Host Institution’s Commitment
September 25, 2007
To MEXTThe University of Tokyo
President, Hiroshi Komiyama
Signature
I confirm that the measures listed below will be taken faithfully as the Institute for the Physics andMathematics of the Universe is adopted under the World Premier International Research Center (WPI)
Initiative.
＜Provision in host institution’s mid-to-long-term plan＞
The University of Tokyo's medium-term research objectives include "investigating exploratory andadvanced research and unconventional research areas or actively approaching a new fusion of different
academic fields with full respect for research schematization and succession, thereby playing a role todrive forward network-based research with a global perspective." The accompanying medium-term planstates that the university is dedicated to "promoting the establishment of a center for advanced researchof excellent creativity and originality in new fields, while fostering the development of new academicareas through interdisciplinary research and collaboration" and "in response to issues newly rising out of
academic development and social changes, promoting the establishment of an international research
center to deal with such issues in a pioneering, flexible, and practical manner beyond existing academicareas and organizational frameworks."
In order to implement the medium-term plan mentioned above, the University of Tokyo has set up theIntegrated Research System for Sustainability Science, the Network for Life Science Research, andother inter-departmental organizations under Office of the President to establish a system to promote
multi-disciplinary research. Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU), facilitatedby the WPI Initiative, most appropriately meets the University's medium-term goals and plans, hence it
shall be positioned as the largest and most important organization among those under Office of thePresident, and enjoy university-wide support under the specific achievement targets.

＜Concrete Measures＞(1)
The University of Tokyo will position the IPMU as an organization directly under Office of the President
working as a natural facilitator with existing university organizations. The Administration Bureau shalldevelop an ideal research environment to ensure that chief researchers engaged in research at the IPMU
have minimum possible university duties to allow ample time for them to fully focus on research activities,and that research funding may be more readily secured. As part of developing such an environment, withthe aim of securing excellent researchers as well as high-caliber support staff, a new employment
scheme has already been implemented whereby it is even possible to recruit exceptionally qualified staff
at salaries higher than that of the President. Priority is also given for the use of school research space.
Furthermore, the Administration Bureau shall have an organization named the Financial Strategy Office
whose task is to develop plans strategically to obtain external funding and to allocate it effectively. Thisshall allow the maximum financial support for the IPMU, while making full use of university resources
including overhead costs for the program.

(2)
The University of Tokyo has newly developed an innovative scheme to allow the positioning of the IPMU
as an organization directly under Office of the President working in an organic linkage with existing
university organizations. Under this scheme, the IPMU may take charge in the operation of theorganization under the managerial supervision of the director of IPMU, including for the recruitment ofresearchers.

(3)
In order to ensure that education and research activities may be implemented smoothly with nodisturbance to the university faculties and institutions from which the researchers are gathered for theIPMU, the Administration Bureau shall provide any necessary financial support, such as for personnel

expenses of substitute teaching staff, to the concerned university departments and divisions. This shallnot only allow such departments and divisions to take measurements including securing substituteteaching staff, but the mobility of researchers within the university may be further improved.

(4)
As described above, the University of Tokyo has developed an innovative scheme to allow positioning of
the IPMU as an organization directly under Office of the President working as a natural facilitator withexisting university organizations. Under this scheme, the IPMU may take charge in the operation of theorganization under the managerial supervision of the director of IPMU, including for the recruitment ofresearchers, while new special regulations are also to be established designating the IPMU as a specialzone in which participating researchers and support staff members may be allowed a limited exemption
from some restrictions under the work rules that are generally applied within the university.

(5)
The University of Tokyo places great importance on the development of an environment to permit
excellent researchers from overseas to steadily concentrate on their research activities. Currently, active
initiatives to promote a more international campus are under way under the leadership of the President,
and several residential facilities for foreigners are being developed near the campus and are due to open
in a few years' time. Priority allocation of such residences for researchers invited to the IPMU fromoverseas has also been under discussion. The University also develops a number of world-classresearch facilities and actively promotes sharing the use of such facilities. Measures shall be taken toensure the priority use of such research facilities. Top priority shall be given to the appropriation of land
for a research building for the IPMU and its financing. Until the new research building is constructed in
Kashiwa Campus, Chiba Prefecture, rooms and other space of the Kashiwa General Research Building
shall be provided in priority for activities of the IPMU.
(6)With the aim of supporting the establishment of an internationally competitive center through theprogram, the University of Tokyo has set up a committee headed by the board member in charge of theprogram. The committee, in addition to ensuring university-wide support for the IPMU, shall work in close
cooperation with the Global COE (Centers of Excellence) Program and other schemes, as part of its role
to produce maximum synergy. The administrative functions of the Administrative Bureau are to bereorganized in July 2007, where the Research Network Support Group is to be set up to intensively
support the IPMU, among other organizations. With these schemes, the University shall provide themaximum possible consistent support for the promotion of the IPMU concept.

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