Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science&Technology

• Graduate
• Undergraduate

Financial Aid

As of February 2022

Monthly Amount

Monthly financial aid is paid from March to August (Spring semester), from September to February (Fall semester)

Details

• Eligibility : Enrolled master’s, PhD, integrated (combined) Government Scholarship students
• Period of Support : For Master’s student up to 4 semesters, PhD student 8 semesters, Integrated or Combined student 10 semesters

Disqualifications

• If a student is on a leave of absence
• If a student is in his/her fifth (master’s program), ninth (PhD program), or eleventh (for integrated and combined programs) or later semester
• If a student earned fewer than nine credits, including research credits, from the last semester
  

  Students who earn fewer than nine credits in a semester will not receive financial aid for the next semester, regardless if he/she submits an application for course registration under the minimum credit load and has it approved by the school.

• If a student was placed on academic probation in the last semester
• If a student is dispatched abroad for more than 15 days in a given month and at least 50% of the costs and expenses are covered by DGIST (financial aid unpaid during that period)
• If a student is under disciplinary action (financial aid unpaid during that period)
• If a student finds employment in an external business or institution during his/her last semester (payment will cease from the date hired)
• If a student is warned by the department chair for negligence on attendance or at work

Duty for financial aid recipients

Financial aid recipients have duties to work as educational/research/administrative assistants under the supervision of Department Chair, advisor or etc. according to the department’s assistantship scheme.

Notes

• ntegrated (combined) program students will be deemed master’s students in the first and second semesters and PhD students in the third semester and thereafter.
• Integrated (combined) students who intend to earn a master’s degree will be deemed master’s students from the following semester after submitting a master’s thesis proposal until their graduation. Even if they later submit a PhD thesis proposal, financial aid and stipends will not be paid retroactively.

Recollection

Students are required to return the financial aid and scholarships they received for the semester if taking a leave of absence or the entire financial aid and scholarships they have received if dropping out.

Stipend Policy

As of February 2022

Purpose

DGIST takes full responsibility for guaranteeing the minimum standard of living for student researchers so that they can fully focus on study and research.

Eligibility

Enrolled MS, PhD, integrated MS-PhD (combined UG-G) students

If a student falls under any of the disqualification causes, he/she will not be eligible for financial aid and stipends.

Monthly Minimum Amount : Financial aid + Research stipend

Integrated (combined) program students will be deemed master’s students in the first and second semesters and PhD students in the third semester and thereafter.

Pay day

Last day of the month

Scholarship

As of February 2022

Department-in-charge : Student Affairs Team, student@dgist.ac.kr