Summary of DUO-Korea 2024 Call for Applications

1. Application Period

- April 4, 2024 – May 20, 2024 (Local Korean Time)
- No applications will be accepted after the deadline of May 20, 2024.

2. Eligibility

Your exchange project fulfills all four requirements below:

1) A Korean institution and a 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 ASEM European national 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 2024, are not acceptable.

3. Duration and Funding

The selection of DUO-Korea 2024 is made ONLY once a year. In this respect, those who are planning to exchange in Fall Semester of 2024(August-December 2024) and Spring Semester of 2025(January-July 2025) shall apply for DUO-Korea 2024.

The duration and the amount of the fellowships are standardized as follows:
- 1 semester (or 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).

※ The exchange duration should be at least one semester. Exchange of less than one semester is NOT allowed. If a semester of stay period in the Korean/European institutions is longer than 4 months, the fellowship will be given for 4 months. If it is less than 4 months, the fellowship will be adjusted on a pro-rata basis.

4. Documents

*All documents should be submitted in English.

1) An online application Form ONLY
2) A copy of cooperation agreement (ONLY valid one)
3) A copy of passport of paired applicants
4) A copy of transcript of paired applicants (including the results until fall semester 2023 & Grading Scale)
5) A motivation letter of paired applicants (max. A4 1 pages, except cover page) *Please download the form using the following link.

5. Application Submission

1) Korean institutions enter ID and password on the LOGIN page and should fill out the whole application including the information of European institutions.

*The application form can be downloaded using the following link.

2) The rest of the documents (cooperation agreement, passport copies, transcripts, and motivation letter) can be uploaded in the last step of the application process.

3) Once completed, please make sure to submit your application by clicking "submit" button. Korean institutions should get a confirmation email from the secretariat within 3 days after completion of submission. If not, 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