2025 Global Korea Scholarship
Application Guidelines for Graduate Degrees
◦ Application deadline: February 25, 2025
◦ Submission Method:
■Send all documents as one file and send the Excel file("applicant information form") separately as an Excel file.
■Include your Full name in the email title. (Ex. 2025 GKS-G Application (NAME))
■Do not visit the embassy to submit. Send your submissions to the email address below. Only applicants who pass the documents and undergo an interview will later submit the original documents to the embassy.
◦ Submission email address: yjcha23@mofa.go.kr
◦ Notes on submission documents
■All documents must be submitted in Korean or English. If any documents are in the local language, an English translation must also be provided.
■Consular confirmation of certificates such as documents to submit no. 11, 12, 12' is only required for those who pass the interview.
For detailed eligibility criteria and restrictions, please refer to the attached guidelines.
Applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or fail to submit the required documents will be disqualified during the document screening process.
■ List of Documents to Submit
Type | No. | Application Documents | Master's | Doctoral | Research |
Documents to complete (Required) | 1 | (Form 1) Application Form | Required | Required | Required |
2 | (Form 2) Personal Statement | Required | Required | Required | |
3 | (Form 3) Study Plan | Required | Required |
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4 | (Form 4) Research Proposal - only applicable for research program applicants |
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| Required | |
5 | (Form 5) ONE Letter of Recommendation | Required | Required | Required | |
6 | (Form 6) Letter of Invitation (issued by the research program university) |
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| Required | |
7 | (Form 7) Korean Language Program Exemption Application - only applicable for current academic professor applicants | Optional | Optional |
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8 | (Form 8) GKS Applicant Agreement | Required | Required | Required | |
9 | (Form 9) Personal Medical Assessment | Required | Required | Required | |
10 | (Form 10) Consent to Collect and Use Personal Information |
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Certificates (Required)
Must be Apostilled or Consular confirmed
*Required for relevant applicants
| 11 | Applicant's/Parent(s)' Proof of Citizenship and family relationship Document | Required | Required | Required |
12 | Bachelor's Graduation Certificate (or Diploma) | Required | Required | Required | |
12' | Bachelor's Degree Transcript | Required | Required | Required | |
13 | Master's Graduation Certificate (or Diploma) |
| Required | Required | |
13' | Master's Degree Transcript |
| Required | Required | |
14 | Doctoral Graduation Certificate (or Diploma) |
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| Required | |
14' | Doctoral Degree Transcript |
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| Required | |
15 | Certificate of Employment |
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| Required | |
16* | Proof of Overseas Korean Document/Proof of Korean Adoptee Document | Optional | Optional | Optional | |
17* | Proof of Korean Citizenship Renunciation Document | Optional | Optional | Optional | |
18* | Proof of Korean War Veteran's Descendant | Optional | Optional | Optional | |
19* | Certificate of Employment or certificate of Experience (e.g., faculty members of the International Organization partner university) | Optional | Optional |
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Other documents (Optional) | 20 | Score report of valid TOPIK/TOPIK IBT (Original) or English Proficiency Test (copy) | Optional | Optional | Optional |
21 | Awards and other certificates, etc. (copy) | Optional | Optional | Optional | |
22 | Applicant’s Passport (copy) | Optional | Optional | Optional |