Global Korea Scholarship (GKS)
National Institute for International Education (NIIED), Korea South Korea · open to applicants worldwide
Korean government scholarship that invites international students for undergraduate and graduate degrees in Korea, usually with a year of Korean language study first. Applicants go through a Korean embassy or directly through a participating university.
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About
Also: airfare; Korean language training fees; tuition; monthly allowance.
Who can apply: Separate embassy and university tracks with country quotas; rules differ for undergraduate and graduate programs.
Free to apply.
Annual; about 280 undergraduate and 1,600 graduate places; the 2027 undergraduate call ran in September 2026 and the 2027 graduate call is announced separately.
How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).
What to prepare: application form, personal statement, study plan, references, transcript, medical certificate.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “This is a government-invited scholarship degree program”
Who can apply
- Open to students, researchers
- Separate embassy and university tracks with country quotas; rules differ for undergraduate and graduate programs.
What you will need
- Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Personal statement / SOPOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Preparation planOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- TranscriptOnly you can supply it: upload it once and it is attached wherever it is asked for.
- Document checklistOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your personal statement and notes for your referees for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to National Institute for International Education (NIIED), Korea without your tap.
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