South Korea, KAIST School of Business, KAIST Scholarship

KAIST College of Business selectively offers full or partial scholarships to outstanding international applicants. The scholarship is available to candidates with excellent academic or professional credentials. The scholarship amount and the number of recipients vary each year, and the conditions are set by the KAIST Scholarship Committee after reviewing the applicant’s merit.

The scholarship covers KAIST MBA and Finance MBA programmes offered through KAIST College of Business. KAIST also provides a Global Korea Scholarship option and a Korean Government Scholarship programme option that applicants can apply for through KAIST or through a Korean Embassy in their respective country. (GKS details are handled via the KAIST graduate admissions link.)

Selection depends on merit review by the KAIST Scholarship Committee, with scholarship conditions set by the committee after reviewing the applicant. For KAIST MBA scholarship recipients, maintaining scholarship status requires a GPA above 3.3 on a 4.3 scale.

For KAIST MBA, the scholarship includes full or partial tuition and a living stipend of 500,000 KRW per month for selected students. The scholarship period is described as Korean language plus the master’s course. For the Korean Government Scholarship programme, benefits are described as covering tuition for the graduate programme and language training, plus items including airfare, monthly allowance, and a settlement fee.

• Applicants must be international applicants.
• Applicants must have excellent academic or professional credentials.
• Individuals with more than two of work experience preferred (for KAIST MBA).
• For KAIST MBA scholarship recipients, maintaining scholarship status requires a GPA above 3.3 on a 4.3 scale.

• KAIST MBA: Full or partial tuition.
• KAIST MBA: Living stipend of 500,000 KRW per month (awarded to selected students).
• Finance MBA: Tuition (partial).
• Korean Government Scholarship programme: Tuitions for the graduate programme and language training (full coverage).
• Korean Government Scholarship programme: Airfare.
• Korean Government Scholarship programme: Monthly allowance.
• Korean Government Scholarship programme: Settlement fee.
• KAIST MBA Scholarship amounts and the number of recipients vary each year, and the Finance MBA amount and recipients vary each year and may include benefits as listed.

1. For KAIST Scholarship, visit the KAIST international graduate admissions page: https://admission.kaist.ac.kr/intl-graduate .
2. For the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) programme, apply through KAIST or through the Korean Embassy in your respective country (use the KAIST graduate admissions link for detailed information).
3. For the Korean Government Scholarship programme, apply as part of the KAIST scholarship options linked to the KAIST graduate admissions process (refer to the KAIST graduate admissions link for details).

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