TUS SciTech Collaboration Village Concept - Implementing a New Industry-Academia Collaboration Led by Students with Three Companies
Tokyo University of Science has launched the 'TUS SciTech Collaboration Village Concept' with three companies, including Japan Research Institute. It aims to build a new industry-academia collaboration model focusing on student participation in corporate projects.
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Summary of the Press Release
Recently, Tokyo University of Science (TUS) will begin initiatives based on a new concept, the "TUS SciTech Collaboration Village Concept," aiming to form an unprecedented industry-academia co-creation intellectual cluster with industry partners in order to seek a wide and diverse range of collaborations in terms of research and human resource development with the industrial sector. This initiative will commence in partnership with three companies: The Japan Research Institute, Limited, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
This concept aims for a new form of industry-academia collaboration where, instead of the traditional uniform collaboration centered on faculty research activities, the university works together with industry partners to provide students with opportunities to participate in diverse collaborative projects between companies and the university in a highly accessible environment.
Under the TUS SciTech Co-creation Promotion Headquarters, a command center organization newly established in April last year, and with a university-wide and flexible structure that integrates functions related to education, research, industry-academia collaboration, student support, and internationalization, we will strongly promote co-creation activities with our alliance partners and the joint development of human resources required by society, striving to further contribute to society and revitalize the creation of innovation.
In recent years, the "convergence of science and business" has been rapidly advancing. For the creativity of society and the future development of society and the economy, it is more essential than ever for industry and academia to collaborate in creating new value and jointly cultivating the human resources society needs.
Furthermore, as a result of long advocating "meritocracy" and enhancing education for students, the university has received a certain level of appreciation regarding the quality of its graduates. However, it also faces the challenge that it is difficult for students to secure time to go to the front lines of private companies and learn practical business.
Based on these circumstances, under the "TUS SciTech Concept"*, the university will advance the "TUS SciTech Collaboration Village Concept." This aims to build an intellectual cluster that acts as a hub, securing an accessible environment for students while pursuing broad and diverse collaborations in research and human resource development with the industrial sector.
Under the TUS SciTech Co-creation Promotion Headquarters established in April last year, this concept brings together all university functions related to education, research, industry-academia collaboration, student support, internationalization, etc. Based on the needs of private companies, it aims to formulate diverse collaborative projects ranging from joint research to the establishment of satellite labs by private companies on campus.
Through this, we will not only strengthen seamless collaboration from basic research to applied research and social implementation, but also provide students with practical learning opportunities based on real challenges faced by the industrial sector by encouraging their participation in these projects. Furthermore, we aim to have personnel from private companies participate, contributing to the deepening of their scientific knowledge.
Conceptual Diagram of the TUS SciTech Collaboration Village
Given the above background, together with our industry partners who have endorsed the intent of this concept, we will now conduct diverse collaborative initiatives on a trial basis toward the realization of the "TUS SciTech Collaboration Village Concept."
Moving forward, taking into account the opinions of our partners, we will engage in trial and error to build a "TUS SciTech Collaboration Village" that is attractive to both industry and academia. By engaging in co-creation activities with our partners and jointly cultivating the human resources required by society, we will strive to further contribute to society and revitalize the creation of innovation.
* TUS SciTech Concept
Looking toward its 150th anniversary in 2031, Tokyo University of Science formulated the "TUS SciTech Concept," a university-wide strategy to strengthen its educational and research capabilities, in 2024. In the following year, 2025, the "TUS SciTech Co-creation Promotion Headquarters" was established to take charge of materializing this concept.
Under the leadership of the President, this concept aims to strengthen new value-creation capabilities originating from "TUS SciTech (science and technology unique to Tokyo University of Science)" by organically linking and promoting research capability enhancement and educational reform from a university-wide perspective covering education, research, industry-academia collaboration, student support, internationalization, etc.
https://www.tus.ac.jp/research/scitech/
Comments from Companies Participating in this Concept
〇 The Japan Research Institute, Limited (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Atsushi Uchikawa, hereinafter "JRI")
JRI is greatly honored to participate in this concept, which creates a new co-creation model between industry and universities. As a first step, we will begin a new form of joint research centered on students with Professor Hiroyuki Nishiyama (Department of Information Science, Faculty of Science and Technology), an expert in distributed artificial intelligence, UI, and human behavior analysis, under the theme of "UI/UX in Financial Systems in the Generative AI Era." In this research, students will participate as proactive researchers, and JRI plans to provide support with a view toward social implementation from a business perspective.
Recently, Tokyo University of Science (TUS) will begin initiatives based on a new concept, the "TUS SciTech Collaboration Village Concept," aiming to form an unprecedented industry-academia co-creation intellectual cluster with industry partners in order to seek a wide and diverse range of collaborations in terms of research and human resource development with the industrial sector. This initiative will commence in partnership with three companies: The Japan Research Institute, Limited, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
This concept aims for a new form of industry-academia collaboration where, instead of the traditional uniform collaboration centered on faculty research activities, the university works together with industry partners to provide students with opportunities to participate in diverse collaborative projects between companies and the university in a highly accessible environment.
Under the TUS SciTech Co-creation Promotion Headquarters, a command center organization newly established in April last year, and with a university-wide and flexible structure that integrates functions related to education, research, industry-academia collaboration, student support, and internationalization, we will strongly promote co-creation activities with our alliance partners and the joint development of human resources required by society, striving to further contribute to society and revitalize the creation of innovation.
In recent years, the "convergence of science and business" has been rapidly advancing. For the creativity of society and the future development of society and the economy, it is more essential than ever for industry and academia to collaborate in creating new value and jointly cultivating the human resources society needs.
Furthermore, as a result of long advocating "meritocracy" and enhancing education for students, the university has received a certain level of appreciation regarding the quality of its graduates. However, it also faces the challenge that it is difficult for students to secure time to go to the front lines of private companies and learn practical business.
Based on these circumstances, under the "TUS SciTech Concept"*, the university will advance the "TUS SciTech Collaboration Village Concept." This aims to build an intellectual cluster that acts as a hub, securing an accessible environment for students while pursuing broad and diverse collaborations in research and human resource development with the industrial sector.
Under the TUS SciTech Co-creation Promotion Headquarters established in April last year, this concept brings together all university functions related to education, research, industry-academia collaboration, student support, internationalization, etc. Based on the needs of private companies, it aims to formulate diverse collaborative projects ranging from joint research to the establishment of satellite labs by private companies on campus.
Through this, we will not only strengthen seamless collaboration from basic research to applied research and social implementation, but also provide students with practical learning opportunities based on real challenges faced by the industrial sector by encouraging their participation in these projects. Furthermore, we aim to have personnel from private companies participate, contributing to the deepening of their scientific knowledge.
Conceptual Diagram of the TUS SciTech Collaboration Village
Given the above background, together with our industry partners who have endorsed the intent of this concept, we will now conduct diverse collaborative initiatives on a trial basis toward the realization of the "TUS SciTech Collaboration Village Concept."
Moving forward, taking into account the opinions of our partners, we will engage in trial and error to build a "TUS SciTech Collaboration Village" that is attractive to both industry and academia. By engaging in co-creation activities with our partners and jointly cultivating the human resources required by society, we will strive to further contribute to society and revitalize the creation of innovation.
* TUS SciTech Concept
Looking toward its 150th anniversary in 2031, Tokyo University of Science formulated the "TUS SciTech Concept," a university-wide strategy to strengthen its educational and research capabilities, in 2024. In the following year, 2025, the "TUS SciTech Co-creation Promotion Headquarters" was established to take charge of materializing this concept.
Under the leadership of the President, this concept aims to strengthen new value-creation capabilities originating from "TUS SciTech (science and technology unique to Tokyo University of Science)" by organically linking and promoting research capability enhancement and educational reform from a university-wide perspective covering education, research, industry-academia collaboration, student support, internationalization, etc.
https://www.tus.ac.jp/research/scitech/
Comments from Companies Participating in this Concept
〇 The Japan Research Institute, Limited (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Atsushi Uchikawa, hereinafter "JRI")
JRI is greatly honored to participate in this concept, which creates a new co-creation model between industry and universities. As a first step, we will begin a new form of joint research centered on students with Professor Hiroyuki Nishiyama (Department of Information Science, Faculty of Science and Technology), an expert in distributed artificial intelligence, UI, and human behavior analysis, under the theme of "UI/UX in Financial Systems in the Generative AI Era." In this research, students will participate as proactive researchers, and JRI plans to provide support with a view toward social implementation from a business perspective.