The Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) 2025 is a Korean Government Scholarship for international students to study undergraduate degrees at some of the best higher education institutions in South Korea. The purpose of the 2025 Global Korea Scholarship for undergraduate programs is to foster goodwill and enhance mutual cooperation between Korea and the participating nations. This scholarship is one of the largest and most competitive programs in the world.
Host Country:
- Korea
Funded By:
- Korean Government
Degree Level:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Associate Degree
GKS-U Duration:
- 5~7 years of Bachelor’s Degree Scholarship (Korean language program for 1 year)
- 3~4 years of Associate Degree Scholarship (Korean language program for 1 year)
GKS Scholarship 2025 Benefits:
- Tuition fee covered
- Airfare
- Full medical insurance
- Settlement allowance
- Monthly living allowance
- Research allowance
- Korean language proficiency grant
- TOPIK exam fee coverage
- Degree completion grants
Eligibility Criteria of the Global Korea Scholarship GKS 2025:
- The candidate must be a citizen of Global Korea Scholarship partner countries.
- Bachelor’s Degree Program: Available to students who have already graduated, or are set to graduate, from high school or an associate degree program.
Associate Degree Program: Available to students who have already graduated, or are set to graduate, from high school. - The candidate should not hold Korean citizenship or dual citizenship.
- Bachelor’s Degree Program or Associate Degree Program; The candidates must have graduated from high or are expected to graduate by December 1, 2024.
- The candidates who have an associated degree or are expected to graduate by December 1, 2024, can only apply for the bachelor’s degree.
- The candidates must be under 25 years of age.
- The candidates must be in good health.
- A candidate should maintain his GPA in order to sustain the scholarship.
Global Korea Scholarship Application Deadline:
- For Embassy track criteria, candidates need to take an update from the Korean embassy in their home country, as they all have different application deadlines.
- For University track criteria, candidates need to take an update from eligible universities for GKS from the official website.
