Dongducheon City to Select 330 Scholarship Students...Providing a Total of 702 Million Won in Support

Dongducheon City to Expand Hometown and Housing Support Scholarships in 2026

Dongducheon City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 12th that it will expand the selection of hometown and housing support scholarship students for 2026, following a decision made on the 11th. The city increased the number of university scholarship recipients by 35 last year compared with the previous year, and this year it will select an additional 20 university students and has raised the scholarship budget by 42 million won. As a result, in 2026 a total of 330 students will receive scholarships amounting to 702 million won.

View of Dongducheon City Hall. Provided by Dongducheon City.

The selection quota is as follows: 100 high school students from multi-child families, 150 university students under the hometown, local university, and talent scholarship categories, and 80 housing support scholarship students. High school students from multi-child families will receive 500,000 won per person. Hometown (four-year), local university, and talent scholarship students at universities can receive up to 3.5 million won, while students at junior colleges and housing support scholarship students can receive up to 2 million won.

The hometown scholarship is for university students who have continuously resided in Dongducheon City from February 12, 2025, up to the application date. Freshmen must have an overall average grade of 4th level or higher (i.e., 4th level or better) in all subjects in their third year of high school, and enrolled students must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 in the previous academic year with no D or F grades.

Among enrolled students at Dongyang University North Seoul Campus and Shinhan University Dongducheon Campus, those who move their residence to Dongducheon City by the start date of the first semester of 2026 (March 2) and continue to reside there until the application date may apply for the local university scholarship. The talent scholarship targets students who have achieved outstanding results in fields such as arts, sports, technical skills, and literature. Students who have won prizes in competitions at the city/county level or higher, or who have experience being selected as national representatives, are eligible to apply.

For university students, the annual scholarship amount is 3.5 million won for four-year universities and 2 million won for junior colleges. Hometown, local university, and talent scholarship students and housing support scholarship students may apply for multiple categories; however, if selected for more than one, only the scholarship with the higher amount will be awarded.

The housing support scholarship was established to ease the housing cost burden of students from Dongducheon who attend universities located far away. It is available to students whose parents or the students themselves have been residing in Dongducheon City from February 12, 2025, until the application date, and who are either living in a university dormitory or renting accommodation on a monthly basis near their school. When selecting recipients, the city will comprehensively consider academic performance, commuting distance, duration of residence in Dongducheon, and whether the applicant graduated from elementary, middle, and high schools within the city.

For high school students, the city will select "multi-child scholarship students." Eligible students are second-born or later children who have continuously resided in Dongducheon City from February 12, 2025, up to the application date, are newly enrolled in a high school within the city, and have been recommended by their school principal. Each eligible student will receive 500,000 won. All scholarship recipients will be selected after deliberation by the Dongducheon City Hometown Scholarship Fund Management and Deliberation Committee.

The application period runs from March 9 to 23, 2026. Hometown, local university, and talent scholarship students may apply online through the Government 24 portal or by visiting in person, while applications for the housing support scholarship are accepted only through in-person visits to the Dongducheon City Lifelong Learning Center. High school multi-child scholarship students will be recommended collectively by their schools.

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