Samsung Electronics believes that youths and their application of Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) knowledge is the key to building a better future. As such, we are committed to empowering the capabilities of youths to achieve their full potential and enable them to spark positive change.

The Solve for Tomorrow 2025 competition provides a platform for youths in Singapore to champion social change by addressing real-world challenges through innovation and technology. Youths are inspired to be changemakers who dream big and take action, making good use of technology to make a positive impact on their communities. Participants will need to apply critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and leverage their knowledge in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) to transform creative ideas into impactful solutions for the good of society.

With 2025 being a special year that marks Singapore’s 60th birthday, this year’s competition calls upon our youths to contribute to building Singapore’s future together. Anchored by the theme, “Solve for Tomorrow 2025: Building a More Secure Future Together”, the competition invites youths to step up and step out to be the difference that they want to see in their future.

There are four key themes for Solve for Tomorrow 2025, including:

• Environmental Sustainability
• Sport, Health and Technology
• Inclusivity and Social Harmony
• Digital Readiness and Security

Participants will need to submit an idea or solution to a societal issue that is relevant to one of the four key themes. You can find more information about these themes here.

All students aged 12 years old and above and are full-time Secondary 1 – 5 students in Singapore are eligible to join the competition. For students in secondary schools with 6-year Integrated Programme (IP), only full-time students in Secondary 1 – 4 are eligible to participate.

• Dunman High School
• National Junior College
• River Valley High School
• Temasek Junior College
• Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
• St. Joseph’s Institution
• NUS High School of Mathematics and Science
• SOTA, School of the Arts, Singapore

You can find the full list of eligible schools here.

Please obtain permission from your parents / legal guardian if you are below 18 years old. Prior acknowledgement of and consent to your participation in the competition and its terms and conditions is required. Click here to download the consent form.

As we celebrate SG60 and work towards shaping the future of Singapore together, this is your chance to make an impact and leave a positive mark on our society. The competition provides you with a platform to address pressing societal issues and develop ideas that can effect meaningful change to people’s lives. Throughout the competition, you will also get to hone and apply skills that are vital in today’s world, including critical thinking, problem-solving capabilities and STEM knowledge.

There are also attractive prizes to be won, with up to S$32k in cash and prizes and a trip to Samsung’s headquarters in Seoul, South Korea up for grabs.

Participants who submit their entries early can also stand to win a Galaxy Z Flip6 Olympic Edition phone! Simply submit your entries by 31 July 2025, 11.59pm, to enter the draw.

So, don’t hesitate and take part in the Solve for Tomorrow 2025 competition here.

The Solve for Tomorrow 2025 competition will commence on 1 July 2025 and end in November 2025.

There are a total of three (3) phases for the Competition:

• Submission Phase (1 July to 31 August 2025): Teams are required to complete all compulsory fields on the microsite and to upload supporting documents (if any).
• Finalist Phase (September – October 2025): 10 finalist teams will be selected and notified by e-mail. Finalist teams are to expand on their ideas in a PowerPoint presentation.
• Winner Announcement (November 2025): The winning teams will be announced. The Grand Prize winner will be invited to go on a trip to Samsung’s Headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.

Simply form a team comprising two to four team members, and a teacher as the team mentor, and submit your entry here.

The submission form will require you to fill up the following information:

• Details about the team, including:
  • Team name;
  • Team members’ names;
  • Team members’ ages;
  • Team members’ school e-mail addresses;
  • Contact number of the team’s representative;
  • Name and e-mail address of a teacher who will be mentoring the team.
• Details about the idea, including:
  • Chosen theme, (from one of the 5 themes prescribed);
  • Title of project;
  • Opportunity or problem you are addressing with up to 100-word description;
  • Big idea with up to 200-word description of the solution.

You can also submit supporting documents in any of the following formats:

• PDF (no more than 5 pages)
• Word (no more than 5 pages)
• PowerPoint (no more than 5 slides)
• ZIP file with maximum file size of 5MB.

Please obtain permission from your parents / legal guardian if you are below 18 years old. Prior acknowledgement of and consent to your participation in the competition and its terms and conditions is required. Click here to download the consent form.

Don’t worry! You can select “Others” in the list of schools provided, and e-mail the name of your school to samsungsolvefortomorrow@infom.asia. We will respond to you within 3 business days.

There is no entry fee. Solve for Tomorrow 2025 is free to enter for all eligible participants!

For details of the prizes, visit this link.

No, you can join as long as you are a full-time student in a secondary school in Singapore. Please refer to our Terms & Conditions for more details on the eligibility criteria.

If you are already working on another school project or programme, you can submit the idea as long as the idea is original and has not previously been entered in other competitions or made available to the general public outside of your school. The objective of this competition is to inspire more solutions that can help solve issues that the local community is facing.

Please refer to the competition’s Terms & Conditions for more details.

Yes, you can as long you have obtained the relevant permissions and consent from these sources and such usage does not infringe on the intellectual property, privacy, publicity or other rights or interest of any third party.

Yes, you are still eligible to participate in this year’s competition as long as you meet the eligibility criteria, and submit an original idea that has not previously been entered in other competitions or made available to the general public outside of your school.

Yes, entries will be posted online for public voting during the finalist phase. More details will be made available closer to date.

The selection is done by a panel of judges comprising of representatives from Samsung and its partnering organisations. The judges will be revealed closer to the date of the finale event.

The entries will be evaluated based on these judging criteria.

A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you upon successful submission of your entry.

An email will be sent to you if your team has been selected as a finalist.

This can be as simple as putting together a mechanical setup, setting up a website or conceptualising a mobile application, or involves more technical capabilities like coding. The more important thing is to apply technology to an issue innovatively to conceptualise a solution that would benefit people in Singapore.

You can e-mail us at samsungsolvefortomorrow@infom.asia.