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2025 4th
Youth IT Contest

Promotes youth interest in and capability with information technology and provides opportunities to compete and grow their knowledge and skills in the IT field. Enables youth to unleash their potential, develop creative ideas and problem-solving abilities, and grow by measuring their competence and receiving feedback through competition.

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2025 4th Youth IT Contest

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Exam preparation

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Registration

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Schedule

Date
Details
Mon, Feb 17 – Thu, Mar 13
  • Regular application: Feb 17 – Mar 9 (application fee KRW 50,000)
  • Additional application: Mar 10 – Mar 13 (application fee KRW 60,000)
Sat, Mar 15: Contest day
  • Programming Language (C) Division: 9:00 – 11:00
  • Programming Language (Python) Division: 11:30 – 13:30
  • Algorithms Division: 14:00 – 17:30
  • Data Analysis Division: 14:00 – 16:00
  • Immersive Content Division: 14:00 – 15:20
  • Graphic Design Division: 15:30 – 17:30
Fri, Mar 21, after 18:00
  • Provisional score announcement
Thu, Mar 27, after 18:00
  • Final results announcement

Eligibility

Nationwide elementary/middle/high school students or equivalent persons (as of March 2025)
  • Out-of-school youth, non-enrolled students, and students of international schools, foreign schools, or unaccredited schools have their eligible division restricted by year of birth.
    • Elementary Division: born 2013 – 2018
    • Middle School Division: born 2010 – 2012
    • High School Division: born 2007 – 2009
  • Applicants who passed the high school qualification exam (GED) cannot participate.
Socially disadvantaged applicants (Basic Livelihood Security recipients, near-poor households, single-parent households, multicultural households, North Korean defector households, or persons themselves who are special-education recipients) receive a 90% reduction of the application fee.

Problem Composition

Division
Composition
Programming Language
  • Questions: 30 multiple-choice, 5 short-answer
  • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes total
  • Scoring: Varies by question (500 points total)
  • Available languages: C, Python
Algorithms
  • Questions: 3 for Elementary, 3 for Middle School, 4 for High School
  • Duration: 3 hours total
  • Scoring: 100 points per problem (300 points for Elementary, 300 points for Middle School, 400 points for High School)
Data Analysis
  • Questions: 30 multiple-choice, 5 short-answer
  • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes total
  • Scoring: Varies by question (500 points total)
Immersive Content
  • Questions: 50 multiple-choice
  • Duration: 50 minutes total
  • Scoring: 2 points per question (100 points total)
Graphic Design
  • Questions: 4 practical tasks
  • Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes total
  • Scoring: Varies by question (100 points total)

Awards

Awards are given per division (Elementary Programming, Middle School Programming, High School Programming, Elementary Algorithms, Middle School Algorithms, High School Algorithms, Data Analysis Combined, Immersive Content Combined, Graphic Design Combined).
  • Grand Prize: 1 per division
  • Gold Prize: 2 per division
  • Silver Prize: 3 per division
  • Bronze Prize: top 10% per division
  • Encouragement Prize: top 30% per division
  • Group Grand Prize: 5 groups

Refund Policy

  • Up to 7 days before application close (February 17 – March 2): 100% refund
  • From 7 days before application close to close (March 3 – March 9): 50% refund
  • After that (from March 10): no refund

Inquiries

Phone inquiries related to the contest are not accepted.
Email inquiries: Korea Information Technology Promotion Agency, Education Planning Division, Contest Operations Team — contest@kitpa.org
KakaoTalk inquiries: Korea Information Technology Promotion Agency KakaoTalk channel (Go to channel)