Announcement

2012 Korean Government Scholarship Program
Guideline for International Students Enrolled in Graduate Programs

1. Program Objective
The Korean Government Scholarship Program is designed to provide higher education in Korea for international students, with the aim of promoting international exchange in education, as well as mutual friendship amongst the participating countries.

2. Number of UK candidates to be selected: 1
* 1 Overseas Korean adoptee will be selected separately.

3. Academic Duration of Scholarship
- Master’s (01.09.2012 ~ 31.08.2015): 1 yr. of Korean language + 2 yrs of Master’s
- Doctoral (01.09.2012 ~ 31.08.2016): 1 yr. of Korean language + 3 yrs of Doctoral

4. Application Requirements
- The applicant and his/her parents must have UK citizenship.
* Applicants who hold Korean citizenship are not permitted to apply for this program.
- Applicants should be in good health, both mentally and physically, to stay in Korea for a long period of time.
* Applicants must submit the Personal Medical Assessment (included in the application form) when he/she apply for this program, and then submit an Official Medical Examination Report issued in a hospital to NIIED after passing the NIIED Selection Committee (the 2nd Selection). A serious illness reflected in the examination results will be the main cause of disqualification from the scholarship.
* NOT Eligible: those who are pregnant
- Applicants must be under 40 years of age as of Sep. 1st, 2012 (born after Sep. 1st, 1972).
- Applicants must hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree as of September 1st, 2012.
* (Important) Applicants who have ever enrolled in a university in Korea will be disqualified from applying to the KGSP program. Specifically, an applicant who has previously enrolled in an undergraduate program, a master’s program, or a doctoral program in Korea cannot apply for this program.
However, a KGSP scholar who has graduated or will graduate from a Korean university as of August 31st, 2012 can apply for this program again only via the embassy if only he/she holds at least TOPIK Level 4 and obtain another recommendation within the allotment from the Korean Embassy of his/her respective country of origin (re-application is limited to one instance).
- Applicants must maintain grades/marks/score of 80% or higher from the previously attended institution.
* If an applicant does not satisfy the above GPA criteria, he/she will be disqualified from applying to this program.
* If the transcript is not indicated in grades/marks/scores format, or is difficult to convert into percentages, attachment of official explanation from the attended institution is required.
- Applicants who have Korean proficiency or English proficiency may be given preference.
- Applicants who apply for natural science and technology program may be given preference.
* For more details please refer to the attached files.

5. Scholarship Payment
- Scholarship Period: same as the duration of scholarship
- Payment: tuition fee, airfare, monthly allowance, research allowance, relocation allowance, language training fee, dissertation printing costs, and medical insurance, etc.

6. Submission of Required Documents
- Place of Submission: The Korean Education Centre, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the UK, 60 Buckingham Gate London, SW1E 6AJ
- Deadline of Submission: March 5th 2012(Mon)
- Documents to be submitted: Please refer to the attached files.

7. Entry into Korea: from August 27th to August 29th 2012

8. Contact
- The Korean Education Centre, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the UK
http://educationinuk.or.kr, 0207 227 5500(ext 639), edu@koreanembassy.org.uk
- KGSP Team, NIIED: http://gks.go.kr, +82-2-3668-1364, niiedkgsp@gmail.com