Samsung Electronics Holds 6th Online Entrance Ceremony for 'Youth SW Academy'... "950 Applicants"

Students of the 6th class are taking a commemorative photo at the 'Samsung Youth SW Academy' Seoul campus located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. (Photo by Samsung Electronics)

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] Samsung Electronics announced on the 23rd that it held an online entrance ceremony for the 6th class of the 'Samsung Youth SW Academy' and will support 950 trainees.

The entrance ceremony was held entirely online in consideration of the COVID-19 situation. Starting from the 6th class, education will be conducted in five regions nationwide, including the newly opened Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam (Buul-gyeong) campus in Busan on the 9th, as well as Seoul, Daejeon, Gumi, and Gwangju. Education will begin fully online due to COVID-19, with plans to combine online and offline education depending on the situation.

Samsung Electronics has established a cloud-based learning system to ensure that trainees can receive education in an environment equivalent to offline education. Trainees will receive a total of 1,600 hours of education, 8 hours daily for one year. In the first semester, they will receive education to build basic software skills, and in the second semester, project-based corporate practical developer training and industrial field training will be conducted.

Samsung Electronics has been operating the Samsung Youth SW Academy since 2018. Starting with 500 trainees in the first class in December 2018, the number of trainees has steadily increased, and from last month’s 6th class, the number of trainees was expanded to 950. From next year, the recruitment scale will be increased to 1,150 trainees per class, educating 2,300 trainees annually.

Samsung Electronics is also carrying out support activities such as operating a job support center and holding recruitment fairs to help education lead to employment.

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