KGSP Quota 2025 – GKS Countrywise for Graduate Programs

KGSP Quota In 2025 the Korean Government will invite 2200 students from around the world to study in South Korea with the GKS Scholarship Graduate Programs. This includes Masters Doctoral and Research programs. There are specific quotas for each country through the Embassy Track and the University Track.

Key Points

• Total Scholarships 2200 students
• Embassy Track 800 and University Track 1400
• Programs Masters Doctoral and Research
• Quotas for each country

Category	Number of Entries
Embassy Track	737
General	44
IRT	19
Overseas Korean	800

2025 KGSP Graduate Embassy Track Quota

Category	Number of Entries
General	368
R-GKS	627
IRT\*	10
R&D	300
Research	15
Global Network	80
Sub Total	1,400

1) KGSP Embassy Track Quota = 800

A) Generally there are 737 students from different 147 countries or regions

No.	Country/Region	Quota	No.	Country/Region	Quota
1	Indonesia	34	76	Hungary	4
2	Finland	3	77	Switzerland	1
3	Tanzania	7	78	United Kingdom	4
4	Rwanda	5	79	China	38
5	Denmark	1	80	Austria	1
6	Ethiopia	8	81	Turkey	9
7	Israel	3	82	Latvia	1
8	Saint Lucia	1	83	Lebanon	3
9	Uruguay	1	84	Croatia	1
10	Bolivia	2	85	Poland	3
11	Ecuador	8	86	Belarus	2
12	Honduras	3	87	Bangladesh	7
13	United States of America	17	88	Nicaragua	2
14	Benin	1	89	Suriname	1
15	Brazil	8	90	Bahamas, The	1
16	Sri Lanka	7	91	Guinea-Bissau	1
17	Mali	3	92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1
18	Jordan	4	93	Saudi Arabia	2
19	South Africa	2	94	North Macedonia	1
20	Algeria	3	95	Greece	2
21	Nigeria	7	96	Kyrgyzstan	9
22	Australia	1	97	Portugal	1
23	Thailand	17	98	Morocco	7
24	Zimbabwe	1	99	Sudan	2
25	Paraguay	4	100	Myanmar	17
26	Gambia, The	1	101	Cape Verde	1
27	Congo, DR	1	102	Serbia	4
28	Vietnam	34	103	Afghanistan	4
29	Slovakia	1	104	Peru	6
30	Qatar	1	105	Belarus	2
31	Togo	1	106	Uganda	7
32	Indonesia	34	107	Bolivia	2
33	Argentina	4	108	India	28
34	Mozambique	4	109	Belgium	2
35	Bulgaria	8	110	Uzbekistan	14
36	Czech Republic	2	111	Libya	2
37	Zambia	2	112	Tanzania	7
38	Greece	2	113	Switzerland	1
39	North Macedonia	1	114	Brunei	5
40	Turkey	9	115	Burkina Faso	1
41	Kenya	7	116	Laos	11
42	Japan	6	117	Philippines	17
43	Estonia	1	118	Myanmar	17
44	Armenia	3	119	Honduras	3
45	Guatemala	1	120	Nepal	4
46	Uzbekistan	14	121	Brazil	8
47	Nepal	4	122	Oman	5
48	Uganda	7	123	Tunisia	7
49	Mongolia	14	124	Rwanda	5
50	Malawi	1	125	El Salvador	4
51	Namibia	1	126	Laos	11
52	Yemen	3	127	Bahamas, The	1
53	El Salvador	4	128	Central African Republic	1
54	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	129	Mongolia	14
55	Bahamas, The	1	130	Bangladesh	7
56	Brunei	5	131	Kenya	7
57	Switzerland	1	132	Japan	6
58	Cambodia	12	133	Somalia	2
59	Bolivia	2	134	Suriname	1
60	Uganda	7	135	Myanmar	17
61	Ireland	1	136	Slovakia	1
62	Liberia	1	137	Malawi	1
63	Algeria	3	138	Mongolia	14
64	Ethiopia	8	139	Honduras	3
65	Denmark	1	140	Libya	2
66	Fiji	2	141	Nicaragua	2
67	Togo	1	142	United Kingdom	4
68	South Africa	2	143	Ukraine	3
69	Botswana	2	144	Trinidad and Tobago	1
70	Uzbekistan	14	145	Yemen	3
71	Rwanda	5	146	Armenia	3
72	Zambia	2	147	Finland	3
Total		737

Embassy Track General Quota for KGSP 2025 Graduate

B) Overseas Korean: 20 scholars from 12 distinct countries or regions

No.	Country/Region	Quota	No.	Country/Region	Quota
1	Canada	1	7	Norway	1
2	Cuba	1	8	Russia	1
3	Germany	1	9	Sweden	1
4	Japan	1	10	Ukraine *IRT	1
5	Kazakhstan	3	11	USA	4
6	Kyrgyzstan	2	12	Uzbekistan	3
Total		20

C) International Reconstruction Talent program (IRT):

44 exceptional scholars from Ukraine, inclusive of Overseas Korean Quota.

2) University Track Quota: 1,400 scholars

General: 375 scholars from 57 diverse countries or regions

R-GKS: 630 scholars from 59 various countries or regions

R-GKS Preference:

• Recommendations from local governments
• Recommendations from universities participating in the RISE project
• Recommendations from universities participating in the Education Specialization Zone project

IRT Preference:

• Recommendations from the Government of Ukraine

Vacancies:

• Both embassy and university track
• Vacancies may occur in the second round of selection at NIIED due to:
  • Insufficient number of recommended candidates
  • Candidate ineligibility
• Candidates from other countries or programs may fill the vacancies

C) R&D: 300 Students From All Across the world

• No limit on the number of invited countries (available to all countries globally)
• Additional universities (approximately 8 more) and detailed Quota Information will be updated in early March

R&D Preference:

• Recommendations from international organizations
• Recommendations from the Export-Import Bank of Korea

No.	University
1	Keimyung University
2	Chonnam National University
3	Kookmin University
4	Sungkyunkwan University
5	Soonchunhyang University
6	Gyeongsang National University
7	Ajou University
8	SeoulTech (Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
9	KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
10	Inje University
11	KOREATECH (Korea University of Technology and Education)
12	Kyungpook National University

Global Network

• 80 scholars from many countries around the world
• University and Quota Information will be updated in early March on GKS notice
• No limit on invited countries so available to everyone
• Preference is for recommendations from international organizations and global education bodies

Research

• 15 scholars from 156 different countries or regions
• Applications are for 156 countries or regions where General and Regional University programs are offered
• Preference is for recommendations from Korean Embassy

For detailed information please download official KGSP 2025 Application Guidelines here