Independent Research Project for International Exchange Students S(融合理工学系)

Academic unit or major

School of Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, School of Environment and Society

Instructor(s)

Teaching Staffs / Chair

Class Format

Experiment

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Intensive

Class

S(融合理工学系)

Course Code

XEN.X301

Number of credits

004

Course offered

2023

Offered quarter

1-2Q

Syllabus updated

Jul 8, 2025

Language

English

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course offers opportunities of research projects to international exchange students from foreign universities between which all of School of Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology and School of Environment and Society or each school have/has a student exchange agreement. Individual student works on a specific research topic determined through discussion with his/her host faculty and conducts the following items.
1) To clarify issue(s) to be solved through discussion and literature survey,
2) To establish a plan for solving the issue(s) and to modify it, if necessary,
3) To try to solve the issues by applying his/her knowledge in and around the science and engineering field in his/her department,
4) To conduct analysis and/or experiment practically and also to learn several associated activities,
5) To make discussion on the results of analysis and/or experiment,
6) To summarize the results into a report, and to make a presentation and discussion

Course description and aims

By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Apply knowledge of science and engineering in his/her department to solve problems related to the field.
2. Study the fundamentals of fields other than science and engineering in his/her department independently to solve problems
3. Understand the significance of science and engineering problems in his/her department, judge their influence on society, and solve them.
4. Think and explain concepts logically, discuss them, and put them in writing
5. Work as an independent researcher and have the knowledge and oral competence to present his/her point of view effectively during discussions with people including disciplines other than science and engineering in his/her department.

Keywords

Research activity, Planning, Literature survey, Discussion, Report, Presentation

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Conduct laboratory work under the guidance of his/her host faculty in English. The course schedule is determined through discussions with his/her academic host faculty.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend a certain length of time outside of class on preparation and review (including for assignments), as specified by the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Undergraduate Learning (東京工業大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京工業大学大学院学修規程), for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Not specified

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Not specified

Evaluation methods and criteria

Evaluated as Pass or Fail based on the report and the presentation by the department which his/her host faculty belongs based on the criterion determined by the department

Related courses

• 200～300 numbered courses in each department

Prerequisites

(1)The student should be an international exchange student from a foreign university between which all of School of Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology and School of Environment and Society or each school have/has a student exchange agreement.
(2)The student should have earned 90% of credits required to graduate from his/her original university.
(3)The student should determine his/her research theme with his/her host faculty and should be approved his/her completion by department meeting to which his/her host faculty belongs before he/she comes to Japan.