The Government of the Republic of Korea will provide 14 Bangladeshi students with scholarship opportunities for graduate studies in Korea for the 2022 academic year.
The Embassy Korea in Dhaka announced the 2022 Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) Programme for Graduate Studies sponsored by the Korean Government on February 13.
According to the announcement, applications for the 2022 GKS Graduate Studies will be done in two different tracks; 5 students for the Embassy Track and 9 students for the University Track.
Applications for the Embassy track should be submitted to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Dhaka while the University Track application should be submitted directly to the universities.
Scholarship for Master’s degree will be given for three years including one year of Korean language programme while the Doctoral degree scholarship is for four years including one year of Korean language programme.
The 2022 Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) application is due on 5th March.
For details information, the Embassy asked the interested candidates to visit its website or Facebook on the GKS programme. https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/bd-en/index.do https://www.facebook.com/embdhaka/.
The GKS also provides scholarships for undergraduate studies and its recruitment was due in January. Usually, the GKS undergraduate scholarship process begins in September every year.
For the 2022 GKS undergraduate program, four Bangladeshi students were admitted to Korean universities.
Since 2011, some 172 Bangladeshi students have been benefitted from the GKS programme among which 137 were in the graduate programmes while 35 were undergraduate programmes.
In 2021, a total of 17 Bangladeshi students went to Korea through the GKS programme, among which 14 were graduate students and 3 were undergraduates. Out of the 14 graduate degrees, 7 were Doctorate degrees and the rest of them were Master’s degrees. Ten years ago in 2011, the number of Bangladesh GKS beneficiaries was 8.
Many graduates of the GKS programme are contributing actively in various sectors such as universities, private or public companies in Bangladesh and Korean companies like Samsung, LG or Hyundai. At present, around 1,500 Bangladeshi students are studying in Korea in various universities.
Korean Ambassador in Dhaka Ambassador Lee Jang-keun emphasised that young people are the crucial component and asset for the future of the bilateral relationship between Korea and Bangladesh.
He expressed his wish to see more Bangladeshi students could find chances to study in Korea in the coming years.
