In 2023, the Korean Government’s Global Korea Scholarship program aims to invite international students who wish to purse a graduate level degree or research in Korea.
To be selected as a GKS grantee, an applicant must successfully pass the first round of selection managed by the Korean embassy where he or she holds citizenship.
Scholarship and duration
- Master’s program: three years, one year of which is devoted to a Korean language course
- Doctoral program: four years, one year of which is devoted to a Korean language course
Number of expected grantees:
- Republic of Austria: 1 person
- Republic of Slovenia: 1 person
Application
For Austrian and Slovenian citizens, applications for the General Degree Program, Embassy Track must be sent to the Korea Kulturzentrum (Korean Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea) in Austria by post or hand delivered. You have to hand in one set of original documents and three sets of photocopies!
- Application Deadline: 23 March 2023
- Address: Korea Kulturzentrum, Krugerstrasse 1, 1010 Vienna, Austria
* Please note that original documents cannot be returned, as indicated in the attached “Application Guidelines”
*IMPORTANT NOTICE: NIIED will only accept apostilled or consular confirmed documents for part of the application documents. Please refer to the guidelines for details
Application process schedule
- 23 March 2023: Deadline by which the application must have been received by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea
- 27 March – 31 March 2023: Examination of the application documents and interview*
* The applicants who take part in the interview will be personally informed by the Embassy
Please check the „2023 GKS-G Application Guidelines“, FAQ and attached files to learn more about the scholarship program and application: Download here
Contact for further information
- General information on scholarship selection, including qualifications, documents to be submitted, and selection criteria: NIIED GKS team (kgspniied@korea.kr, +82-2-3668-1389, 1364)
- For inquiries regarding application submission: Korea Cultural Center of Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Austria (office@koreaonline.at)
* We do not accept phone inquiries.
* For inquiries regarding the selection of GKS scholarship students other than those recommended by the embassy (General Degree Program, Embassy Track), please see the contact of NIIED above.
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