Korean Honor Scholarship (KHS) 2025 Announced

 - 86  KHS recipients will be selected in 2025

The Korean Honor Scholarship Committee extends an invitation to Korean and Korean-American undergraduate and graduate students to compete for the year 2025 Korean Honor Scholarship.

    The Scholarship was first established in 1981 with the gift fund of one million US dollars donated by the government of the Republic of Korea to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of diplomatic relations between Korea and the U. S. A. Now the total amount of fund is 2.90 million US dollars. The scholarship is awarded to encourage outstanding students who have Korean heritage to achieve their highest academic performance and develop leadership qualities for their future professional careers in the global society.

     The Korean Honor Scholarship Committee has awarded 3,388 scholarships to outstanding Korean and Korean-American students over the past 42 years.  To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be attending college or university at least both 2024 fall and 2025 spring semesters in the U. S. A. and must have an overall grade average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 basis. In addition to the academic achievement, a personal Statement, a letter of recommendation, awards, honors, performances and extracurricular activities are reviewed for selection. Approximately

86 scholarships* in the U.S. and 7 scholarships in Canada will be awarded in the U. S. this year. Scholarship will be awarded once in undergraduate and graduate level respectively.)

 *They include special scholarships for U.S. Presidential Scholarship winners

The following dates are important for undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in applying the Korean Honor Scholarship in the U.S.

- Application period: April 21 ~ June 20, 2025 ( Arrival by June 20) 

- First round evaluation at regional consular offices: June 23 ~ July 2, 2025 

- Final round evaluation by Central Selection Committee: July 24 

- Scholarship Award presentation: After September 30

• All of the required documents should be emailed to kec.chicago@gmail.com or delivered in the mail to the Chicago Korean Education Center (9810 Capitol Drive, Wheeling, IL 60090) by June 20 (Fri), 5pm CST 

 The amount of scholarships is as follows: 

 - Best Honor Scholarship: $ 5,000 (2 students)  

- Excellent Honor Scholarship: $ 3,000 (4 students) 

- Honor Scholarship: $1,500 

• Applications also must be submitted to the regional consular office CLOSEST TO his or her HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION. 

• Applications for the scholarship in Arts, Adoptee and Special must be directly submitted to the Office of Education Minister Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, D.C.

  
  

• The KHS Committee asks the applicants who need further information or inquiry to contact the Office of Education Minister Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, D.C.(202-939-5679~5681) or one of the regional Consular Offices closest to their college or university.