Korean Government Scholarship Undergraduate Studies in Korea

The Government of the Republic of Korea is offering scholarship for at least six Malaysian students in order to support their undergraduate studies in Korea. The scholarship serves to promote education exchanges and friendship between Malaysia and Korea. Last year, the Korean government awarded scholarship to seven Malaysians for undergraduate degree course and forty two for graduate degree course.

The scholarship covers five-year-studies in Korea comprising one year of Korean language course and four years of undergraduate course. benefits of the scholarship include roundtrip airfare, monthly allowances (about RM2,500), settlement allowance, repatriation allowance, language training expenses, medical insurance as well as full tuition fees.

The applicants must be under 25 years old who have finished or are scheduled to finish a total of 12 years formal education as of 1 March 2009. Applicants should possess a food command of English and be willing to promote amicable relations between Malaysia and the Republic of Korea.

The due date for the application is 5 February 2009.
The Korean Government scholarship for graduate studies will be announced in the next February 2009

For more information, please visit: Korea Government Scholarship