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FINANCIAL AID

What is Financial Aid?

Financial Aid refers to all kinds of financial support for POSTECH students during their research and study
Financial Aid is classified as 1) fellowship, 2) assistantship and 3) other grants

General Regulations for Financial Aid

Duplicated benefit from internal and external scholarship is allowed(external fellowship policy applies in prior)
There is no upper limit of scholarship amount / person(external fellowship policy applies in prior)
Achievement-based R/A: For the first semester at least the basic scholarship will be given to students, but from the second semester the granted amount may differ according to the individual achievement
The duplication policy of scholarship and the amount can differ by each lab.

Fellowship

The fellowship is scholarship given to students, which can be classified as internal and external.
Internal fellowship is operated with the university fund, department fund, donation from external foundation, etc. The university selects the scholar and grants the scholarship.
External fellowship scholar is selected by external institute such as the government and external foundation. The external institute grants scholarship to the student directly or send the scholarship expense to university to grant each student.

Fellowships

(As of 03 Feb 2026)

Fellowship	Granting Institute	Eligibility	Scholarship Benefit	Website
Global Korea Scholarship (GKS)	National Institute for International Education (NIIED)	Applicants who receive admission offer through GKS track	– Airfare to enter Korea – Language Courses (1 year) – Tuition Fees: 5,000,000won/year : 2 years (Master’s), 3 years (Doctoral) – Monthly allowance : 2 years (Master’s), 3 years (Doctoral)	https://www.studyinkorea.go.kr
K-GKS Scholarship	Gyeongsangbuk-do	Applicants who receive admission offer through K-GKS track (Requirement to reside in Gyeongsangbuk-do for 3 years after graduation)	– Airfare to enter Korea – Support for obtaining TOPIK – Tuition Fees: 5,000,000 won/year : 2 years (Master’s), 3 years (Doctoral) – Monthly allowance : 2 years (Master’s), 3 years (Doctoral) – Job supporting program	https://www.gb.go.kr
Ruth L. Satter Scholarship	POSTECH Student Affairs	– Newly admitted Asian female international graduate student – Number of selected people: 3/year	– Scholarship Period: 1 year (Master’s), 2 years (Doctoral/Integrated) – 5,000,000 KRW/year	Mail: student-affairs@postech.ac.kr
POSCO Global Scholarship	POSCO TJ Park Foundation	who are applying for master’s or doctoral degree with nationalities of countries designated by the Foundation ※ List of nationality can be changed	– Full Tuition and monthly allowance – Max. 6 semesters for PhD / Max. 4 semesters for MS – Settlement allowance (1,000,000 KRW) – National insurance (NHIS) fee – Award for Korean Language proficiency – Online Korean class (IKSI)	www.postf.org Mail: student-affairs@postech.ac.kr

Assistantship

The assistantship is granted for the participation in teaching, research and administrative work done by graduate school students, and it is classified as 1) teaching assistantship(TA), 2) research assistantship(RA), 3) adminstrative assistantship.

2026 Regular TA/RA Scholarship (per month)

(Unit: KRW/Month)

Program	Tuition Fee (per month)	Living Allowance (per month)	Total (per month)
Master’s	884,000	962,000	1,846,000
PhD’s	884,000	1,270,000	2,154,000

The actual amount can differ by each lab.
Each advisor can decide to grant additional allowance.
TA/RA Scholarship is granted every 25th of each month.(if it is holiday, the scholarship will be given on day before.)
A student who receive academic warning for previous semester, one will not be given with the scholarship for next one semester. (except the labor cost)

Other Grants

All other financial aids except the fellowship and TA/RA scholarship.