Yongin 'Bandochae Meister High School' to Open in 2026... Collaboration Between Yongin City and Gyeonggi Office of Education

Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin (left), and Lim Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (right), are taking a commemorative photo after requesting Lee Ju-ho, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, who visited Yongin University on the 5th, to establish the Yongin Semiconductor Meister High School.

A Semiconductor Meister High School (tentative name) will open in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, as early as 2026.

Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, announced on the 5th that it has set the opening date of Yongin Semiconductor Meister High School (tentative name) for March 2026 and will work jointly with the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education to receive designation as a Meister High School from the Ministry of Education in 2024.

Accordingly, the two institutions will activate communication channels more actively for all educational issues going forward. They also plan to systematically prepare everything necessary for establishing the Yongin Semiconductor Meister High School, which will greatly contribute to nurturing semiconductor talent.

Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin, said, "Yongin City has been preparing for the establishment of the Semiconductor Meister High School by signing agreements for semiconductor talent development with 40 semiconductor materials, parts, and equipment companies including Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Lam Research, Surplus Global, and SEMES," adding, "Yongin City and the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education are making joint efforts to nurture semiconductor-related talent, so we ask the Ministry of Education to actively support us."

Lim Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, promised, "Since semiconductor-related companies are concentrated in Gyeonggi Province, connecting these companies with educational sites will help cultivate high-level personnel well. The Office of Education will also provide various support to enhance the expertise of students and teachers for nurturing industrial manpower in the semiconductor field."

Lee Ju-ho, Minister of Education, responded, "I am well aware of the efforts of Yongin City and the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education and agree on the necessity of establishing Yongin Semiconductor Meister High School," adding, "The Ministry of Education will actively cooperate from now on."

Yongin City is promoting the establishment of 'Yongin Semiconductor Meister High School' on a 21,000㎡ site at the playground of Baekam High School in Baekam-myeon, Cheoin-gu, to nurture semiconductor specialists. Yongin Semiconductor Meister High School will have two departments: system control and semiconductor software, with a total of 12 classes and 192 students, 64 students per grade.

Earlier on the 4th, the Ministry of Education designated and announced three advanced-field industry-demand customized high schools (Meister High Schools) for nurturing digital and semiconductor talent.

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