The POSCO Asia Fellowship

The POSCO Asia Fellowship is a scholarship program designed to invite promising Asian graduate students to the Master`s Program at the Graduate School of International Studies(GSIS) , Seoul National University(SNU) , supporting their studies at one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in Korea.

The fellowship, offered by the POSCO TJ Park Foundation, covers full tuitions for up to 4 semesters at GSIS-SNU and monthly living stipends for two years in Korea. A total of 9 fellowships for this year have been awarded to students from Asia. The POSCO Asia Fellowship Foundation has continued to expand the scope of its social contributions and hopes to provide additional Asian countries with more scholarships in the future.

For the Master`s program at GSIS SNU AY 2008, Asian universities are invited to recommend students to the Fellowship. Fellowships are provided to promote mutual understanding between Asian countries and Korea, and to strengthen professional abilities of Asian elite students. Knowledge sharing projects such as the POSCO Asia Fellowship hope to benefit the different societies, economies, and cultures of the world.
Financial Support
Number of Selection AY 2008TuitionDuration Monthly Stipend Duration 5 Full 4 semesters KRW 1,000,000 (USD1,050) 24 months.

Please note that the POSCO Asia Fellowship program only provides tuition and monthly stipend. The program is NOT responsible for other additional spending such as dormitory, travel expenses, visa fee, books, etc. You must be able to manage to pay such costs with the monthly stipend the Fellowship provides.

Further information refer to : http://gsis.snu.ac.kr/Admission/sc_gs_ad_i/index.html