Korea-Japan Government Scholarship Program

[Office in charge] Global Korea Scholarship Center, Dept. of Higher Education Internationalization

- Phone : 02-3668-1334
- Fax : 82-2-743-4992
- Email : niiedkjsp@korea.kr
- Website : http://www.studyinkorea.go.kr

Purpose

To cultivate advanced human resources to lead future-oriented relations and promote friendship through exchange of higher education students between Korea and Japan

Program Overview

Course, Master's and Doctoral degrees, Undergraduate one year course, Undergraduate short-term program table
Category	Graduate Degrees (master & doctoral)		Undergraduate Program (1 year)		Undergraduate Course (short-term)
Category	Korea → Japan	Japan → Korea	Korea → Japan	Japan → Korea	Korea → Japan	Japan → Korea
Field	science and engineering	all academic fields	Japanese language and culture	all academic fields	all academic fields	all academic fields
Number of students	15 students a year	15 students a year	25 students a year	25 students a year	160 students a year	160 students a year
Duration	Depends on duration required to complete the regular course	- Master's program(3 years) - Doctoral program (4 years) *including one year of preparatory education	1 year	1 year	Within 3 months	Within 2 weeks to 5 weeks
Eligibility	under 35 years old	under 40 years old	under 18~30 years old		under 18~30 years old
	Master's program: bachelor's degree holder (incl. expected to graduate) Doctoral program: master's degree holder (incl. expected to graduate)		second year or above undergraduate students in sending country		undergraduate students in sending country
	(Korea → Japan) Korean nationality holder, (Japan → Korea) Japanese nationality holder ※ Multiple nationality holder is not eligible to apply

- Refer to each program’s application guidelines for further details

Selection Procedure

- Selected by the host country

Course, Master's and Doctoral degrees, Undergraduate one year course, Undergraduate short-term program table
Category	Graduate Degrees (master & doctoral)	Undergraduate Program (1 year)	Undergraduate Course (short-term)
Korean students	Recruitment & Recommendation by the Embassy of Japan in Korea → Final selection by Ministry of Education in Japan	Recruitment & Recommendation by the Embassy of Japan in Korea → Final selection by Ministry of Education in Japan	Recruitment by Japanese university
Japanese students	Recruitment & Recommendation by Korean university → Final selection by National Institute for International Education(NIIED)	Recruitment & Recommendation by Korean university → Final selection by National Institute for International Education(NIIED)	Recruitment by Korean university

Scholarship Benefits

- Fully funded by the host country
- For Korean Scholars : granted based on the Japanese Government Scholarship Program(Embassy Recommendation) and Overseas Study Support System in Japan
- For Japanese Scholars :