Gwangju Seo-gu Selects 131 Scholarship Recipients... 5 Selected for First Overseas Training Program

179.08 million won for regular scholarships
29.92 million won for future talent overseas training
Trainees to visit Denmark next January

Gwangju Seo-gu and the Seo-gu Scholarship Foundation have selected 131 scholarship recipients for this year. The total funding amounts to 209 million won and is divided between regular scholarships and grants for overseas training for future talent, a new program introduced this year.

For the future talent overseas training program, launched for the first time this year, five students were selected: three high school students and two out-of-school youths.

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The program will provide 29.92 million won in funding. Recipients were selected through document and interview reviews from among students who have consistently engaged in activities for those around them and their communities, demonstrating a sense of community and altruism.

For six nights and eight days in January 2027, they will visit Copenhagen and the surrounding area in Denmark. They will tour educational institutions, including folk high schools, as well as a future artificial intelligence (AI) center and communal housing, and experience different educational approaches and community culture.

After returning to Korea, they will take part in community-linked projects for one year.

A total of 126 regular scholarship recipients were selected across six categories: academic excellence, happiness, families with multiple children, people with disabilities, the Dream Support Essay Contest, and arts and sports talent. Applicants were residents of Seo-gu who had been registered residents there for at least one year, or their children. The program will provide a total of 179.08 million won: 150.88 million won to 91 university students, 24.9 million won to 30 high school students, and 3.3 million won to five out-of-school youths.

The scholarship certificate award ceremony is scheduled to be held in November 2026.

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