GNU Step-up Leaders scholarship for international undergraduates (TOPIK scholarship)
Automatic, from the TOPIK you file with the application: TOPIK 4 pays your first-semester tuition in full; TOPIK 5 or 6 pays it in full plus a 500,000 won living support award, once. From semester two, students with TOPIK 4 or higher and 10 credits get half, two thirds or all of their tuition by GPA (3.0, 3.5, 4.0).
Apply for admissionFirst semester at entry; then each semester by GPA
11 rounds. The soonest is shown above.
Gyeongsang National University Spring 2027 undergraduate guide, scholarship pages (Korean, PDF p.15 and p.16) ↗Checked 19 October 2026
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What you pay
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The school does not publish what a year costs to live, so we cannot say what share is left for you. We will not put a figure there until it does.
Read the official page →Official figures from the source page on the date checked. Estimates are Waegook's. Unknown is shown as not published, never as zero.
Who can apply
- New students (신입생, Spring 2027 guide), based only on the TOPIK filed with the application. The guide does not say separately whether transfer students count: ask +82 (0)55 772 0285
- Paid within each semester's budget, and tuition awards never above the total tuition
- Your TOPIK must be valid on the first day of the semester. A TOPIK taken again after it expires counts only if the level went up (a level 6 retaken counts)
- The school's undated scholarship page shows older award names and wording (an "International Pioneer" award); the Spring 2027 guide is followed here
From the official page. The provider decides, not Waegook.
Keeping it
TOPIK 4 or higher, 10 credits or more in the previous semester and GPA 3.0 or higher
From the official page. The provider decides, not Waegook.
Helpers for this
People in Trusted Help who list "Scholarship guidance". Waegook has reviewed their account information. Please still agree fees in writing first. The application itself always goes through the school or the embassy.
Where this comes from
- Gyeongsang National University Spring 2027 undergraduate guide, scholarship pages (Korean, PDF p.15 and p.16) ↗Checked 19 October 2026
- International scholarship page, Korean (undated; older award names) ↗Supports: older wording · Checked 19 October 2026
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