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Admission Guidelines for International Students  - 2020 Fall Semester -  | 
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1. About the Graduate School of Korean Studies, the Academy of Korean Studies
  
Scholarship  | ◦ Tuition fees are fully waived for all international students. ◦ 64.0% of international students benefit from the Government Grant (monthly stipend of 750,000KRW for a year). ◦ Every year 3 Asian students are selected as POSCO Asia Fellows and provided with monthly stipend of 1,000,000KRW for 22 months.  | 
Education  | ◦ A 5:1 student-faculty ratio enables close one-on-one guidance of students by professors. ◦ Students are encouraged to participate in the AKS research projects.  ◦ Korean language courses specifically designed for academic purposes are available free of charge. ◦ Various programs supporting student¡¯s academic performance are run such as tutoring, cultural activities, and airfare subsidy for presentation in overseas conferences.  | 
 
2. Programs and Majors Offered 
Programs    | Divisions  | Majors  | Volume of Recruitment  | 
Master's or Doctoral Degree  Program  | Humanities  | Korean History,  Diplomatics and Bibliography, Philosophy, Korean Linguistics¡¤Korean Literature  | OO  | 
Culture and Arts   | Anthropology¡¤Folklore, Religious Studies,  Musicology, Art History, Cultural Informatics¡¤Human Geography  | 
Social Sciences   | Political Science, Sociology, Education  | 
Global Korean Studies  | Korean Culture and Society (Only available for a Master¡¯s degree program),  Korean Classics and Global Communication (An interdisciplinary program)  | 
4 Divisions  | MA : 14 Majors¡¡£¯¡¡PhD : 13 Majors  | 
Research (Non-degree) Program  | 4 Divisions  | MA : 14 Majors¡¡£¯¡¡PhD : 13 Majors (Same as those provided for Degree Program)  | O  | 
   
3. Eligibility
  ¡Û International students who have a bachelor¡¯s or a Master¡¯s degree AND Korean language proficiency equivalent to or higher than TOPIK level 4
 
4. Application Deadline
  ¡Û Online application by 3 April
  ¡Û Documents submission by post or in person by 10 April
 
5. More Details
  - In English : 
http://intl.aks.ac.kr/english/viewtopic.php?t=561&sid=0b8fcef558ab882db9c9e5c0cafb3ece
  - In Korean :
http://grad.aks.ac.kr/cop/bbs/selectBoardArticle.do?nttId=314417&bbsId=BBSMSTR_000000000110&menuNo=2010112000