Samsung Awards Scholarships to Korea's International Olympiad Team, Leading the Way in Fostering Basic Science and STEM Talent

Inviting 15 Medalists in Mathematics, Physics, and Biology for Scholarship Ceremonies
Expanding Support for National Team Selection and Training

The Samsung Group has contributed to fostering future talents in basic science by awarding scholarships to Korea's national team members who achieved outstanding results at international Olympiad competitions.

On August 17, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Biologics, and Samsung Bioepis announced that they had invited 15 students and their parents—who represented Korea and won medals in mathematics, physics, and biology at last month's International Olympiads—to their respective business sites for scholarship award ceremonies.

No Tae-moon, President of Samsung Electronics DX Division (third from left), Kwak Si-jong, President of the Korean Mathematical Society (third from right), and other officials, along with this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad awardees (from fourth to ninth from the left), are posing for a commemorative photo at the scholarship award ceremony held on the 11th at Samsung Electronics Suwon Campus. Samsung Electronics

Each business division's representatives and chief executive officers personally presented the scholarships, encouraging these future science leaders. The Device eXperience (DX) division of Samsung Electronics, which oversees the set business, awarded scholarships to six mathematics Olympiad winners (three gold, two silver, and one honorable mention) at a ceremony led by DX Division Head Noh Taemun (President) at the Suwon Campus on August 11.

The International Olympiad is the world’s leading basic science competition in which middle and high school students from around the globe compete in disciplines such as mathematics, physics, and biology. In this year's mathematics Olympiad, where 666 participants from 117 countries competed, Korea ranked sixth overall.

Subsequently, the Device Solutions (DS) division of Samsung Electronics held a scholarship ceremony for all five physics Olympiad winners at the Hwaseong Campus on August 13, attended by DS Division Head Jeon Younghyun (Vice Chairman). On August 14, at Samsung Biologics’ Songdo headquarters, Samsung Bioepis President Kim Kyung-Ah awarded scholarships to four biology Olympiad winners. Korea’s teams achieved the remarkable feat of winning gold medals in all participants of the physics and biology Olympiads—where 91 countries competed in physics and 78 countries in biology—making Korea the top overall winner in both categories.

In addition to awarding individual scholarships, Samsung continues to support national Olympiad teams. Samsung Electronics has partnered with the Korean Mathematical Society and The Physical Society of Korea, while the Samsung Bio group affiliates collaborate with the Korean Biology Education Association, providing sponsorship funds to the organizing institutions. These funds are used to select, train, and support the Korean Olympiad teams in their participation in international competitions.

Moreover, Samsung is strengthening its social contribution initiatives by nurturing skilled technical talent and young artificial intelligence (AI) professionals. Since 2007, Samsung has operated a national training center for the WorldSkills Competitions and implemented special recruiting for high school graduate technical talent. The ‘Samsung Youth Software·AI Academy (SSAFY)’, which offers education to unemployed young people to help them find jobs, now has more than 11,000 graduates, and recently, the program was upgraded as 'SSAFY 2.0' with a reorganized curriculum in line with the latest technology trends.

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