in Czech officially translated into English or Korean. They also have to attach 3 photocopies to each document. Only these recommended candidates then submit the complete documentation to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Czech Republic by March 24 at the latest. Information on the legalization of documents is available on the website of the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports, information on the authentication of documents by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (apostile) is available on the ministry website.
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Scholarship
Travel expenses
- without reimbursement