Tuition · Living costs · Money needed first

Know what you
need to cover.

Compare your own study-cost estimates with and without support. All amounts are in Korean won (KRW).

A tuition award reduces tuition. It does not automatically pay rent, meals or travel. Plan both the total cost and the money you need before the first support payment.

Connect your fee and your funding

Plan one semester from official sources.

Choose a published program fee and a scholarship from the same university. Compare one tuition bill plus the living period you enter. Calculate later semesters separately when fees or support change.

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1. Choose the tuition bill
2. Choose one scholarship scenario
3. Add your costs around this semester

One selected tuition bill is included automatically. Enter your own housing, living and one-time costs; enter 0 only when no cost applies. Separately charged university fees belong in one-time costs.

The plan includes one tuition bill, regardless of the months entered.

Use 1 for the entry semester, including a transfer into this program. Match the entry or continuing fee category.

For example, 1 for its first supported semester. Confirm the award still applies to your chosen semester.

Include rent or your monthly share of residence charges.

Meals, transport, phone and insurance; exclude housing entered above.

Application fees, separately charged entrance fees, travel, documents and deposits. Do not repeat a fee already included in the selected tuition bill.

A subset of the total costs above, before support arrives. This is not added again.

4. Set the living-support assumption

A tuition waiver is not cash for living costs. Variable or unpublished payments are not inserted automatically.

Enter only paid months within this plan; enter 0 when adding no living payment.

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Build your study budget

Use the fees and funding terms for your chosen program. Enter 0 only when an item does not apply or you have confirmed there is no cost. Leaving a cost blank means the estimate is not ready.

1. Choose the period you are comparing

Housing and living costs are multiplied by this number.

Use the number of tuition bills you expect within the selected period.

2. Enter your cost estimates

Use your program’s fee for one semester. Do not enter an annual university average here.

Use your monthly housing estimate. Keep it separate from other living costs.

For example: meals, transport, phone and insurance not included elsewhere. Exclude housing already entered.

Include your estimated travel, application, document and setup costs once. Add any required deposit to your cash plan; a refundable deposit may later be returned.

This is a portion of the costs above that you expect to pay before support arrives. It is not added to the total again.

3. Set a funding scenario

Use a confirmed award, or enter a clearly hypothetical scenario to compare. The calculation does not decide your eligibility or predict selection.

Use the percentage covered across the tuition semesters entered above. If support covers only part of the period, use the effective percentage for that period.

Enter only support that you can use for living costs. Do not count a tuition waiver again.

Use paid months within your budget period, not the full degree duration. This cannot exceed the number of budget months.

The example uses illustrative numbers to explain the calculator. They are not a university’s prices, a quoted scholarship or a living-cost recommendation.

Check the timing, not just the total.

What is actually covered?

Separate a tuition reduction, money paid to you, housing provided directly and expenses reimbursed later. Count each benefit only once.

When does support begin?

Confirm the first payment date and whether you must pay fees or living expenses before it arrives. A later reimbursement does not remove the need for cash at the start.

What could change?

Check the award period and renewal conditions. Keep a separate plan for costs if an award is not granted or does not continue.

Keep your assumptions with your budget.

Compare official scholarship terms →

Print this page after calculating to keep the inputs with the result.
Write the source and date beside each estimate before making a financial commitment.