2011 InKAS Korean Language Scholarships for Winter semester

This is a great opportunity to learn Korean language at a prestigious University in South Korea.  InKAS provides Korean language scholarships to overseas Korean adoptees. In association with a grant from the Ministry for Health, Welfare, and Family Affairs, scholarship grantees can study at any of these language Institutes: Ewha Woman’s, Korea, Kyunghee, Seoul National, Sogang, Sookmyung and Yonsei University. Any overseas Korean adoptee over the age of 18 can invest a semester or more of studying Korean is qualified for the scholarships.

1. Application – Required documents

- Application form

- One photocopy of adoption document with your Korean name

- One photocopy of your passport with passport number

- One photocopy of your high school graduation certificate

- One photo (3x4cm)

- One page of self-introduction

* In case this is your second term, you could submit only application and all the other documents are not necessary but sometimes needs to be sent by InKAS’s request.

2. Application Dates

Starting from September 15th, first-come, first-served basis

*Only fully-completed application along with all the required documents after January 11th in Korean time will be accepted. Selections will be made entirely on a first-come, first-serve basis.

*In case you had any problems academically or in any other ways in your school in any previous semesters, your application can be rejected or your acceptance can be cancelled.   

3. How to Apply

? Sign-up through the InKAS website and go to the Korean Language Scholarship section:

Our Services -> Scholarship  -> Language school ->Click <Apply for scholarship> -> Scholarship Winter

? Submit an application form on the page and upload all the required documents on “Mypage” 

*MyPage is on your right top after you log in.

 4. Korean Language Schools

No.	Schools	Website
1	Kyunghee Univ.	http://eng.iie.ac.kr/
2	Korea Univ.	http://klcc.korea.ac.kr/main.mainList.action?langDiv=2
3	Ewha Woman’s Univ.	http://elc.ewha.ac.kr/korean/en/index.asp
4	Yonsei Univ.	http://www.yskli.com/index.asp
5	Sogang Univ.	http://klec.sogang.ac.kr/
6	Sookmyung Univ.	http://www.lingua-express.com/main.jsp?idx=070101
7	Seoul National Univ.	http://language.snu.ac.kr/site/en/klec/main/main.jsp

? Course period for each university

1)      Kyunghee Uni. – Dec. 19^th ~Feb. 28^th

2)      Korea Univ. – Jan. 9^th ~Mar. 22^nd

3)      Ewha Womem’s Univ. – Dec. 6^th~Feb. 22^nd

4)      Yonsei Univ.- Jan. 9^th~Mar. 21^st

5)      Sogang Univ.- Dec. 1^st~Feb. 17^th

6)      Sookmyung Univ. – Jan. 9^th~Mar. 23^rd

7)      Seoul National Univ. – Dec. 5^th~Feb. 10^th

Basically classes of all the universities run at 9a.m. to 1p.m.from Monday through Friday. *Unlike last semester, unfortunately, we can’t afford to grant scholarship for any evening classes due to reduced fund. However, even though you have to cover the whole tuition on your own, if you still want to attend an evening class, you yourself can apply for it directly to the school that you want to go.

5. Fee

- Application fee to InKAS : $77 US dollar or 82,000won (You can make the payment through Paypal on the website or directly at the office)

- Tuition fee is 50% covered by InKAS Korean Language Scholarship. (excluding the  registration fee to a school)  In case this is your second term on the same university, you don’t need to pay the registration fee. 

*Except Yonsei University, students need to pay 70% of the tuition fee.

All the notice related any fees will be notified individually after your being chosen as a scholarship beneficiary. And you will get to know the results after the application period is ended, which is October 15yth by email.  

If you have further inquiries regarding the InKAS Korean Language scholarships, please send an email to InKAS(inkas21@yahoo.co.kr)

Hello,

We will be closed during the weekend as usual, as well as on Monday and Tuesday (through September 13th) for the Korean holiday Chuseok.  We will resume normal office hours on the 14th. 

Please note if you email or call us during the holiday that we will not be able to respond until the 14th.  Thank you for understanding and for those of you celebrating Chuseok, have a great holiday!!