The KOICA Scholarship 2024 is a fully financed master's and doctoral degree scholarship in South Korea. The grant is offered to international students from impoverished nations. The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) offers this scholarship program. KOICA will offer 20 master's degrees and 5 doctoral programs in 2024. It will cover all expenses for the entire course of the degree program.
A master's degree program lasts 17 months, whereas a doctoral degree program takes 36 months. The scholarship provides a tuition fee, a monthly stipend, airfare, housing, a settlement allowance, insurance, extracurricular activities, a scholarship completion grant, and much more. This is incredible and worth a try. More details are provided below.
KOICA Scholarship Benefits
- Airfare and Settlement Allowance: (Master) KRW 600,000/ONCE (Doctoral) KRW 1,200,000/ONCE.
- Monthly Allowance KRW 999,000 per month.
- Full tuition is covered.
- Extracurricular activities.
- Study visits, workshops, Korean language classes, and so on.
- Accommodation
- Scholarship Completion Grants: (Master) KRW 300,000/ONCE (Doctoral) KRW 600,000/ONCE.
- National Health Insurance
- Private Medical Insurance
Participating Universities:
- Yonsei University
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- Kangwon National University (KNU)
- Soongsil University (SSU)
- Korean Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management (KDI School)
- University of Seoul (UoS)
- Kyungpook National University (KNU)
- Seoul National University (SNU)
- Hanyang University (HU)
- Handong Global University (HGU)
- Yeungnam University (YNU)
Eligible Countries for the KOICA Scholarship:
Africa: Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Morocco, Mozambique, Senegal, Algeria, Egypt, Uganda, Cameroon, Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Tanzania, Tunisia, DR Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Niger, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Burkina Faso, Benin, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Angola, Zambia, Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, Togo, South Sudan, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe, Comoros
Central & South America: Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Honduras, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Guyana, Grenada, Dominica, Belize, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Asia: Nepal, Timor-Leste, Laos, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, India
Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, Philippines
Pacific: Fiji, Nauru, Niue, Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Kiribati,
Tonga, Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea
Middle East & CIS & Eastern Europe: Jordan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan.
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