Secondly, applicants who passed the first round must be selected by the NIIED Selection

Committee. Finally, applicants who passed the second round must gain admission from a university.

o Institutions accepting applications: 90 overseas Korean embassies or 51 designated Korean universities.

* Applicants who submit applications to more than one of the aforementioned institutions will be

disqualified immediately.

o Selection Procedure

- 1^st Selection: Each 1^st selection institution will draft a selections standard based on the criteria provisioned by NIIED, and recommend the best applicants according to its respective standards.

- 2^nd Selection: The NIIED Selection Committee will select the most successful candidates from the pool of applicants recommended by the 1^st selection institutions.

- 3^rd Selection: Only the candidates who were recommended by a Korean embassy and passed the

2^nd selection successfully will be evaluated for admission by the 3 universities to which they applied; each candidate has to gain admission from at least one university.

* Applicants who were recommended by a designated university will automatically be granted

admission to said university that recommended them, upon the condition they are selected as a

successful candidate in the 2^nd Selection. Subsequently, once they pass the mandatory medical

examination, they will join the ranks of the final successful candidates.

Duration of Scholarship

o Master’s (01.09.2012 ~ 31.08.2015) : 1 yr. of Korean language + 2 yrs of Master’s

o Doctoral (01.09.2012 ~ 31.08.2016) : 1 yr. of Korean language + 3 yrs of Doctoral

* (Important) After the Korean language course, the scholarship period of degree course (2 years of master’s or 3 years of doctoral) cannot be extended beyond the designated duration.

* In the case that a scholar possesses a TOPIK Level that is higher than 5, he or she is exempted from the Korean language course; the exempted period will be deducted from the total scholarship period (2 years for master’s or 3 years for doctoral).

Korean Language Course

o All scholars, unless exempted, must take one year of Korean language course in the designated

language institution.

o Exemption from the Korean language course requirement: Korean proficiency at TOPIK Level 5 or 6

(with certification).

* Scholars who have surpassed TOPIK Level 5 and want to start their degree course without the Korean language course should obtain permission from NIIED in advance.

* Scholars who are exempted from taking the Korean language course may take their degree course starting from September 1^st, 2012 or March 1^st, 2013.

o Only the scholars who will have passed at least Level 3 of TOPIK (the Test of Proficiency in Korean)

after one year of Korean language course are permitted to start their master’s or doctoral program.

o Scholars who do not pass at least TOPIK Level 3 after one year of Korean language course should

complete an additional six-month coursework in the Korean language.

o Language Institution : the NIIED has designated five language institutions for the Korean language

course

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