奬 Scholarship
GKS Exchange Student Support Program
◎ Government (GKS) · National Institute for International Education
Who is it for?
Monthly scholarship allowance of KRW 630,000 per month (varies by length of stay and semester end date), plus round-trip airfare reimbursed up to the standard payment limit based on the actual ticket purchase price.
- You are applying for a exchange program.
- You want a monthly living allowance, not just a tuition waiver.
- You are from an eligible country (All foreign nationalities…).
Quick facts
Type
Government (GKS)
Level
Exchange
Who can apply
All foreign nationalities
Funding period
1 semester up to 1 year (exchange period)
Intake year
2026 (annual program; latest round)
What you get
Benefits
- Monthly scholarship allowance of KRW 630,000 per month (varies by length of stay and semester end date), plus round-trip airfare reimbursed up to the standard payment limit based on the actual ticket purchase price.
- Insurance and a settlement allowance are sometimes cited by secondary sources but are NOT stated on the official NIIED page (unverified).
Monthly allowance
KRW 630,000/month (63, varies by stay period and semester end date)
Funding period
1 semester up to 1 year (exchange period).
Eligibility
Who can apply
- For undergraduate and graduate (Master’s / Doctoral) students of foreign nationality who: (1) are enrolled at an overseas university that has an exchange agreement with a Korean university selected by NIIED as a GKS exchange host university
- (2) are enrolled in a degree/credit exchange program (students taking Korean-language courses only are NOT eligible)
- (3) have an overall academic performance of 80% or higher (based on full marks) at their home university
- (4) have NOT previously received a scholarship from the Korean government
- (5) are NOT dual nationals holding Korean citizenship
- (6) are not already studying in Korea. Korean original: ‘ 100 80 ‘, ‘ ‘.
Nationalities
- All foreign nationalities (any non-Korean national)
- no specific country restriction. Applicant must not be a Korean dual national.
How to apply
Application period
- annually (typically autumn / second half of the year for the following year’s intake
- NIIED first designates host universities, then those universities nominate exchange students).
- No fixed public application date is published on the official NIIED page — timing depends on each selected host university.
How to apply
- Not a direct public application.
- NIIED first selects/designates Korean universities to operate the GKS Exchange Students Program.
- Students apply through and are nominated by their university
- NIIED reviews and selects final scholarship recipients from the candidates recommended by the selected host universities.
- Prospective students should contact the international/exchange office of their home university and the partnered Korean host university.
Track record. Run by NIIED (Ministry of Education); nomination-based inbound exchange support via designated Korean host universities.
Contact & where to study
Official page
Contact
- NIIED: [email protected], +82-2-3668-1357.
- Apply through your home university’s exchange office and its partner Korean host university.
Participating universities
- Korean host universities selected by NIIED that have exchange agreements with foreign universities.
- The official page does not publish a fixed list
- host universities are designated each round.
Before you apply — verify.
- Scholarship amounts, quotas, dates, and eligibility can change every cycle — always confirm the current details with the official source before you apply.
- For GKS, country quotas, deadlines, and required documents differ by country. Confirm the specifics with the Korean Embassy or Consulate in your country.
- This scholarship is usually applied for through your university’s international office (nomination-based) — check the process and their internal deadline.
- The official notice is published in Korean only — use an official translation and double-check key dates.
Data from official sources · last updated 2026-07-03
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