2024 K-GKS Admission Call for Graduate School Studying at KIT, Korea

 

We are pleased to inform you of 2024 K-GKS (K-Global Korea Scholarship) Guidelines for Master’s and Doctoral candidates here in Korea.

As the one and only national engineering specialized university in Korea, we will be able to nominate candidates up to 10 for this K-GKS admission. This might be a great opportunity for you to be able to study in Korea with a full regional government scholarship and to settle down with decent jobs supported by Gyeongsangbuk-do and KIT.

Please see attached for further information and if there are any candidates interested in this program, please send me one original application document package by post and one scanned soft copy by E-mail no later than April 19th, (Friday), 2024. Your original application documents must be delivered to my office by the deadline.

 

1. Scholarship Duration

 

Master's Degree Program(2 yrs), Doctoral Degree Program(3 yrs)

*K-GKS recipients who will be enrolled in Kumoh National Institute of Technology will be able to pursue one’s degree program on September 1^st, 2024. One year of Korean language program is exempted.

 

2. Required Language Proficiency Test Result

 

Applicants MUST submit one of below official language proficiency test certificates.

- minimum language proficiency test certificate: TOPIK level 3, TOEIC 750, TOEFL PBT 550, TOEFL ibt 79, TEPS 327, IELTS 6.0 or higher

- Eligibility requirements are limited to the results of the language test taken within the last two years as of the application deadline for K-GKS admission

- If candidates are from the country where English is spoken as first language (USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand), the English proficiency test will not be required to hand in

 

3. Eligibility

 

Please refer to the attached K-GKS Application Guidelines

 

4. Obligation for K-GKS recipients

 

- K-GKS recipients are obligated to either find a job at local companies or pursue higher degree at universities located in Gyeongsangbuk-do and to maintain residency in Gyeongsangbuk-do for three years after one’s graduation.

- K-GKS final nominees must attend “Gyeongbuk Global School” program before the start of the semester. Gyeongbuk Global School will last two weeks in August 2024, and is a program that introduces policy of Gyeongsangbuk-do and provides scholars with opportunities to experience Korean culture, laws and etc., to help them study and settle in Gyeongsangbuk-do.

 

 

All required documents must be written by computer typing and send us one original document by post only (no e-mail application will be accepted). We don’t have online application for this K-GKS admission.

For further information, please see attached, visit website (https://eng.kumoh.ac.kr) or contact K-GKS coordinator.

 

 

 

Below is the deadline and the address for the application. Thank you.

 

Submission Deadline: April 19^th(Friday), 2024

 

Submission Address:

[English]

61 Daehak-ro, Gumi, Gyeongbuk, Korea,

Kumoh National Institute of Technology

International Programs and Language Education Center

International Education Building, 1^st floor, E103 (Postal Code 39177)

 

[Korean]

39177, 경북 구미시 대학로 61

국립금오공과대학교 국제교류교육원 국제교육관 103호

 

Contact Person:

Eugene Park

Office) +82-54-478-7221, Fax) +82-54-478-7222

Email) eugene@kumoh.ac.kr