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POSCO TJ Park Foundation has selected and supported 193 scholarship students from 18 universities in 10 Asian countries as part of “Scholarship for Asian Universities” program

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Having established cooperative relationships with leading Asian universities, the POSCO TJ Park Foundation has been running “Scholarship for Asian Universities” program with the aim of training excellent students from those universities as future leaders.

 

Until the end of the year in 2020, the POSCO TJ Park Foundation has selected and supported 193 students from 18 universities in 10 Asian countries. Starting with the scholarship certificate conferment ceremony held in Indonesia, Kazakhstan, and Ethiopia in Oct; it was held in Vietnam, South Africa, and Thailand, Turkey, Malaysia and India in Nov; and in China on Dec 25 this year. At the scholarship conferment ceremony held at Peking University and Tsinghua University, a total of 30 scholarship students, 15 students each, from Peking University and Tsinghua University, and 20 people including the vice president and university officials attended to encourage scholarship students.

 

The scholarship certificate conferment ceremony, which had been jointly hosted by POSCO's overseas subsidiaries and Asian universities every year with the presence of university officials, invitees, and graduates, was held both online and offline in accordance with the country-specific situations because of the spread of COVID-19 this year.

 

Even though it was held online, the interest and enthusiasm of scholarship students were felt as if it was held offline, and it was a more meaningful time in that each fellow could actively participate and share their own stories.

 

▲ Scholarship certificate conferment ceremony at Vietnam National University, Ha Noi (2020.11.3)

 

▲ Online scholarship certificate conferment ceremony at Kocaeli University in Turkey (2020.12.10)

 

Meanwhile, each local subsidiary is vitalizing the scholarship community for each country, and the POSCO TJ Park Foundation supports the scholarship students to complete their master's and doctoral programs at graduate schools in Korea in connection with “Scholarship for Asian Students” program, and recruits overseas human resources through this program, expecting a synergy effect.