KAIST Global Presidential Scholarship
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
This competitive KAIST award supports selected international master’s and integrated master’s–PhD students.
- What it pays for
- Full tuition and KRW 1,000,000 a month for four regular semesters.
- Deadline
- Spring 2027 international applications closed on 1 September 2026; the Fall 2027 deadline has not yet been published.
Covers
What it pays for
- Tuition
- Living allowance
Eligibility
Who can apply
- Open to every nationality
- For Master's, PhD study
- Subjects: any
- English at IELTS 6.5 or equivalent
- The PhD level applies only to the integrated master’s–PhD route.
- There is no separate scholarship application: eligible KAIST Scholarship applicants are considered, and department heads recommend competitive candidates.
- The GDI-GTIP track is excluded. ([admission.kaist.ac.kr](https://admission.kaist.ac.kr/intl-graduate/FinancialSupport/Scholarship/KAISTScholarship/))
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Full tuition support, monthly student and meal allowances, partial health-insurance support and reimbursement of a one-way flight to Korea.
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