Welcome to the Graduate School of
Knowledge Based Technology and Energy at the TECH UNIVERSITY OF KOREA
The twenty-first century is an age of infinite competition.
To achieve continued growth and development in the industry, it is the time to make a transition from the present industrial structure to a knowledge-based industrial structure.
The European Union demonstrates the economic potential of regional blocs: new technologies such as IT, BT, NT and ET are accelerating evolutionary changes in industries. Challenges in trade also are formidable. International conflict surrounding intellectual properties is becoming fiercer as advanced nations are adopting increasingly aggressive policies. Other developing nations, that have vast pools of inexpensive labor, are closely chasing Korea. Particularly, China is quickly emerging as an industrial power, narrowing the technological gap with Korea at a threatening speed.
Korea must develop innovative-minded human resources above all else in order to overcome these difficulties and join the ranks of advanced nations. In particular, our society needs technological manpower with creative talents.
Korea Polytechnic University Graduate School of Industrial Technology and Management was founded in March 2001 to produce field-oriented, creative-minded graduates needed in a knowledge-based industrial society. By doing so, it is positioned to raise the competitiveness of industries and contribute to the national economic development. Using surveys on the needs of industries, we have created a curriculum that emphasizes field-based education. We also have introduced the first online engineering curriculum in Korea, providing working professionals in the industrial sector an opportunity to receive another degree. At the same time, we are offering educational service to regional industries through diverse fieldwork. These on-site programs cultivate the R&D abilities of individuals and the technological competitiveness of businesses.
We firmly believe that our school can successfully guide the employees of industrial companies, from top managers to field engineers, helping them grow into leaders of the national economy who will usher in an era of greater affluence.
TECH UNIVERSITY OF KOREA
Graduate School of Industrial Technology & Management
Kyoung Kook Kim