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
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 Embassy or 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 :