▣ Graduate School of Korean Studies(GSKS) announces the recruitment of AKS Graduate Fellowship
for 2018 Spring

The Graduate School of Korean Studies (“GSKS”) is an affiliated institution of the
Academy of Korean Studies, which operates under the Ministry of Education. It is a
research-oriented graduate school in the fields of humanities and social sciences
pertinent to Korea, which aims at nurturing scholars who will contribute to the
development and globalization of Korean Studies. Since its establishment in 1980,
GSKS has been providing intensive research-oriented education through eminent
professors’ close mentoring of students. In addition, it gained a worldwide reputation
for its high standard and quality education. Also its graduates are playing pivotal role
in widening and deepening Korean Studies all over the world with their academic
excellence. Currently, approximately 280 students, including about 140 international
students from 35 different countries, are enrolled in the master’s and doctoral degree
programs at the GSKS.

The AKS Graduate Fellowship is one of our non-degree programs which invites and
supports international students for six months, providing them with a momentum to
grow to be a next generation of promising scholars in Korean studies and to play a
leading role in the field abroad. AKS Graduate Fellows for the period from March 1
st to August 31st, 2018 are now being sought. Those who aspire to widen and deepen
their knowledge of Korea, one of the most dynamic countries in the world, by
conducting research at our Graduate School are very welcome to apply.