TOPIK Improvement Scholarships for Enrolled International Students
These awards explicitly reward a new TOPIK achievement or improvement after admission or while enrolled. They are different from entrance scholarships that use a TOPIK score at admission. A missing score field is not treated as eligibility, and a qualifying score does not remove GPA, semester, credit, timing or application requirements.
8 programmes from the published database. Application status as of 2026-10-11 (KST); source review dates are recorded individually. Past calls remain labeled by their year and deadline. A policy without dates is not treated as an open call.
Obtain the TOPIK level after enrollment. Higher levels pay only the difference from earlier achievement payments; the total lifetime limit during enrollment is KRW 600,000.
Application dates are not listed for this policy. Check the official announcement for a new call.
Official source ↗· PDF pp.2,9–10; printed pp.0,7–8: rounds, scholarship and campus
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Undergraduate
KRW 400,000 · Cumulative achievement amount
Language requirement: TOPIK ≥ 5
Obtain the TOPIK level after enrollment. Higher levels pay only the difference from earlier achievement payments; the total lifetime limit during enrollment is KRW 600,000.
Application dates are not listed for this policy. Check the official announcement for a new call.
Official source ↗· PDF pp.2,9–10; printed pp.0,7–8: rounds, scholarship and campus
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Undergraduate
KRW 200,000 · Cumulative achievement amount
Language requirement: TOPIK ≥ 4
Obtain the TOPIK level after enrollment. Higher levels pay only the difference from earlier achievement payments; the total lifetime limit during enrollment is KRW 600,000.
Application dates are not listed for this policy. Check the official announcement for a new call.
Official source ↗· PDF pp.2,9–10; printed pp.0,7–8: rounds, scholarship and campus
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Later semesters and re-application
Obtain the TOPIK level after enrollment. Higher levels pay only the difference from earlier achievement payments; the total lifetime limit during enrollment is KRW 600,000.
TOPIK improvement to level4–6 after enrollment; at least15 credits and GPA3.0/4.5. A previously awarded student needs a higher level than at the prior award.
Minimum GPA: 3 / 4.5
Application dates are not listed for this policy. Check the official announcement for a new call.
Official source ↗· PDF pages22–23 campus recruitment; PDF page24 timeline; PDF page29 scholarship table (Korean PDFpage11 controls)
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Later semesters and re-application
Up to3 awards during regular semesters, each requiring a higher TOPIK level than the previous awarded level, at least15 credits and GPA3.0/4.5.
A new TOPIK 4+ score earned within the past two years while enrolled must improve the previous level: 0–3 to 4+, 4 to 5/6, or 5 to 6. Prior-semester GPA at least 2.75. Maximum two awards under the standing policy.
Minimum GPA: 2.75
Application dates are not listed for this policy. Check the official announcement for a new call.
Each award needs a new qualifying TOPIK improvement while enrolled and prior-semester GPA at least 2.75. Maximum two awards under the standing policy; holding the same score does not create automatic recurring support.
TOPIK 4 or above earned within the past two years while enrolled at JBNU, with an improvement: no score to 4, level 4 to 5/6, or level 5 to 6. Award is a separate post-enrollment score-improvement scholarship.
Application dates are not listed for this policy. Check the official announcement for a new call.
Official source ↗· PDF page 20 / printed page 16: tuition and scholarship tables; PDF pages 5–6 schedule/eligibility
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Later semesters and re-application
The award concerns a new TOPIK improvement obtained during enrollment. Keeping the same TOPIK result does not automatically renew the tuition reduction. The standing policy limits this program to at most two awards.
Application dates are not listed for this policy. Check the official announcement for a new call.
Official source ↗· PDF pages 6–7 admission units and timeline; PDF pages 16–17 scholarships
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Later semesters and re-application
Improvement award depends on the TOPIK level recorded at admission. If already paid, a higher level earns only the remaining difference; repeated payment of the same total is not provided.
Obtain TOPIK 5 or higher after enrollment; exclude students who already received a TOPIK 5+ entrance scholarship. Award-specific credit requirements apply.
Application dates are not listed for this policy. Check the official announcement for a new call.
Official source ↗· Printed pp.4,10: admissions schedule and scholarship table
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Later semesters and re-application
Paid once during enrollment; readmission counts as a continuous enrollment period. This award is separate from the tuition merit scholarship.
No. Some programmes require a higher level than the admission or previous awarded level, a minimum semester GPA, a submission window or a limit on repeat awards.
Is this an entrance scholarship?
No. This collection is for recorded post-enrollment improvement or achievement awards; entrance TOPIK tiers remain in the separate TOPIK level collections.