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Global Leader Scholarship A

All applicants are automatically eligible and therefore there is no separate application required.

Admission evaluation

Full tuition fee (including admission fee) for 2 semesters

Student must maintain GPA of 3.5 or higher for their first semester

Global Leader Scholarship B

50% of tuition fee (including admission fee) for 2 semesters

Student must maintain GPA of 3.0 or higher for their first semester

Challenge Scholarship C

Applicants who submitted a certificate of completion (Level 5-6) from the KU Korean Language Center(Seoul Campus) during the application period are automatically eligible, therefore, no separate application is required.

Submission of a certificate of completion level 5 or higher in regular program offered by the KU Korean Language Center (Seoul Campus).

Level 6: KRW 500,000

Level 5: KRW 300,000

Scholarship will be granted once in the first semester

Bright Futures Scholarship(B)

Applicants selected as national scholarship recipients in their home country are automatically eligible for the Bright Future Scholarship.

Admission evaluation

KRW1,000,000 per semester / up to 2 semesters

Student must maintain GPA of 3.0 or higher for their first semester

Excellence Scholarship A

All applicants are automatically eligible and therefore there is no separate application required.

GPA of the previous semester

Full tuition fee for the next semester

Students with an outstanding GPA in the previous semester

Excellence Scholarship B

65% of tuition fee for the next semester

High Achievers Scholarship

GPA of the last two consecutive semesters

50% of tuition fee for the next semester

Students who have achieved a high GPA in the two previous semesters in a row

Challenge Scholarship(A)

Need online application submission on the KUPID

GPA of the last two consecutive semesters

30% of tuition fee for the next semester

Students who have achieved a better GPA in previous semester compared to the one before

Challenge Scholarship(B)

a Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) score of 6 or higher

KRW 300,000

Students who obtained TOPIK score after admission to KU limited to once during the school year

Bright Futures Scholarship(A)

Need online application submission on the KUPID

Consideration of economic conditions (Submission of evidential documents)

50% of tuition fee for the next semester

Students with household difficulties among those with GPA 2.75 or higher in the previous semester