Ajou Global Scholarship (for New International Students)
Qualification
- Selected by the University's scholarship assessment committee upon departmental recommendation
Requirement
- Benenrficiary should satisfy any one of the following requirements
- Advanced Standing in English or Korean Proficiency Test (TOPIK, TOEFL, IELTS, TEPS )
Course | Amount | Regions (Countries) |
TOEFL (PBT) |
TOEFL (CBT) |
TOEFL (IBT) |
TEPS | NEW TEPS |
IELTS | TOPIK |
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Master's | 60% of Tuition | English Speaking | 560 | 220 | 85 | 640 | 285 | 6.0 | Level 5 |
Non-English | 530 | 197 | 71 | 600 | 234 | 5.5 | |||
Doctoral | 80% of Tuition | English Speaking | 560 | 220 | 85 | 640 | 285 | 6.0 | |
Non-English | 530 | 197 | 71 | 600 | 234 | 5.5 |

Ajou Global Scholarship do not waive Entrance fee
Students who are from English mother-tongue country will be awarded “Ajou Global Scholarship(Master’s, Doctoral) by substituting certificate of higher education with English as a medium of instruction for official language score”
- To be granted Scholarship continuously, students should take at least 4 credits and maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher without F or U in each semester (Masters: up to 4 semesters, Doctoral: up to 6 semesters, Integrated Program: up to 8 semesters)
For Integrated Students will be given Master’s Scholarship for 1~4 semesters and Doctoral Scholarship for 5~8 semesters
- Those who apply for the General Leave of Absence are disqualified the scholarship
- TA(Teaching Assistant) is mandatory for admitted full-time international students who belong to College of Engineering and Department of Computer Engineering (Master’s: 15 hours/week, Doctoral: 8 hours/week)
- Students of Medical Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Nursing and Molecular Science & Technology are excluded from the above scholarship(These students follow the scholarship system of the respective departments)
Ajou Special Scholarhip (Selected and Awarded during each semester)
Qualification
- Selected by the University's scholarship assessment committee upon departmental recommendation
Course | Amount | Qualification | Ratio |
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Masters's | 80% of Tuition | Selected and awarded to outstanding students with recommendations from the dean every semester | Maximum 50% of registered students for each semester |
Doctoral | 100% of Tuition | Selected and awarded to outstanding students with recommendations from the dean every semester |

- Freshman(New student) can be awarded ‘Ajou Special Scholarship’ with special recommendations from the dean of each department during the semester(including 1st semester
- Both Ajou Global Scholarship and Ajou Special Scholarship CANNOT be awarded at the same time, and successful candidate of Ajou Global Scholarship can be awarded extra 20% of Tuition
- Selected in 50% of registered international students every semester
- Those who are not earned ‘at least 4 credits’ ‘GPA of 3.5 or higher without F or U’ in previous semester and return from leave of absence CANNOT be awarded
- Those who have a record of General Leave of Absence are excluded from the scholarship
Ajou Medicine and Nursing Scholarhip for International Students
Field | Course | Amount | Subject | Qualification |
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Medicine | Master’s | 75% of Tuition | All selected students | A holder of foreign nationality |
Doctoral | 100% of Tuition | |||
Nursing | Master’s | 100% of Tuition | ||
Doctoral | 100% of Tuition |

- Those who are earned GPA of 3.0 or higher can be awarded the scholarship for 4 semesters in Master’s, 6 semesters in Doctoral and 8 semesters in Integrated
- Integrated Students will be given Master’s Scholarship for 1~4 semesters and Doctoral Scholarship for 5~8 semesters
Ajou Admisstion Fee Scholarship
Course | Amount | Subject | Qualification |
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Master's and Doctoral | 100% Waive of Admission Fee | All Qualified Students | Those who have completed over 4 semester of Korean Language Institute in Ajou University and hold TOPIK level 5 or above |
75% Waive of Admission Fee | Those who have completed over 4 semester of Korean Language Institute in Ajou University and hold TOPIK level 4 |

Students can be awaded both Ajou Global Schoalrship and Entrance Fee Scholarship at the same time
Tuition (2022)
One Semester (KRW)
Major | Engineering | Natural Science | Financial Engineering | Humanity & Business & Social Science | Medical Science | Pharmacy |
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Tuition Fee | 6,324,000 | 5,466,000 | 5,961,000 | 4,753,000 | 7,370,000 | 6,847,000 |
Entrance Fee | 900,000 | 900,000 | 900,000 | 900,000 | 900,000 | 900,000 |
Sum | 7,224,000 | 6,366,000 | 6,861,000 |
5,653,000 |
8,270,000 |
7,747,000 |

The tuition fee above is for the year of 2022 and the tuition fee of 2023 could be changed ( Any changes will be announced via sebsite of Ajou Graduate School)
In case of cancellation of admission, Entrance fee will not be refunded after beginning of semester and tuition fee will be refunded according to the date you apply for cancellation of admission.