NOTICE FOR 2ND ROUND SELECTED CANDIDATES

(2021 GKS-G Embassy Track)

Dear Selected Candidates of the 2021 Global Korea Scholarship Graduate Degree Program,

Huge congratulations to you all for making it to the final round of the 2021 GKS-G!

We ask all selected candidates of the 2nd round whose names are included in the attached result to
carefully read the following and take appropriate actions for the final round selection process.

1. Medical Examination – Due June 11th

(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”.
 How to submit
- Email the scanned files of a completed Official Medical Examination report and all
laboratory results to gksselection@korea.kr
- Compile all scanned files into ONE SINGLE PDF FILE. 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 "2021 GKS-G Embassy Track 2nd Round Result Selected
Candidates" file. In the first column, every candidate is given a Candidate number. When writing your
Candidate No., you must write the number in the exact order (if necessary, copy and paste).

2. Korean Language Program

All 2021 GKS-G 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 based on one’s country of origin and Korean language proficiency so that the
diversity is represented in each institution.
*Exception: GKS scholars who have valid TOPIK level 5 or 6 will be exempt from the language
training program and start their degree program in September 2021.
If you have attained TOPIK level 5 or 6 after you have submitted your applications in March
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 75th 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 Friday, June 11th, 2021.

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 score report.

 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
less than 5 MB.

Attention!!! Attach all files (Medical and TOPIK* if any) to a single email. The subject line of
your email must be [Your Candidate Number]-[Country]-[Last Name] and please do not
include any other text. For example, a candidate named Suzy Park from Liberia should attach her
[2021G-EMB629]-Medical and [2021G-EMB629]-TOPIK files in a single email with the subject line,
[2021G-EMB629]-[Liberia]-[Park].

Attention!!! 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 the files that are sent as an
attachment in an 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)

 Submission Deadline: Friday, June 11th, 2021

3. Third Round of Review: University Admissions – Due June 2nd

(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 the end of May. Each university
will then contact the candidates and inform the results to NIIED by May 28th. If you do not get any
notice from your chosen universities by May 28th, 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.
Each university will contact individual candidates for the admission results by Friday, May 28th.

Once you receive the results from all three universities, you must make your final choice on one
university and notify NIIED about your final choice no later than Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021 by
submitting the Form “2021G-EMB-University Final Choice”.

“2021G-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 Choice. Please limit the size of the file less than 5 MB.
- You must also notify the universities about your final choice.
- The subject line of your email must be [Your Candidate Number]-University Choice
and please do not include any other words.

Attention!!! THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL SHOULD BE THE SAME AS THE NAME
OF THE FILE: [Your Candidate Number]-University Choice. In the subject line of your email,
please do not include the following text: document, submission, or confirmation. Any emails
including any of those words in the subject line will automatically be filtered.

Attention!!! 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 the files that are sent as an
attachment in an email.

 Where to submit: gksselection@korea.kr

 Submission Deadline: Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Note: We will announce the final results in mid-June. 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

May 3rd, 2021

(revised on May 6th)