Science Visionary Leader Program
Purpose
This program aims to develop visionary leaders (top researchers, top engineers, and professional human resources) who can contribute to enhancing the presence of Japanese research and industry in the international community.
Overview
The diverse, complex, and acceleratingly changing modern society faces many big challenges including the COVID-19 pandemic. It is difficult to solve such issues easily. On the other hand, there is great potential for research and business to contribute, and the realization of stainable development of the earth and humankind.
Through the Science Visionary Leader Program, the FLOuRISH Institute will support your global challenge to rise your motivation for study and research and bring the results closer to implementation.
In this program, aiming to develop visionary leaders with such a vision, we will rise the degree of achievement of the purpose by conducting innovation education in stages from Basic, Advanced, and Professional. The process begins with exploring the clue between social issues that occur in the real world and daily academics and researches, leading to a broad and deep exploration of the academic fields in which students can contribute and possessing advanced research capabilities in the international community. This process will strengthen the motivation and promote understanding of importance of growing as a visionary leader in the international community.
Basic Course
In the Basic course, students will acquire practical skills, such as comprehension, expression, and teamwork, which are essential for a visionary leader. In addition, students will be motivated to study by drawing a concrete image of the ideal society based on future thinking and discussing solutions to problems. Strengthen expressiveness such as communication skills and presentation skills in Japanese and English. Students will also experience the launch and promotion of a project by a team. Teams selected in the competition will be able to participate in practical training Ⅰ.
| Target | Undergraduate students (GPA 2.5 or higher except Grade1) |
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| Number of applicants | 30 students |
| Tuition fee | Free * Participants of the oversea training will be required to pay for some of their own travel expense |
Participation conditions
- GPA 2.5 or higher
- Successful screening process
* Students who participate in the basic course from B3 / B4 will be required to be interviewed after the documents screening. The FLOuRISH Institute will decide by individual interview whether they start from B3 / B4 equivalent subjects or the B1 and B2 equivalent subject.
*Students will be required to understand Japanese due to all programs of Basic course will be provided in Japanese.
Basic course curriculum
Blue: University liberal arts subject
| B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | |
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| Integrated Study |
Introduction to Professionals (1 credit) | Professional practice (2 credits) | ||
| Ethics | Multicultural theory (2 credits) | Engineer ethics (2 credits) | ||
| English | Global Communication(1 credits) | |||
| Special seminars | Held multiple times a year * Lunch break Theme: Thinking method, Presentation, Communication, English |
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| B3 | B4 |
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| Practical training I Workshop in collaboration with domestic and overseas organizations After selection, Participants will be required to attend pre-learning for Practical Training I. (English / Japanese) |
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* If you visit oversea country, you will have to pay for some of your travel expense.(Approximately 10,000 JPY)
- Participants of the Practical Training I will be selected from the students of the Professional Practical.
- For participating in the practical training I, please take a screening process.
- Students who have achieved the following selection requirements can participate in the Practical Training I.
Selection requirements for practical training I
- English practice test: TOEIC 700 points or above (reference)
- Speaking test (20 points conducted by IAO faculty members)
- Comprehensive evaluation based on professional practice (60 points for individuals, 20 points for teams)
| B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | |
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| Completion requirements | Taking the above 5 subjects (8 credits in total)
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| English level （criterion） |
TOEIC：600 points or above TOEFL iBT：62 points or above TOEFL PBT: 503points or above ※ Mock test will be held twice a year July 2021 / January 2022 |
TOEIC：700points or above TOEFL iBT：76points or above TOEFL PBT: 540points or above ※ Mock test will be held twice a year July 2021 / January 2022 |
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| Recommended learning tools | Academic Express | |||
Advanced Course
In the Advanced course, students will work with young researchers from companies to define social and corporate issues, conduct research to understand true social needs, and create a business plan with research seeds.
In the process, students can receive guidance from mentor who are from other companies or associations.
In addition, students will strengthen the knowledge of intellectual property rights and patents, and English proficiency required for these activities.
The selected teams by the competition will further enhance the feasibility of the plan through the US SVA Innovation training.
| Target | Graduate students and above (GPA2.5 and above) * Young researchers from companies also participate in the Advanced course. |
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| Number of applicants | 15 students |
| Tuition fee | * Participants of the oversea training will be required to pay for some of their own travel expense. |
Advanced course curriculum
Green: Graduate courses
| M1 | M2 | D1 | D2 | D3 | |
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| Integrated Study |
Visionary leader practice (2 credits) | ||||
| Ethics | Intellectual property subjects (1 credits) Faculty of Agriculture： Management and operation of intellectual property” (1st semester, Thu 1) Faculty of Technology・BASE・United Graduation: Take similar courses at your affiliation or study with the videos prepared by this program (not included in the completion requirements of your affiliation). |
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| English | Global English for Advanced (1 credits) | ||||
| Special seminar | Networking seminars Irregular / free participation |
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| M1 | M2 | D1 | D2 | D3 |
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| Practical training II SVA Innovation training * After selection, Participants will be required to attend pre-learning for Practical Training I. (English / Japanese) |
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* If you visit oversea country, you will have to pay for some of your travel expense.
- Participants in Practical Training II will be selected from teams by the competition of the Visionary Leader Practical Method.
- The students who want to participate in the Practical Training II must take an English mock test.
Participation may not be permitted to participate in the practical Training II depending on their English level.
| Completion requirements | Taking the above 3 subjects (4 credits in total) * A certificate of completion will be given to the students who have completed all subjects. |
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| English level （criterion） |
TOEIC： 750 points and above TOEFL iBT： 83 points and above ※Mock test will be held twice a year July 2021 / January 2022 |
| Recommended learning tools | Academic Express |
Professional Course
The Professional course is a program to match research seeds with social needs and to prepare for entrepreneurship. Students can receive basic knowledge such as corporate legal affairs necessary for starting a business, network construction, capital policy planning and pitch guidance for fund acquisition.
In addition, students can do ” lean startup” to determine whether the product or service they will create meets the needs or not. They will make a prototype of the minimum viable product (development of MVP) and have the customer try it (customer development).
The trainees will be decided after screening process.
*On the premise that the applicant has his / her own technology / research seed (or idea) and wants to challenge social implementation, the screening process is conducted.
*Students will be required to understand Japanese due to all programs of Professional course will be provided in Japanese.
| Target | Undergraduate students and above who have been approved by the FLOuRISH Institute and INDEE Japan |
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| Number of applicants | 12 students |
| Tuition fee | Free * Trainees will be required to pay transportation expenses to move to Venue by themselves. |
Benefits of joining this program
- knowledge to connect research and ideas to business
- leadership, presentation, and scientific thinking skills
- understanding of different cultures and diversity
- enveloping the ecosystem of science and technology
- human network development with lecturers, mentors, and young corporate researchers
- connection to various career paths
- practical training (Basic course) and overseas training (Advanced course) ＊selection
* This program is an add-on program for learning high-level research skills and expertise acquired in specialized education in society.
Undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in TUAT.
How to apply
Please apply from the Topics of this HP.
Contact
| Office | Institute for Fostering Leadership to create future value through Outstanding Research, Innovation and Sustainable Higher education (FLOuRISH) |
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| Phone | 042-367-5637/5756 |
| innov（enter＠ here）cc.tuat.ac.jp |
