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GIST Graduate Scholarships For International Students 2024

Uduak Abasi
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Make an application for the 2024 GIST Graduate Scholarships for International Students for the fall entry session. The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) is a respected study-oriented institution situated in Gwangju, South Korea. GISI is among the most student-friendly and respectable institutions in science and technology.

The institution brags a wealthy educational account and world-class rating on the foreign level. It was rated number one in the references of each professor in South Korea for 14 years. Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology also rates 4th in the QS world university rankings.

Every foreign graduate student who applies and gets entry at Gwangju Insitute of Science and Technology is granted a graduate award. So, candidates must satisfy the entry measures into one of the Master’s courses or PhD courses provided at GIST. It usually takes 24 months to conclude a Master’s course and four years for a Ph.D. course. Often, the set conclusion periods for the Master, PhD, and M.S/Ph.D courses are three years, seven years, and eight years each.

Advantages

  • The grant will exclude you from reimbursing the $2,534.64 tuition payment levied each semester for graduate research.
  • Accepted international students will get a student stipend of $103.91 every month for Masters students and $218.95 every month for Ph.D. students.
  • You will also be qualified for a foreign student scholarship valued at $89.05 for Masters and PhD.
  • Students partaking in study projects will be qualified for a Research Assistantship valued at $3,551.07 annually for a Master’s and $9,099.37 annually for a Ph.D.
  • The institution will also offer airfare payment to every accepted incoming international student for a one-way flight to Korea.
  • You will also get 80 percent sponsorship for private health insurance protection.

Qualification

  • Graduate grants at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology are available to every foreign non-Korean student from around the world.
  • Candidates for the Master’s course program are required to have concluded a Bachelor’s course in an area associated with the Master’s program they are making an application for.
  • PhD candidates are required to have concluded studies with a linked Master’s program at the period of application. You are required to indicate enough English language skills with equivalent language results.
  • Students are required to be able to complete a minimum of 9 credits in their previous semester to be granted student stipends.
  • For the foreign student grant award, you are required to attain a GPA of 3 out of 4.5 in your last semester.
  • Students are anticipated to retain full-time student status and continuous enrollment until the conclusion of every condition.

Application

To make an application, you are required to observe the processes below:


  • Fill out and present the online request for entry using the online application portal. You are required to include copies of the needed papers.
  • When your application has been assessed and verified, the foreign admissions coordinator will alert you.
  • After getting an alert, you are required to complete the registration procedure by presenting the needed documents as hard copies and reimbursing the Matriculation fee.

Note: The Matriculation fee can be waived for people with financial issues.

You are required to present the documents below at the time of the online application and as hard copies after getting a notification.

  • The official program certificates and results
  • Demand two recommendation letters, which are required to be recommended in sealed envelopes.
  • Present an official English skill exam score report.
  • You are required to attach a copy of your passport.
  • If you desire to be temporarily deemed without an English skill exam score, you are required to present proof of English language proficiency provided by past institutions.
  • Candidates who desire to apply for a Matriculation fee waiver are required to complete the Matriculation Fee Waiver request in the online request form and upload a suggested recommendation letter composed by their department head from their past institutions.

Deadline: 15th April, 2024

The hard copies of the needed documents are required to be forwarded to the following:

Section of Graduates Admission,
Unit 323,
GIST College A GIST 123 Cheomdangwagiro,
Bukgu, Gwangju, 61005,
Republic of Korea.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +82-62-715-3951

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