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Proposal Concept Overview
The Philosophy of the University<The mission and philosophy of Toyohashi University of Technology>
The mission of Toyohashi University of Technology is the educating and researching of technologicalscience (scholarship for the development of new technology with technology backed by science), and its
philosophy is the nurturing of practical and creative leading engineers who have a well-rounded sense ofhumanity and a global view in addition to a willingness to coexist with nature, as well as the researching of
ultramodern and pioneering technology that will inspire the next generation.
To this end, the university has been striving to provide an education (with special emphasis on our
graduate schools) that will cultivate a keen sense of observation, a sensitive and warm sensibility, apluralistic thinking ability, and a global perspective in our students. At the same time as promoting
advanced research that will open up a new horizon for science and technology, we strive to improve
collaboration with both local and global communities.
<The university’s human resource development mission and the integrity of this proposal>
Based on the above mission and philosophy, the university is implementing the following distinct missions
with the objective of developing human resources who will “mastertechnology and create technology” in a global society. Bothmissions are incorporated in this proposal.
(1) Pioneering human resource development based on theundergraduate and graduate school combined education system.
This system (which focuses mainly on students from technicalcolleges - KOSEN) aims to foster advanced engineers who havesuperior abilities in technological development and who have thecapability to lead our nation’s industries, as well as the areas ofresearch and development to be globally competitive.
(2) Fostering engineers who can generate innovation and flourish
globally by taking advantage of a distinctive track record ofFig. 1 Concept of spiral approach
to Ecucation

education such as the spiral-approach education (Fig.1) in which
advanced fundamental subjects and specialty subjects are
systematically reinforced.
(3) The active promotion of two-way student exchange with foreign
universities, international joint research, and human resource
exchanges centered on the ASEAN countries, utilizing ouroverseas education base at Malaysia (Fig.2), which is anFig. 2 Penang Campus (Malaysia)

extraordinary asset for a Japanese national university.
The Objective of Proposal Concept<The backdrop to this proposal>
Since the opening of this university in 1976 as a new concept national university, it has accepted transferrdgraduates from regular courses of KOSEN into the 3 year of the undergraduate school and offered a
4-year combined education including a master’s course. This helps us in fostering advanced and highly
creative engineers, which allows Toyohashi University of Technology to make a valuable contribution
towards supporting the industries of our nation.
However, against the current backdrop of the rapid globalization of society which is transforming
traditional relations between countries (international relations), capital and information as well as products(Toyohashi University of Technology) (Application: Type B)

6and labor are starting to move ever increasingly on a global scale. This significant change has eventransformed the qualifications demanded of the pioneering Japanese engineers who lead our nation’s
industries. There is now a pressing need for such engineers to have the interpersonal and cultural skills toenable them to work effectively worldwide.
<The objective of the proposal: Strategic and creative aspects and a global makeover of theentire university>
This proposal, based on the above backdrop and the university’s mission and philosophy, aims to createa graduate school university that will foster “Global Technology Architects” with the following qualifications
and capabilities by implementing various radical globalization measures university-wide, that we as aJapanese university have not been able to take up until now. Our mission of fostering high-level creativeengineers is our distinctive feature, and our goal of using this platform to foster global technology
architects is unique amongst universities worldwide. This program will be the vital step for us to transform
ourselves into a national university capable of supporting Japan’s global competitiveness and thesustained economic growth of our nation’s industries in a profound way.
<Global Technology Architect: Vision / Leadership >A “Global Technology Architect” is a practical and creative leading engineer who understands the diversityof the global community, and is capable of taking on challenges alongside people of different cultures andvalues. Global Technology Architects will have the technical and personal skills to address such problems,from envisioning an idea all the way through to providing and facilitating a practical solution. They will
possess the following skills to a high degree:(1) Global communication capability: Ability to understand and express oneself amidst diverse value
sets with superior language skills and open-mindedness toward different cultures(2) Problem solving skills under diverse value sets: The ability to grasp problems and analyze them aswell as come up with ideas and create solutions backed by scientific knowledge and superior technicalcapabilities(3) Interpersonal skills applicable globally: Up to date cultural awareness, a willingness to take onchallenges, plus a leadership ability tempered by a flexible and tolerant spirit of cooperation.
Overview of the Proposal Concept’s Initiatives
To change Toyohashi University of Technology into a university that fosters the human resources required
by today’s global society (see above), the university will push through campus-wide globalization centeredon the following initiatives.
(1) Create a new combined undergraduate and graduate Global Technology Architect Course(2) Create a new global dormitory, the Multicultural Boarding House where students and faculty withdiverse values will live together(3) Carry out a global capability upgrade of all students, faculty members and university staff(4) Newly establish a Global Technology Architect Promotion Office directly controlled by the president of
the university(5) Campus-wide globalization centered on this program<(1) Global Technology Architect Course >The following are the features of the Global Technology Architect Course.
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Target: Establish a combined undergraduate / Master’s program “Global Technology Architect
Course” in all Divisions of programs and majors, in which students study in both English andrdJapanese (bilingual lectures). The acceptance of 3 year transfer students from April 2017. Since allst

the 1 year transfer students will be international students, intake of students will occur from April(Toyohashi University of Technology) (Application: Type B)

72018 following the organization of overseas recruitment and entrance exams, in addition to thestre-organization of the 1 and 2ndyear undergraduate education system.

Course size and format:st

Overview: There will be 15 students each for the 1 and 2rdndyears of undergraduate school, 65thstudents each for the 3 and 4 years of undergraduate school, and finally 65 students for each year
in the master’s course, for a total of 290 students.
rdDetailed Breakdown: The 3 year transfers, which constitute the bulk of student intake at TUT, will
be managed as follows. From among the entire student body, 50 students will be allotted to thiscourse, and from among those, 35 students will be Japanese KOSEN regular course graduates andst

15 will be international KOSEN regular course graduates. For 1 year admissions, from among the
80 places, 15 students will be allotted to this course, and all 15 students will be international studentsrdmainly from ASEAN nations. For the 3 year intake, a few places will be available for non-KOSEN
strdapplicants, whether Japanese or international. For both 1 year and 3 year intake, ‘international’ will
be taken to include Japanese returnee students. The total number of students for the course will be
290 (13% of the entire university), and from among those, 140 students will be Japanese and 150 will
be international students.
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Selection: Students who are very globally oriented and who are motivated to learn technology inboth English and Japanese will be targeted, and these students will be recruited using the Admission
Office (AO) entrance exam. In principle, English language ability will be demonstrated by a TOEIC
score of 550 or its equivalent, and a strong interest in technology, qualities as a potential future global
technology architect, interpersonal skills, and the student’s willingness to actively communicate usingrdboth English and Japanese will be evaluated. International students transferring in their 3 year willtransfer into the university’s regular course upon graduating from a technical school and will bestassumed to have a Japanese language ability that will enable them to follow lectures. For 1 year
international students, exams will be conducted in a location easy for them to access, such as thePenang Campus or another overseas liaison base.
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Languages: Courses will be designed to incorporate English and Japanese bilingual lectures(educational / presentation material, and notes on the blackboard will be in English, while thelectures, questions and answers, discussions, and exams will be done mainly in English but withst

Japanese too). 1 year international students will study the liberal arts and the basic specialized
subjects in English. In conjunction with this, they will receive education in strengthening theirstJapanese ability, and from the second semester of the 1 year, they will receive education in bilingual
lectures with students in regular courses, and by the time they move up to the 3rd grade, their
Japanese is expected to be at a level in which they will be able to basically follow lectures inJapanese. After that, for the next four years until they complete the master’s course, their lectures will
be conducted in both English and Japanese. Students will be required to study Japanese corporate
culture education, Japan-specific technical education and other such areas in Japanese, in addition
to global business theories and suchlike in English. In consideration of the language abilities
necessary for students’ career paths, the completion standard for this course will be a scoreequivalent to TOEIC 730 or higher for all Japanese students, and the Japanese language proficiency
test N1 or higher for all international students. For students taking the course, a mentor will beassigned, and there will be supervision and guidance in securing 250 hours of language learning timein the non-native language of the student (English or Japanese).
stCourse design: The 1 year students will be taught their courses in common in the first semester,stwhereas from the second semester of the 1 year on the course will be divided into 5 different
curriculums that will progress into advanced specialized education. New programs that will offer abroad internationally current liberal arts education and the fostering of problem solving skills amidst(Toyohashi University of Technology) (Application: Type B)8thdiverse cultures will be developed. Two-month practical training internships in the 4 year of theundergraduate program will be a mandatory subject, and six-month practical training internshipsthwhich take place over the last two months of the 4 year of the undergraduate program and the first
four months of the graduate program will be an elective subject. They must be taken in a country
where the student is a non-native speaker. By collaborating closely with the institutions where thestudents are dispatched, the results of the internship will be maximized by the setting and following of
the progress of themes such as global problem solving.
The strategic utilization of the overseas education base in Malaysia and the international
partner schools: The university is now equipped to implement lectures that will accommodate up to
150 students at the university's overseas education base (the Penang Campus) on Penang Island,
Malaysia, that was established under the National University Reform Enhancement Promotion
Project, which commenced in 2012. By actively utilizing this institution to foster global technology
architects and through local lectures and mid-to-long term overseas internships, English-based
education will be implemented in Penang where people from ASEAN countries, China, and India, andother countries can work together in a multicultural environment. Moreover, with the establishment
and enhancement of joint degree programs and double degree programs with partner schools,
including the University of California, Berkeley, and Moscow University, and connecting this withstrong overseas alumni networks, the university will aim to strategically gain superior international
students from ASEAN and developed countries and boost its regular courses both qualitatively andquantitatively.

<(2) Boarding house where many cultures coexist and diverse values are shared >The Multicultural Boarding House: This dormitory will be newly built to reflect this university’s
philosophy to “master technology and create technology” and as a place where diverse values
coexist, also envisioning the injection of private capital and methods to commission the provision ofmaintenance facilities and services. Two buildings of a communal style of house that willaccommodate 100 people are planned, and by integrating these with the existing student apartments
and the international accommodation facility, a special zone will be set up where 800 people (36% of
the total student body) of diverse cultures can eat, live and learn together on-campus.

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A boarding house for students taking the course: The students of the Global Technology Architect
Course will, in principle, apply to the boarding system and live in the Multicultural Boarding House,
and the Japanese and international students enrolled in the undergraduate and graduate schools will
use English as their common language and will foster their interpersonal skills by living together inthis multicultural environment. In conjunction with having a permanently stationed housemaster in theMulticultural Boarding House, student assistants and faculty will also be resident. Efforts will be madeto enhance the Multicultural Global Campus, using this new boarding house as a focus.

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example English language support programs will be provided, and the Japanese and international
students will be brought together through various events, and through implementation involving all
the existing dormitories. In this way the Multicultural Boarding House will act as an educational
dormitory that will nurture global qualities, interpersonal skils and cultural depth, in other words it will
act as the hub of the campus wide globalizing project.
<(3) Making the campus multinational and strengthening international compatibility throughglobal capability upgrade of all students, faculty members and university staff>
Global capability upgrade of all students, faculty members and university staff: Ensuring thatthe students, faculty and university administration staff, on their various tiers of human resources
on-campus establish a two-way connection with the global stage mostly through the portal of theuniversity’s overseas education base, the Penang School, as well as the many partner schools
overseas. This interaction will be further boosted by the construction of a global educational /(Toyohashi University of Technology) (Application: Type B)

9academic affairs system which will enhance the ability to overcome language barriers between
students and faculty.
The global faculty personnel exchange system: For the faculty, alongside the global personnel
exchange and unit exchanges with each research lab, the university’s native English lectures
conducted by foreign teachers will also be reinforced and the practical English educational andresearch skills of the university’s outgoing teachers will be enhanced. With the acceleration of joint
research, internationally current research (such as international joint research papers) will also beenhanced. In addition the administrative staff will systematically continue human resource exchanges
such as with the international relations departments of partner schools overseas, and so enhance theinternationally current capabilities of the entire campus.

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The increase of the international student ratio: Currently, the percentage of international students
among the entire student body is approximately 10%, but with the establishment of the global
technology architects course, it will increase to 20%. The students taking the course will be housed
on-campus, such that the number of international residents in the dormitory will be increased to over
25%. Moreover, by accepting overseas internship students in the summer and winter by taking
advantage of this slack period for residents in the dormitory, the percentage of international students
on campus will be boosted year-round.

<(4) Implementation structure >The establishment of the Project Promotion Office: This project will be expanded under thestrong leadership of the president by setting up the Global Technology Architect Promotion Office aspart of the already existing international strategy division that is under the direct control of thepresident. The office will handle the overall work involved in making the entire university global,
running the Global Technology Architect Course in addition to making all the lecture subjects bilingual(English-Japanese), including regular courses. Since the global engineering education promotion
organization (Institute for Global Network Innovation in Technology Educaion – IGNITE) is alreadyestsblished, university-wide globalization will be promoted through close collaboration with thisorganization.

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The annual plan of the Project Promotion Office: In the first five-year period, the university will
selectively conduct the starting up and implementation of the project such as its planning andformulating, the designing and setting up of the course and its entrance exam, in addition to theconstruction of the Multicultural Boarding House. By the time the first period is over, four years of theundergraduate level of the Global Technology Architect Course will have been completed, and in thesecond year of the second period, the first students to complete the course (masters) will leave theuniversity to go out into the global community. In the second period, in conjunction with ongoingdevelopment based on the achievements of the first period, the university will strongly promote theglobalization of the entire campus. It will prepare a system in which existing organizations such as theeducational affairs section and the global engineering education promotion organization can takecharge, in sequence, of running the Global Technology Architect Course.

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The organization and the role of the Project Promotion Office: For project promotion, one
full-time Global Technology Architect Course coordinator, one global human resource circulation
coordinator, and one university-wide globalization coordinator will be hired and placed in the Project
Promotion Office. Moreover, a permanent support desk will be set up in the Promotion Office tolessen the burden on faculty who will be making the course education materials and lectures bilingual(English and Japanese), as well as the duplicate conducting of lectures with the regular course. The
university will hire / place a full-time English lecturer(s) and five faculty members to assist in therunning of the courses. In addition, this team will perform other tasks, such as strengthening theEnglish ability of all faculty members by aiding in the creation of English education materials /(Toyohashi University of Technology) (Application: Type B)

10lectures throughout the university, assisting in the conversion of administrative functions to English
and also assisting in the correcting and writing of English papers. In addition, as a part of theabove-mentioned National University Reform Enhancement Promotion Project, the university has
dispatched young teachers from KOSEN to Queens College, City University of New York (Fig. 3) for
six months and had them learn English teaching methods as well as gain the experience of working
overseas. A reinforced application of these
initiatives will be applied to the university, andabout five young people a year will be dispatchedlong-term to the USA. Through their learning ofEnglish teaching methods and conducting of joint
research, the university will be assisted inpromoting globalization that will cover the entire

Fig. 3 Queens College, City University of New York

university.
<(5) The globalization of the entire campus with this program at the core >The relationship between the Global Technology Architect Course and the regular courses: By
developing the original concept to proceed with standardization whereby the bilingual lectures of the
Global Technology Architect Course are gradually applied to regular courses, and proceeding to
make the subjects bilingual at regular courses at the same time, the university shall progressively
work towards a target of 95% of all its subjects offered in English and Japanese. While keeping abalance between specialties and language abilities in the regular course lectures, the university willproceed in augmenting the provision of learning assistance (the reinforcement of the existing learning
support room, the enabling of reviewing material with bilingual education material, the developmentof e-Learning training aids, the active use of TAs / tutors, etc.) for students taking lectures in a
non-native language. With this, the university will promote a global engineering education not limitedby language, university-wide, beyond the limits of the Global Technology Architect Course.

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The spread throughout the university and international value: The objective of this concept is thedrastic reform of a national university to possess true internationally current capabilities, and throughthe following measures, the university will strongly promote the globalization of all students andfaculty.
(1) The conversion of all undergraduate and graduate school lectures to being bilingual(2) The creation of a campus for multinational coexistence based on a high ratio of international
students (more than 20%).
(3) The sharing of diverse values through the utilization of the vital asset of an overseas educationbase (an extraordinary asset for a national university), and a residential program for the course(4) The strategic securing of new students with advanced qualities

Accordingly, by significantly increasing the university’s value and its presence in the global community, we
intend to create a global technology university that will develop transnational technology-based humanresources / knowledge, as well as the mobility of technology on a global level.

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