Tokyo University of Technology

In 1986, Tokyo University of Technology came into being with the following mission, which forms the basis for its operations as a cornerstone of tertiary education and for the code of conduct for all 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 to the progress of Technology".

With a view to fulfilling 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.

The ultimate goal of these principles is to contribute to society and industry by educating young student's 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.

In accordance with 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 the most advanced education & learning environment in Japan, 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 by itself 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 the wisdom in 21st century.

As competition in business continues to accelerate, so does 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 basic to professional levels. In particular, it has fortified a solid 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 those in 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 the view and capacity of students 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 students’ minds and pave the way for them toward their professional life.

Above this layer of fundamental subjects, a set of 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, in which practical applications are acutely sought after. To meet the challenge, the university has a high-caliber faculty that includes a number of renowned scholars and researchers with an abundance of industry experience and cutting-edge expertise. They not only possess state-of-the-art knowledge of their respective fields but also have close connections with major figures in industry, thereby bringing real-life perspectives and professionalism into the courses they teach.

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 on a daily basis. 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. In addition, 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.