Gyeongsang National University Hosts '5 National Universities MOT Council' Meeting

Gyeongsang National University, Kyungpook, Pukyong, Jeonbuk, and Chungbuk National Universities
Discussing the Direction National Universities Should Take

The Department of Technology Management at Gyeongsang National University announced on the 29th that it held the 'National University MOT Council' on the 4th floor of the GNU Convention Center at Gyeoja Campus, Gyeongsang National University.

The council was attended by about 20 professors and officials from the Department of Technology Management at Gyeongsang National University, the Department of Convergence Technology Management at Kyungpook National University, the Graduate School of Technology Management at Pukyong National University, the Department of Convergence Technology Management at Jeonbuk National University, and the Department of Bio Future Convergence Technology Management at Chungbuk National University.

This council was organized to discuss cooperation plans among national university MOT departments and to explore future directions for the MOT project. In particular, in the situation where the MOT project is scheduled to end in February 2025, in-depth discussions were held on the future direction that national university MOT should take.

Group photo of the National University MOT Council meeting.

The participants emphasized the need to discover cases of innovative growth of local companies through technology management education as a key goal of the MOT project and to develop strategies to advance these cases. It was especially a constructive opportunity to share excellent industry-academia project cases from each university, allowing each university to benchmark the strengths they possess.

Regarding cooperation plans among national university MOTs, discussions were held on ▲ regularizing special sessions for national university MOTs at domestic academic conferences in the field of technology management ▲ promoting exchanges of professors and students between universities ▲ activating co-learning education among national university MOTs ▲ encouraging joint supervision and participation of examiners for theses between universities.

Professor Jeon Jeong-hwan of Gyeongsang National University said, “National university MOT graduate schools share the strengths and weaknesses that national universities have, so there are many points to consider together,” adding, “I hope steady cooperation and discussions will continue for the future development of national university MOT.”

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