Korea-International Scholarships for Masters and PhDs in Global IT Technology Program

Information and Communications University (ICU), Korea

12 Masters scholarships and 6 PhD scholarships are available for students attending master’s and PhD course within Global IT Technology Program (ITTP) for the 2008 academic years.

Since the IT industry has become a key asset for the competitiveness of a nation, developing human resources is of great importance for a nation. The Republic of Korea, as one of the leading countries in the IT industry, seeks to play a more active role to meet this demand of the time.

One of the efforts to meet this challenge is Global IT Technology Program (ITTP) offered at the Information and Communications University (ICU), starting from 2006 with an aim to build global network of IT leaders around the world.

ITTP, sponsored by the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication, offers a customized master’s and doctoral degree program for government officials, employees of public institutions or senior-level researchers at national research centers working in the IT fields of foreign countries. All the students will receive scholarships, up to 2 years for master’s students and up to 3 years for doctorate students.

Qualification:

• Government officials, employees of public institutions, orsenior-level researchers at national research centers working in theIT-related fields
• Educational Background: A bachelor’s or master’s degree in theIT-related area
• English Proficiency: TOEFL(PBT 500/CBT 173) score or the equivalentAll the ITTP students will receive scholarships, up to 2 years formaster’s degree students and up to 3 years for doctoral degreestudents.The scholarship for the ITTP students is as follows;
  • Tuition fees (Master: up to 2 years/ Doctorate: up to 3 years)
  • Airfare (up to 1,500,000 Korean won*)
  • Living cost (up to 1,500,000 Korean won per month)
  • Initial moving and re-location expenses and medical insurance

  * 1,000 Korean won = (approximately) 1.00 US dollars (as of spring 2006).

  Required Documents:
  Students who want to apply for ITTP must prepare the followingrequired documents. You can download them at the ITTP homepage(http://ittp.icu.ac.kr)

  1. Study Plan
  2. Personal data
  3. Interested areas of study & Advisor
  4. Two letters of recommendation - in English
     * One additional letter of recommendation from the head of yourorganization / institution if you are applying for special admissionas a faculty member of a foreign institution or an employee of aforeign Government.
  5. Copies of diplomas from all previously attended college-level schools
  6. Certified/official transcripts of all previously attendedcollege-level schools
  7. Certificate of TOEFL or IELTS score(original copy or directly sentfrom ETS/IELTS) (If you don’t have the above certificate, it will bereplaced with an interview)
  8. Copy of passport
  9. Others (If available)
     - Outline of master’s thesis for the Ph.
  10. program applicants only
      - Published papers, if available

  Students who wish to apply to ITTP must submit their application formto the Korean Embassy in their country and notify their application tothe Administration Office of ITTP by completing the necessary form onthe ITTP homepage(http://ittp.icu.ac.kr). For further inquires, youcan contact the following address.

  Coordinator, Administration Office of ITTPInformation and Communications University (ICU)
  119 Munji-ro Yuseong-gu Daejeon
  Republic of Korea, 305-732
  Telephone: 82 42 866 6845
  Fax: 82 42 866 6858
  Email: ittp@icu.ac.kr
  Homepage: http://ittp.icu.ac.kr

  Important Dates for Application and Admission for fall 2008

  • May 31st, 2008 : Acceptance of application
  • June 2008 : Evaluation of application
  • July 1st, 2008 : Notification of acceptance
  • August 28th, 2008 : Start of fall semester

for further details please visit the official website

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