The Samsung Scholarship was established in 2002 by

Samsung The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ...

to provide

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, encouragement and opportunities to gifted

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

n students pursuing

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overseas, who have shown the capacity to become global leaders. It was established as the Samsung

Lee Kun-hee Lee Kun-hee (, ; 9 January 194225 October 2020) was a South Korean business magnate who served as the chairman of Samsung Group from 1987 to 2008 and from 2010 to 2020, and is credited with the transformation of Samsung to one of the world's la ...

Scholarship, named after the former chairman (1987~2008) of the Samsung Group who succeeded

Lee Byung-chul Lee Byung-chul (Korean: 이병철 12 February 1910 – 19 November 1987) was a South Korean businessman. He was the founder of the Samsung Group, which is South Korea's largest chaebol, and he is considered one of South Korea's most success ...

, the founder. Samsung Scholarship supports a fellow for the full five academic years (for doctoral track). Recipients mostly have backgrounds or are working in

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fields. A Samsung Scholar is selected by a rigorous screening system comprising evaluation of the candidate's resume, statement of purpose, academic and research background, experience, and interviews where interviewers are usually renowned scholars, entrepreneurs, current or former government officers invited for this process. The program has been running since 2002, upbringing talented scholars, entrepreneurs, and engineers. Samsung Scholars are largely recognized as highly qualified students studying in many different prestigious universities and research institutes around the world.

External links

* Samsung Scholarships in South Korea {{Asia-edu-stub