Graduate Scholarship for Excellent Foreign Students (GSFS)
Full tuition for up to four semesters and at least 500,000 won a month, for about twenty international graduate students. You tick one box on the SNU admission form.
Start your application Read the official page- 1Apply for SNU admission as an international student
- 2Tick the Application for Scholarship box on the same online form
- 3Your college or school picks recipients from the admission documents
One box on the SNU admission application, in the same window.
SNU graduate scholarships, before application ↗Checked 8 September 2026
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Who can apply
- You are not a Korean citizen
- You are studying at, or graduated from, a school in one of the eligible countries
- You applied to SNU and were accepted
- You applied to a college or school taking part in GSFS that semester
- Both the country list and the college list change every semester. SNU publishes them in the guide from its Office of Global Affairs
- About twenty people are chosen
- SNU stamps this page "Last updated in 2023", so confirm the figures with the office before you count on them
From the official page. The provider decides, not Waegook.
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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.
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Graduate Scholarship for Excellent Foreign Students (GSFS). An admin checks the official page before anything changes.
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How do I apply?
One box on the SNU admission application, in the same window.
- 1Apply for SNU admission as an international student
- 2Tick the Application for Scholarship box on the same online form
- 3Your college or school picks recipients from the admission documents
- 4The decision reaches you with the admission result