The University of Tokyo
World-leading Innovative Graduate Study Program“innovations for Future Society”（http://ifs.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp）
1. Educational philosophy of this program
The digital revolution - including Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Robots, Artificial Intelligence (AI) – is givinga great impact to the way of innovation through a paradigm shift of industrial and social structures. In addition to thetraditional flow of “seed-push” innovation from fundamental research, applied research, development and verification
to commercialization, a newer flow of “demand-pull” innovation is also occurring, in which a goal is set and thenecessary technologies are developed based on a clear vision. As global economic and social systems change andindustrial structure transforms, creating a society to be succeeded by future generations requires understanding andleadership on the way of innovation.
When considering our lives, realizing sustainable society will greatly contribute to achieving SDGs (SustainableDevelopment Goals). For example, even in developed countries, energy consumption for houses, buildings,automobiles, railways, etc. accounts for more than half of the whole energy consumption in the society, and at the sametime, it is required to improve social affluence, toughness, productivity, health, etc. For realizing sustainable society, it
is indispensable to draw a new future society, to understand social and economic value’s improvement and institutional
design, and to lead new innovations with wide and diverse technological combinations and engineering supports.
Therefore, innovations we are seeking needs to include organic harmony in which individual products and services
have autonomous values as intelligent things, mutually influence and cooperate, and function in a whole society - inother words, it needs to realize a “holonic” harmony of concentration and dispersion, conversion and use, etc. throughintelligent individuals and their networks.
Based on these backgrounds, this program mainly targets on different subjects, technologies and methodologies
relating infrastructure (architecture, cities, regions, national land, etc.), mobility (electric vehicles, high-speed railways,
next generation aircraft, space systems, etc.) and energy (electric power network, distributed power supply, energy
conversion, energy mix, etc.) as a social common capital. This program develops human resources who will promote
cutting-edge researches (including social implementation, development of advanced component technologies anddeepening of basic researches), design and manage the necessary networks, bring innovations by linking technologies
and their implementers, and create future industries and business.

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In specific terms, the program brings research outcomes back into society and tries to solve social problems throughpractical implementation of industry-university collaborative projects based on the close partnerships with the worldof industry, and cultivate advanced expertise and profound culture, the ability to understand different areas of expertise,
and the ability to link with various experts and players. Human resources to be cultivated by this program areinternationally superior “knowledge professionals” who open to the future of science and technology centered onuniversities where intellectuals and human resources gather, and who create the future society consisting of holonicsystems and holonic processes.
2. Human resources this program cultivates
For creating a future society which realizes the SDGs, this program cultivates human resources who have expertisein specific fields, engage in social implementation, development of advanced component technologies and deepeningof basic researches, link with various experts and implementers from industries, municipalities and internationalorganizations, and contribute to create future industries and business through practice of innovation.
3. Applicable student
Any students in master’s course (1st and 2nd year) and doctoral course (only 1st year who entered in April 2018) ofThe University of Tokyo can apply to this program. Students who belong to Program for Leading and are planning toapply for it can also apply for this program.
Students applying for this program are asked to:Enter the doctorate course of our university with the aim of acquiring the doctor's degree in the specialized field
related to this program,Understand the aim and completion requirements of this program, and

Apply to the JSPS Research Fellow after being adopted in this program, and ensure continuing to be in thisprogram even if adopted in the JSPS Research Fellow.

The student’s graduate school and supervisor also need to understand that the student belongs to this program.
4. Curriculum outline
This program integrally promotes the world’s top level research and education, in which the fields of infrastructure,mobility and energy are mainly targeted. Under this integrated master-doctoral education program, we cultivateinternationally superior “knowledge professionals” beyond experts familiar with traditional specific fields. The
professionals will lead to create a future society by highly integrating individual experiences and technologies
accumulated. Program students will have opportunities to practically learn fields other than their own special field andto experience international internships, summer camp, etc. in the curriculum (Table 1) with the following
characteristics. The credits of subjects in Table 1 are acquired by replacing from multiple existing subjects.
For the details, please refer to the website of this program (http://ifs.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp).
(1) Opportunities to improve communication skills so that students are able to have expert discussions in English;3799-810 Communication Skills for Excellent Professionals, etc.

(2) State-of-the art selected classes to acquire advanced expertise;
3799-809 Management Skills for Excellent Professionals

3799-811 Higher Perspectives for Management of Built Environment

3799-814_818 Energy Initiative Advanced Course I-V, etc.

(3) Practical discussions through exercises, seminars, and studios;2

3799-805 WINGS Seminar I3799-812 Interdisciplinary Practice for Management of Built Environment, etc.

(4) Seminars by practitioners playing active in the front lines;3799-807 WINGS Special Lecture I

3799-808 WINGS Special Lecture II, etc.

(5) Practical exercises where students obtain the ability of searching/discovering problems and proposing optimal
solutions under collaboration with industries;
3799-805 WINGS Seminar I3799-812 Interdisciplinary Practice for Management of Built Environment

3799-813 International Practice for Management of Built Environment, etc.

(6) Multi-instructional system where faculty members from different departments join and cooperate together;
3799-812 Interdisciplinary Practice for Management of Built Environment, etc.

(7) Substantial internship program that students work with practitioners together using satellite laboratories incompanies;3799-806 WINGS Seminar II3799-813 International Practice for Management of Built Environment, etc.

(8) Summer camp to discuss international collaborative research proposals etc. with doctoral students of the world's
top universities.
3799-813 International Practice for Management of Built Environment, etc.
Table 1 Subjects and credits
Subjects

Credits

3799-805 WINGS Seminar I
3799-806 WINGS Seminar II
3799-807 WINGS Special Lecture I
3799-808 WINGS Special Lecture II
3799-809 Management Skills for
Excellent Professionals
3799-810 Communication Skills for
Excellent Professionals
3799-811 Higher Perspectives forManagement of Built Environment
3799-812 Interdisciplinary Practice forManagement of Built Environment
3799-813 International Practice forManagement of Built Environment
3799-814 Energy Initiative Advanced Course I
3799-815 Energy Initiative Advanced Course II
3799-816 Energy Initiative Advanced Course III
3799-817 Energy Initiative Advanced Course IV
3799-818 Energy Initiative Advanced Course V
3799-295 International Special Lecture I
3799-296 International Special Lecture II
3799-297 International Special Lecture III
3799-298 International Special Lecture IV2222

Type

備考Compulsory

In order to complete this program,you must meet the completion
requirements of your department andobtain 12 credits or more fromsubjects listed on the left.

2222elective22222222225. Completion requirements
3(1) Students in this program must take 12 credits or more in total in Table 1 during the regular master’s/doctoral
courses. By acquiring credits of existing subjects which can be replaced, the credits in Table 1 will be certified.
(2) Students must take and pass the QE (Qualifying Examination), FE (Final Examination) and IR (Interim Review)of this program.
(3) Students must fulfill the required credits for the master’s/doctoral courses and pass those thesis examinations.
6. Schedule of selection and procedures for submission
The schedule is as follows.
April 10, 2018

Guidance

April 20, 2018changed to April 24 noon, 2018 Submission deadline for application form

April 27, 2018

Announcement of passed students (planned)

The application form can be downloaded from the website of this program. Please fill out the necessary items in theapplication form. The application form (1 original and 2 copies) must be submitted via internal mail to the below
address by the deadline of submission.
（Address）
7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656
Graduate School Team, General Affairs Office, School of Engineering Building #8, The University of Tokyo
Phone: 03-5841-7747
7. QE（Qualifying Examination）, FE（Final Examination） and IR（Interim Review）
QE will be conducted around the end of the master's course and the beginning of the doctor's course. From theviewpoints of research accomplishment ability, quality to overlooking and motivation, and appropriateness forthis program, studying history of this program are confirmed, and oral questions on research papers and projects
outcomes including research background and motivation are carried out.

FE will be held at the completion of doctoral course. The completion of this program requirements is confirmed
and interview examination is conducted from the viewpoints of human resource image to be cultivated.

IR is an intermediate examination conducted prior to QE and FE, in accordance with QE and FE.

8. GrantStudents of this program can apply for the original grant (planned 180,000 JPY per month).

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After about half a year from the start of the program, we confirm the research progress and the status of classcredits of the student, examine the grant application that the student applies, and decide the grant support basedon the results.

The grant is for both master’s course students and doctoral course students.

9. Implementation organization[Representative Graduate School (Department)]
Graduate School of Engineering (Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Architecture, Department ofUrban Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering andInformation Systems, Department of Materials Engineering)[Other Graduate School (Department), Institute, Center, etc.]
Graduate School of Engineering (Department of Precision Engineering, Department of Aeronautics andAstronautics, Department of Systems Innovation, Department of Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemical4

System Engineering, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, Department of Bioengineering,
Department of Technology Management for Innovation)
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology

Graduate School of Frontier Sciences

Graduate Schools for Law and Politics

Graduate School of Economics

Institute of Industrial ScienceResearch Center for Advanced Science and Technology

Research into Artifacts, Center for EngineeringCenter for Spatial Information Science

10. Contact office and professors
GMSI office, Graduate School of Engineering

office@gmsi.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Yasuyuki YOKONO, Project Professor

yokono@mech.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of EngineeringYasunori AKASHI, Professor

akashi@arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering

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