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South KoreaKAIST Scholarship (Graduate: KGPS/KPS)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
KAIST's standard funding package for admitted international graduate students: full tuition coverage plus a monthly stipend, awarded automatically on admission with no separate scholarship application.
Deadline
No fixed application deadline stated on the funding page; funding is awarded automatically as part of the graduate admission decision, which follows KAIST's own admission-round deadlines.
What you get
Amount not recordedFull tuition coverage plus a monthly living stipend (KGPS track for Master's/integrated programmes, KPS track for PhD/integrated programmes) and national health insurance, per the official KAIST admissions page.
Covers
- Tuition
- Living costs
- Travel
- Health insurance
- Visa fee
Awards offered
Not stated as a fixed number; the page notes "94% of our international student body" receives funding.KGPS: 4 regular semesters. KPS: 8 regular semesters. Scholarship is renewable subject to a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7/4.3.
Who can apply
- Study level funded
- Master's, PhD
- Subjects
- No subject restriction recorded
- Qualification you must already hold
- a bachelors degree
- Language
- Not stated on the funding page checked. Any English or Korean (TOPIK) proficiency requirement is set as part of KAIST's general graduate admission criteria, separate from this funding page.
- Sri Lankan applicants
- Eligible
- University place
- You must already hold an admission offer when you apply
Other conditions the award sets
- No separate scholarship application: selecting KAIST and being admitted to a graduate programme automatically triggers consideration for KGPS or KPS funding.
These are recorded as written and are not checked by the matcher.
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Official pageSources
- KAIST Office of Admissions - Graduate Scholarshipread 1 September 2026
Checked 8 September 2026, next review due 8 March 2027