Elite science high schools boost enrollment as AI, chip demand grows

South Korea's elite science high schools will admit a record number of students next year, expanding opportunities for young science talent at a time when universities and companies are competing for students in fields from artificial intelligence and semiconductors to medicine. The country's 22 science high schools will recruit 1,858 freshmen for the 2027 academic year, up 13.2 percent from 1,642 this year and the highest number since the first such school opened in 1983, according to private e