Tokyo University of Technology

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In 1986, Tokyo University of Technology came into being with the next Mission, which forms the basis for its operations as a cornerstone of tertiary education and the code of conduct for its teaching and general staff.

Fundamental Mission is "To build up human resources that will contribute to the improvements in the quality of life and the progress of Technology".

To fulfill the above Mission, the following three guiding principles have been established:

• To provide education in science and technology that can make a real contribution to society.
• To provide education through leading-edge R&D with returns to society.
• To provide an ideal environment for education and R&D.

These principles' ultimate goal is to contribute to society and industry by educating young students to become internationally competent researchers and engineers equipped with ICT skills and a creative, autonomous, practical mindset while valuing their individuality.

To flesh out these guiding principles, the University has laid out the following specific missions:

• To provide education that values each student's individuality.
• To educate, through training in advanced technologies, student's to become engineers and experts with practical competence in diverse fields.
• To educate student's to become engineers and experts well-versed in ICT.
• To provide practical training in foreign languages (especially English) to foster an international mindset.

Following these missions, all the teaching and administrative staff at Tokyo University of Technology are taking concerted action to innovate its education programs under the slogan "Only One, Best Care" (OBC).

Tokyo University of Technology has created one of Japan's most advanced education & learning environment, based on its philosophy that "campus environment itself should be the hidden curriculum of farsighted education." The eye-opening, beautiful, and functional campus also proves that the University has put its philosophy into actual practice. We hope our students will make full use of this well-developed environment to take on the challenge to pioneer the frontier of wisdom in the 21st century.

As competition in business continues to accelerate, so makes the demand for capable young professionals who, after acquiring highly-specialized skills at University, are ready to contribute to industry and society upon graduation. To meet such demands, Tokyo University of Technology has recently reorganized its education programs in such a way as to take students seamlessly from essential to professional levels. It has fortified a substantial array of fundamental and common subjects for early-year students across the three undergraduate schools, with two objectives in mind.

The first aim is to consolidate the younger students' fundamental knowledge and skills, such as mathematics, physics, computers, and English, that form the basis for the specialized courses they will take in later years.

The second aim is to broaden students' views and capacity as human beings through character building and career design. The curriculum toward this end includes guidance in career development, internship, humanities, social sciences and physical wellness. This curriculum will broaden young stude and nts' minds and pave the way for them toward their professional lives.

Above this layer of fundamental subjects, common technological subjects are offered to provide a smooth transition to specialized majors in individual schools. In this layer, students are trained to acquire academic as well as professional methodology and approaches.

Computer science, biotechnology, media science, design, and health science – encompassed by the five schools of Tokyo University of Technology – are all fields of science and technology at the forefront of the modern age. Practical applications are acutely sought after. To meet the challenge, the University has a high-caliber faculty that includes several renowned scholars and researchers with an abundance of industry experience and cutting-edge expertise.

In the 21st century, as every aspect of our society and industry transcends geographical boundaries, international collaboration is becoming indispensable to maximize efficiency and productivity in high-tech research. Researchers and engineers need to communicate with their overseas counterparts daily. To provide such a collaborative framework, Tokyo University of Technology has established exchange programs with Carnegie Mellon University, the Communication University of China, the Berlin University of Technology, and the University of Perpignan. Furthermore, it has established the TUT Digital Studio Systems Laboratory inside the Robert Zemeckis Center of the University of Southern California to promote an exchange program and R&D in innovative image technology. Besides, the University offers a three-week English study course held at York St. John University in England for students wishing to enhance their language skills and acquire an international perspective.

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