| Order of Science and Technology Merit 과학기술훈장 | |
| Type: | Order of merit |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Country: | The Republic of Korea |
| Head Title: | President |
| Grades: | Changjo Hyeoksin Ungbi Doyak Jinbo |
| Head: | Yoon Suk Yeol |
| Status: | Currently awarded |
| Higher: | Order of Saemaeul Service Merit |
| Lower: | National Foundation Merit Medal |
| Related: | Science and Technology Merit Medal Order of Industrial Service Merit and Industrial Service Merit Medal (before 2001) |
The Order of Science and Technology Merit is one of the Orders of Merit issued by South Korea. It is awarded to those who have rendered outstanding meritorious services in the interest of improving the science and technology.
This Order is the mostly newly organized order of the Republic of Korea. Before that order was established, Order of Industrial Service Merit had been bestowed to scientists and technologists.
The Order of Science and Technology Merit is conferred in five classes:
There are three kinds of decoration awarded by the Republic of Korea. They are Orders, Medals of Merit, and Service Medals.[1]