Deadline:
May 20, 2024
Location(s)
Korea, South
Overview
DUO-Korea Fellowship Programme was established in 2001 with the aim of promoting exchanges of people between Korea and 30 European countries on a balanced and permanent basis. In this respect, DUO-Korea requires that a PAIR (two persons) of students be exchanged in the framework of a cooperative project.
Details
Definitions of students are as below:
- Undergraduate(bachelor) and Graduate(master) students who are currently enrolled in institutions in Korea or one of the 30 Europeans countries.
N.B.: All applicants shall maintain their "student status" at the time of application until the time they are engaged in exchange projects. A student who has already started the exchange before the application period is not eligible.
Application Period
Applications will be accepted from April 4 (Thu) to May 20 (Mon), 2024 local Korean time.
Applications submitted after May 20 (Mon), 2024 will not be accepted.
Who Applies?
The educational institutions in Korea apply on behalf of two institutions. European institutions in partnership with Korean institutions shall cooperate fully with them in providing precise information of European applicants. Individuals wishing to apply are advised to contact the relevant offices ONLY (e.g. International Relations Offices) of the institutions to file an application for this program.
Professors or lecturers cannot be the contact persons for DUO-Korea 2022. ONLY a staff of the relevant office (e.g. International Relations Offices) can be the contact person.
Documents for Submission
All documents should be written in English.
- Filling out an online application Form ONLY.
- A copy of cooperation agreement (or Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation) between paired institutions OR declaration of intention to set up new cooperation agreement (ONLY valid one).
- A copy of passport of paired applicants (a copy of national registration card for Koreans or citizen card for Europeans are acceptable)
- A copy of transcript of paired applicants (including the grades until fall semester 2022)
- A motivation letter of paired applicants (max. 2 pages A4)
CAUTION: If any application falls under the following 3 cases, the application is disqualified and will not be considered for selection. If such cases are founded after the selection, the Secretariat may still reserve the right to cancel the fellowship of both Korean/European students and request the reimbursement of the fellowship in full. Therefore, the contact persons of the institutions should carefully confirm that the applications do not fall under the following 3 cases.
- Case 1. The transfer of credits is less than 10 credits / 20 ECTS (language training or sports courses are NOT counted)
- Case 2. GPA/ECTS written on the application are different from those transcripts
- Case 3. During the application period (2023 spring term), the Korean student does not stay in Korea or the European student does not stay in Europe (leave of absence is allowed)
Selection Method
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Due to the unique nature of this program, the followings are required to be eligible:
Your exchange project fulfills all four requirements below:
- A Korean institution and an European institution have established an academic cooperative agreement;
- The Korean institution has selected a Korean national student enrolled at the Korean institution to send to the European institution, and such selection has been accepted by the European institution;
- The same European institution has selected an EU citizen student enrolled at the European institution to send to the Korean institution, and such selection has been accepted by the same Korean institution.
- If the Korean student has already started the exchange or the European student has already started the exchange in Korea before the application period for DUO-Korea 2024, are not acceptable.
Dates
Deadline: May 20, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
Duration and Funding
DUO-Korea 2024 is for exchange projects, which will start from August 2024 and end before August 2025 to avoid duplication of implementation period of exchange projects selected by DUO-Korea in the ensuing years.
The selection of DUO-Korea 2024 is made ONLY once a year. In this respect, those who are planning to exchange in Spring Semester of 2025 (January-July 2025) shall apply for DUO-Korea 2024.
The duration and the amount of the fellowships are standardized as follows:
- For students: 1 semester (or four months) for an amount of 8,000 Euro for both students in a pair (4,000 Euro each).
- Maximum duration for application is 1 semester (4 months, 120 days).
The exchange duration should be at least one semester. Exchange of less than one semester is NOT allowed. If a semester or stay period in the Korean/European institutions is longer than 4 months, the fellowship will be given for 4 months. If it is less than 4 months, the fellowship will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis.
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