ITTP, sponsored by the Korean government, offers a customized master’sand doctoral degree program for government officials, employees ofpublic institutions or senior-level researchers at national researchcenters working in the IT fields of foreign countries. All thestudents will receive scholarships, up to 2 years for master degreestudents and up to 3 years for doctoral degree students.

This program focuses on transferring advanced technologies andbusiness strategies of Korea to the next generation global IT leaders.After the education at ICU, a distinguished IT university, the ITTPstudents will acquire not only all the accumulated know-hows of the ITindustry of Korea but also the creative abilities to apply learnedknowledges and skills to their own countries. The graduates of theprogram will receive updates of current developments in the IT fieldsof Korea through annual or biannual newsletters, and remain networkedthrough regularly scheduled seminars.

Qualification:

• Government officials, employees of public institutions, orsenior-level researchers at national research centers working in theIT-related fields
• Educational Background: A bachelor’s or master’s degree in theIT-related area
• English Proficiency: TOEFL(PBT 500/CBT 173) score or the equivalent

  All the ITTP students will receive scholarships, up to 2 years formaster’s degree students and up to 3 years for doctoral degreestudents.

  The scholarship for the ITTP students is as follows;

  • Tuition fees (Master: up to 2 years/ Doctorate: up to 3 years)
  • Airfare (up to 1,500,000 Korean won*)
  • Living cost (up to 1,500,000 Korean won per month)
  • Initial moving and re-location expenses and medical insurance

  * 1,000 Korean won = (approximately) 1.00 US dollars (as of spring 2006).

  Required Documents:
  Students who want to apply for ITTP must prepare the followingrequired documents. You can download them at the ITTP homepage(http://ittp.icu.ac.kr)

  1. Study Plan
  2. Personal data
  3. Interested areas of study & Advisor
  4. Two letters of recommendation - in English
     * One additional letter of recommendation from the head of yourorganization / institution if you are applying for special admissionas a faculty member of a foreign institution or an employee of aforeign Government.
  5. Copies of diplomas from all previously attended college-level schools
  6. Certified/official transcripts of all previously attendedcollege-level schools
  7. Certificate of TOEFL or IELTS score(original copy or directly sentfrom ETS/IELTS) (If you don’t have the above certificate, it will bereplaced with an interview)
  8. Copy of passport
  9. Others (If available)
     - Outline of master’s thesis for the Ph.
  10. program applicants only
      - Published papers, if available

  Students who wish to apply to ITTP must submit their application formto the Korean Embassy in their country and notify their application tothe Administration Office of ITTP by completing the necessary form onthe ITTP homepage(http://ittp.icu.ac.kr). For further inquires, youcan contact the following address.

  Coordinator, Administration Office of ITTPInformation and Communications University (ICU)
  119 Munji-ro Yuseong-gu Daejeon
  Republic of Korea, 305-732
  Telephone: 82 42 866 6845
  Fax: 82 42 866 6858
  Email: ittp@icu.ac.kr
  Homepage: http://ittp.icu.ac.kr

  Important Dates for Application and Admission for fall 2006

  • May 31st, 2006 : Acceptance of application
  • June 2006 : Evaluation of application
  • July 1st, 2006 : Notification of acceptance
  • August 28th, 2006 : Start of fall semester
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