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Seoul National University

POSCO Asia Fellowship for Master's Program

POSCO Asia Fellowship at GSIS SNU 2008-2009

The POSCO Asia Fellowship is a scholarship program designed to invite promising Asian graduate students to the Master’s Program at the Graduate School of International Studies(GSIS), Seoul National University(SNU), supporting their studies at one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in Korea. The fellowship, offered by the POSCO TJ Park Foundation, covers full tuitions for up to 4 semesters at GSIS-SNU and monthly living stipends for two years in Korea.

A total of 9 fellowships for this year have been awarded to students from Asia. The POSCO Asia Fellowship Foundation has continued to expand the scope of its social contributions and hopes to provide additional Asian countries with more scholarships in the future. For the Master’s program at GSIS SNU AY 2008, Asian universities are invited to recommend students to the Fellowship.

Fellowships are provided to promote mutual understanding between Asian countries and Korea, and to strengthen professional abilities of Asian elite students. Knowledge sharing projects such as the POSCO Asia Fellowship hope to benefit the different societies, economies, and cultures of the world.

Financial Support

Number of Selection AY 2008	Tuition	Duration	Monthly Stipend	Duration
5	Full	4 semesters	KRW 1,000,000 (USD1,050)	24 months

*Please note that the POSCO Asia Fellowship program only provides tuition and monthly stipend. The program is NOT responsible for other additional spending such as dormitory, travel expenses, visa fee, books, etc. You must be able to manage to pay such costs with the monthly stipend the Fellowship provides.

Eligibility and Requirements for Admission

• Submitted documents become the property of SNU and will not be returned to the applicants.
• Documents that are not in English or Korean must be accompanied by an English or Korean notarized translation. Please submit the original documents as well.
• International applicants with unusual cases and individual circumstances may be given special consideration.

Eligibility for Application

• Applicants must be an Asian National.
• Applicants must meet all of the following requirements:
• Common Requirements
  1. He or she holds a Bachelor’s degree;
  2. He or she is not a citizen of Korea;
  3. His or her parents are not citizens of Korea

Required Documents
Form download

1. One completed Application Form (Form 1)
2. Study Plan and Personal Statement (in English, no particular format)
3. Two letters of Recommendation (Form2) from the university the applicants are currently attending in his/her country
4. Official documents:
   • Official Undergraduate Studies Transcript
   • Notarized Certificate of a Bachelor’s Degree
   • Undergraduate School Graduation Certificate
5. A copy of the applicant’s passport (or other official document indicating your nationality)
6. Copies of both parents’ passports (or other official documents indicating parents’ nationality)
7. Official document indicating parent-child relationship between the applicant and his/her parents
8. TOEFL score report
9. Optional materials: certificates of relevant work experiences, test scores and/or other achievements

Application Instructions
Please observe the following instructions before beginning your application.

Form 1: Application Form (SNU Form1)

• Form 1 contains your personal information. Please specify your desired area of study, using Appendix of this booklet as a reference.
  Indicate the college or professional school and corresponding major.

Form 2: Recommendation (SNU Form2)

• Two letters of recommendation from the university is required.
• Complete your part of this form and give it to the professor along with a stamped and addressed envelope. Be sure to give him or her adequate time to complete the forms before the application deadline. A recommendation should be sealed in an official envelope and signed across the back by the professor.

Study Plan & Personal Statement

• The Study Plan should state your academic goals and career aspirations. You may include questions that you hope to answer through your program of study and/or a timeline for how you plan to meet your objectives. It is advised that you review the requirements for the desired degree.
• This is an opportunity for you to convey information about yourself and your accomplishments that could not be adequately expressed through other portions of the application.
• Include family background, academic achievements, extracurricular commitments and accomplishments, volunteer work, employment experience, and your reasons for applying to SNU. You may even include personal interests such as music, art, sports, etc.

Transcripts, Graduation Certificates, Degree Certificates

• These documents detail your academic achievements and are required from every institution you attended in the past.
• Transcripts must provide a record of the courses you have taken in each year of study along with the final grades. If an institution cannot provide a year-by-year record, then the school official must at least provide us with a list of the disciplines you have studied (i.e. English, Biology, History, etc.) and a summary of your achievements in each.
• Please submit official transcripts issued directly by the institutions you have attended. You must also submit official evidence of the conferrals of all degrees, diplomas, or professional titles showing the date of the conferrals (month and year).

English usage Proficiency Test Scores

• Applicants must possess a superior level of English uage proficiency(Recommended scores of TOEFL CBT 240 / IELTS 6.5 or above)

Admissions Process
All submitted applications and materials will be thoroughly reviewed by the GSIS SNU faculty and the Foundation(1st Round). Fellowship Candidates will then be selected and will be individually notified. Fellowship Candidates who successfully completes his/her application will enter into the 2nd Round of the process. During the 2nd Round, the Candidate must pass through the SNU admissions process. Of the students who qualify the SNU admissions process, 5 students will be granted the POSCO Asia Fellowship.

Application Timeline
Seoul National University’s fall semester begins on 1 September.

Please note the following important dates:

* Exact dates will be announced in mid February on http://gsis.snu.ac.kr.

	Admission to Fall Semester	Notes
Application Deadline	Mid March 2008	An application should be completed and required documents received by GSIS SNU before this date.
Fellowship Candidates Announcement	End March 2008	Results will be provided to applicants individually
Admissions Decision Announcement	Mid June 2008	Results will be posted on the SNU website (www.snu.ac.kr) or (http://oia.snu.ac.kr), and provided to applicants, as well.
Registration for Classes	25-29 August 2008	Specific dates and other info will be included in the Certificate of Admission sent to admitted students.
First day of Classes	1 September 2008

Note: If the deadline falls on a public holiday, it will automatically be moved to the next day.

Submitting Your Application

• Applicants whose forms and supporting documents are incomplete or unsatisfactory will be disqualified from the admissions process.
• A high volume of connections are anticipated on the deadline; completing the application prior to the deadline is highly recommended.
• To apply for admission to SNU, it is required to register on-line at http://admission.snu.ac.kr (exact date not finalized yet) and pay the registration fee by credit card. There is no need to send the fee to the GSIS bank account, previously provided. The fee is slightly elevated from last year and is US $90 or KRW 82,000. Once registered, the student must send an e-mail to gsis@snu.ac.kr stating his/her internet registration number.

. Original documents should be submitted. If unavailable, however, copies must be authorized by the originating institution before they are submitted.
. Documents that are not in Korean or English must be accompanied by a notarized Korean or English translation. Please submit the original document as well.

Address:

Nakyoung Lee
International Program Coordinator
Office of International Cooperation & Career Development
Graduate School of International Studies
Seoul National University
San 56-1, Sillim-Dong, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, KOREA
E-mail: gsis@snu.ac.kr / Tel: 822-880-8506 / Fax: 822-879-7368

Obligations

• Participation in a field trip or a round table conference twice a year prepared by the Foundation.
• Submission of a report on your activities in Korea in the third semester and a copy of your master’s thesis.
• Student must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above of 4.3 each semester to preserve scholarship eligibility.

Important Notes for All Applicants

• All documents should be in English or Korean. Documents in another uage should be accompanied by a notarized English or Korean translation.
• If any of the submitted materials contain false information, admission may be rescinded.
• Original documents should be submitted. Should they be unavailable, however, copies must be authorized by the originating institution before they are submitted.
• Students whose graduations were pending at other institutions during the time of application should submit their Graduation Certificates and the Certificates of their degrees to their departments within 15 days after the first day of after enrollment at SNU.
• Be sure to make and keep photocopies of all completed forms. Submitted documents become property of SNU and will not be returned to the applicants.
• Admitted students may not defer enrollment to a later semester. Students who wish to defer enrollment must reapply.
• Please note that SNU issues the Certificate of Admission for VISA application only to admitted students.
• After the admission, you must be able to maintain a GPA of 3.0 out of 4.3. The students unable to maintain the required grades may not be entitled to the fellowship and in worst case, severed from the SNU program.

General Information GSIS SNU Academic Programs (pdf download)

Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Seoul National University (SNU) website