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Scholarship Based on Entrance Scores for Foreign Nationals 2019.04.16
Office of Student Affairs and Services

  • Criteria: Scholarship awarded to incoming foreign national students

  • Application: Awarded without any separate application

  • Payment: Reduced semester tuition

  • Scholarship standard 1

Awarded to the top 5% incoming foreign national students

※ Standard for continuing to receive the scholarship: the student took a total of 12 credits or more in the preceding semester and maintained a GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.3 scale) or higher


    • Scholarship 1

Full tuition waiver

Awarded for a maximum of four semesters if the student fulfills the standard for continuing to receive the scholarship

※ Does not include students enrolled in the Wonju College of Medicine

  • Scholarship standard 2

Awarded to the top 10% incoming foreign national students

※ Standard for continuing to receive the scholarship: the student took a total of 12 credits or more in the preceding semester and maintained a GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.3 scale) or higher

  • Scholarship 2

Full tuition waiver

Awarded for a maximum of two semesters if the student fulfills the standard for continuing to receive the scholarship

※ Does not include students enrolled in the Wonju College of Medicine

  • Scholarship standard 3

Awarded to the top 20% incoming foreign national students

※ Standard for continuing to receive the scholarship: the student took a total of 12 credits or more in the preceding semester and maintained a GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.3 scale) or higher


    • Scholarship 3

Half tuition waiver

Awarded for a maximum of two semesters if the student fulfills the standard for continuing to receive the scholarship

※ Does not include students enrolled in the Wonju College of Medicine

  • Scholarship standard 4

Awarded to the top 30% incoming foreign national students


    • Scholarship 4

Half tuition waiver for one semester

※ Does not include students enrolled in the Wonju College of Medicine

  • Scholarship standard 5

Awarded to the top 40% incoming foreign national students


    • Scholarship 5

One-third of tuition waiver for one semester

※ Does not include students enrolled in the Wonju College of Medicine

  • Scholarship standard 5

Awarded to the top 50% incoming foreign national students

  • Scholarship 6

Entrance fee waiver

※ Does not include students enrolled in the Wonju College of Medicine

  • Common standard

Receiving benefits from more than one of the Scholarship Based on Entrance Scores for Korean Freshmen, the Scholarship for Freshmen with Excellent Korean Language Ability, the Special Scholarship for Korean Language Education, the Scholarship Based on Entrance Scores for Foreign Nationals, and the Scholarship for Excellent Korean Language Ability is not permitted. Students who would be awarded two or more of the preceding scholarships shall instead receive the greatest single scholarship value.

For scholarships with more than two years of benefits, the beneficiary shall receive a single deferral if they do not meet the standard for continuing to receive the scholarship. If the beneficiary does not meet the standard twice, they will be no longer eligible to receive the scholarship in the future.