The University of Tsukuba&
Industry-University
Collaboration Activities
University of Tsukuba
International Industry-University
Collaborative Headquarters

Overviewof the University of Tsukuba

Where is Tsukuba?

Tsukuba cityTokyo
Mt. Fuji

Narita45min by train (Tsukuba Express)
from downtown Tokyo to Tsukuba＆
50min by car from Narita Airport(Metropolitan Inter-City Expressway)3Center of Research and Development
Tsukuba is the largest science city in Japan

32 national research institutes,( = 30% of all national institutes)

more than 200 private Institutes.

1 out of 10 residents of Tsukuba city is a researcher.

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2nd Largest Campus in Japan
Tsukuba（258ha）
New York
Central Park

HarvardMIT

West
Michigan（344ha)UCLA(170ha)OxfordBeijing

Harvard5

44+101 Years of Unique History
145 years of History and Tradition
Funded as Higher Normal School (1872)→Tokyo University of Education (1949)→University of Tsukuba (1973)

3 Nobel Laureates

Dr. Esaki Leo(Physics, 1973)

63 Medals in Olympic GamesDr. TOMONAGA
Sin-Ichiro(Physics, 1965)

Dr. SHIRAKAWA Hideki(Chemistry, 2000)
Silver Medalists at
London Olympics 2012

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19

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Number of Students and Staff
2,326 International
students from

Administrators
Faculty

106 countries

1,941

2,061

Total

Undergraduate
Students

20,423 9,909

8 Graduate schools

 Education
Graduate Humanities and Social Sciences Students
 Business Sciences Pure and Applied Sciences
 Systems and Information Engineering Life and Environmental Sciences
Integrative School
 Comprehensive Human Sciences School of Integrative and Global
 Library, Information and Media
Majors (SIGMA)
Studies
as of May, 2014

6,560

1

9 Undergraduate Schools

 Humanities and Culture Social and International Studies
 Human Sciences Life and Environmental Sciences Sciences and Engineering Informatics
 Medicine and Medical Sciences Health and Physical Education
 Art and Design713 Overseas Offices in 12 Countries
Bordeaux Office (France)
Beijing Office (China)
Bonn Office (Germany)
Shanghai Office (China)
Irvine Office (United States)

Taiwan Office (Taiwan)
Ho Chi Minh Office (Vietnam)
Tunis Office (Tunisia)
Kuala Lumpur Office (Malaysia)
Tashkent Office (Uzbekistan)São Paulo Office (Brazil)

Jakarta Office (Indonesia)
Almaty Office (Kazakhstan)8Subject Jukebox for Students of Partners
CAMPUS-IN-CAMPUS for promoting Global Mobilityof Students and Researchers
Students

University of
Bordeaux

National Taiwan
University

Students

University ofTsukuba

University ofCalifornia, Irvine

Subject Jukebox
for students of partners

Students

Joint Degree Program

Students

More Universities
Dual Degree Program~ Separate Diplomas ~~Coordinated Single Diploma~

Transnational Leaders
9University of Tsukuba Hospital
Mission: advanced medical care and medical research• Opened 1978
• 34 clinical Departments• 800 beds
• 1,782 staffs
category

numberTeaching Staff

294

Residents and Fellows

279

Clinical Assistant Professor

67

Nurses and Maternity Nurses

774

Pharmacists

49

Other Paramedical Staff

368
As of Apr. 2014

MRI operating room

Angiography operating room10

RU11: Top Research Universities in Japan
RU11 is a consortium, established in 2009, consistingof 11 of the top Research Universities in Japan.

/ 781* Universities*2014 School Basic Survey (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan)

11Research Centers for Innovation
Nationwide joint-use institutes

Research centers• Center for Computational Sciences• Shimoda Marine Research Center• Gene Research Center• Plasma Research Center• Life Science Center of Tsukuba
Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)• Alliance for Research on North Africa• Cybernics Research• Center for Isotopes andEnvironmental Dynamics (CRiED)• Tsukuba Research Center forInterdisciplinary Materials Sciences• Agricultural and Forestry ResearchCenter• Proton Medical Research Center

Research cores• International Institute for Integrative
Sleep Medicine (IIIS)• Core Laboratory for Algal Biomass
and Energy System• Innovation Medical ResearchInstitute

12Industry-University Collaboration
at the University of Tsukuba

OUR MISSIONS
social and econom ic innovations
facilitating technolog y transfer w hich lead s to social and econom ic innovations
to m ake a social contrib ution throug h research ﬁ nd ing s of the University of Tsukub a;universityspin-offs
sp in-oﬀs
University
sup p orting university sp in-oﬀs b y facilitating technolog ical incub ation and transfer;technolog y transfer
p rom oting coop erative researches w ith p rivate enterp rises
as one of the m ost im p ortant m eans of technolog y transfer;intellectual p rop erties
ob taining m ore international utilization of intellectual p rop ertiesb y m aking im p rovem ents of their assessm ent

Tsukub a Science City & Region
p rom oting university-ind ustry-g overnm ental institutes coop eration
w ithin Tsukub a Science City and streng thening com m unity relationship s
w ith local p ub lic org anizations such as Ib araki Prefecture, Tsukub a City and so forth;

The University of Tsukuba
International
Industry-University
Collaborative Headquarters

OUR ROLE

OUR MISSIONS
social and econom ic innovations
facilitating technolog y transfer w hich lead s to social and econom ic innovations
to m ake a social contrib ution throug h research ﬁ nd ing s of the University of Tsukub a;universityspin-offs
sp in-oﬀs
University
sup p orting university sp in-oﬀs b y facilitating technolog ical incub ation and transfer;technolog y transfer
p rom oting coop erative researches w ith p rivate enterp rises
as one of the m ost im p ortant m eans of technolog y transfer;intellectual p rop erties
ob taining m ore international utilization of intellectual p rop ertiesb y m aking im p rovem ents of their assessm ent

Tsukub a Science City & Region
p rom oting university-ind ustry-g overnm ental institutes coop eration
w ithin Tsukub a Science City and streng thening com m unity relationship s
w ith local p ub lic org anizations such as Ib araki Prefecture, Tsukub a City and so forth;

The University of Tsukuba
International
Industry-University
Collaborative Headquarters

OUR ROLE

Strengths of the University of Tsukuba
in Industry-University Collaboration

Interdisciplinary

International

Strong interaction between Faculties:
Humanities, Social, Life Sciences,
Medical, Engineering, Informatics,
Art, Phys. Ed.

# of foreign students,
courses given using foreign languages→ 2nd highest in Japan

Entrepreneurship

Location# of university startups: 2nd highest
in Japan (2009), e.g., Cyberdyne Inc.
founded by Professor Sankai

At the center of the largest
science city in Japan, with
15,000 researchers

Interdisciplinary Research for Emerging Society Needs
Faculty Structure optimized for Interdisciplinary Research,
including Art, Sports and Medicine.
Unique Research System

Interdisciplinary Research Areas

Conventional

U. of Tsukuba

Professor Chair System

Research Group System

Professor
Associat.
Prof.
Assist.
Prof.

Assist.
Prof.

Group ＡGroup Ｂ

Professor

Associat.
Prof.

Assist.
Prof.

Assist.
Prof.

●Integrative Sleep Medicine●Research Center for
Advanced & Interdisciplinary
Life Sciences【TARA Center】●Robot Suit HAL●Boron Neutron Capture
Therapy(BNCT)⇒ Easy to create interdisciplinary
research projects●Center for Computational
Sciences⇒ Young researchers can easily
start new research themes●Health,Physical Ed. &Sport Sciences

Mapping U. Tsukuba’s Research Potential
onto Industry Areas
Faculties of U. of Tsukuba
Medicine

Engineering, Pure & Appl
Life, Environ. Humanities Art, Design
Info., Sys.
Sci

Health,Sport

PharmaMedical devices

Industrial Areas

HealthTransportation
Energy, Environm
ＩＴ
Materials, Insrum
Food
SportsSocial, business18

Concept for Social & Economic Innovations
by Interdisciplinary Research at U. Tsukuba
Macro trend of Global Society

Economic Innovation

Faculty of University of Tsukuba

Distributed, sharing
and circulation society

Service for Human Life

Humanities & Social Science

The expansion of EPA & FTA

Healthy quality of life

Business Science

The Growth of Emerging countries

Next Society System
Compact City

Changes of Global Market

Pure & Applied Science
Engineering, Information & Systems

Securing Water Resources, Energy, Food
Sophistication of Transportation System
Aging Infrastructure System Upgrading
Low birthrate & Aging Society Measures

Solution

Toward Sustainable Society

IT/Cloud
AI/Robotics
IoT/IoE
Cyber Security
IoE: Internet of Everything

Products
Hydrogen Mobility

Reduction of CO2
Promotion of Resource Recycling

Life & Environmental Sciences
Human Sciences
Health & Sports Sciences
Art & Design
Medicine

Clean Energy
Industrial Internet

Library Information & Media Science

OUR MISSIONS
social and econom ic innovations
facilitating technolog y transfer w hich lead s to social and econom ic innovations
to m ake a social contrib ution throug h research ﬁ nd ing s of the University of Tsukub a;universityspin-offs
sp in-oﬀs
University
sup p orting university sp in-oﬀs b y facilitating technolog ical incub ation and transfer;technolog y transfer
p rom oting coop erative researches w ith p rivate enterp rises
as one of the m ost im p ortant m eans of technolog y transfer;intellectual p rop erties
ob taining m ore international utilization of intellectual p rop ertiesb y m aking im p rovem ents of their assessm ent

Tsukub a Science City & Region
p rom oting university-ind ustry-g overnm ental institutes coop eration
w ithin Tsukub a Science City and streng thening com m unity relationship s
w ith local p ub lic org anizations such as Ib araki Prefecture, Tsukub a City and so forth;

The University of Tsukuba
International
Industry-University
Collaborative Headquarters

OUR ROLE

2nd in the Growth of Industry-University collaboration
among Japanese universities
Average budget growth-rate ofIndustry-sponsored collaborative
research between 2010-2015
University

Growth ratio (%)

Budget Increase of Industrysponsored collaborative researchfrom 2014 to 2015
University

Budget Increasein 2015(Million ¥)1 Yamagata Univ.

52.7

3 Tohoku Univ.

561

2 Univ. of Tsukuba

35.2

2 Univ. of Tsukuba

560

3 Tohoku Univ.

17.2

6 Hokkaido Univ.

391

4 Nagoya Inst. of Tech.

16.2

1 Yamagata Univ.

348

5 Nagasaki Univ.

15.6

5 Tokyo Univ.

226

6 Hokkaido Univ.

14.3

6 Nagoya Univ.

216

7 Waseda Univ.

13.4

7 Osaka Univ.

207

8 Chiba Univ.

13.1

8 Keio Univ.

204

9 Toyohashi Univ. of Tech.

12.6

9 Chiba Inst. of Tech.

188

10 Shinshu Univ.

11.6

10 Tokyo Univ. of Scirnce

124

MEXT Report for Industry-University Collaborative Activities in 2015

Why? <Ranking 2nd>Industry-Sponsored Collaborative
Research Budget (Million ¥)In 2015, the industry-sponsored collaborative research budget
increased by 2-fold compared to 2014.

1,200
1,000

1044

BudgetCollaborative Research Numbers

800
600
400
200
0

484
289
233

2009
H21

282
212

2010
H22

319
223

2011
H23

383
246

2012
H24

373
276

2013
H25

291

2014
H26

320

2015
H27

Industry-Sponsored Collaborative Research Budget of the University of Tsukuba

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Why? <2 fold increase in only one year>

1. Made a platform for interdisciplinary
industry-university co-creation
2. Innovated headquarters management structureof Industry-University Collaboration
3. Changed the strategy toward initiating largescale collaborative research1. Platform for Interdisciplinary industry-university co-creation
2. Innovation of headquarters management structureＩｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ Ｉｎｄｕｓｉｔｒｙ－Ｕｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ
Ｃｏｌｌａｂｏｒａｔｉｖｅ Ｈｅａｄｑｕａｒｔｅｒ（2014 April）

Ｉｎｄｕｓｉｔｒｙ－Ｕｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ Dep.
Technology Transfer Cheam
R&D Center（2015 July）

3. Large scale collaborative research creation program①M2B2A type collaborative research（2014 Aug）
特別共同研究事業制度
M2B2A型共同研究②Special collaborative research Project （2014 Dec.）③Global Matching Program(2014 Aug.）④Tsukuba Industry-University Collab. Boost Pj.（2015 April）

3. Promotion of industry-univ. collaboration and talent placement①Innovation Medical Research Institute (2015 Aug.）②Tsukuba Clinical R&D Organization （T-CReDO） (2015 May)
③Life Innovation Degree Program (2015 Nov.）④Center for Artificial Intelligence Research (2017 April）
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2. Industry-University Collaboration StructureInternational IndustryUniversity Collaborative
Headquarters(Established in April. 2014)

Industry-University Collaboration
Department
産学連携部（事務組織）
Industry-University Collaboration Department
・Intellectual property（Support Staff）

・National fund・Research Collaboration contracts

Technology Transfer Team・11 Technology Transfer Managers

Dr. Kanaho(Executive Officer) Dr. Uchida(Professor)

Generalmanager

Committee for
Universityindustry
Collaboration

DeputyDirector
GeneralVice
Director
GeneralResearch & Development Center(established in July 2015)<First R&D Center>
R&D Center for Algal Biomass
Energy System

Strategic plans to strengthen industry collaborations
U.Tsukuba Strategies for Industry-University Collaboration

Ｉ“R&D Center” framework

July, 2015

ＩＩSpecial Collaborative Research Projects

December,
2014

ＩＩＩ

Market-to-Business-to-Academia
Collaboration Process

Aug, 2014

ＩV

Expand international collaborations

Aug, 2014

V

Innovation Medical Research InstituteAug, 2015

Ｉ

July, 2015

“R&D Center” framework

Missions of University of Tsukuba
Social Contributions

Research

Education

R&D Centers

ResearchCenters

Schools

Innovative Organization operated by external funds
Objective
Create innovation
Participation of industry personnel

Management
Promote industry-univ. collaboration in
research areas with high social demands

Speed up research

5 years duration(with a possibility to extend)

Cultivate industry-directed culture& entrepreneurial talents

Will be abolished when external funding
is no longer available
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First R&D Center started in Aug. 2015

R&D Center for Algal Biomass Energy System
Securing Energy Source ; A vital problem for Japan
Hydrocarbon Producing Algae

Prof. Makoto Watanabe

Botryococcus braunii produces 118 t oil
ha/yearAurantiochytrium has a high-growth rate,with a high content of the hydrocarbon
called squalene.

The oil product is shownby yellow spheres.
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Second R&D Center started in Jan. 2017

R&D Center for Precision Medicine
Japan's first $1000 genome analysis center
Current Status: Precious genome information of theJapanese population is outflowing toward overseas.

All-Japan genome analysis scheme
Region No. Location of $1000 genome analysis center
Japan

０

USA

５

System Operation

EU

７

Korea

１

Alabama (1), California (2), New York (1),Missouri (1)GB (3), Iceland (1), DE (1), Austria (1),Sweden (1)Seoul（１）China
MiddleEast

２

Beijing（１）、Shanghai（１）１Qatar（１）<Consortium>
Univ. of Tsukuba(Coordinator)
Bio Companies
Clinical Res. Companies

Samplesresults

Service User・Nation Reserch
Insititutes
・Medical Institutes
・Pharm. Companies

5～１０ systems connected for 1000$ genome analysis

Innovation Medical Research Building

Next-generation super high-throughput DNA sequencer29

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Collaborative research under one-roof between industry and U. of Tsukuba
to promote social implementation of research outputs

Mutual understanding of what to be solved to achieve a business goal
U. of Tsukuba

Special Collaborative Research・Under one-roof at the U. of Tsukuba
・Duration from 2 to 5 years

・Researcher
・Facilities

Industry

・Employ industry researchers as professors

Professors
Associate Professors
postdocs
undergraduates

Professors
Associate Prof.
Researchers・Funding,
including salaries of
its personnel
temporarily employed
by U. Tsukuba as
professors
・Researcher
・Materials① Industry & University researchers both participate to accelerate future business② Industry researchers participate in education at the University

Example of a Full-scale university-industry research collaboration :Special Collaborative Research PJ with an Automobile Company“Advanced research for realization of smart accessible society”
To pursue how the social system will be transformed in the next generation,interdisciplinary research spanning diverse fields is necessary.

Automaker’s Needs for Solutions
toward the coming Society“Accessible society system”
・ Public transportation system
・ Human behavior science・ Urban structurewith smart accessibility
・ City design
・ Human friendly functions
・ Economic system
・ Legal framework
Started in November, 2015

U.Tsukuba’s Research Potential

Faculty Structure optimized
for Interdisciplinary Research
Sharing
Psychology
F. Human Sci.
problems Cultural anthrop.
F. Media Sci.
F. Business Sci.
Economics
F. Soc. Sci.
Law
F. Life & Environ.
Risk Eng.
F. Engineering
Policy Sciences
F. Pure&Appl. Sci.
ServiceEng.
Innovative
F. Art & Design
research
DesignF. Sport
theme
Ergonomics
F. Medicine

Create new discipline in academic research

ＩＩＩ

Market-to-Business-to-Academia
Collaboration Process

Conventional collaboration

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Aug, 2014

Tries to transfer technologies & IPs
developed at universities

Academia to Business to Market (A2B2M)
Academia

Business

Market

Seeds
IPs

Value Chain

Social & Economic
Innovation

A new strategy for expanding
industry collaboration

Exploits University’s research potential torealize future business plan of the Industry

Market to Business to Academia (M2B2A)
Academia

Business

Research
Potential

Value Chain

MarketNeeds for future
Society & Economy

Research Potential such as: facility, science network, academic knowledge,
educational environment, clinical environment, technical seeds & IPs etc.

ＩＩＩ

Market-to-Business-to-Academia
Collaboration Process

33

Aug, 2014

Management of M2B2A System in the University of Tsukuba
University

Industry
Construction
Food
TextleFuture business problems
Customized Research groups

Humanities
Social Sci.
Human Sci.

Future business problems
Customized Research groups

Life, Environ. Sci.

ChemicalsSci. & Engineering

Steel

Future business problems
Customized Research groups

Informatics

Electronics
Future business problems
Transportation

Commerce■Candidate Corporations
Nikkei 225, World TOP20 pharma,
regional corporations

Customized Research groups

Strategy Staff

MedicalSports, Phys. Ed

Arts, Design■Internal activities
Analyze research potential⇒industry vs research ＤＢ & mapping

ＩV

Expand international collaborations

Aug, 2014

Plans for large-scale collaborative research
Focusing to global top 20 pharma(Global pharma Ranking in 2013)

Domestic pharmas with ongoing collaborative research

(16)

(18)

(20)

Started in 2015

(5)

(15)

Negotiating to start in 2016
(1)

(9)

(16)

Collaborative Research Funding from Foreign Companies
Ranking of Collaborative Research
Funding from Foreign Companies

U. Tsukuba’s Collaborative Research
Funding from Foreign Companies( FY2016, million yen)
Fee

Number180
160

1 Tohoku Univ.

245

19

2 Univ. of Tsukuba

130

7

3 Nagoya Univ.

123

7

Million Yen

University

140

100

122

23

5 Tokyo Inst. of Tech.

95

12

6 Kyoto Univ.

80

14

40

7 Jap. Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Tech.
(北陸先端科学技術大学院大学)

43

7

20

8 Osaka Univ.

37

9

35

3

10 Tokyo Univ. of Marine Sci. &Tech. (東京海洋大学)

27

4

129

120

4 Univ. of Tokyo

9 Waseda Univ.

154

80
60

0
2013

2014

2015

2016

FY
35

V

Innovation Medical Research InstituteAug, 2015

To develop revolutionary medical therapy that insures healthy
quality of life toward the age of super-aging Japanese society

Research Focus: Proactive P4 Medicine
Professor, Kanaho

Predictive, Preventive,
Personalized , Participatory

Total floor capacity 6000 m2

University of Tsukuba

Kasuga Campus

Innovation Medical Research Institute

Tsukuba Station

MEXT ‘s Project for Innovation by Industry-Academia Collaboration（2012）「地域資源等を活用した産学連携による国際科学イノベーション拠点整備事業」

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V

Innovation Medical Research InstituteAug, 2015

Industry-University collaboration under one-roof
5th Floor

R&D of Efficient Medical Drugs（Pharma & Startup companies）

4th Floor

Health promotion by Foodand Exercise

2nd, 3rd Floor

Revolutionary clinicaldiagnostic technologies(Fuji Film, Tanita, Renaissance, NIPPN,
Kyowa-Hakko-Bio)＊Prof. Sato： Shimadzu Co. Fellow &Director of Shimadzu Life Science Laboratory

1st Floor

Entrance Hall
Industry-University
Collaboration
Department

MEXT Center of Innovation Program＊COI Stream “Food & Excersice
Expert” Satellite3-1 OUR MISSIONS

social and econom ic innovations
facilitating technolog y transfer w hich lead s to social and econom ic innovations
to m ake a social contrib ution throug h research ﬁ nd ing s of the University of Tsukub a;universityspin-offs
sp in-oﬀs
University
sup p orting university sp in-oﬀs b y facilitating technolog ical incub ation and transfer;technolog y transfer
p rom oting coop erative researches w ith p rivate enterp rises
as one of the m ost im p ortant m eans of technolog y transfer;intellectual p rop erties
ob taining m ore international utilization of intellectual p rop ertiesb y m aking im p rovem ents of their assessm ent

Tsukub a Science Cityp rom oting university-ind ustry-g overnm ental institutes coop eration
w ithin Tsukub a Science City and streng thening com m unity relationship s
w ith local p ub lic org anizations such as Ib araki Prefecture, Tsukub a City and so forth;

The University of Tsukuba
International
Industry-University
Collaborative Headquarters

OUR ROLE

University Startups support
Industry-University Collaboration PJ
・Rents rooms for startup companies
・Awards incubation funds to startups
20 startup room
ILC (Industrial Liaison and Cooperative Research Center)

150
100

Startup
Numbers 50
0

University Ranking 5

University Ranking 2

26

32

44

57

65

72

77

82

85

91

98

102
99 101 110

2002
2010H23 H24 H25 H26 2015
H14 H15 H16 2005
H17 H18 H19 H20 H21 H22
H27

University of Tsukuba Spin-offs Making a Global Impact
Prof. Sankai

A university venture company

Cyberdyne

Established in 2004
by Prof. Yoshiyuki Sankai
at ILC center.

• HAL is the World’s first cyborg-type robot• HAL detects electrical signals from thenerves & physical movements of muscles• A leading Spin-off in Japan (IPO company)• Market capitalization ＝350 billion yen
Listed in 2014/3/26
Towards a society with elderly and physically-challenged people having daily life
as safely and as independently as possible.

University of Tsukuba Spin-offs from ILC
Laughwell CO., LTD

Keiko Hayashi, Ph.D (Medical,1999)

Visiting Nursing Care;
Prevention of life-stylerelated disease with laughR-body Project CO., LTD

SoftEther CO., LTD

Takeshi Suzuki, Ph.D(Sports Medicine,
2008)

Daiyu Npbori (PhD Student)

http://www.r-body.com/trainers/index.html

Training, Exercise,
Education with 50 trainers

The world’s 2nd company in“Virtual Private Network “Founded 2003
Founded 2006

Founded 2004
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OUR MISSIONS
social and econom ic innovations
facilitating technolog y transfer w hich lead s to social and econom ic innovations
to m ake a social contrib ution throug h research ﬁ nd ing s of the University of Tsukub a;universityspin-offs
sp in-oﬀs
University
sup p orting university sp in-oﬀs b y facilitating technolog ical incub ation and transfer;technolog y transfer
p rom oting coop erative researches w ith p rivate enterp rises
as one of the m ost im p ortant m eans of technolog y transfer;intellectual p rop erties
ob taining m ore international utilization of intellectual p rop ertiesb y m aking im p rovem ents of their assessm ent

Tsukub a Science City & Region
p rom oting university-ind ustry-g overnm ental institutes coop eration
w ithin Tsukub a Science City and streng thening com m unity relationship s
w ith local p ub lic org anizations such as Ib araki Prefecture, Tsukub a City and so forth;

The University of Tsukuba
International
Industry-University
Collaborative Headquarters

OUR ROLETSUKUBA SCIENCE CITYIn
ku b a, there
th ere areare 15erch
cen tercenters
or R& Dandcen R&D
ter. centers.
InTsu
Tsukuba,
32 rechpublicresearchOver
reserch ers wwork
ork inku b aOver 15,000
15,000 researchers
in TsuTsukubain clu d in g 8,000 w h o h ave Ph d .

including 8,000 Ph.D.’s

TSUKUBA SCIENCE CITY

Collaboration with National Institutes in Tsukuba
AIST & Tsukuba Matching funds「Awasewaza funds」 in 2014

67 applicaions in 2014. Funds awarded to 9 projects
AIST & Tsukuba Univ. each contributes 10 M¥ to
the fund to support collaborative research projects

An example

Applied Research

Basic Researchm ake Innovations!

【U. of Tsukuba】【AIST】

Kinetics analysis offactors that stimulate
mitochondria forenergy metabolism

Observation techniqueusing a Super-Resolution
Fluorescent Microsope(equivalent to 2014Nobel prize)
Observe live cells andproteins with nanoresolution

活性

不活性

*Awasewaza: Combining Difference Technology. Etymology Judofrom Physical
Biology of theCell, 2nd ed.

Video observation of
mitochondriastimulating factor
MAF

・therapy for mitochondria disease・anti-aging preventive medicine

Collaboration with National Institutes in Tsukuba

Expanded to all Tsukuba area

“Tsukuba Collaboration-Boost PJ” in 2015
21 projects are ongoing, which were selected out of 102 applications
AIST: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
National Institute for Materials Science
RIKEN: Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
In Tsu ku b a, th ere are 15 rech erch cen ter or R& D cen ter.
NABIO: National Institute of Biomedical Innovation,

Over 15,000 reserch ers w ork in Tsu ku b a
in clu d in g 8,000 w h o h ave Ph d .

ＴｓｕｋｕｂａＣｏｌｌａｂｏｒａｔｉｏｎ-Boost PJ
AIST： 17 projects
NIMS； 2 projects
RIKEN： 1 project
NIBIO ： 1 project

Target:Industry Collabo.
共同産学連携へ
Industry

Transport

Electronics

Materials Chemical Medical

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The University of Tsukuba&
Industry-University
Collaboration Activities
University of Tsukuba
International Industry-University
Collaborative Headquarters