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NOTICE FOR 2
NDROUND SELECTED CANDIDATES (2022 GKS-U Embassy Track)
Dear Selected Candidates of the 2022 Global Korea Scholarship Undergraduate Degree Program,
Huge congratulations to you all for making it to the final round of the 2022 GKS-U!
We ask all selected candidates of the 2nd round whose names are included in the attached result to carefully read the following information and take appropriate actions for the final round selection process.
1. Medical Examination – Due December 22
nd(For ALL selected candidates of the 2nd round)
All candidates whose names are listed in the 2nd round result must conduct a medical checkup from a licensed doctor or a physician at a local hospital and submit an Official Medical Examination AND a laboratory evidence (result of your examination) officially issued by a hospital or a medical clinic.
Download the Form “Official Medical Examination” attached to this announcement.
The Official Medical Examination form must be completed and signed by a licensed physician or a doctor with a MD degree.
The laboratory evidence must include all the examinations listed in section “4. Laboratory Examination” in the Official Medical Examination form.
How to submit:
- Scan your Official Medical Examination report and all laboratory results into ONE SINGLE PDF FILE and email to gksselection@korea.kr by December 22nd (Korea Standard Time) Please limit the size of the file to less than 5 MB.
- The name of the file should be [Your Candidate Number*]-Medical.
*Candidate Number: Please refer to the "2022 GKS-U Embassy Track 2nd Round Result Successful Candidates" file. Each candidate is given a Candidate number in the first column. (ex. 2022U-EMB126)
2. Korean Language Program
All 2022 GKS-U scholars who pass the final round will take a one-year mandatory Korean language training at a Korean language institution. The language institution will be announced with the final result and will be indicated on the invitation letter that you will receive from NIIED. Please note that it is NOT POSSIBLE to change the language institution. Each scholar is assigned to a language institution
2 based on one’s country of origin and Korean language proficiency so that the diversity is represented in each institution.
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GKS scholars who have valid TOPIK level 5 or 6 will be exempt from the language training program and start their degree program in March 2022. If you have attained TOPIK level 5 or 6 after you have submitted your applications in October or if you have already received TOPIK level 5 or 6 but did not report your scores to us, please inform us by submitting the scanned copy of your official certificate to NIIED.
* The 78th TOPIK score is the last TOPIK score one should report to NIIED for exemption from the Korean language program. Applicants who achieved TOPIK level 5 or 6 after application deadline must submit the valid TOPIK certificate to NIIED by December 22nd (Korea Standard Time). If you have already submitted your TOPIK certificate at the time of application and if there is no change to your TOPIK level, you do not have to re-send the certificate.
How to submit
- Save a scanned file of your TOPIK certificate into a PDF file and name it into a following format: [Your Candidate Number]-TOPIK. Please limit the size of the file to less than 5 MB.
Attach Medical and TOPIK(* if any) file to a single email with a subject line, [Your Candidate Number]- [Country]. Please do not include any other text.
For example, a candidate from Korea should attach his [2022U-EMB126]-Medical and [2022U-EMB126]-TOPIK files in a single email with the subject line, [2022U-EMB126]-[Korea].
Where to submit: gksselection@korea.kr
- This is a receive-only email account for document submission. You will not receive any response to your inquiries regarding the program or application. Should you have inquiries that require response, please send an email to kgspniied@korea.kr.
- You will not receive confirmation email after your submission. If there is an issue with your submitted documents or if we do not receive your email until the due date, then we will contact those candidates individually.
- Due to security reasons, we cannot open files that are sent via google drive, dropbox, one drive or any internet-linked files. We only accept files that are attached in an email.
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 (Korea Standard Time)
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3. Third Round of Selection: University Admission – Due December 22
nd(Only for Embassy Track Applicants)
NIIED will send three sets of applications of the 2nd round selected candidates of the embassy track to the universities for admissions, which is the final round of the selection. The three universities that each applicant chose will conduct the screening for admission until mid-December. Each university will then contact the candidates and inform the screening results by December 17th. If you do not receive any notice from your chosen universities by December 17th, you must contact the universities to check the result. During this period, please check your emails frequently and make yourselves available to answer any phone calls from the universities. In case the university requests additional documents, please submit them directly to the university.
Once you receive the results from all three universities (either pass or fail), you must make your final choice on one university and notify NIIED about your final choice no later than Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 (Korea Standard Time) by submitting the excel form “2022U-EMB-University Final Choice*”.
* 2022U-EMB-University Final Choice form is available as an attachment to this announcement.
How to submit:
- Save the excel file and name it into a following format: [Your Candidate Number]- University. Please limit the size of the file less than 5 MB.
- The subject line of your email should be the same as the name of the file: [Your Candidate Number]-University.
For example, a candidate should attach his [2022U-EMB126]-University file in an email with the subject line, [2022U-EMB126]-University.
- If you do not wish to proceed with the scholarship program or if you were rejected by all three universities, you do not need to submit your medical report or university choice file.
However, please let us know about your case via gksselction@korea.kr email.
Where to submit: gksselection@korea.kr
- This is a receive-only email account for document submission. You will not receive any response to your inquiries regarding the program or application. Should you have inquiries that require response, please send an email to kgspniied@korea.kr.
- You will not receive confirmation email after your submission. If there is an issue with your submitted documents or if we do not receive your email until the due date, then we will contact those candidates individually.
- Due to security reasons, we cannot open files that are sent via google drive, dropbox, one drive or any internet-linked files. We only accept files that are attached in an email.
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021 (Korea Standard Time)
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4. Additional Document Submission
(For ALL selected candidates of the 2nd round)
For those of you who were expected to graduate at the time of application or applied with a provisional graduation certificate (ex. Secondary education exam certificate, letter of expected graduation, etc.), you must submit your official graduation certificate by February 28th, 2022 to GKS Center, NIIED.
GKS Center (Selection Dept. of 2022 GKS-U)
191 Jeongjail-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13557, Rep. of Korea
*Please indicate your GKS Scholar number next to your name.
Your document should be authenticated (apostilled or consular-confirmed). If the document is written in a language other than Korean or English, you should submit a notarized translation along with your authenticated document. Please note that all documents submitted to NIIED throughout the application process will NOT be returned in any case.
ATTENTION!!
For those of you who cannot submit official graduation certificate by December 22nd, 2021:
Candidates who applied during their final semester and candidates who applied with a provisional graduation certificate (ex. Secondary education exam certificate, letter of expected graduation, etc.) will be announced as Conditional Successful Candidates in the Final Announcement.
If such candidate is exempt from a language program, his status as a GKS scholar will be automatically put on hold until August 31st, 2022 unless he submits his graduation certificate by Decmeber 22nd, 2022.
However, if he submits his graduation certificate by February 28th, 2022, his scholarship will be restored and will be allowed to enter Korea for his degree program.
All Conditional Successful Candidates should enter Korea on their own expenses and their entry flight ticket will not be arranged by their university. Their entry airfare will be reimbursed* only upon the submission of their graduation certificate. (*an actual expense of a one way economy class flight ticket) All Conditional Successful Candidates should submit their graduation certificate by February 28th, 2022 to GKS Center in a hard copy or (temporarily) in a pdf file (gksselection@korea.kr).
Your graduation certificate must indicate that you have “graduated” from your school and also indicate the date of your graduation.
Secondary education examination certificate, senior school certificate examination result, letter of expected graduation, etc. will be considered as a provisional graduation certificate.
5 ATTENTION!!
For those of you who cannot submit official graduation certificate by February 28th, 2022:
If you cannot submit your official graduation certificate because your school is either closed,
postponed the issuance of the documents, or because you were not able to complete your curriculum due to circumstances beyond control (e.g., COVID-19), your status as a GKS scholar will be deferred until August 31st, 2022. This means that you will be given a grace period of 6 months to receive the official graduation certificate instead of being disqualified from the scholarship.
If you belong to this case, you must contact the Korean embassy where you applied to (embassy track) or the university (university track) and file your scholarship deferral BEFORE YOUR ENTRY TO KOREA.
Once you enter Korea and if you cannot submit your documents by February 28th, 2022, your
scholarship may be subject to cancellation, and return to your home country on your own expense. If there is any scholarship provided, you will have to pay back the cumulative scholarship amount.
※ Submission deadline may be extended individually considering the local circumstances
Note: We will announce the final results in late-December. However, even after a candidate was announced as a final successful scholar but if a scholar is found to be disqualified or an application document of a scholar is discovered to be a fraud, we may cancel the scholarship at any time.
We thank you in advance for your full cooperation.
Sincerely,
GKS Center, NIIED
November 22nd, 2021
