2019 Scholarship Program for Descendants of UN Korean War veterans


Official Notice
2019-03-04

 

1. Program Objective

The scholarship program is designed to provide higher education in Korea for descendants of UN Korean War Veterans in order to recompense the sacrifices made by those Korean War veterans of UN allied nations and to strengthen friendship with those nations.

 

2. Host Institution

Korean War Memorial Foundation   http://www.kwmf.kr

모서리가 둥근 직사각형: Korean War Memorial Foundation (KWMF) was established in 2010 to express our deep gratitude for the veterans’s descendants through education. The Korean War Memorial Foundation provides scholarships to the school-aged descendants of the Korean War veterans. In addition, we are operating programs to support university students that wish to pursue post-secondary education in Korea as well as internship programs.

 3. Total Number of Scholarship Winners: up to 5 persons

 

  • Nationality Requirement
     

 National Quota

Name of Countries (21 Countries)

2 from each of the UN allied nations

USA, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Turkey, The Netherlands, Luxemburg, Colombia, Belgium, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, India, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Norway

Total

5 persons

 

 

6. Duration of Scholarship

o Bachelor’s

a. First year student admission: 4 yrs. (Mar.13, 2019 ~ Feb.20, 2023) - 4 yrs. of undergraduate study

b. Transfer admission: 3~4 yrs. (Mar.13, 2019 ~ Feb.20, 2021 or 2022) – 2~3 yrs. of undergraduate study

o Master’s : 2 yrs. (Mar.13, 2019 ~ Feb.20, 2021) - 2 yrs. of Master’s study

o Doctoral : 2 yrs. (Mar.13, 2019 ~ Feb.20, 2021) - 2 yrs of Doctoral study

 

7. Scholarship Benefits

o Scholarship Period : same as the period of invitation

o Payment

- Tuition : The admission fee and tuition fees will be paid by SNU

  Students should get a cumulative grade point average (G.P.A) of at least 3.0 on a 4.3 scale after they start their degree program at SNU to get their tuition scholarship

- Monthly Allowance: The MPVA or KWMF monthly allowance will be given to students from USA, Colombia, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Philippines, Republic of South Africa, Thailand and Turkey.

Scholarships vary in number and amount each year.

8. Application & Selection Procedures

- Application Submission Deadline: March 20, 2019

  Place of submission

  Eamil: hosu14@gmail.com

- KWMF Selection committee: March 20 ~ March 22, 2019

- Announcement of Final Scholarship winners: March 29, 2019

 

 

Please refer to the attached file for more information.