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2025 DUO-Korea Fellowship Programme
1. General Description CAUTION: If any application falls under the following 4 cases, the application is disqualified and will not be considered for selection. If such cases are found after the selection, the Secretariat may still reserve the right to cancel the fellowship of both Korean/European students and request the reimbursement of the fellowship in full. Therefore, the contact persons of the institutions should carefully confirm that the applications do not fall under the following 4 cases.
DUO-Korea Fellowship Programme was established in 2001 with the
aim of promoting exchanges of people between Korea and 30 ASEM European countries on
a
balanced and permanent basis. In this respect, DUO-Korea requires that
a PAIR
(two persons) of students be exchanged in the framework of a cooperative
project. Definitions of students are as below: ● Undergraduate(bachelor) and Graduate(master) students who are currently enrolled in institutions in Korea or one of the 30 ASEM Europeans countries. N.B.: All applicants shall maintain their "student status" at the time of application until the time they are engaged in exchange projects. A student who has already started the exchange before the application period is not eligible.
1.1. Eligibility Due to the unique nature of this program, the followings are required to be eligible:
Your exchange project fulfills all four requirements below: 1) A Korean institution and an European institution have established an
academic cooperative agreement; 2) The Korean institution has seletced a Korean national student enrolled at the Korean institution
to send to the European institution, and such selection has been accepted
by the European institution; 3) The same European institution has selected an ASEM European national student enrolled at the European institution to send to the Korean
institution, and such selection has been accepted by the same Korean institution.
4) If the Korean student who has already started the exchange outside Korea, or the European student who has already started the exchange outside the ASEM European region during the application period (2025 spring term), they are not eligible. 1.2. Duration and Funding DUO-Korea 2025 is for exchange projects, which will start from August 2025 and end before August 2026 to avoid duplication of implementation period of exchange projects selected by DUO-Korea in the ensuing years. The selection of DUO-Korea 2025 is made ONLY once a year. In this respect, those who are planning to exchange in Spring Semester of 2026 (January-July 2026) shall apply for DUO-Korea 2025. The duration and the amount of the fellowships are standardized
as follows: ● 1 semester (or four
months) for an amount of 8,000 Euro for both students in a pair (4,000 Euro each). ● Maximum duration for application is 1 semester (4 months, 120 days).
2.
Application and Selection Procedure2.1 Application Period Applications will be accepted from April 4(Fri) to May 21(Wed),
2025 Korean local time. Applications submitted after May 21(Wed), 2025 will not be accepted.
2.2. Who Applies? The educational institutions in Korea apply on behalf of two institutions. European institutions in partnership with Korean institutions shall cooperate fully with them in providing precise information of European applicants. Individuals wishing to apply are advised to contact the relevant offices ONLY (e.g. International Relations Offices) of the institutions to file an application for this program.
2.3. Documents for Submission *All documents listed below should be written in English. In regard to writing the application, please refer to 3. Instructions for DUO-Korea Application Form in the following context or the DUO-Korea FAQ. 1. An Online Application 2. A copy of Cooperation Agreement
(or Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation) between paired institutions OR
declaration of intention to set up new cooperation agreement (ONLY valid one). 3. A copy of Valid Passport of paired applicants *A copy of National Registration Card (Koreans) or Citizen Card (European) also allowed, but a permanent residency card is not acceptable. 4. A copy of Official Transcript
of paired applicants (including the results until 2024 fall
semester & Grading Scale)
5. A Motivation Letter of paired applicants (max. A4 1 page, except for the cover page) *You may find the Motivation Letter Forms at the banner of Forms on the ASEM-DUO website (http://www.asemduo.org) 2.4. Application Submission 1. Enter your ID and password on the LOGIN page to fill out an online application.
2. Korean institutions need to fill out the whole application including the information of European institutions. 3. The rest of the documents (cooperation agreement, passport copies, official transcripts and motivation letters) can be uploaded in the step 5 of the application process. 4. Once completed, please make sure to submit your application by clicking the "submit" button. Korean institutions should get a confirmation email within 3 days after submission. If not, please contact the Secretariat via email. 2.5. Selection Method A Korean Selection Committee, comprising Korean experts in the field of educational exchange, will make the selection after the application deadline. The decision will be announced by June 2025. The selection results will be notified on the ASEM-DUO website, and the Secretariat will ONLY directly inform the selected awardees and their contact persons with the hard copies of the notification of selection results. The form for awardees such as Letter of Acceptance could be downloaded at the banner of Forms on the ASEM-DUO website (www.asemduo.org).
2.6. Selection Criteria New Exchange Projects which have not been selected until DUO-Korea 2024 shall be given priority in selection. Besides, the followings will be considered for selection; 1. Motivation letters 2. Courses to take in Korean/European institutions 3. Recommendation of institutions 4. GPA 5. Source of Finance 2.7. Fellowship Grants The DUO-Korea Fellowship will be transferred directly to awardees by Secretariat. There are no restrictions in using the fellowship. It can finance the tuition, and living or travel expenses. 3. Instructions for DUO-Korea Application Form3.1 Language Application You should write your application in English. 3.2. How to write the Application Form *Please note that more detailed guidelines are available in the FAQ (English version) for each section. 1) Step 1. – Korean Institution The first box of ID number and Date of submission will be given after submission. Please note that the contact person information for Korean institutions is automatically set by the login information. If necessary, please update the information in the Update Account section. ● Contact person means a regular staff of Korean institutions who arranges the exchange projects and is willing to communicate with the Secretariat in such events as verifying application details, monitoring exchanges and providing further information on the status of the exchange. ● Person of Exchange shall be any Korean national students who will participate in the exchange. 2) Step 2. – European Institution Please, provide information on the European institution involved in the exchange project. *If your partner European Institution is not included, the contact person of the Korean Institution may contact the Secretariat to add the partner institution to the list. ● Contact person means ● Person of Exchange shall be any ASEM European national students who will participate in the exchange. 3) Step 3. – Description of Exchange Program In this section, please describe the type, duration and purpose of exchange as instructed on the form. ● Type
of exchange ● Duration
of Exchange ● Purpose
of Exchange 4) Step 4. – Exchange Details/ Source of Finance ● Exchange Details Person of exchange needs to fill in the courses which will be taken during their exchange period. As the minimum requirement for eligibility is 10 credits/20 ECTS on a semester basis, if you write less than the minimum requirement, then your application would not qualify for selection.
● Source of Finance If this exchange project has any other source of finance, or if you are planning to apply, please specify in detail such as Name of Fellowship, Name of organization, Amount, Purpose of the fellowship, and Announcement period, etc.
*Please be informed that even though we allow the above fellowship, if the respective institution does not allow double funding, you may follow their regulation. 5) Step 5. – Certification of Authenticity A ● All documents should be submitted in English version. If there is no official English version of each document, applicants need to submit translated version along with the original document. ● The preferred file formats are JPG. or PDF. Please set the name of the attachment files as a Name of document_Given name_Surname order (e.g. Passport_John_Smith). After completing all relevant items in an appropriate manner on the application, please write the date and the names of the contact person of the Korean institution and the president or Director of the Korean institution in the section of Certification of Authenticity. And then, please submit it to the Secretariat by clicking the “submit” button. The original version including the signatures and official stamp of the Korean Institution will be requested, only if your exchange project has been selected. 3.3. After the Submission: Acknowledgement The acknowledgment of submission will be sent to the contact person in the
Korean institutions via e-mail within 3 working days after submission.
If the application is approved, the ID number will be given to each application and the contact persons of Korean institutions can print it as the PDF version. However, if there is any application with incomplete or improper
information, the Secretariat will request further information through the
contact persons of Korean institutions individually. And you need to submit the
revised application through the online system again within 48 hours. If we do
not receive the revised one within 48 hours, we regard it as a notice of
abandonment. |
