Korean Chemistry Olympiad

Korean Chemistry Olympiad (KChO) is a chemistry olympiad held by Korean Chemical Society (KCS). It is also one of the Korean Science Olympiad. The top four people of the KChO can join the International Chemistry Olympiad(IChO).

In 1991, Korean Chemical Society held the first KChO. Four high school students representing South Korea joined the 24th IChO the next year, which was held in United States. In 2017, 49th IChO was held at Thailand.

The KCS holds the KChO to make South Korea win the IChO and through four seasonal schools, KCS will find who are gifted in chemistry and educate them to play an important role in development of chemistry in Korean society. Also, Korea Foundation for the Science and Creativity, LG Chem, and Korea Dow Chemical Company supports the KChO.

KCS Uploads about five to six questions every two weeks on KChO website. Students who are studying for KChO can download the questions and try to solve them. Any students can download the answers and official solutions there after a week. Even if the student is not joining the KChO, the student can download the questions and answers at the KChO website.

After the on-line questions, students will take a test about what they have learned while solving the on-line questions. First grade students in high school take this test. The questions are based on basic chemistry. The test can determine how much the students understand basic chemistry. 80 well-ranked students can join the Summer school 1. All the tests are held in Konkuk University.

80 people who got a good score will join the Summer School 1, which is usually held far away from Seoul. In the school, students learn basic chemistry for two weeks and there isn't any experiment classes. When the school is almost finished, students take an exam. One person gets a Best Graduation, 24 people get a Merit, and some of the leftovers get an Honorable Mention. 25 people-Best Graduation and Merit-can join the Winter School 1 without Test 2. In 2018, the Summer School will be held at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology.

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