"Innovation through interdisciplinary education"
"Innovate to empower your community for the digital transformation"
Three Pillars
Systems, Design, and Computational (SDC) Thinking:
Social Innovation
Systems Thinking
Sustainable Development
Entrepreneurship
Systems Thinking to identify problems and develop appropriate solutions by understanding complex systems consisting of diverse actors and interactions
Design Innovation
Design Thinking
User Experience
Human-Computer Interaction
Design Thinking to design new products/services based on understanding and analyses of customer needs/requirements
Technological Innovation
Computational Thinking
Automation and Optimization
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Computational Thinking to develop and implement cutting-edge products and services utilizing data analytics and AI
So far, it is super nice to study in a multi-disciplinary setting!
Student 1
This is a great program if you are interested in gaining knowledge about integrated study and grow as a multi-disciplinary researcher.
Student 2
Communicating and socializing with others from different bachelor's majors and interests in graduate programs encourages us to expand our views and to create more ideas that have never been seen before.
Student 3
Background
Background 01.
Unmet needs for communities of interdisciplinary — rather than multidisciplinary — researchers/educators
Background 02.
Growing demand to prepare tomorrow's workforce for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which requires technical knowledge coupled with creativity and interdisciplinary thinking
Background 03.
Lack of higher education institutions engaging in research and teaching in innovation despite Korea's emergence as a global innovation