Wemajor

Wemajor (Korean: 위메이저) is a non-profit private organization (NPO) registered under the Seoul Metropolitan Government that sends university students into middle and high schools to give lectures about academic majors and career paths. It was founded in 2010 as a club at Seoul National University called H2, and in September 2011 it was reorganized into a university-student alliance volunteer group under the name Wemajor. The organization is based in Mapo-gu, Seoul, and its stated mission is to reduce the social cost of students choosing the wrong major by providing vivid, first-hand information about what studying each field is actually like. The core activity is the school-visit lecture program (전공강연), in which teams of university students visit a school and present on their majors, followed by mentoring and Q&A. Wemajor also runs lecture concerts, career fairs, and mentoring at university admissions events, often in partnership with district offices and education offices. According to its website, by the time of the homepage snapshot it had delivered 869 lectures to 203,032 students across 228 schools and 19 organizations. Wemajor is not a commercial company; it is a civil-society organization. It is registered as a non-profit private organization under the Seoul Metropolitan Government's youth policy division since 2012, and it has received recognition including selection as an outstanding educational donation institution by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity in 2016. Its representative is Lee Jeong-gyun (이정균). The organization continues to recruit university student lecturers and to accept lecture requests from schools and institutions.

Wemajor began in 2010 as a club called H2 at Seoul National University, founded on June 18, 2010. In its first year, the group ran five school-visit lecture programs at middle and high schools including Mapo High School, Hanyoung Foreign Language High School, Hanyoung High School, Gangneung High School in Gangwon Province, and Bupyeong High School in Incheon. In 2011 the group expanded significantly, delivering 22 school-visit lectures at schools such as Myeongdeok Foreign Language High School, Sehwa Girls' High School, Kyunghee Girls' High School, Yesan Girls' High School in South Chungcheong Province, Chungju High School in North Chungcheong Province, and Osang High School in North Gyeongsang Province. It also held three lecture concerts in Gangneung, Seongbuk-gu, and Dobong-gu. On September 1, 2011, the club was reorganized into a university-student alliance volunteer group named Wemajor, and in the same year it placed third at the Social Venture Competition Asia (SVCA). In 2012 Wemajor ran 43 school-visit lectures and one lecture concert, and provided mentoring at the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education's early admissions camp. On May 31, 2012, it registered as a non-profit private organization under the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Division of Child and Youth Welfare. The following years saw steady growth: 49 lectures in 2013, 63 in 2014, 66 in 2015, 73 in 2016, 47 in 2017, 64 in 2018, and 73 in 2019. During this period it also held lecture concerts, participated in career fairs, and signed memoranda of understanding with the Seoul Secondary Career and Vocational Education Research Association (2015), the Gwangjin Career and Vocational Experience Support Center (2018), and the Yongsan-gu 'Miraeya' Career and Vocational Experience Support Center (2019). In 2016 Wemajor was selected as an outstanding educational donation institution by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity. It was also selected in the fourth and sixth Out Campus Excellent Club TOP 10. In 2017 it ran a university admissions fair mentoring program for the Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education. In 2018 it ran two career fair programs hosted by the Gangnam-gu and Gwangjin-gu career experience centers. In 2019 it ran one career fair program hosted by the Gwangjin-gu center. By the time of the homepage snapshot, Wemajor reported having delivered 869 lectures to 203,032 students across 228 schools and 19 organizations. The organization continues to operate from its office in Mapo-gu, Seoul, and to recruit university student lecturers for its school-visit programs.

• 2023

  Announced revised lecture expense regulations on July 6; featured on KTV National Broadcasting on September 5.

• 2019

  Ran 73 lectures and one career fair program; signed MOU with Yongsan-gu 'Miraeya' center; selected in 6th Out Campus Excellent Club TOP 10.

• 2018

  Ran 64 lectures and two career fair programs; signed MOU with Gwangjin Career and Vocational Experience Support Center.

• 2017

  Ran 47 lectures; provided mentoring at Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education university admissions fair; selected in 4th Out Campus Excellent Club TOP 10.

• 2016

  Ran 73 lectures; selected as outstanding educational donation institution by Ministry of Education and KOFAC.

• 2015

  Ran 66 lectures; signed MOU with Seoul Secondary Career and Vocational Education Research Association; selected for autonomous semester public-private partnership pilot.

• 2014

  Ran 63 school-visit lectures and two mentoring programs at Daegu education events.

• 2013

  Ran 49 school-visit lectures and one lecture concert.

• 2012

  Registered as a non-profit private organization under Seoul Metropolitan Government on May 31; ran 43 lectures.

• 2011

  Reorganized into university-student alliance volunteer group Wemajor on September 1; ran 22 lectures and 3 lecture concerts; won 3rd place at SVCA.

• 2010

  Founded as H2 club at Seoul National University on June 18; ran 5 school-visit lectures.

A non-profit, student-run educational organization that provides first-hand major information to reduce the social cost of mismatched career choices.

• School-visit major lecture program (전공강연)

  University student teams visit middle and high schools to present on their majors and mentor students.

• Lecture concerts

  Public lecture events organized by Wemajor, sometimes with district office support.

• Career fair and admissions mentoring

  Mentoring booths and programs at career fairs and university admissions events.

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