Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research

Diploma Policy for Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research (Doctoral Program)

Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research are firmly grounded in their own fields of expertise and who, from their specialized perspective, can grasp global issues facing our globalized society, such as environmental destruction, cultural conflict, and economic disparities, as cross-cutting problems and who can generate innovation by incorporating research results from other fields, in order to ensure the future sustainable development of humanity.
From this perspective, this joint major will award degrees to those who have acquired the following five abilities at the level of: 1) fundamental abilities for sustainability research, and 2) the advanced and developed abilities necessary for sustainability research.

1) Basic abilities: General academic knowledge required for sustainability research, basic analytical methods, and the ability to carry out research activities in the international community.

1) Universal and practical knowledge, and an international sensibility and ethical sense based on it (international sensibility)
2) Practical basic theories and techniques (skills) that can be widely applied in the international community
3) Internationally applicable logical thinking skills and functional communication skills

② Advanced and advanced abilities: Ability to acquire advanced knowledge and logical thinking in one's own specialized field, and to work on solving one's own problems in collaboration with other fields

4) Advanced and specialized knowledge and research capabilities in the fields of politics, economics, food and life, energy, resources, environment, ICT, artificial intelligence, medicine, welfare, health, etc.
5) Ability to understand the backgrounds and values of different cultures and fields, adapt to the social environment, and build consensus by coordinating diverse views in order to collaborate with people with different specialties beyond one's own field of expertise to create innovation.

Curriculum Policy of Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research (Doctoral Program)

In order to cultivate practical global talent, Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research will effectively collaborate and utilize the educational resources of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and the University of Electro-Communications, and will provide a systematic and flexible collaborative curriculum that effectively and practically incorporates the concepts and perspectives of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Specifically, we will conduct collaborative education and research between the humanities and sciences as follows:
○ "Common foundation subjects" will be established to enable students to acquire an international perspective based on universal and practical academic knowledge, as well as practical theories and techniques that are internationally applicable.
○ In order to enable students to acquire advanced expertise and to foster the ability to adapt and reach consensus in response to diverse values and social environments, a "Sustainability Research Seminar/Lab Work Course" will be established.
○ In order to hone internationally applicable logical thinking skills and functional communication skills, we will provide "practical training subjects."
In order for the "Sustainability Research Seminar/Lab Work Subjects" to function effectively in the conduct of doctoral dissertation research, a comprehensive education consisting of three aspects, namely "understanding," "analysis," and "implementation," will be developed.
○ In order to fully utilize the educational and research resources of the three universities in a collaborative manner, incorporate perspectives from other fields into one's own expertise, and conduct innovative research for social implementation that contributes to the international community, a triplet system of mutually complementary and reinforcing education will be provided at each of the three educational levels mentioned above. Specifically, the "Common Foundation Subjects" and "Practical Training Subjects" will be jointly taught by Faculty Member from the three universities, and the "Sustainability Research Seminar/Lab Work Subjects" will be collaboratively supervised by Faculty Member from the three universities.
○ In order to effectively improve practical skills such as contextualization, case studies, and facilitation, a wide range of practical active learning will be incorporated into a series of courses through multifaceted collaborative activities such as seminars, workshops, arts and science collaborative colloquiums, and internships.

(Policy on methods for evaluating learning outcomes)
In order to develop engineers, researchers and educators who have acquired the skills set out in the diploma policy, students are graded by exams and reports for lectures, and by reports and oral exams for experiments, practical training and exercises. Course grades are expressed in five grades: S, A, B, C and D, with S, A, B and C being passes and D being a fail. Students who pass are awarded the designated number of credits. In addition, for dissertations, the examination criteria and methods are clearly stated, and the dissertation examination and final examination are conducted rigorously by the Dissertation Examination Committee based on theses.