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TheSamsung Scholarship was established in 2002 bySamsung to providefinancial support, encouragement and opportunities to giftedKorean students pursuinghigher education overseas, who have shown the capacity to become global leaders. It was established as the SamsungLee Kun-hee Scholarship, named after the former chairman (1987~2008) of the Samsung Group who succeededLee Byung-chul, the founder.
Samsung Scholarship supports a fellow for the full five academic years (for doctoral track).
Recipients mostly have backgrounds or are working inscience, technology, engineering, and mathematics 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.
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