Joint Seminar of 4 National Key Universities' MOT Graduate Schools Held

Gyeongsang National University, Kyungpook National University, Jeonbuk National University, and Chungbuk National University Share Project Outcomes and Discuss Inter-University Cooperation Plans

National University MOT Joint Seminar.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Four national flagship public universities' MOT graduate schools, including Gyeongsang National University, Kyungpook National University, Jeonbuk National University, and Chungbuk National University, held a joint seminar on April 20th at Gyeongnam National University's Gajwa Campus.

The joint seminar among the four national flagship public universities' MOT graduate schools was first held in 2021 at Kyungpook National University, and this was the second time. The seminar was attended by 15 project leaders and participating professors from each university, sharing the 2021 project achievements and discussing cooperation plans among universities for 2022.

The joint seminar began with a welcoming speech by Professor Jeon Jeong-hwan, head of the Department of Technology Management and project leader at Gyeongsang National University, followed by presentations sharing the major project achievements of 2021 by each university.

By sharing the methods and best practices of industry-academia projects conducted by each university, various measures to improve the quality of industry-academia projects were discussed.

Excellent cases such as government R&D contracts won by family companies through industry-academia projects, patent and prototype creation, and technology transfer achievements were shared, and a forum was held to discuss each university's strengths and challenges.

Jeon Jeong-hwan, head of the Gyeongsang National University project, said, "As a latecomer that started in 2020, the national flagship public universities' MOT graduate schools must propose a new educational innovation model by learning the strengths and weaknesses of existing MOT graduate schools," adding, "The main goal of the MOT graduate schools is to create concrete outcomes through practical industry-academia-research cooperation with regional companies and institutions."

The MOT project supports graduate school operations to cultivate specialized personnel in convergent technology commercialization. Nationwide, seven technology management specialized graduate schools and four general graduate schools are operated. In Gyeongnam, Gyeongsang National University was the only one selected in 2020.

Gyeongsang National University MOT selected 42 master's and doctoral students in its first year, 2021, and selected 40 students this year.

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