What is Jeju Technopark?

It is a foundation, formally "(재)제주테크노파크," based in Jeju City, that runs a Policy Planning Group, an Enterprise Support Group, and four named sector centres, according to its own homepage.

What is the Lava Seawater Centre?

It is one of JTP's named units, built around Jeju's volcanic-rock-filtered groundwater, a resource specific to the island. JTP's homepage names the centre but does not detail its programme terms.

Does JTP say whether foreign companies can apply?

No. The fetched JTP homepage does not state a foreign-company or foreign-investment condition in either direction. Check the current notice for a specific centre.

Where is Jeju Technopark located?

Its homepage lists an address at Jeju Venture Maru, 217 Jungang-ro, Jeju City, alongside a general phone line and a business registration number.

What departments does JTP run besides the sector centres?

Its homepage names a Policy Planning Group and an Enterprise Support Group as the two functional groups sitting alongside the Bio Convergence, Biodiversity Research, Lava Seawater, Energy Convergence and Digital Convergence units.

Does the JTP homepage list programme deadlines?

No. It names departments and centres but does not publish deadlines, funding amounts or eligibility rules for a specific programme; those appear only in that programme's own notice.

Jeju Technopark: the island's foundation for bio, energy and digital sectors

제주테크노파크 기관 소개

Published 12 October 20263 min read1 primary sources

Jeju Technopark (JTP) is a foundation based in Jeju City that runs departments for bio convergence, lava seawater, energy convergence and digital convergence alongside policy planning and enterprise support. Its homepage does not state a foreign-company condition for any programme.

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On this page

A foundation with sector-specific departments
The lava seawater centre is genuinely Jeju-specific
What the site does not say

Jeju Technopark states its mission as growing people, technology and companies together on the island. Its own homepage names a working structure behind that line.

A foundation runs departments split by sector. It is not one general-purpose startup desk.

A foundation with sector-specific departments

JTP's homepage lists two functional groups and four named centres. A Policy Planning Group and an Enterprise Support Group sit alongside a Bio Convergence Centre, a Biodiversity Research Institute, a Lava Seawater Centre and an Energy Convergence Centre. A Digital Convergence Centre adds a fifth named unit.

Two further offices round out the structure: a Management Support Office and an Ethics Management Office. That list tells a founder where a fit might sit.

Unit	Type	Focus
Policy Planning Group	Functional	Strategy
Enterprise Support Group	Functional	Company support
Bio Convergence Centre	Sector centre	Biotechnology
Biodiversity Research Institute	Sector centre	Biodiversity research
Lava Seawater Centre	Sector centre	Volcanic-rock groundwater
Energy Convergence Centre	Sector centre	Energy
Digital Convergence Centre	Sector centre	Digital and AI

A biotechnology company reads differently against the Bio Convergence Centre than against the Digital Convergence Centre. JTP's own page keeps those units separate. It does not blend them into one generic startup programme.

The lava seawater centre is genuinely Jeju-specific

Most regional technoparks checked for this series run centres built around shared national categories, such as carbon materials or future vehicles. JTP's Lava Seawater Centre is different. It is built around mineral-rich groundwater filtered through the island's volcanic rock, a resource that exists only on Jeju.

That specificity cuts both ways for a founder. A company whose product genuinely depends on lava seawater has a centre built for that exact case. A generic health or cosmetics company should not assume the centre's support extends to it just because it operates on Jeju.

What the site does not say

JTP's homepage lists a business registration number and an address at Jeju Venture Maru. It also gives a phone line and social-media channels.

A directory names its partners: other technoparks, government agencies and Jeju's universities. The homepage does not describe tenancy or an application process in enough detail to summarise.

It also says nothing about whether a foreign-founded or foreign-invested company can apply to any department. That silence is not a rule either way. A founder should treat the current notice for a specific centre's programme, not this homepage, as the source for eligibility.

Jeju Technopark's departments, split between policy and enterprise support functions and four named sector centres.

Use the ecosystem guide to see how an island-specific technopark fits alongside national agencies and mainland regional hubs.

Frequently asked questions

What is Jeju Technopark?: It is a foundation, formally "(재)제주테크노파크," based in Jeju City, that runs a Policy Planning Group, an Enterprise Support Group, and four named sector centres, according to its own homepage.
What is the Lava Seawater Centre?: It is one of JTP's named units, built around Jeju's volcanic-rock-filtered groundwater, a resource specific to the island. JTP's homepage names the centre but does not detail its programme terms.
Does JTP say whether foreign companies can apply?: No. The fetched JTP homepage does not state a foreign-company or foreign-investment condition in either direction. Check the current notice for a specific centre.
Where is Jeju Technopark located?: Its homepage lists an address at Jeju Venture Maru, 217 Jungang-ro, Jeju City, alongside a general phone line and a business registration number.
What departments does JTP run besides the sector centres?: Its homepage names a Policy Planning Group and an Enterprise Support Group as the two functional groups sitting alongside the Bio Convergence, Biodiversity Research, Lava Seawater, Energy Convergence and Digital Convergence units.
Does the JTP homepage list programme deadlines?: No. It names departments and centres but does not publish deadlines, funding amounts or eligibility rules for a specific programme; those appear only in that programme's own notice.

Sources

Jeju Technopark (JTP) - homepage — read 2026-09-24

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