Eligibility
- Applicants of International Student Admission
Subsidies
- Full tuition fee: tuition exemption for 4 semesters (MS) / 8 semesters (PhD)
- Living expenses: 350,000 KRW per month (for MS) or 400,000 KRW per month (for PhD)
- Medical Insurance
- Additional Stipend can be available for research assistants.
Requirement
- Students must maintain GPA over 2.0 out of 4.3 at KAIST
- GPA requirement of Seoul campus may be different from the above requirement.
Application Period
- Same as Admission Application
Selection Procedure
- Same as Admission Application
How to apply for the KAIST Scholarship in South Korea?
- The application for admission will be submitted online.
- The applicant has to apply for admission on a regular basis and if the applicant meets the requirement for the scholarship, the application will be automatically be considered for KAIST Scholarships 2022.
- The applicant has to pay the application fee in order to apply for admission.
- The printout of the online application must also be sent to the KAIST office address in hard form.
Required Documents for the KAIST University Scholarship:
- A secondary copy of the national identity card.
- Scanned copies of your parent’s national identity card.
- Certificate of family registration that shows your relationship with your parents.
- Certificates of your degrees.
- If the degree is yet incomplete, certificate of the official letter of expected graduation.
- English proficiency report taken within two years (Starting from September 24) IELTS (6.5), TOEFL (IBT 83/PBT 560), (BT 220), TOEIC (720), TEPS (599).
- Two recommendation letters from your academic advisors.
- In case you have employed the recommendation letters from your employer.
- A CV
- Honors, awards, and employment proofs.
- All documents must be either in Korean or English.
Application Deadline:
- KAIST Scholarship Online Application: August 26th – September 23rd, 2021.
- Application Material Submission Deadline: September 30th, 2021