ASEAN SMART CITY PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM / Master’s Scholarship

07 January 2025 - Administrator

 

Call for Scholarship Applications for the Fall 2025

Study at SNU, Korea

ASEAN SMART CITY PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM / Master’s Scholarship

Qualifications

-     A minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience related to smart city.

-     Level of Education: A bachelor’s degree or higher.

-     Nationality Requirements: Nationals of ASEAN Member States (Both the applicant and both parents must hold foreign citizenship).

-  Additional points will be given when submitting recommendations from the ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN).

-  Applicants are not eligible if they are already scholarship beneficiaries, and/ or expected beneficiaries from other institutions of a similar smart city program.

Details of Funding

-     Tuition Fee: Full Tuition Exemption (up to 2 years)

-     Living Expenses: ＄1,400 per month for up to 2 years

-     Settlement Fee: ＄300

-     Airfare: (Up to ＄400) ※ Economy class based on GTS system.

-     National Health Insurance.

Timeline for Admissions

Item	Dates
Email Application	By 5:00 PM (KST) on Feb. 28 (Fri.), 2025
Interview screening	Mid of March 2025
Preliminary Admissions Decisions	End of May, 2025
Final Admissions Decisions	End of June 2025
Registration/Enrollment Confirmation	July~ August 2025 (TBA)
Start of Scholarship	September 2025

How to apply

Applicants must submit their application documents by e-mail.

(E-mail Submission: grc@snu.ac.kr, cc: connectivity@asean.org).

Download Call for Application: https://grc.snu.ac.kr/

※ All documents must be submitted in English.

※ All submission documents must be submitted by e-mail.

Contact Information

Bldg. 39, Room 133, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea (08826)

Tel: +82-2-880-9140~1 / Fax: +82-2-873-7229

Email: grc@snu.ac.kr

Website: http://grc.snu.ac.kr

1	[Form 1] Completed Application Form
2	[Form 2] Personal Statement and Study Plan
3	[Form 3] Two letters of Recommendation *One Letter from Each Recommender
4	Certificate of Graduation or Academic Degree (Bachelor’s Program)
5	Academic Transcript (Bachelor’s Program)
6	A copy of the applicant’s passport (or other official documents indicating your nationality)
7	Copies of both parents’ passport (or other official documents indicating parents’ nationality)
8	Official document indicating parent-child relationship between the applicant and parents (applicant’s birth certificate or household register proving the parent-child relationship) Submit a certificate that includes the names of the applicant and both parents, such as a birth certificate, citizenship certificate, or certificate of family relations. If an applicant comes from a single-parent family, or their parents are deceased or divorced, they are required to provide an explanatory statement and relevant supporting documents.
9	[Form 4] Proposal: Data Driven Smart City project proposal related to ASEAN and Korea
10	CV (curriculum vitae)

 

No                     Document                                                                              Notes and Caveats

v 1-3: Should be written in English within the application period.

v 4-12: Scan documents to the email within the application period.

(Original documents must be sent by post or in-person after the preliminary admission decisions.)

 

v If the document is written in a language other than Korean or English, a notarized translation

should be uploaded and submitted together.

1       Application Form                              ∙ Fill out on the application form.

∙ Ensure that the personal information provided on the application form (name, date of birth) matches the information stated in all other submitted documents.

2        Personal Statement and Study Plan

∙ Fill out on the application form.

∙ Each entry has a limit of 3,000 bytes, including spaces and line breaks (approximately 1,500 Korean characters or 600 English words).

∙  Do  NOT  include  specific  personal  information,  such  as  the  names  or

occupations of the applicant’s parents or relatives.

3        Two Letters of Recommendation

✜ One Letter from Each Recommender

∙ Submissions must be made through the email or post.

∙ Each entry has a limit of 3,000 bytes, including spaces and line breaks (approximately 1,500 Korean characters or 600 English words).

∙ The applicant can check the submission status by phone or email.

∙ If it is not feasible to receive letters from faculty members at the applicant’s institution of enrollment, applicants may designate individuals who are well aware of their academic abilities (e.g., faculty members at another university, managers/supervisors at work).

∙  Do  NOT  include  specific  personal  information,  such  as  the  names  or

occupations of the applicant’s parents or relatives.

v 4-12: Scan documents to the email within the application period.

(Original  documents  must  be  sent  by  post  or  in-person  after  the  preliminary  admission

decisions.)

v  If  the  document  is  written  in  a  language  other  than  Korean  or  English,  a  notarized

translation should be uploaded and submitted together.

4       Certificate of (Expected) Graduation or Academic Degree (Bachelor’s Program)

∙ Submit  a scanned copy of the original documents within the application

period.

- After receiving preliminary admission decisions, preliminarily admitted applicants should have the documents authenticated by the Korean diplomatic missions abroad or apostilled before submitting them by post or in-person visits.

※ Apostille or consular  authentication is  not  required for  documents

issued by Korean institutions.

-   Applicants   are   encouraged   to   have   the   documents   apostilled   or

authenticated by the Korean diplomatic missions in advance, as it may take

 

5 Academic Transcript a long time to complete the entire process in some countries or territories. (Bachelor’s Program) ∙ Applicants who are unable to obtain a certificate of (expected) graduation   from their previous or current university may submit substitute documentation, such as a certificate of enrollment, academic transcript, or official documents issued by university authorities, clearly indicating their (expected) graduation date. The substitute  documentation  must be accompanied by an explanatory statement. ∙ Applicants who have completed their academic program from universities in China are required to submit the following documents, all of which must be verified by the embassy: ① Graduation Certificate ② Degree Certificate

③ Academic Transcript. Additionally, applicants must provide the ④Online Verification Report for Higher Education Degree Certificate (中国高等教育

学位在线验证报告) issued by CHSI (中国高等教育学生信息网).

- For applicants who are expected to graduate from universities in China are required to submit the following documents, all of which must be verified by the embassy: ① Certificate of Expected Graduation (issued by their school with graduation  date indicated)  ②  Academic Transcript. Additionally, applicants must provide the ③ Online Verification Report of Student Record(教育部学籍在线验证报告) issued by CHSI (中国高等 教育学生信息网).

∙ Applicants who attended more than one college or university before completing  their  academic  program  must  submit  academic  transcripts from all institutions they attended.

∙ Applicants who have not completed their final semester or academic year may submit the most up-to-date transcript available. For instance, if applicants are in the second semester of their final year, they may submit their most recent transcript reflecting their academic progress up to the end of the first semester of their final year.

※ Documents  such  as  driver’s  licenses  or  other  documents  for 

6 Nationality Certificate ∙ Submit a scanned copy of the valid, unexpired passport ID pages. If this is   of Applicants not  possible, you  may submit either the  original  or a  notarized  original     copy of the nationality certificate, or a notarized copy of an identification     card clearly indicating the nationality.       7 Nationality Certificate   which nationality cannot be confirmed are not acceptable. of Parents   (One for Each Parent) ∙  If  an  applicant  comes  from  a  single-parent  family,  or  their  parents  are  deceased   or  divorced,   they  are  required  to  submit  the  proof  of nationality of the current legal guardian with custody. An explanatory statement and relevant supporting documents must be provided in this case.  (If the applicant’s  parents  are divorced,  proof of custody should be included in the document confirming the divorce.) ∙  Applicants(or  parents)   who  previously  held  Korean  nationality   must submit the government-issued Korean nationality renunciation document(s) pertaining to each individual.

8      Certificate of Parent-Child

Relationship                                      ∙  Submit   a certificate that includes the names of the applicant and both

parents, such as a birth certificate, citizenship certificate, or certificate of family

relations.

∙ ∙ If an applicant comes from a single-parent family, or their parents are deceased or divorced, they are required to provide an explanatory statement and relevant supporting documents.

9       [Form 4] Proposal: Data Driven Smart City project proposal related to ASEAN and Korea

10.   CV

 

❍ Apostille Convention   

Multilateral agreement that replaces the complicated traditional legalization process with the issuance of a certificate called an Apostille. This certificate is issued by the state of origin and authenticates the origin of a public document so that it can be simply presented abroad in another Contrasting Party.

∙ Official name: Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents.∙

For information about Apostille organs for each country, please visit www.hcch.net → Members & Parties

→ HCCH Members.

 

∙  Applicants from Korean universities do not need an Apostille or authentication, but must submit the

original documents of enrollment certificates, (expected) graduation certificates, and transcripts.

 

1.    Applicants from member nations

∙   Apostille-required  documents:  enrollment  certificates,  (expected)  graduation  certificates,

and transcripts.

 

∙   Issuing  institutes:  national  organs  for  each  nation.∙   Submission  procedures:  submit  the

required documents with the Apostille issued from the designated institutes.

※ Applicants may replace the Apostille with the “Certificate of Overseas Education Institutions” or an “Authentication issued from the Korean Embassy/Consulate.”

2. Applicants from non-member nations∙ Authentication-required documents: enrollment certificates, (expected) graduation certificates, and transcripts.∙ Issuing institutes: Korean Embassies/Consulates in each nation.∙  Submission procedures: submit the required documents with the “Certificate of

Overseas Education Institutions” or an “Authentication issued from the Korean Embassy/Consulate.”

3. Notice∙ Documents in a language other than Korean or English must be translated into Korean or English and notarized.

 

❍ Original Document∙ Documents issued directly by the corresponding institution with a signature or official seal of the authority∙ If applicant is unable to submit original copies because the documents are not re-issuable, he/she must submit an explanatory statement along with the documents.❍ Original Document with Notarized Translation∙ Documents translated into Korean or English by an authorized notary office with a notary seal on it. ∙ If the original is written in a language other than Korean or English, submit a notariz