奬 Scholarship
Daewoong Foundation Global Scholarship
◎ Private foundation · Daewoong Foundation
Who is it for?
One-time scholarship award of KRW 2,000,000 (unverified for the current cycle
- You are applying for a bachelor’s / graduate (master / phd) program.
- You can apply from any country — no nationality limit.
Quick facts
Type
Private foundation
Level
Bachelor’s · Graduate (Master / PhD)
Who can apply
All non-Korean nationalities
Funding period
One-time award per cycle (earlier cohorts were structured per semester)
Recipients
About 100 students per year (roughly 30 countries annually);
Intake year
2025 (latest confirmed cycle); annual program running since 2009
What you get
Benefits
- One-time scholarship award of KRW 2,000,000 (unverified for the current cycle
- earlier cohorts were structured as KRW 500,000 per semester), plus a Daewoong Group workplace-experience/internship program during vacations, participation in corporate/business projects, networking and mentoring (meetings with seniors), job-search classes, and hiring/referral opportunities for outstanding participants after graduation.
- A separate AI & Big Data track offers KRW 3,000,000 for foreign graduate students in data-science-related fields.
Funding period
One-time award per cycle (earlier cohorts were structured per semester).
Eligibility
Who can apply
- Foreign (non-Korean) students currently enrolled at a Korean university as an undergraduate or graduate student.
- Korean nationals cannot apply.
- Applicant must be able to communicate in Korean or English.
- Language-institute and short-term exchange students are excluded.
- TOPIK Level 4 or higher is expected for undergraduate applicants (unverified).
- Aim of the program is to develop foreign students into global talent who settle in Korea via employment after graduation.
Nationalities
- All non-Korean nationalities (no nationality restriction
- Korean citizens excluded)
How to apply
Application period
- Announced separately by the Foundation each year
- annual main round typically opens around February–March (undergraduate / graduate).
- Most recent posted cycle on the Foundation platform is the 2025 Global Scholarship Program
- 2026 cycle not yet confirmed (unverified).
How to apply
- Apply online through the Daewoong Foundation talent platform (dftalent.vividapp.kr) or via the applicant’s university international office, which posts nomination/recruitment notices.
- Submit the Foundation application form (PDF), a current enrollment certificate, and self-introduction video(s) (Korean and English, mp4, up to 500MB).
- Selection: application → document review → aptitude test → interview → final announcement.
Required documents
- Foundation application form (PDF)
- certificate of enrollment
- self-introduction video(s) in Korean and English (mp4, up to 500MB)
Track record. Running since 2009; about 1,200 recipients from about 5,075 applicants; about KRW 2 billion cumulative.
Contact & where to study
Official page
Contact
- Daewoong Foundation: [email protected], +82-2-550-8915, KakaoTalk pf.kakao.com/_SEWxdxb.
- Platform: dftalent.vividapp.kr.
Participating universities
Partner universities that post nomination/recruitment notices include Seoul National University (SNU), Yonsei University, Korea University, Hanyang University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), Sungshin, Sungkyunkwan and others (open to students at Korean universities generally)
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.
- 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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