Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong

2025 Global Korea Scholarship for Graduate Degrees (GKS-G)

The National Institute for International Education(NIIED), under the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea, plans to offer scholarships to participating countries' nationals.

To this end, the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong plans to recommend 3 qualified candidates to the NIIED which will finally choose 2 candidates. After being confirmed by the NIIED, the selected candidate is expected to arrive in Korea in August 2025.

The Application Guideline is enclosed herewith, including qualifications, required documents, forms for submission, and all other necessary information.

Further information about the 2025 Graduate GKS is available at the websites http://www.niied.go.kr/eng/main.do or https://www.studyinkorea.go.kr/ko/main.do

Applicants should submit all required documents/forms to the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong no later than Friday, 7 March 2025 and interviews will be held at the Korean Consulate in due course (17~21 March 2025) with a limited number of applicants who have met the application deadline and passed through the document review. It is kindly noted that those who fail to meet one of the qualifications outlined in the Applications Guideline will be automatically disqualified.

※︎ Number of documents to submit: ONE set of original papers + THREE sets of photocopies

Any inquiry on the above-mentioned matter can be made to the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong as follows :

Miss Christie LUK

Phone: +852-2529-4141

e-mail: hkg-eco@mofa.go.kr

Address: Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong, 
            5/F, Far East Finance Centre, 
            16 Harcourt Road, 
            Hong Kong

* Applicants who are expected to graduate by 31 July 2025 can also apply for the program with a certificate of expected graduation. Such applicants must submit their official graduation certificate and final academic transcript by 31 July 2025. 

Failure to do so will result in the cancellation of your acceptance. 

** All required certificates must be Apostilled by the Hong Kong High Court. 

    ( For Non-government issue documents, applicants have to verify the authenticity of the copy through Hong Kong District Offices' Declaration / Oaths Service, to get the apostille at Hong Kong High Court)

*** Documents submitted by email will NOT be accepted.