Application Guidelines for the Global Hope Scholarship Program for Fall 2024

 

We are pleased to announce the call for the Global Hope Scholarship for Fall 2024.

Please see details of the scholarship below and apply within the designated period.

 

1. Global Hope Scholarship

This scholarship is given by the Samsung Dream Scholarship Foundation to foster outstanding graduate students from developing countries that have the potential to become global leaders.

www.sdream.or.kr

 

2. Eligible Applicants (must meet all the below requirements, KGSP students NOT applicable)

- Academic status:

 1) Undergraduate students who have admission to Seoul National University for the Fall 2024 semester

Or

2) Undergraduate students who are currently going through their courses of a Bachelor’s program

Or

 3) Graduate students who have admission to Seoul National University for the Fall 2024 semester

Or

4) Graduate students who are currently going through their courses of a Master’s or a PhD program

 

- Nationality: Must be a country listed on the DAC List of ODA Recipients (see attached list for details)

 - Financial status: In case of an undergraduate student, a student that does not receive any other scholarships that involves tuition waiver

 - Other requirements: must be a holder of a TOPIK score of level 2 (or higher)

 

3. 3. Candidates to be selected: 2 persons

 

4. Scholarship Benefits

 ▶Undergraduate

 - Full tuition waiver

- Monthly stipend (KRW 650,000 each month)

▶Graduate

- Study Allowance (maximum KRW 5,000,000 each semester)

 

5. Scholarship Period (supported within the normative period)

 - Bachelor’s degree program: maximum 8 semesters

- Master's degree program: maximum 4 semesters

-Doctoral degree program: maximum 6 semesters

-Combined Master’s & Doctorate program: maximum 8 semesters

 

6. Required Documents

- Please refer to the ‘Application Checklist’ of the attached application form (1^st page)

 

7. Deadline:

- Submission to OIA by an electronic official document from the applicant’s college by July 15th, 2024

1) Submit required documents to your designated college’s administration office (see list below for details)

2) Please contact the administration office of your designated college regarding submission deadlines to your college’s administration office.

* Important: Early submissions are strongly recommended so that the college’s administration office can prepare to submit your documents by an official document to the OIA.

 

8. Final Acceptance results: August 2024 to be announced by e-mail (an interview will be held for those who passed the documents screening, approximately during August 2024. Only those accepted will be contacted)

 

9. Scholarship Continuity Assessment: At the end of each semester, the scholarship student's academic status is checked to determine whether or not to continue to receive the scholarship. All scholarship recipients must meet the below conditions to maintain the scholarship.

▶Undergraduate scholarship recipients:

Must maintain GPA of 2.7/4.3, AND

must be a holder of a TOPIK score of level 3 after 2 semesters has passed as a scholarship recipient

must be a holder of a TOPIK score of level 4 after 4 semesters has passed as a scholarship recipient

must be a holder of a TOPIK score of level 5 after 6 semesters has passed as a scholarship recipient

 

▶Graduate scholarship recipients:

Must maintain GPA of 3.0/4.3, AND

must be a holder of a TOPIK score of level 3 after 2 semesters has passed as a scholarship recipient

must be a holder of a TOPIK score of level 4 after 4 semesters has passed as a scholarship recipient

must be a holder of a TOPIK score of level 5 after 6 semesters has passed as a scholarship recipient

 

 

10. Contact: SNU Office of International Affairs (+82-2-880-2519)