LG Global Challenger is the first and oldest overseas expedition program for undergraduates. Students freely choose the expedition theme and country, and visit ‘world’s excellent sites’. Since its first introduction in 1995, it became the major overseas expedition program most popular among university students with the competitive rate of 21:1 every year.
Six expedition fields of 「LG Global Challenger」are Natural Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Economy · Management, Humanity · Social Science and Culture · Art · Gymnastics. The members of LG Global Challenger spend 2 weeks of their summer vacation according to each team’s autonomous expedition plan participating in the exploration activity in government agencies, laboratories, universities, companies and social organizations that have the world’s best knowledge and know-how.
LG funds all the expenses during the expedition period including flight fee and expedition expenditures and also give scholarship after reviewing Challenger report students handed in after the program. Furthermore, to those teams that received grand prize, LG provides internship and even a job offer.
Meanwhile, LG publishes students’ expedition report into a book and distributes to universities and public libraries. LG also posts on the website of 「LG Global Challenger」 (www.lovegen.co.kr) so that students, companies, and government agencies could freely use it.
LG Global Challenger expand its’ opportunity to foreign students studying in Korea for its’ 20th anniversary. 5 teams, 20 foreign students (4 students for 1 team) will be selected as LG Global Challenger and given the opportunity to explore freely in Korea. During 10 nights and 11 days, they can learn about technologies, cultures and systems that they want to benchmark to their country.As well as Korean students, “Global Prize” with some prize money and internship offer of LG group companies in Korea, will be given to a team of foreign students.
<LG Global Challenger 2014 Application Guidelines for Foreign Students>
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Fields of Expedition |
Applicants may choose one of the following: Information Technology / Engineering / Natural Sciences / EconomicsㆍManagement / HumanitiesㆍSociology / CultureㆍArtsㆍPhysical Education |
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Subjects of Expedition |
Companies, Laboratories, Universities, Government Agencies, Local Self-Governing Bodies and Social Organizations in Korea ∙Expedition areas for foreign students are restricted to Korea. |
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Themes of Expedition |
Themes should provide a vision through specific and systematic expedition and exploration activities in the related field. ∙ Applicants are responsible for any infringement of copyrights including unauthorized use and plagiarism and may be subject to the cancellation of their selection and award. |
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Period of Expedition |
Applicants may freely choose 11 consecutive days from Tuesday, July 15th to Sunday, August 31st. |
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Application Eligibility |
Registered foreign students at 4 year-universities or graduate schools in Korea∙ Foreign students with a D-2 Visa and the ability to speak Korean fluently.
∙ Students on a leave of absence, Language Institute students and students having dual citizenship are NOT eligible to apply. |
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Team Organization |
A team must consist of four students from the same school regardless of their majors or nationalities. |
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Documents for Submission |
- Application for participation ∙ In the event of applying online, the applicant must enter required information on the online application form from our homepage. - Expedition plan [Download the form from the bottom of the current page.] - Certificate of registration
- Certificate from the office of international affairs of the applicant’s school [Download the form from the bottom of the current page.] ∙ Download and fill out the attached form and submit it in PDF format.
※ Applicants who have passed the first document evaluation must submit the following: 10 copies of each team member’s picture and a budget statement (further information: TBA) |
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Application Period |
2014.04.14 (Mon) 00:00 – 2014.04.23 (Wed) 17:00* Due to the high probability of online applications flooding in on the final day, you are cordially asked to submit your application as early as possible. |
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Where to Apply |
LG Global Challenger’s Homepage (www.lovegen.co.kr) |
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How to Apply |
1) All four members of the team sign up for the LG Love Generation membership2) Click on the “Apply” button to fill out the five stages of the application form
3) Compress the expedition plan, all four members’ certificates of registration and the certificate from the Office of International Affairs into one folder and then upload it to the site.
※ Maximum size of the compressed file: 10MB ※ PDF conversion program and file compression program can be downloaded at the fifth stage of the application form. ※ The “Apply” page for the 2014 LG Global Challenger will be opened at the beginning of April. |
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Number of Selectees |
Five teams, a total of twenty applicants (four members on each team) |
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Selection Method |
1st: document evaluation on the expedition plans2nd: interview (Thursday, May 29, 2014)) |
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Selection Criteria |
Originality of the expedition themePreciseness of the expedition purpose
Reasonableness of the choice on the expedition site and schedule Expected effectiveness of the expedition Initiative and sincerity of the team members Language proficiency |
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Announcement on the Qualified Applicants |
Qualified applicants of the document evaluation: Wednesday, May 14, 2014Final qualified applicants: Thursday, June 5, 2014
The names of the qualified applicants will be posted on the homepage of LG Global Challenger (Final qualified applicants will be contacted individually) ※ The information above may be subject to change depending on situations. |
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Financial Support |
Full amount of transportation expenses, accommodation cost and activity cost |
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Obligations |
Submission of the expedition report within one month after the completion of the expedition (including various materials, publications and pictures which the executive office may request)Observance of the code of conduct (which will be additionally announced to the qualified applicants) Observance and active participation in all the scheduled programs |
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Prize |
Global Prize: one team (additional prize: 3 million won)Members of the recipient team of the Global Prize will be given an internship opportunity at one of the LG affiliates in Korea. |
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Remarks |
All the copyrights and ownership of expedition plans and expedition activity reports belong to LG. ※ In the event that such materials are used in other programs after the final selection of the winner, the decision and the prize will be canceled as well as all the financial support (transportation, activity cost, etc.) |
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Contact Information of the Executive Office |
Tel. 02-705-2992~3E-mail challenger@hsad.co.kr |
