Global Korea Scholarship application - Do's and Don'ts

The Global Korea Scholarship is open for application, and the deadline is 15 March 2022. The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Zimbabwe posted the call for applications on their Facebook page. They highlighted all the application procedures (see poster below). 

Poster extracted from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Zimbabwe (Facebook Page)

They "Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Zimbabwe Facebook Page" specified that Zimbabwean, Zambian and Malawian students are eligible to apply for this scholarship (on another Facebook post). The program package includes a 12 months Korean language training, Masters or PhD tuition, stipend, insurance, airfare and other grants for study completion. It's the best scholarship and an opportunity one can easily come to South Korea to further their studies. I urge you to follow the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Zimbabwe Facebook Page for more details concerning this scholarship offer,  read all the instructions, apply and also share the information.

The deadline is 15 March 2022, there isn't much time but you can run around now and make your documents ready for submission. Do not submit incomplete applications; this is a competitive scholarship, you-snooze-you-lose kinda scenario. Do not use middle-men to process your documents, this is a genuine scholarship so at this application stage, all communications should be between you and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Zimbabwe. I mean do not pay anyone to process any of your documents, scammers are there (beware of them and resist the temptation). Just follow the procedures outlined on the scholarship site and instructions provided by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Zimbabwe. One more thing: Do not inbox me for further assistance or clarifications because I do not know how they select or screen the documents. Therefore, your communications should be between you and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Zimbabwe! GOOD LUCK!!! Please apply and good luck everyone.

I purposefully didn't attach any links on this post because I want to avoid any corrupt software from interfering with this post. Simply search for the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Zimbabwe (Facebook Page) and start your preparations now! 

If you want to know more about life in Korea, please check us, Zimboz in Korea page on Facebook. If you want to apply for other scholarships, partial scholarships or full scholarships offered by Universities in South Korea please join our Facebook page Scholarship Plug Korea.

Review on Research Based Ph.D. Scholarships in South Korea

A research based scholarship for Ph.D. is a full-tuition scholarship offered to International Students to pursue their studies. These are mostly in research based degrees such as Engineering and Biological Sciences.

Ph.D. graduation 22 Feb 2018, Materials Science & Engineering
 @University of Seoul

I will stick to my major, Materials Science and Engineering. I was offered the full-tuition scholarship at University of Seoul from 2015 to 2017 (2 years of course work to obtain 60 credits). Then depending on your Supervisor whom you work with from day one of your admission, you simultaneously conduct research daily whilst doing coursework. In other words, from the day you get enrolled you become fulltime research student until the day of graduation. You also get a living allowance from your Supervisor depending on your ongoing research activities. 

The scholarship package:

1. full tuition by the university

2. Living allowance (depending on the projects in your laboratory)

*if  project funding is low then your living expense allowance will be low, why? There is no way Professor can support you if there is no funding.

In such cases, you need a BACK UP somewhere somehow because cost of living in Seoul is so high. Minimum monthly expenses on tightest budget would be 700,000 won.

This scholarship type is best if your Supervisor has good funding, if not it's a real headache to survive on it because you cannot do part-times here in Korea, it's rare to find one especially for African people.

I also discussed my journey on this link here

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