Top Global University Project The Education Program for Innovative Global Engineers ～ Toward development of an integrated global campus with collaboration between industry, academia, and government ～ NAGAOKA Global GIGAKU Changes the world Division of President Strategies Nagaoka University of Technology 1603-1, Kamitomioka Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2188, JAPAN TEL:+81-258-47-9004 FAX:+81-258-47-9010 http://www.nagaokaut.ac.jp/e/ Producing practical engineers ・Establishing global network and supporting globalization of companies, and expanding overseas internship (enterprise and laboratories) and accepting students of internship and dispatch for Twinning or another programs. to meet the needs of global society Goal of ・Cultivating Global communication skills by learning together with overseas students from around the world, faculty, engineers, University and people in companies in the same campus. Planned ・Realizing long-term overseas internship and study abroad for research at a foreign universities by the time they complete the and Results master's program. On Oct 2014, our project “The Education Program for Innovative Global Engineers ～ Toward ・Producing Japanophile engineers with GIGAKU spirit and faculty of partner universities in the world, and supporting spread of development of an integrated global campus with collaboration between industry, academia, and GIGAKU education in each countries. government ～” was selected as one of Top global universities. We have been promoting globalization of not only in our university but also in local area. Our university is constructing a globally fused campus, aimed at overseas development of education and research based on our interdisciplinary and active international exchange results The University leading the Innovative Global Engineering and science of technology and also has been acknowledged by business as a university to lead Our Image the globalization of Japanese society. by Achieving Education with Strong Network among World-leading the Vision Ahead of other universities, our university has developed and implemented educational programs Strategic Regions in the Next-generation. including its twinning program and the double degree program. Moreover, it has energetically accepted international students. Since 1990, we have actively sent many students forth to foreign President Dr. Nobuhiko Azuma corporations for six-month periods and let them experience business overseas. Elements of the Vision Further efforts will be undertaken to cultivate the development of practical engineers who will create innovation in global fields and participate in the globalization of Japan’ s small and midsize Promoting KOSEN-NUT Education and Promoting Industry-Academia Research Model in the next-generation Cooperation Model in overseas and local companies through the GIGAKU educational research network and GIGAKU techno park strategic regions and establishing strategic regions and establishing network, to develop and construct long-term KOSEN (Colleges of Technology) and Nagaoka GIGAKU University of Technology system and industry-university collaborative systems in foreign GIGAKU Education next-generation strategy areas, which we have established to date based on the science of and Research Network Techno Park Network. technology and which could not have been conducted by other universities. Thank you in advance for your continued support. Integrated Global Campus with Collaboration between Industry, Top Global University Project Overview Academia and Government Asia To improve the international competitiveness of Japan’ s higher education, we aim to promote radical Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, etc internationalization through collaboration with outstanding universities overseas, through university reform, and North America and Latin America through leading intensive support combined with system reform to top universities doing education and research at a Europe world-class level or global universities leading internationalization. University of Guanajuato, Technical University of Darmstadt, University of Monterrey, etc Mondragon University etc Type A Type B Nagaoka University of Technology 【Top type】 【Global Traction Type】 Africa International GIGAKU Tshwane University Top Type is for world-class universities Global Traction Type is for innovative Park Foundation of Technology etc Scholarship, Research Grant, Entrepreneur support , etc that have the potential to be ranked in universities that lead the the top 100 in world university rankings internationalization of Japanese society, based on continuous improvement of their current efforts Super GI-net (video conference system) NUT installed Super GI-net, a video conferencing system that can support lectures and meetings by connecting multiple locations and share information among bases. Type B (Global Traction Type), List of Selected Universities Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT), Chiba University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo University of the Arts, Kanazawa University, ※GIGAKU = Science of Technology Toyohashi University of Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Okayama University, Natural Science represents scientific approach to natural phenomena. In contrast, GIGAKU (Science of Technology) represents Kumamoto University, Akita International University, The University of Aizu, International Christian University, Shibaura Institute of Technology, scientific approach to technology. Sophia University, Toyo University, Hosei University, Meiji University, Rikkyo University, Soka University, International University of Japan, Ritsumeikan University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Nagaoka University of Technology aims to establish itself as an indispensable member of global society, a university which creates GIGAKU with a proactive approach to social change, produces engineers with practical, creative capabilities and a spirit of service who will lead society into the future, and places emphasis on graduate-level education. 1 2 GIGAKU Education GIGAKU Education and Research Network and Research Network Developing globally‐minded human resources by free movement Program for cultivating Object & between the campuses, NUT is producing engineers Educational practical global engineers Double Degree Program Credit Transfer System Effort Program who learned basic GIGAKU to the world. In order to develop GIGAKU education and research programs for cultivating practical International Graduate By improving and establishing strong network among overseas regions, NUT is producing NUT Joint Degree Program Course for Continuing engineers worldwide, we are Professional Development practical engineers who meet the needs of global in the world. implementing a range of collaboration programs for undergraduate students to Providing educational environment that matches students' doctors (double degree program, joint Providing the qualified purpose by free movement between the campuses. degree program, twinning program, and Twinning Program Internship in Abroad cross-border collaborative practice training) at overseas base schools learning environment without Increase in number of international students’ internship and dispatch. to promote the improvement and New program and belonging to this conception borders at the overseas expansion of settings with companies. Ongoing and improving program institutions that has a On the understanding different culture, cultivating innovative global philosophy Ongoing programs DDP：Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Mexico, Korea, Czech engineers addressing the needs on global stage. of GIGAKU in base countries TP：Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, China Overseas Overseas Producing practical engineers who learned basic GIGAKU and will play Base A Base B leading role in manufacturing (MONODZUKURI) in overseas strategic regions. Support for spreading Establishing Establishment and support of KOSEN providing Overseas education based on GIGAKU education in overseas. education of science of overseas KOSEN e. g. University of Guanajuato KOSEN course Expansion Improving overseas bases for cultivating NUT is aiming to promote GIGAKU Education and technology in Research model at the next-generation strategic regions Establishing International Establishment and support of graduate school providing Step to education based on GIGAKU education in overseas. and improve overseas bases for cultivating practical overseas base schools practical global engineers and forming Institute for Science e.g. Vietnam Japan International Institute for Science GOAL global engineers and form a network between bases. To collaborate with universities in strategic areas of Technology and Technology (VJIIST) a network between bases throughout the world and spread education based on science of technology, we aim to support program inception and instruction of Twinning Program Internship (Jitsumu-Kunren) training methods. We also aim to establish In anticipation of rapid Long‐term education in Japanese companies, overseas companies, extension campuses overseas in the future. development, they will be GIGAKU and research institutions. developed at strategic areas of practical engineers 【KOSEN-NUT Education Model】 OverseasKOSEN Undergraduate Education Cultivating engineers +KOSEN, throughout the world, to This type of education fosters engineers with a Program at NUT Technical High which Japanese-associated certain general