About StudySunbae

StudySunbae is built and maintained independently as a small, solo project. It is not affiliated with GKS, NIIED, Study in Korea, or the South Korean government, and it cannot make an eligibility or admissions decision.

Its job is narrower: turn dense scholarship guidance into a practical first check, then point applicants back to the source that controls the real decision.

Original document

NIIED or Study in Korea guidance takes priority over blogs, forums, summaries, and snippets.

Rule vs. explanation

Sourced requirements stay separate from practical, unofficial guidance.

Date and corrections

Cycle-sensitive pages show their source and Last verified date.

One data source

Source-backed GKS baseline values live in one place inside the project.

Direct comparison

Published GKS scales are compared directly against that baseline.

No false certainty

Unsupported scales are never presented as verified conversions.

Pre-check only

The result remains unofficial and is never an eligibility guarantee.

GPA, age, TOPIK level, and the result are not stored in a StudySunbae database or sent to analytics. A shared result link can contain the inputs in its URL, so it should be treated as information you chose to share.