Technology for education: Samsung and USP expand partnership to democratize the use of innovative tools in teaching

Education as an instrument of social transformation is a pillar for Samsung and also integrates the company’s corporate business strategy

With the aim of accelerating the development of teaching and training citizens within the academic environment, Samsung and the University of São Paulo (USP) are expanding their partnership to democratize access to technological tools for all agents in the learning ecosystem.

A pilot project for a connected room will be developed that will provide students and professors with more immersive and integrated teaching and learning experiences, facilitating and innovating the process of knowledge exchange in the university sphere.

Added to this, from now on, the entire USP community, made up of students, alumni, professors and other employees, will have access to several benefits on an exclusive platform for the acquisition of branded products with special prices and payment conditions. , in addition to facilities such as free shipping and trade-in (possibility of using an old device as a down payment when buying a new one). And, in addition to the permanent exclusive benefits of this platform, there will be extra special conditions until March 31st, such as a R$ 100.00 (one hundred reais) discount on the first purchase.

In the case of Students at the University of São Paulo, they will be able to check out the extensive Samsung portfolio available through the Student Portal: ; and for former students registered on the Alumni portal, professors and other university employees, the offers will be accessible through the website:

“Samsung sees education as an essential foundation for social development and supports communities by facilitating access to technologies as tools for transforming this process,” says Mario Laffitte, Vice President of Institutional Relations and Corporate Business at Samsung Latin America.

To promote the expansion of the scope of the partnership between Samsung and USP, and disseminate the access portals to the entire community, there will be an action within the campus located in the city of São Paulo with the Samsung team promoting product demonstrations and carrying out the registration of campus users on the Student or Partnership Portal. The service will be carried out directly from the Truck Samsungwhich will be properly identified and positioned from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at ECA (Escola de Comunicações e Artes) and from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at CEPEUSP, between March 22nd and 28th (with the exception of March 25th and 26th – Saturday and Sunday).

Samsung Ocean

The new stage further strengthens an already consolidated partnership, which has the Samsung Ocean training program as one of its pillars. Samsung Ocean is a Samsung initiative in Brazil that offers training and technological innovation to the community.

The program offers free, in-person and remote format, monthly cycles of courses, lectures and workshops with varied schedules that highlight topics that are trending in the technology market, such as Blockchain, Bixby (virtual assistant created by the company), Internet of Things , AI trail, Python, Unity, among others, in addition to contact with specialists from the company and the market.

Inaugurated in 2014 and currently with two units at USP – at the Polytechnic School, in the Production Engineering building, and the second in the InovaUSP building – in addition to two other units at different Universities, Samsung Ocean qualified until December 2022, more than 150,000 people and held more than 4,700 training sessions, workshops and various events.

Samsung Ocean activities offer a certificate of participation. Interested parties can apply through the website. or via the Samsung Ocean app, available for download from the Play Store.

For more information regarding the Exclusive Student Offers program, visit:

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