2024 16th EURO-ASIA SUMMER SCHOOL

The SNU GSIS EU-Centre is accepting applications for the Euro-Asia Summer School. This exceptional program offers students a multitude of lectures on Euro-Asia relations, opportunities for global student interaction, the change to explore Korea during Asia Week and Belgium during Europe Week, and even includes financial support.

PROGRAM TIMELINE

* Europe Week will be held at KU Leuven (Belgium) or as an online course.

ELIGIBILITY OF APPLICATION

Only fully enrolled GSIS students are eligible to apply. Please choose one of the two application types.

- Type 1: Participate in programs hosted in Korea (Asia Week)

- Type 2: Participate in programs hosted in Korea and Europe (Asia Week & Europe Week)

* Maximum of 5 participants for Type 2 (if Europe Week is held at KU Leuven)

SCHOLARSHIP

The EU Centre will partly support the costs for the participation.

- Type 1: All expenses will be covered by the EU Centre.

- Type 2: If Europe Week is held at KU Leuven, each participant will receive 1,800,000 KRW (including registration fee). If the lecture is delivered online, the registration fee for the KU Leuven lecture will be covered by the EU Centre.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

- Application Form (see attached)

- Resume

- Statement of Purpose: within 1 page (A4) in English

APPLICATION DUE DATE: 6PM, April 30th (TUE), 2024

Fill out and submit to EU Centre email (eugsis@gmail.com)

INTERVIEW

We will inform applicants individually after screening. Times and Date TBA.

Notes:

* Participants must make their own international travel arrangements (flights). Accommodation at KU Leuven will most likely be college dormitory, but please note that it is subject to change. Students must ensure to have adequate travel and health insurance.

** For the participants in the Summer School, a certificate of Seoul National University / Hitotsubashi University and the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies will be awarded.

***Any accident, diseases, and other issues that might arise during his/her stay in Korea and Belgium during this summer program would be due to the participant’s own responsibility, of which expenses must be paid by him/herself. He or she must buy the Overseas Travel Accident Insurance on his or her own expenses.

****Upon arrival, all participating students are required to write a 2-page essay regarding the lectures, your own opinions, and overall impression of the two-week program.

***** Selected Students are required to attend the events hosted by the SNU GSIS EU- Centre. It is also strongly encouraged that the selected students invite their friends and colleagues to those events hosted by the SNU GSIS EU-Centre.

Please feel free to contact us via email should you have any questions.