On January 29^th, 2018 in rectorate KazNU named after al-Farabi, students graduate of Department of the Far East were awarded with Korea Foundation Fellowship for Graduate Studies. Korea Foundation is a longtime partner of our university. For 20 years, the Department and the faculty have been actively cooperating with the Foundation in such areas as inviting foreign professors, support in scientific conferences, scientific training for the teaching staff According to the agreement, signed in August 2017-18 between KazNU and the Korean Foundation, three master's students received scholarships in the amount of 4 000 USD and two PhD students - 7000 USD for further research in the field of Korean Studies. Of these, two undergraduates will be trained in Korea under a double degree program. Thus, the money will be spent on the implementation of this program. Congratulations to our scholarship students and wish them to become highly qualified, confident in their knowledge and their future.