KU Graduate
Scholarship

Around 89% of all admitted international students will be awarded scholarships.

A. Requirements for Scholarship Award

Foreign Student
Scholarship A
  • GPA from the previous (latest) school 4.0 or above (out of 4.5), 3.83 or above (out of 4.3), 3.57 or above(out of 4.0), or 90 or above (out of 100)
  • TOEFL (PBT) 577 or above, TOEFL (CBT) 233 or above, TOEFL (iBT) 90 or above, TEPS 700 or above, IELTS 7.0 or above or TOPIK level 6 or above
  • Recommendation from the department and permission from the dean of graduate school
  • All three requirements should be satisfied to be awarded Scholarship A.
Foreign Student
Scholarship B
  • Recommendation from the department and permission from the dean of graduate school
Foreign Student
Scholarship C
(Natural Science or Engineering Area)
  • Recommendation from the department and permission from the dean of graduate school
  • Both admission evaluation and scholarship award evaluation will be conducted automatically and simultaneously. You do not need to contact the department individually for recommendation form the department.
  • College of Medicine will grant Foreign Student Scholarship (75% of tuition fee) under its own policy.

B. Scholarship Benefits

Foreign Student
Scholarship A
  • 100% of entrance fee and tuition fee
Foreign Student
Scholarship B
  • 60% of entrance fee and tuition fee
Foreign Student
Scholarship C
  • 75% of tuition fee
  • Scholarship will be awarded to master's students and doctoral students for four semesters and to integrated master's and doctoral students for eight semesters.

C. Conditions to maintain the Scholarship Award

Foreign Student
Scholarship A
  • Maintain GPA 3.8 or above
  • For the GPA range 3.0 above to GPA 3.8: Students within this range for two consecutive semesters will receive 75% scholarship ; Students whose GPA remains 3.8 or above afterward will be awarded a 100% scholarship.
  • GPA 3.0 below for two consecutive semesters: Scholarship award will be suspended. However, student maintaining GPA 3.0 or higher afterward will be granted a 75% scholarship.
  • Scholarship A will not be granted after scholarship suspension.
Foreign Student
Scholarship B
  • Maintain GPA 3.5 or above
Foreign Student
Scholarship C
  • Maintain GPA 3.5 or above
  • When a student maintains a GPA of 3.5 or higher, the College of Medicine will continue to grant Foreign Student Scholarships under its own policy.

** Some professor in the Natural Sciences or Engineering area may offer a stipend to exellent students individually from their own research fund. Please contact the head of department .