Scholarships

• Government-funded scholarship programmes
• International development partners
• United Nations agencies
• International universities
• Non-governmental organisations
• Private-sector partners
• Research grants
• Merit-based university scholarships

Scholarship opportunities vary throughout the academic year. Applicants should regularly check scholarship announcements and carefully follow application instructions.

Top 10 Entrants Tuition Waiver

The ten incoming first-year students with the highest entrance exam scores in each faculty receive a full tuition waiver. It is not permanent: every semester the waivers go to the ten highest-ranked students of that intake within their faculty, so a student who is outperformed by a classmate passes the waiver on to them.

Who qualifies

Incoming first-year students ranked in the top 10 of their faculty in the SNU entrance exam

Award

Full tuition waiver (100% of tuition), one semester at a time

For how long

Renewed each semester for the whole programme, while the student stays in the top 10 of their intake in their faculty

Keeping the scholarship

When	If	Then
First semester	In the top 10 of the faculty's new intake in the entrance exam	Full tuition waiver for the first semester
Every following semester	Still in the top 10 of their intake in the faculty, on the semester's results	The waiver continues for the next semester
Every following semester	Outperformed by a classmate and no longer in the top 10	The waiver passes to the classmate who moved into the top 10
Any semester	The student is also the faculty's top student	One waiver per student: their top-10 place passes to the next student

Students are ranked within their faculty against the classmates who entered in the same year. Students level on the deciding score all receive the waiver, subject to confirmation by the scholarship committee.

Faculty Top Student Tuition Waiver

The student with the highest results in each faculty receives a full tuition waiver for the following semester. The ranking is renewed every semester: if another student achieves a higher score, the waiver transfers to them.

Who qualifies

The top-ranking student in each faculty, across all year groups

Award

Full tuition waiver (100% of tuition) for the next semester

For how long

One semester at a time, renewed while the student remains first in their faculty

Keeping the scholarship

When	If	Then
Every semester	Highest score in the faculty	Full tuition waiver for the next semester
A later semester	Another student in the faculty achieves a higher score	The waiver transfers to that student

A student holds one waiver at a time. Students tied for first place all receive the waiver, subject to confirmation by the scholarship committee.

Scholarship announcements

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