Fostering Long-Term Creativity and Innovation with Science and Technology
Disciplines Based on Ochanomizu Spirit “Migakazuba” in the Next Generation of Global Leaders

Program for Leading Graduate Schools

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11Vol.
April 2017

O c h an omizu Uni versi ty

Program for Leading Graduate Schools training female
global leaders in science and technology fields ・・ 2
Photo Gallery in 2016 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 4
Career support for students ・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 6
Information ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 8

Pre-Global Internship: In front of the Deutsches Museum (see article on p.3)

Program for Leading Graduate Schools training female
global leaders in science and technology ﬁelds[ Messge from the Study Commons teachers ] What are the characteristics of the program?
Study Commons teachers give advice to team-based research conducted by the program's students in the ﬁeld of sciences. All of the members are fromoutside Japan. (As of March 2017)

Gary Richards

Project Associate Professor (Chemistry)

It has been three years since the Program for Leading Graduate Schools at our university accepted its ﬁrst group of students.
We received mid-period evaluations for this program during the 2016 academic year. In the March evaluations, we received
high praise in recognition of the fact that our initiatives are moving according to schedule, and that we are on target to achieve
the program’s goals by continuing with our current efforts. In particular, the evaluation recognized our achievements with thePBTS project (team study in English). In PBTS, students determine self-chosen assignments that reach beyond their ﬁeld ofexpertise, and work together as a team to resolve problems. The evaluation recognized that these projects are enabling students
to broaden their perspectives, acquire problem-solving abilities, and learn how to conduct presentations in English.
In March 2018, the program is scheduled to produce its ﬁrst doctoral graduate. We hope to further enhance our program withthe continued help and cooperation of everyone involved.

《 Program merits 》Three skill enhancements

Major course (specialty)

1

Basic
skill-enhancing
subjects

2

Globalleadershipskills3

Many of our students come from an educational background that is very much a teachercentered experience, in which students play a largely passive role. So, to join our program,which aims to give a student-centered approach where the students actively decide on most of
the important parts of their project including themes and topics, team membership, individual
roles and experiment planning and execution, is a huge challenge. Another big challenge is to do
all of this in English, which is not the ﬁrst language of most of our students! I am happy to see
that, although it can take some time for the students to ﬁnd their feet in this new environment,
we now have several very good teams working on very diverse areas of research, from water
puriﬁcation to anti-aging tea. The skills the students are learning in this program will be vital toenable them to compete at a national and international level in modern working environments.

“Pre-Global Internship” held for the third class of students
Date: February 19-26, 2017
Location: Munich, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, and other locations in Germany
Visits to: Heidelberg University, Saarland University, Wuppertal University, Max Planck Institute, Daimler, SAP, Siemens,
Lanxess, Deutsches Museum

Cross-functionalteam study

Development of human resources that can produce results
to the industry ﬁeld
[ Message from the students ] Why did you join to this program?

Twice during the program, students are required to experienceinternships aimed at enhancing their global skills. Before theinternship, seven students from the third class (who entered theprogram in April 2016) visited facilities in Germany, including
universities, research institutes and companies. The visit provided
an opportunity for them to experience industrial, governmental andeducational institutions outside of Japan.
It was only one week trip, but the students could have an opportunityto visit historic universities, the latest research facilities, and sites
where development and production were being conducted. They
were also able to have discussions with researchers and engineers
working at the forefront in their ﬁelds, giving the students a glimpseof the world before them, and providing a great opportunity as they
begin taking their ﬁrst steps toward becoming doctorate holder who
is able to work actively in the global environment. The students gave
a report on their trip after their return to Japan.

Miki Tomeoku

Master student of Human Developmental Sciences, Division of Life Science

The reason why I decided to enter the graduate school at Ochanomizu University is because I knewthat there was a program that fostered the development of female researchers who have a uniqueperspective of meeting the need for a healthy lifestyle for everyone. I would like to perform research,for developing a cane for use in alleviating the pain of walking with Osteoarthritis, in the Biomedical
Engineering Laboratory. Now I’m enrolled in the Program for Leading Graduate Schools because I’minterested in creating innovative approaches to solving problems, and in fostering the developmentof women who can become global leaders. By taking both major and minor courses, my aim is toacquire the ability to create innovations that extend a healthy walking lifespan.
I have experience working as part of a team to execute medium and long-term projects in corporate
environments. From this experience, I believe that students who work in the PBTS program will
acquire the practical skills necessary to conﬁdently execute projects in industry.

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Photo Gallery in 2016

Students study the essential course series offered in English, and attend
lectures at special labs for Science and Technology for Global Leaders using
cutting-edge equipment from diverse ﬁelds.

Lectures andlab work

Teams are formed with students in different fields of expertise, and theseteams work together to resolve problems that they themselves chose totackle. (Photo shows the third class students holding discussions)

PBTS

Essential Mathematics

Essential Bioinformatics Ⅰ

Essential Physics Ⅰ

Exchange
EventsGlobal Internship

Global Internships were carried out at research institutes, companies,
external universities and the administration both inside and outside Japan.

4At the internship site
(Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan)

With people from Lanxess, Germany

With research colleagues(University of Strasbourg, France)

Essential Chemistry Ⅱ

The program offered lectures, inviting guest speakers from companies
and other organizations, and exchange events with students from otheruniversities.

Discussions with Tanner Lecture speakers
In front of the Institute of Mathematics
Polish Academy, Poland

Special Practice of Cutting-edge Equipment at labs

Lecture by company executives

Students introducing Japanese culture

Exchanges with participantsof the Summer Program

Exchanging opinions with members ofprograms from outside the universityExchanges with Leading Graduate School Programsfrom other universities

5Career support for students
A variety of career-related assistance is being provided to help doctoral graduates ﬁnd employment
and to implement strategies that will enhance their opportunities in the industry.

SeminarDecember 21, 2016
Career Planning Seminar
Inter- Faculty Building 2, Room 102（1F）,“Becoming who you want to be-The true powers of a Ph. D” Ochanomizu University

A seminar was held on career design for doctoral graduates in the ﬁeld of sciences. Guest lecturers included doctoral graduates from ourOchanomizu University who are now working at the forefront of their companies. The lectures were given by Dr. Sachiko Itono, an Associate
Scientiﬁc Fellow at Biomolecular Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited,and by Dr. Kanako Onishi of NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Dr. Onishi is on temporary assignment as a research expert at the National Institute ofInformation and Communications Technology.)
Dr. Itono shared information about the various
projects that she has worked on in her lecture, titled“Becoming who you want to be: The true powersof a Ph. D” Dr. Onishi mainly shared stories about
her experience in England when she was a Ph. D.
candidate titled “Nurturing our abilities as a Ph. D.!
The ability to think in a way that helps you overcomechanges”
The seminar was a great success, attracting not
only students in the Program for Leading Graduate
Schools but for also other students from ouruniversity.
Dr. Sachiko Itono
Dr. Kanako Onishi

Event“Work in progress for students in post doctoral anddoctoral studies”

LectureSpecial lecture in Science and Technology for Global Leaders I“Introduction to Company Management that Utilizes Technology”

Beginning in the academic year of 2016, lectures started being held
to provide basic information in such areas as intellectual property,
ﬁnance, monetary issues, international economics, environment andenergy. These topics are necessary for understanding management
strategies at private companies, including business strategies, researchand development strategies and the intellectual property strategies ofprivate companies. The lectures introduced speciﬁc examples within
private companies, and was structured in a manner that is easy for
science and technology students to understand.
In order to have the students get having majored in feel for what theactual situation at a private company is like, we invited two guest
lecturers to give talks. The first guest was Mr.Masahiro Samejima,
who is the inspiration for a lawyer on the popular TV series,“Shitamachi Rocket.” He gave very informative talks about how he,having majored in science and technology as a student, become apopular lawyer, and about methods to bring intellectual knowledge
into use in the management of a company, among other topics.
We also invited Mr.Mitsuhiro Takasaki, the president of ENGINEER.
INC., a manufacturing company in Osaka. He gave an interestingtalk on how MPDP (marketing, patent, design and promotion) are
important in the successful making of a hit product, while also
discussing his failures.
The lectures overall were informative, and also provided reference forthe students' job search activities.

December 2, 2016 January 27, 2017
Total of seven lectures

Mr. Masahiro Samejima ( January 13, 2017 )Mr. Mitsuhiro Takasaki ( January 27, 2017 )November 16, 2016
Ochanomizu University

Career Counselling and Support for Leading Graduate School Students
We held An exchange event for corporation and PhDs, titled “Work in progress forstudents in post doctoral and doctoral studies”. The event attracted students fromour program. Numerous post-doctoral and graduate school students, as well ascompanies and organizations, participated in a lively exchange of information at thisevent. Following short seminars provided by the companies and organizations, aposter session was held as a place for the post-doctoral and graduate school students
to present themselves. Later, companies and institutions held exhibits in individual
booths, where they had discussions with the students on a one-to-one basis. This
provided an excellent opportunity for students to learn about the expectations thatcompanies and institutions have for human resources with doctorate degrees.

Career Coordinator provides career related information through the network with industry and research
institutes, e.g. the expectations from industry, the current circumstances of recruitment.
In the individual meeting, students are welcomed to discuss on how to think and act during the Programfor Leading Graduate Schools, ﬁnd some clues on their internship program, and on any issues regarding
their career.

Self - introduction

Tomonori Fukazawa

Beside my work at Ochanomizu University, I am a CEO of HR company
specialized for Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral researchers.
After graduating Department of Science and Engineering, I took partin BtoB business, sales, and recruiting engineers and almost a decadeago, I started working on supporting Ph.D. and Ph.D. candidate’s careerdevelopment, and have been conducting many projects regarding careerdevelopment in Universities, institutes, and our own business.
Talking on my private life, my wife is also a Ph.D. researcher and I also
have great curiosity on many research topics.
It is a great honor to support the career development of the Leading
Graduate School’s students.

Part-time lecturer

Individual exchanges with people from companies

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Poster presentations by the students

7March 31, 2017
April 14, 2017
April 15, 2017
April 21, 2017

■ Information on offered lectures for Academic Year 2017 first term
April 10, 2017
April 11, 2017
April 11, 2017
April 12, 2017
April 12, 2017

Essential Mathematics for Global Leaders I
Essential Chemistry for Global Leaders I
Peace Education-Special lecture in Science and Technology for Global Leaders III
Essential Computer Science for Global Leaders I
Essential Engineering and Technology for Global Leaders II■ Global Internship I & II (As of the end of March 2017)
Global Internship I
December 2016-April 2017
March 2017-June 2017

The University of Tokyo (Japan)
University of California, Davis (USA)Global Internship II
November 2016-May 2017
January 2017-April 2017
March 2017-June 2017

Laboratory of Subatomic Physics & Cosmology, Grenoble (France)
Weathernews Inc. (Japan)
Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)

Editor’s notes
Launched in 2013, the program is now in its latter half ofits run. Looking through the photos of the students now,there are less photos of them smiling compared to when theprogram ﬁrst started, demonstrating how seriously involved
they are as they concentrate on their work.
I look forward to the day in the future when they make theirauspicious entries into the industry and reap the beneﬁts of
their current efforts, as they work actively in society.

Leading Graduate School Promotion Center,
Ochanomizu University
Graduate School of Humanities &Science Building, Room No. 601
2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
112-8610, Japan
E-mail: leading-ocha@cc.ocha.ac.jp
http://leading.dc.ocha.ac.jp/leading/en/

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March 7, 2017
March 15, 2017
March 20, 2017

Started mQE in 2017 (middle Qualifying Examination) (until March 31)
The Second Presentation on Global Internship Report 2016Introductory guest lecturer: Masahiro Samejima, lawyer/patent attorney
Information session for prospective students for April 2017
Introductory guest lecturer: Mitsuhiro Takasaki, President of Engineer Inc.
Lecture for PBTS by Vietnamese researcher
Seminar with Dr. Chasserot-Golaz (lecture for Department of Chemistry and theProgram for Leading Graduate Schools)
Pre-Global Internship
Selection examination for Academic Year 2017 April (iQE)
Examination results
International symposium “Corporate Expectations for Women PhDs”
pQE (periodic Qualifying Examination)
The 3rd Joint Meeting of Four Universities’ Program for Leading Graduate
SchoolsPre-Global Internship and Global Internship Report
Seminar with Prof. Chmielewski & Prof. Hrycyna (lecture for Departmentt ofChemistry and the Program for Leading Graduate Schools)
Selection examination (2) (iQE)
Guidance for new students entering in April 2017
Open campus for the Graduate School
The ﬁrst career support seminar in 2017

April 2017

January 4, 2017
January 13, 2017
January 13, 2017
January 18, 2017
January 27, 2017
February 3, 2017
February 16, 2017

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