Into an undiscovered ﬁeld, linking to societyWith the joy of intellectual exploration,
pioneering new ﬁelds
As the world of academia continues to deepen specialization in traditional ﬁelds it also encourages crossing disciplinary borders
and working in multiple ﬁelds.
However, interdisciplinary approaches that rely on the traditional inquiry structures of each individual discipline have not
suﬃciently handled key challenges that transcend several ﬁelds. These key transcending challenges that involve breaking down
the barriers between ﬁelds and opening up new frontiers of knowledge identify the mission of the Graduate School of Frontier
Sciences (GSFS).
Founded in 1998, the GSFS oﬀers both master ʼs and doctoral courses to tackle important multi-disciplinary issues that cannot
be dealt with by traditional academic approaches, and pushes knowledge creation beyond the boundaries inherent intraditional ﬁelds and existing interdisciplinary approaches.
Although derived from existing traditional academic ﬁelds, the three divisions of GSFS -Transdisciplinary Sciences, Biosciences,and Environmental Studies- target undeveloped areas in an eﬀort to create new ﬁelds of inquiry for research and education.

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The future demands a constant search for new knowledge.
Knowledge that will bore into the wall of unsolved problems that stand in
our way; sound and powerful knowledge that will show the way forward.

Novel materials, resources, energy, genomes, the brain, the environment,
space, the Earth, oceans. Big Data, complexity, safety, risk, climate change,social design, sustainability, human augmentation, medical andhealthcare systems, life and bioscience.

With passion and perception, members of the Graduate School of
Frontier Sciences support the future of humanity bysearching research ﬁelds for undiscovered wisdom and imagination.

By bringing together the power of members that are keen to challengethemselves, GSFS faculty, administrative staff, researchers, andstudents push forward research and education in new ﬁelds.

Facing territories that have never before existed, confronting the unknown,
we have begun linking knowledge and society.
Let's embark together on a challenging yet stimulating adventure.

Campus Life
Barbeques and mini-concerts; tennis and basketball competitions, our spacious
campus plays host to a range of events for students to mingle. Currently
housing 450 thousand items and the University of Tokyoʼs collection of naturalscience academic journals, the library provides a large, comfortable reading
room in addition to a media hall that hosts a variety of seminars. Access tosuch substantial facilities supports a thoroughly enjoyable campus life.

3Division ofTransdisciplinary Sciences

Creating new ﬁelds spanning pre-existing scientiﬁc andtechnical ﬁelds and contributing to human welfare andhappiness■ Department ofAdvanced Materials Science
https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/materials/index̲e.html

Raising advanced materials scientists who will spread their wings
and take-oﬀ from here and journey around the world
We pioneer research to draw out undiscovered functions hiding in thedepths of “materials.” We create fundamental science and technology forthe 21st century and fulﬁll our role as a global location for comprehensive,
systematic education and research by clarifying the organization ofvarious phenomena and developing theories; imagining new devices;and establishing revolutionary material measurement methods.

Slide-ring material with freely
moving cross-linking points.
Applications in various ﬁelds,such as coatings and damping
materials, are currently underdevelopment

Molecular model of a chaperone to prevent
protein denaturation■ Department of Advanced Energy
h t t p s : / / w w w . ae. k. u - tokyo .ac.j p/ en/

Venturing to develop the energy of the future andleading-edge uses of energy.
We conduct comprehensive education and research with “Energy”. In
collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Central
Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), and National
Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), we make full use of large-scale
experiment equipment and work in such ﬁelds as aerospace engineering,
deep space exploration, advanced electromagnetic energy use, nuclear
fusion energy, and plasma science and engineering.

Wireless power transfer to electric vehicle

Plasma conﬁnement experiment device■ Department ofComplexity Science and Engineeringh t t p s : / /w w w . k. u - tokyo .ac.j p/ co mplex / index ̲e.html

Developing multiscale complexity science and technology
We research “complexity” from the nanoscale to the interstellar scale
based on four modules: the brain, astrobiology, extreme matter, andcomplexity platform.We raise researchers and technicians who cancontinue to discover new approaches that merge engineering and thephysical sciences and that can dream up revolutionary paradigms.

Division of Biosciences

Nerve activity visualization

Haptoclone (Hapic & optical clone)

Fostering human resources who can preempt changes inthe biosciences and lead those transformations■ Department of Integrated Biosciences
http://www.ib.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/index.html

Integrating leading-edge ﬁelds in the biosciences andopening up new frontiers
We analyze the elementary processes and collaborating organs in life
phenomena and, from the aspects of structure and function, study topics
including the universality and diversity of life, cooperation andcompetition between living beings, and the origins and evolution of life.
Relying on “advanced, transdisciplinary education and research” as ourcommon philosophy and covering everything from the fundamentals toapplications, we foster human resources that can contribute toproblem-solving in the biosciences, as well as create next-generation
biosciences.

Ultraviolet-sensitive photoreceptor cells
from a z ebr aﬁsh r e tina, made visible withgreen ﬂuorescent protein (GFP)■ Department of Computational Biology
and Medical Sciences
http://www.cbms.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/english/index.html

Leading research in the ﬁeld of biomedical sciences
through the integration of life science and computational science

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CBMS endeavors to understand the mechanisms of the orchestrated formation of livingorganisms by employing two approaches. One is biological experiments and observation to
elucidate various stages of biological phenomena, such as the mechanisms that regulate
gene expression, the functions of proteins and nucleic acids in cells, and the maintenanceof living organisms. The other is computational data-mining to quantify and analyze themassive amount of biological data in a comprehensive and integrated manner to enhance
our understanding of complex biological mechanisms. In addition, the Medical Innovation
Course conducts research to eﬀectively socialize the results of basic research from an
ethical, legal, and social perspective (ELSI). Through the integration of the above diverse
research ﬁelds, CBMS develops human resources, who will lead research in the ﬁeld ofadvanced biomedical sciences.

Creatures used as research materials/subjects:(clockwise from left) spider monkey, mouse,
Drosophila, Arabidopsis, budding yeast andsilkworm mothDepartment ofEnvironmental Studies

Aiming to construct a new academia to integrate the diverse
elements relating to multifaceted environmental issues andshow the path towards solutions for society as a whole■ Department of
Natural Environmental Studies
http://nenv.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/

Exploring relationships between the natural environment andhuman activity and aspiring to make a better environment
To tackle transdisciplinary subjects, our education and research activities
are designed into two programs: land environmental studies and ocean
environmental studies that mirror the close interrelationship of both theland we occupy and the vast oceans that occupy 70% of the Earthʼssurface. In addition to natural scientiﬁc approaches to the four basic
components of nature, i.e., atmosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, andbiosphere, we also study the impact of human society on these four
components and their interactions in various time and geographicalscales. Human society can only exist with the continued services
provided by a healthily functioning nature. Our studies and the scientiﬁcknowledge obtained from our studies are designed to contribute to thedevelopment of a sustainable and healthy relationship between humansociety and nature.

Landscape observation from "Pet utur us pe,"a practical forest in Hokkaido

Sampling of deep-sea creatures with “Shinseimaru,” the research vessel

Participating in an Antarctic research expedition

Digital Twin, a marine transportation system

Reaction experiment using supercritical water

Ocean environment survey

Advanced use of information technology

Compact mobility technology for senior citizens■ Department of Ocean Technology,
Policy, and Environment
https://www.otpe.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/

Producing human resources who will contribute to ocean use andthe generation of industry, ocean preservation, andenvironmental creation
We conduct education and research that contributes to the developmentof technology and technical policy studies relating to ocean use andpreservation, the generation of new ocean industries, and the creation ofocean environments. We have established programs on ocean use
systems, ocean environment creation, ocean sensing, and ocean researchand development systems, and we foster human resources withadvanced expertise and international perspectives who can contribute toeﬀorts to propose ocean-related policies, promote industry, and achieveenvironmental preservation.

■ Department of Environment Systems
https://envsys.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/

Modeling of Environment Systems and design of sustainable
societies
Human activities have signiﬁcantly aﬀected the environment systems
which are composed both by natural environments and human societies.
This department conducts research and education to design and realize
the sustainable societies by analyzing the interaction and relationshipbetween human societies and natural environment, developing themodel to represent the environment systems based on the detailed
analyses, clarifying the causes of the problems using the systems model,
and investigating the possible solutions and the way to manage thesystem.

■ Department of Human andEngineered Environmental Studies
https://www.h.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index̲e.html

Development of innovative technologies that are friendly
to humans
By fusing individual elemental technologies in the ﬁelds of engineering,
information, human and environmental sciences, our department aims tosolve human-centered environmental problems with various scales andforms that will eventually bring about harmony between humans andtheir environment.
Speciﬁcally, by understanding people's behaviors, sensibilities, andthoughts; being close to and supporting people; and connecting people
with people, and man-made objects with people, our research activities will
help create a society in which all people can enjoy a rich and fulﬁlling life.

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Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies
https://sbk.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index̲e.html

Exploration of design in interactions among human, architecture,and local communities
Our department is structured into three core programs̶Society and
Humanity; Spatial Planning and Design; Water and Material Cycle̶ inaddition to one cooperative program: Spatial Information Science. We
engage in education and research on the analysis, evaluation, prediction,
creation, and management of physical and socio-cultural environments
at the architectural, urban, regional, and global levels. By taking a
multi-faceted approach to both the natural and socio-cultural sciences,
students acquire the ability to accurately deal with a variety of challenges
in environmental studies.

■ Department of International Studies
https://inter.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/?lang=en

Aspiring to achieve a universal state of sustainable coexistence
through the “optimal management of global public goods”
Our department explores topics across three themes: “development
cooperation,” “environment and resources,” and “institutional design”.
While faculty members provide the necessary expertise and guidance tohelp researchers foster their knowledge of specialized methodologicalapproaches, the curriculum and inter-/intra-departmental research
activities are also designed to strengthen transdisciplinary perspectives.
This ﬁeld of inquiry cultivates analytical skills supported by theory, as wellas the determination to bravely challenge oneself to address themultitude of problems confronting the global community. We conduct
education and research with the objective of producing researchers inthe ﬁeld of international cooperation, as well as new mission leaders withboth the administrative skills and the creativity for crafting innovative
policy proposals.

Negotiating with salmon to share the abundanceof a more-than-human world

Hagoromo structure created in the design studio

Development
cooperation
Development andpoverty issues indeveloping countries

Institutional design
International policy
coordination
Global governance

Environment &Resources
Transcendental
environmental issues
Resource
management issues

Interview survey in a farming village

Associated Facility■ Life Science Data Research Center■ Sustainable Society Design Center

https://lisdac.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/gsfs/center

Achieving a sustainable environment for life through theanalysis of Big Data on life sciences

Contributing to capacity development and research on
sustainable science

The Life Science Data Research Center (LiSDaC) collects Big Data thatmeasures life phenomena of many species from diverse environments
and systematically analyzes the information. By discovering the diversityof life and its evolution and developing engineering design technologies
for life science systems, we aim to contribute to achieving a sustainable
environment for life.

Global society today faces various sustainability-related issues.
The center plans to oﬀer a wide range of education programs onsustainability science, as well as a variety of recurrent education programs
targeting those who are already working. The center seeks new pathways
to sustainable societies by providing capacity development through theseeducation programs and by conducting research on sustainability science.

■ Graduate Program in Sustainability
Science̶Global Leadership Initiative
http://www.sustainability.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

Fostering future leaders who embrace both a global sustainability
perspective and an action-oriented mindset

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The Graduate Program in Sustainability Science̶Global Leadership
Initiative oﬀers Masterʼs and Doctoral degrees in Sustainability Sciencethat fosters future leaders with a global perspective and action-oriented
mindset who will contribute to realize sustainable societies. All thelearning experiences that we provide including lectures, practicums, andseminars are conducted in English and these experiences are greatly
enhanced by the fact that more than half of our student population join
us from overseas.

Practicum in South Africa

Practicum in Kashiwanoha

An optimal environment for innovative studies
The open, lush campus features a research support environment
including Japanʼs top-level research facilities such as a hypersonicenthalpy wind tunnel and an RT-1 magnetospheric plasma experimentdevice. Leading-edge research facilities are available to researchers fromwithin the University of Tokyo as well as elsewhere to serve thecommunity and the collaborative eﬀorts of academia, industry, and thegovernment.

The University also built an industry‒academia cooperation center on
the Kashiwa II campus. In addition, the Kashiwa International Oﬃce isactively taking a role as a contact point for internationalization at the
University of Tokyo by assisting international students and researcherswith procedures when they come to Japan and by providing lifestylesupport during their stay in Japan.

Kashiwa II campus

Kashiwa library

Hypersonic enthalpy wind tunnel

UDCK

Kashiwa campus

The graduate school is fortunate to be located in Kashiwa, a city in
Chiba Prefecture that promotes the “Kashiwa-no-ha International
Campus Town Initiative.” Through collaboration, the public, private, andacademic sectors endeavor to create both an international academic
research city and next-generation environmentally friendly city. In orderto further this world-class leading-edge community building eﬀort, we
also opened the Urban Design Center Kashiwa-no-ha (UDCK) in front of
Kashiwanoha-campus Station on the Tsukuba Express in 2006. In 2013
the University further deepened collaboration with the community andbetween academia and industry by opening the University of Tokyo
Kashiwa Campus Station Satellite, which includes a 6,000 m² researchbuilding.
In terms of industry‒academia collaboration, through the Tokatsu
Techno Plaza (Chiba Prefecture) and Todai Kashiwa Venture Plaza(Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation)
we are helping to promote the growth of venture companies
originating from the University of Tokyo.

■ World-leading INnovative Graduate Study
Program in Proactive Environmental Studies(WINGS-PES)

The overriding education principle of the GSFS is to cultivate broadly
educated human resources who also have deep expertise. The
University oﬀers various education programs to cultivate skills in taking
multiple perspectives, communicating eﬀectively, and putting ideas
into practice that builds on the highly specialized education conductedin collaboration with the Institute for Solid State Physics, theAtmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the Kavli Institute for the
Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, the Institute for Cosmic Ray
Research, the Institute of Industrial Science, and Information Technology
Center in the Kashiwa Campus. The graduate school has also oﬀered a
special learning program named Specially Registering Graduate
Students (https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/exam/) and is aggressively
taking on recurrent education.

■ Diverse education programs and courses thatcross department boundaries
https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/education/education̲program/

https://wings-pes.edu.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/home-english

Five-year program that spans the masterʼs- doctoral experiencefor fostering professionals with environmental knowledge
Located in the rich and active research community of Kashiwa, and basedon GSFSʼs transdisciplinary philosophy and innovative instruction,
WINGS-PESʼ ﬁve-year program that spans the masterʼs- doctoral
experience, selects brilliant Japanese and international students from all
ﬁelds who are motivated to develop into “Environmental Knowledge
Professionals” and who can proactively anticipate, deﬁne and address thechallenges in creating a sustainable global society.

Nuclear Fusion Research Education Program
https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/fusion-pro/

Education Program for High-Dimensional Data-Driven Science (HD3)https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/HD3

Deep Space Education Program (DESP)
https://www.astrobio.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/DeepSpace/en/

Data Scientist Training/Education Program (DSTEP)
http://www.cbms.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/curriculum/dstep.html

Biomedical Innovation Course■ Professional Education Program
We oﬀer educational programs for working professionals in order tostrongly promote diverse educational activities to cooperate and shareresearch ﬁndings with society.
UTokyo-MIT-Industry Joint Program for Professional and Graduate
Education

http://www.cbms.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/curriculum/bip.html

Medical Genome Science Program (MGSP)
http://www.cbms.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/curriculum/mgsp.html

Computational Biology Science Program (CBSP)
http://www.cbms.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/curriculum/cbp.html

Integrated Environmental Design Program (IEDP)
http://iedp.site/

Minor Program in Sustainability Science (MPSS)
SMART CITY SCHOOL

https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/campuslife/kougi/#department-4-2

Environment Engineer Training Program
http://envsys.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/cur̲education.html

Environment Manager Training Program
http://envsys.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/cur̲education.html

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