Oh Myung,
Kunkuk president |
By Kang Shin-who
Staff Reporter
Konkuk University will offer a management of technology (MOT) course
from next March, becoming the first Korean university to offer such an
inter-disciplinary course.
Its President, Oh Myung, said Thursday that technology management
professor William Miller from Stanford University will be the dean and
will open the ``Miller MOT School.’’
``It is very important nowadays to bring high technology products
successfully to the marketplace. We need many talents bearing balanced
knowledge in technology and management,’’ Oh said on the occasion of
the second anniversary of his presidency Wednesday.
The university will recruit 30 students for the undergraduate course
and the Miller MOT school will introduce three majors, including
technology innovation management, technology innovation policy and
venture technology management.
``Our university is not competitive in general MBA courses, so we will
specialize in business studies associated with technology. MOT is
nowadays one of the most popular interdisciplinary programs
worldwide,’’ he added. Under the plan, the university will invite more
foreign scholars in technology management and work with Stanford
University and Stony Brook University for dual degree courses.
Oh said the university will also promote collaborative research in the
robotics industry with overseas universities and institutes. Konkuk
also plans to spearhead the export of Korea’s information technology,
especially to South American countries. The school will provide 300
computers to Paraguay and Columbia and invest IT infrastructure in the
countries in cooperation with the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity
& Promotion.
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