Message from the Dean
“Above all, innovation is not invention. Innovation is a term of economics rather than a term of technology.” Peter F. Drucker
Welcome to the website of the Graduate School of Management of Technology at Pukyong National University.
Technology management is more than managing or commercializing technology. It looks at science and technology together with markets, organizations, finance, and policy, and builds the strategies and execution systems that turn technological innovation into corporate growth and industrial transformation.
AI transformation, carbon neutrality, the reorganization of global supply chains, and the competition for technological supremacy are rapidly changing how firms and industries compete. The Southeast region, which led Korea’s industrialization through shipbuilding and offshore, logistics, automobiles, machinery, and materials and components, needs technology management professionals who can renew existing industries and map out new growth paths at the same time.
The school began in 2011 as an interdisciplinary program in technology management within the general graduate school and opened as a professional graduate school in 2016. It has served as a center of technology management education and research in the Southeast region. As of 2026, it has produced more than 400 master’s and doctoral degree holders, and it maintains an alumni network that connects industry, academia, research institutes, and the public sector.
On the foundation of technology management, we aim to add the capabilities that regional and global practice demand. We are strengthening field-centered education in maritime and logistics, future mobility, and technology finance, together with artificial intelligence and big data, technology commercialization, innovation strategy, sustainable management, entrepreneurship, and technology economics.
We are also widening cooperation with universities, firms, and research institutes in Korea and abroad on the basis of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s Global Advanced Strategic Industry Technology Management Professional Training Program. We will educate people who analyze regional industrial challenges from a global perspective and connect the results back to regional innovation.
I invite you, who will lead changes in technology and industry, to the Graduate School of Management of Technology at Pukyong National University.
Dongphil Chun
Dean, Graduate School of Management of Technology, Pukyong National University
Vision, mission and goals
Vision
A university–industry–research hub for innovation that leaps ahead in glocal* advanced and flagship industries.
Mission
To educate professionals in global technology commercialization for advanced and flagship industries, leading glocal innovation-driven growth in the Southeast region.
Goals
- Education: design and run curricula specialized in technology transfer and commercialization for the region’s advanced and flagship industries.
- Industry–academia cooperation: serve as a hub of knowledge and technology transfer and commercialization for glocalization of those industries.
- Global: expand education, research cooperation, and results through cross-border technology management coaching.
* “Glocal” combines global and local and means globalization that makes use of regional characteristics.
What is technology management?
Technology management (management of technology, MOT) means managing technology as a core resource of the firm, so as to raise the firm’s added value and realize sustainable management. It joins engineering, science and management: technological capability (planning, development, implementation) together with the setting and achievement of an organization’s strategy and goals.
The school’s purposes are to create new paradigms for industry, to educate strategic human resources who strengthen national competitiveness, to strengthen technology startup and commercialization capability, and to realize innovation-driven growth in regional industries. It educates open-innovation, field-oriented regional experts and strengthens innovation capability based on convergence technology.
| Discipline | Focus |
|---|---|
| Technology management | Planning, development, acquisition and commercialization of technology. Integrates technology innovation with business goals; trains professionals for field practice in technology commercialization. Purpose: using, managing and evaluating technology effectively to reach strategic goals (technology valuation, IP management, promoting innovation, technology transfer and commercialization). |
| Industrial engineering | Design, analysis, optimization and implementation of systems, in manufacturing and service sectors. Purpose: improving efficiency, productivity and quality by minimizing resource use and waste and streamlining processes (supply chain improvement, ergonomics, production efficiency, business process improvement). |
| Business administration | Managing, supervising and carrying out an organization’s operations: finance, accounting, marketing, human resources, strategy and behavior. Purpose: leading and managing organizations effectively, maximizing revenue and maintaining competitive advantage. |
What sets the school apart
| Courses | |
|---|---|
| Shared with related disciplines | Technology management theory and management strategy; statistics, production and operations management, value chain optimization; research methods, AI and big data analysis. |
| Distinctive to the school | Technology planning, R&D strategy, technology commercialization, technology startups; blockchain, smart factory, technology valuation, technology finance; technology accounting, technology marketing, R&BD planning and operation. |
- Focus on technology planning, technology strategy, technology acquisition and technology commercialization.
- Emphasis on technical and engineering background knowledge rather than general business studies.
- Effective management of technology-based organizations and innovation.
Industry and research network
The school acts as a hub of industry–academia cooperation: it monitors the results of cooperation, coordinates between institutions, leads participation in joint R&D projects, and runs industry–academia networking programs. Together with an open curriculum committee, it develops and improves curricula in line with advisory opinions and surveys of educational needs, and it has opened specialized tracks in maritime, logistics and finance, advanced mobility, and industrial AI and data.
The school’s activities include field education, non-degree programs, industry–academia projects, solving corporate problems, special lectures, technical advice, R&BD planning support, expanded consulting, and internships. More than 70 family companies take part.
Joint R&D institutions
- Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KOTEC)
- Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Korea Marine Equipment Research Institute (KOMERI)
- Korea Institute of Robotics & Technology Convergence (KIRO)
- Busan Techno Park
- Busan Venture Association
On-campus organizations
- Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
- Technology Innovation Management Institute
- Anchor Project Group
- Southeast Region Startup Education Innovation Leading University Project Group
- Campus Innovation Park Project Group
Partner institutions
- Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME)
- Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH)
- Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST)
- Busan Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (BCCEI)
- Busan Institute of Science and Technology for Higher Education Promotion (BISTEP)
- Busan Startup Investment Agency
Project promotion committee members include Hanwha Ocean, Hwaseung VINA and Dongyeon SNT. Open curriculum committee members include Sungwoo Hitech, ELSCOM and Dongyang Metal Industry.
History
- 2026.09
- 102 students enrolled: 41 master’s and 30 doctoral students within the quota, plus 31 K-MOT doctoral students. 319 master’s and doctoral degrees conferred since 2020; K-MOT has 104 graduates.
- 2026.03
- Admitted 23 master’s and 15 doctoral students.
- 2025
- Selected for the Global Advanced Strategic Industry Technology Management Professional Training Program of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy* (5 years, KRW 2.5 billion).
- 2021–2022
- Rated top grade (S) for two consecutive years in the national evaluation of technology management (professional) graduate schools.
- 2020.03
- Selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s Convergence Technology Commercialization Expansion Professional Training Program (5 years, KRW 3.3 billion).
- 2016.03
- Graduate School of Management of Technology opened, the first of its kind at a national university in Korea. First cohort of 18 students (14 master’s, 4 doctoral). By April 2020: 42 master’s and 4 doctoral degrees.
- 2015.10
- Ministry of Education approved the new professional graduate school (quota 100; annual intake of 34 master’s and 5 doctoral students).
- 2015.05
- Selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s Technology Management Professional Graduate School Support Program (5 years, KRW 3.1 billion).
- 2011.10
- Technology Service Engineering major opened within the Division of Systems Management Engineering.
- 2011.09
- First interdisciplinary program in technology management at a general graduate school in the Southeast region. 68 master’s and 24 doctoral degrees conferred (as of February 2026).
- 2011.05
- Selected for the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s Technology Management Degree Program Support (4 years, KRW 2.0 billion).
* The ministry was renamed the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources in the 2025 government reorganization. Programs selected before then are named as at the time.