Programs

KT&G Scholarship Foundation is selecting 250 first-year high school students from low-income families for a scholarship of 2 million won a year, renewable for up to three years.

• Grade 10
• Cost not published

1 million won for Incheon high-school students with a marriage-migrant or naturalised parent, applied for through an institution recommendation; the 2026 window is open until 6 November 2026.

• Grades 10–12
• Cost not published

A year-long Saturday ai gifted programme at Daegu University for students at schools in Gyeongsangbuk-do; applications run through GED until 6 November 2026.

• Grades 9–10
• Fee: ₩50,000

A year-long Saturday foreign language gifted programme at Daegu University for students at schools in Gyeongsangbuk-do; applications run through GED until 6 November 2026.

• Grades not published
• Fee: ₩50,000

A year-long Saturday convergence gifted programme at Daegu University for students at schools in Gyeongsangbuk-do; applications run through GED until 6 November 2026.

• Grades not published
• Fee: ₩50,000

Gyeongsang National University's KOFAC-funded science gifted centre in Jinju recruits Gyeongnam students for its 2027 enrichment (심화) and mentored research (사사) courses in maths, science and IT; the general and social-integration application on GED runs from 2 to 9 November 2026.

• Grades not published
• Fee: ₩30,000

A year-long humanities and leadership gifted programme at Daejeon University for Daejeon students (elementary grade 4 to middle-school year 2 now, entering grade 5 to middle-school year 3 in 2027); applications on GED close on 9 November 2026.

• Grades not published
• Fee: ₩50,000

A team research course for middle-school year 1–2 students in Gyeongbuk and Daegu, run by Gyeongkuk National University's (former Andong National University) science gifted centre; applications open on GED from 5 to 11 November 2026.

• Grades not published
• Fee: ₩50,000

The Embassy of Japan in Korea invites Korean learners of Japanese to give a five-minute speech in Japanese about their experiences of Japan and Korea; high school and university winners with Korean citizenship are slated for a trip to Japan.

• Grades not published
• Cost not published

Marking the second anniversary of Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature, Yonsei University invites young people born 1991-2011 to submit an essay, a book review of Han Kang's 'Greek Lessons', or a 60-90 second short-form video.

• Grade 9 and up
• Cost not published

Kakao's free residential AI camp for teenagers at schools outside the Seoul capital region: 100 students spend 3 nights and 4 days at the Kakao AI Campus in Yongin defining real problems and building working physical-AI solutions with mentors.

• Grades 9–10
• No fee

UWC Korea, the Korean national committee of United World Colleges, is selecting Korean students to study the two-year IB Diploma at a UWC school abroad from August 2027, with need-based full or partial scholarships.

• Grades 9–11
• Cost not published