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Scholarship Programs

KAIST Scholarship

KAIST College of Business selectively offers full or partial scholarship to outstanding international applicants. The scholarship is available for candidates with excellent academic or professional credentials. The scholarship amount and the number of recipients vary each year and the conditions of the scholarship are set by the KAIST Scholarship Committee after reviewing the merit of the applicant. To apply for KAIST Scholarship, please visit https://admission.kaist.ac.kr/intl-graduate/

Programs Scholarship Benefits Others
KAIST MBA Slots - Up to 5 international students (full or partial scholarships)
  • Full tuition for 2 years
  • Living stipend of 500,000 KRW/month
    (awarded to selected students)
Individuals with more than 2 years of work experience preferred

Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP)

The Korean Government Scholarship Program is designed to provide higher education in Korea for international students, with the aim of promoting international exchange in education, as well as mutual friendship amongst the participating countries. Applicants are able to apply through KAIST or through Korean Embassy in respective countries. For detailed information about KGSP, please visit https://admission.kaist.ac.kr/intl-graduate/

Scholarship Programs KAIST MBA
Scholarship Period 1 year of Korean language + 2 years of Master's course
Scholarship Amounts
  • Tuitions: Graduate program and language training (full coverage)
  • Others: Airfare, monthly allowance, settlement fee etc.

KOICA-KAIST Scholarship

KAIST-KOICA Scholarship program is a master’s degree course offering future leaders in developing countries with unique opportunities to learn Korea’s development experiences, best practices, in addition to developing their professional and academic skills. With collaborative work between KAIST and KOICA, this program is to contribute and support leaders of developing countries to bring the economic and social growth of their countries.
Please contact KOICA country office (or Embassy of the Republic of Korea if there’s no KOICA office in your country)

Scholarship Programs KOICA KAIST Master’s Degree Program in Social Economy
Scholarship Period 17 months
Scholarship Amounts
  • Air travel fare: Economy class, round-trip airfare
  • Full tuition fees
  • Accommodation (dormitory of a training institute)
  • Monthly Stipend
  • Study visits, field trips, etc. during the program
  • A medical checkup before entry into the program
  • Overseas traveler's health insurance

The Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation KAIST Scholarship

As a part of “Education for Future Leaders” program, Hyundai Motor CMK Foundation and KAIST are offering academic scholarships to high-caliber government officials from Indonesia to provide them with an opportunity to gain professional and systematic knowledge so that they can play a key role in their home country's development. Eventually, the program will be open to all interested government officials from members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). For detailed information about the scholarship, please visit https://admission.kaist.ac.kr/intl-graduate/

- To apply:
1. The scholarship is not the application-based one. After the final results of admission are released, Hyundai Motor CMK Foundation will select the winners among the KAIST scholarship awardees who meet their selection criteria. Thus, apply for the KAIST Scholarship when you fill in the application.
2. Certificate/letter proving your employment as a government officer is a must

Eligibility Government officials of ASEAN countries
(Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam)
KCB Programs KAIST MBA (contact E : topcheol@kaist.ac.kr)
Finance MBA (contact E : jiwe@kaist.ac.kr)
Financial Aids & Scholarship
  • Full tuition fees (equivalent to USD 41,000 ~54,000)
  • Monthly allowance of KRW 1,000,000
  • One time settlement allowance of KRW 2,500,000
  • One time Course completion encouragement of KRW 1,000,000
Remark Recipients for this scholarship is determined after the final admission result.
Therefore, the admitted candidates will first be awarded with KAIST scholarship(full tuition & monthly stipend).
Then, Hyundai Motor CMK Foundation will select recipients for their scholarship among the admitted candidates and notify you with the result.
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