Korean Language Scholarship

[thrice12 66]

I was wondering if Korea had something similar to the CSC Scholarship, specifically for a language course. I can only find ones for undergraduate and graduate programs, nothing about any language courses. Does anyone know if it even exists?

thanks

[ZhangKaiRong 346]

There should be, but not so many... In my home country, I have friends whose major is Korean, and they can go to Korea for a year, mainly for learning the language and the Korean culture. But most of these scholarships are based on bilateral university agreements, so for other students it is impossible to get them.

I think the characterestic of soft power in China and in Korea is a little bit different. China establishes Confucius Institutes, offers generous scholarships, because the reputation of the country is just so-so. Korea has the Hallyu (or Korean wave), all over the world TVs broadcast KDramas, more and more people listening to KPOP, so the media reflects a good image on Korea, the reputation is good, so the government doesn't need to spend a fortune on offering scholarship.

[Murray 18]

Apologies for replying so late, but if you're looking for scholarships to a Korean language program, they do exist, but you'll have to apply through an individual university instead of a program like CSC.

If you have a particular school in mind, you might want to check their website and see what types of scholarships they can offer to foreign students and try applying.

[英泰inte 19]

Sorry i am very late on this, but this year my school advisor was telling students about a Korean government scholarship. It doesn't do bachelors like the Chinese one, and gives awards to less countries, but it still includes a year of Korean language study. I don't know very much about this scholarship, or if there's a forum just for it, but it sounds very great.

 

It seems like it opens on early February until later March every year.