Master’s & PhD
Global Hope Scholarship — Graduate
Samsung Dream Scholarship Foundation
What it covers
- Tuition
- No universal tuition-waiver percentage in the foundation-wide record. Check your university’s award package.
- Support duration
- Master’s: up to 4 semesters; PhD: 6; combined master’s/PhD: 8. No extra semesters.
- Living support
- The foundation grant is recorded below as a semester award, not an additional monthly stipend.
- Cash award
- Foundation policy: KRW 4,800,000 per semester; confirm the amount and allocation in your university’s offer.
- Other support
- SNU’s closed Fall 2026 graduate call capped the semester payment at KRW 4,800,000 and adjusted it for other support.
Can you apply?
- Nationality
- Nationality of a country included in the applicable OECD DAC List of ODA Recipients; verify the list used by your university.
- Grades / GPA
- Strong academic performance; university nomination thresholds can differ.
- Korean / TOPIK
- TOPIK level 2 or higher.
- Other conditions
- Financial need and commitment to service and foundation activities.
- Admission to or enrollment at a recommendation partner is required.
- GKS recipients and applicants with any semester of Korean primary or secondary schooling are excluded.
- Vacancies and country quotas are checked separately by each university.
Verified partner universities
The foundation names 19 recommendation partners. A listed university does not imply a vacancy in every intake.
This award requires a nomination. Apply through the partner university’s scholarship office. The university nominates candidates for foundation review and interview.
This is a partial list of documented partner links. Check the current foundation and university notices for the full eligible scope.
- Kangwon National University
- Kyungpook National University
- Kyung Hee University
- Korea University
- Dongguk University
- Pusan National University
- Sogang University
- Seoul National University
- Sungkyunkwan University
- Yonsei University
- Ewha Womans University
- Inha University
- Chonnam National University
- Jeju National University
- Chung-Ang University
- Chungnam National University
- Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
- Handong Global University
- Hanyang University
How to apply
Apply through the partner university’s scholarship office. The university nominates candidates for foundation review and interview.
- Intake / policy
- Standing Global Hope policy; the next university nomination call must be checked.
- Application dates
- University recommendations normally occur in January and July. Checked 2026 calls are closed; no open next-intake deadline is established here.
- Keep your award
- Continue only within the supported degree period and the foundation/university’s renewal review. Extra semesters are not covered.
From a possibility to a plan
Your application steps
Apply through the partner university’s scholarship office. The university nominates candidates for foundation review and interview.
- This SNU call is closed and is provided only to explain the nomination process.
- Obtain the next call and complete document list from your own partner university.
- Check your university’s nomination vacancy and local deadline.
- Prepare the current nomination form, TOPIK evidence and the documents named in that call.
- Follow the university nomination and foundation review process; admission alone is not selection.
Dates & intake
Standing Global Hope policy; the next university nomination call must be checked.
University recommendations normally occur in January and July. Checked 2026 calls are closed; no open next-intake deadline is established here.
The SNU department deadline was 8 July 2026. Use your own university’s next official call.
Open the intake guide ↗ (opens a new tab)Prepare these documents
The scholarship source does not provide a complete document checklist. Use the current program admission notice before preparing your submission.
Funding route & other awards
Admission first, nomination next
GKS recipients are excluded. Other-award treatment depends on the university and award type; do not assume the foundation grant can be added to every university scholarship.
Check the combination rules ↗ (opens a new tab)Keep the award
Continue only within the supported degree period and the foundation/university’s renewal review. Extra semesters are not covered.
Application decisions remain with the provider. These checkboxes stay on this page and are not submitted.