13 Scholarship Programs Worth 8.7 Billion KRW

The Seoul Scholarship Foundation announced on the 6th that it will select a total of 4,379 students this year, including those enrolled in schools located in Seoul, students who are Seoul citizens or family members (children or spouses) of Seoul citizens but attending universities in other provinces, and provide scholarships worth 8.7 billion KRW.


Additionally, the foundation plans to expand the selection scale of the ‘Seoul Hope Vocational School Scholarship’ from 200 to 300 students annually to address blind spots in education expense support. The ‘Seoul Hope Arts and Physical Education Scholarship’ will also include practical music majors, who have had difficulty receiving scholarships until now, and increase the support scale by 30 students.


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Furthermore, the foundation will resume the ‘Seoul Exchange Student’ scholarship, which had been suspended due to COVID-19, providing scholarships of up to 5.5 million KRW to a total of 60 students. To expand education expense support for descendants of independence activists, the recruitment scale for the ‘Independence Activists’ Descendants Scholarship’ will be increased by 20 students.


According to the foundation’s business plan for this year, there are a total of 12 planned scholarship programs: ▲Seoul Hope University Scholarship ▲Seoul Hope Vocational School Scholarship ▲Seoul Hope University Career Scholarship ▲Seoul Hope Public Talent Scholarship ▲Independence Activists’ Descendants Scholarship ▲Seoul Exchange Student Scholarship ▲Seoul Hope High School Career Scholarship ▲Seoul Hope Arts and Physical Education Scholarship ▲Seoul Hope Hanago Scholarship ▲Seoul Dream Road Scholarship ▲Youth Start Scholarship ▲Auto Dream Bloom Seoul Scholarship.



Lee Hoe-seung, Acting Chairman of the Seoul Scholarship Foundation, stated, “This year, we have made efforts to expand the scope and scale of scholarship support, including increasing support for blind spots.” He added, “We hope that the scholarship support will serve as a stepping stone for the growth of many students.”


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