Summary of DUO-Korea 2021 Call for Applications

1. Application Period

- April 5, 2021 – May 20, 2021(Local Korean Time)
- No applications will be accepted after the deadline of May 20, 2021.

2. Eligibility

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 selected 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 EU citizen 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 has already started the exchange or the European student has already started the exchange in Korea before the application period for DUO-Korea 2021, are not acceptable.

3. Duration and Funding

The selection of DUO-Korea 2021 is made ONLY once a year. In this respect, those who are planning to exchange in Fall Semester of 2021(August-January) and Spring Semester of 2022(January-August 2022) shall apply for DUO-Korea 2021.

The duration and the amount of the fellowships are standardized as follows:
-1 semester (4 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 (120 days).
※Exchange of less than one semester is NOT allowed. If a semester is less than 4 months in the Korean/European institutions, then the fellowship will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis.

※ For DUO-Korea 2021, the priority will be given to the exchange projects which will be implemented in 2021 (ONLY relates to Korea-Germany exchange)

4. Documents

1) An online application Form ONLY
2) A copy of cooperation agreement (ONLY valid one)
3) A copy of passport copies of paired applicants
4) A copy of transcript of paired applicants (including the grades until fall semester 2020)
5) A motivation letter of paired applicants (max. 2 pages A4)

5. Application Submission

1) Enter your ID and password on the LOGIN page to fill out an online application.

2) Korean institutions should fill out the whole application including the information of European institutions. The application form can be downloaded from the ASEM-DUO website (http://www.asemduo.org) at the banner of Forms.

3) The rest of the documents (cooperation agreement, passport copies, transcripts and motivation letter) can be uploaded in the last step of the application process.
4) Once completed, please make sure to submit your application by clicking "submit" button. Korean institution should get a confirmation email from the secretariat within 3 days after completion of submission. If you don't get a confirmation email in 3 working days, please contact admin2@asemduo.org promptly.

6. Contacts

For any information related to this announcement, please contact:
Tel: +82-2-720-6712/3
Email: admin2@asemduo.org