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Undergraduate Program Scholarship for International Students

1. Admission scholarships
  • Candidate : separated application for Admission Scholarship is not required and applicant can check the nomination result and amount he/she will receive at the time of admission announcement
  • Amount : 10-100% of Dues (including entrance fee) will be waived for remarkable freshmen
2. Scholarship for Excellent Korean Language Professionals
  • Candidate: Scholarship will be granted to the successful candidates who graduated from overseas high schools if they meet the following Korean language proficiency (1st semester only)
  • Qualification and Amount
    - TOPIK Level 6 or Completion of Level 6 at Sungkyun Language Institute : 100% tuition waiver
    - TOPIK Level 5 or Completion of Level 5 / Preparatory course for degree(Basic Korean for college) at Sungkyun Language Institute: 50% tuition waiver

    ※ Scholarship shall be provided even if the successful candidate additionally meets the above requirements between the date of tuition payment and the beginning date of semester.

3. Scholarship for Excellent English Language Professionals
  • Candidate: Scholarship will be granted to the successful candidates if they meet the following English Language proficiency(1st semester only)
  • Qualification and Amount
    - IELTS 8.0 / TOEFL iBT 110 or higher : 100% tuition waiver
    - IELTS 7.0 / TOEFL iBT 95 or higher : 50% tuition waiver

    ※ Excluding the successful candidates of Global characterized departments(Global Business Administration, Global Economics, Global Biomedical Engineering)

    ※ Scholarship shall be provided even if the successful candidate additionally meets the above requirements between the date of tuition payment and the beginning date of semester.

4. Merit-Based Scholarships
  • Qualification and Amount: scholarship is granted for 2nd ~8th semester based on the rank of academic performance (average GPA)
    Condition Amount Note
    Top 6% of last semester 70% tuition waiver Recipients chosen divided between freshman / Others
    Top 6% ~ 18% of last semester 50% tuition waiver
    Top 18% ~ 30% of last semester 30% tuition waiver
5. Samsung Global Sungkyun Scholarship for International Students
Category Details
Nomination

Nomination will be held among remarkable freshmen (Interview may be held if needed)

Nomination result will be notified individually to the nominee after 2nd qualify announcement

Benefit A

Full Dues for 4 academic years (8 semesters, including Entrance fee)

  • Student should meet one of the following ➀, ➁ :
  • ① Student should take at least 12 credits (taking 9 credits is allowed for the 7th semester) and achieve 3.7 GPA or above without any “F” grade (In case of 1st and 2nd semester: 3.5 GPA or above)
  • ② Student should take at least 12 credits (taking 9 credits is allowed for the 7th semester) and achieve overall 3.7 GPA or above without any “F” grade
  • ※ The rules follow the article 4 of Scholarship regulation
  • ※ Disqualified if fail to meet the requirement twice
  • - Fail to meet the requirement once: student will not be able to receive scholarship in the following semester
  • - Fail to meet the requirement twice: student will be disqualified and will not be able to receive scholarship in the remaining semesters

Living expenses provided : KRW 570,000 per month (KRW 3,400,000 per semester)

Priority in assignment of dormitory and full dormitory fees provided if assigned

1:1 monitoring program (alumni, professor or experts in the field of your choice)

Exclusive counseling program

B

Full Dues for 4 academic years (8 semesters)

  • Student should meet one of the following ➀, ➁ :
  • ① Student should take at least 12 credits (taking 9 credits is allowed for the 7th semester) and achieve 3.7 GPA or above without any “F” grade (In case of 1st and 2nd semester: 3.5 GPA or above)
  • ② Student should take at least 12 credits (taking 9 credits is allowed for the 7th semester) and achieve overall 3.7 GPA or above without any “F” grade
  • ※ The rules follow the article 4 of Scholarship regulation semesters
  • ※ Disqualified if fail to meet the requirement twice
  • - Fail to meet the requirement once: student will not be able to receive scholarship in the following semester
  • - Fail to meet the requirement twice: student will be disqualified and will not be able to receive scholarship in the remaining semesters
6. SKKU Global Leader Scholarship
Category Details
Nomination

Nomination will be held among remarkable freshmen(No need to apply for scholarship seperately; interview may be held if needed)

Nomination result will be notified individually to the nominees after the admission announcement for successful candidates

Type A Nomination Criteria

Students holding the nationality of country which meets both criteria ① and ②

  • ① One of the countries in the OECD DAC list of ODA(Official Development Assistance) recipients
  • ② The country with 3 or lower number of students enrolled in SKKU
  • ※ Only the visa-free entry countries are eligible(in accordance with Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs standard)
  • ※ Refer to the notice on the SKKU international students admission website for the list of eligible countries

Admissions grade, nationality, admission unit, and so on will be considered comprehensively

Benefit

50% tuition scholarship will be offered for 4 years(for 8 semesters)

  • The scholarship will continuously be offered only if the condition below is met
  • - Taking 12 credits or more for the previous semester(9 credits for semester previous to the final semester) and getting an GPA of 3.5 or higher (excluding F grades)
Type B Nomination Criteria

Outstanding students in STEM field

  • ※ Award winner of International Mathematics/Science/Informatics Olympiad and related field
  • * Only the awards won during the high school period(grade 10~12) are accepted
  • ※ Scholarship recommendation letter from the school principal or the headmaster of related institutions are accepted (submit along with the application documents)

Admissions grade and award winning performances, and so on will be considered comprehensively

Benefit

50% tuition scholarship will be offered for 4 years(for 8 semesters)

  • The scholarship will continuously be offered only if the condition below is met/li>
  • - Taking 12 credits or more for the previous semester(9 credits for semester previous to the final semester) and getting an GPA of 3.5 or higher (excluding F grades)
Type C Nomination Criteria

Remarkable freshmen of Global characterized departments(Global Business Administration, Global Economics, Global Biomedical Engineering) based on the admission results

Benefit

50% tuition scholarship will be offered for 4 years(for 8 semesters)

  • Priority in assignment of dormitory and full dormitory fees provided if assigned
  • The scholarship will continuously be offered only if the condition below is met
  • - Taking 12 credits or more for the previous semester(9 credits for semester previous to the final semester) and getting an GPA of 3.5 or higher (excluding F grades)