2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Entrepreneurship courses

Advanced International Experience 4AB for doctoral course

Academic unit or major: Entrepreneurship courses
Instructor(s): Eri Ota / Seiichiro Hara / Rie Murakami
Class Format: Experiment (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses: -
Day of week/Period (Classrooms): Intensive
Class: -
Course Code: ENT.G607(LAW.X605)
Number of credits: 004
Course offered: 2025
Offered quarter: 1-2Q
Syllabus updated: Apr 16, 2025
Language: English

※ Courses with parentheses in the course number have different subject codes depending on the student's year of admission.

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Tokyo Tech provides various international study programs with overseas universities and institutions, in this course study abroad or an international research internship is undertaken through the international program or interantional collabration to deepen the knowledge and expertise related to global science and technology. Pass/fail judgment.
This specific program is designed for the period more than 40 days. Prior to the registration of the program, the student should submit the study plan and obtain the approval by the instructor. In principle, the students participating in this course are required to submit a report and give a presentation after completing the internship.
By participating in an overseas exchange or internship program and having cross-cultural communication, students can gain an understanding of society and lifestyles outside of Japan, which will give them an international perspective.

Course description and aims

Through a short term international study program, the student will deepen the knowledge and expertise related to global science and technology. By participating an overseas exchange or internship program and having cross-cultural communication, the student will gain an understanding of cultural and social background and various environments outside of Japan, and broaden his/her international perspective and develop global awareness for the future career.

Keywords

International experience, international research, skills to bring new ideas, creating new values, basic skills to develop international joint research

Competencies

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

Class flow

The students participate the international exchange or study program organized by Tokyo Tech and study and/or conduct research works in overseas universities or institutions. After completion of the overseas study, they submit a report and gives a recorded presentation (English).

Course schedule/Objectives

	Course schedule	Objectives
Class 1	[Before] ■Submit study abroad plan (Submit as soon as the schedule is fixed, in Japanese or English) A4 size, 1-2pages, should be included, 1）Country, city, destination 2）Schedule, period 3）Motivation, purpose 4）How to spend time (planned courses to take, lab., etc.) 5）Accomodation（dormitory, home stay...etc.） [On-site activities] ■Through preparation and actual on-site activities, one should be able to deepen own learning and develop skills for proposal making, planning, and implementation of the activities. One should also develop international perspective through the study abroad experience. [After study abroad] ■Submit Report (In two weeks after finishing study abroad, in English) A4 size, 5-10 pages (including pictures and tables), should be included, 1) Outline of the program, 2) Program schedule, 3) Your purpose to participate the program 4) Details of the activities (Lectures, Research activities, Discussion, Communication with lab. members, Cultural exchange with local students, Extracurricular activities, site visits, etc）, 5) Explanation on how your field of expertise and this study-abroad experience has developed your skills described in course objectives, how you act for developing such skills in your near future, 6) Personal essay (Episode that can describe your own growth, new findings, and others) ※Ability sould be acqure -Actively participate in the program with clear goals, and can keep make effort to future career plans after returning -Can consider things from new global perspectives -Can provide new ideas and proposals to organizations, and groups. -Can collaborate with experts in related and other fields to formulate, execute, evaluate, and improve new proposals for better society with based on their own expertise. -Can explain the overview, history, culture, etc. of the country visited, and can act to deepen their own learning, and can utilize the experience as a reference for careers. -Always practices health management and methods for avoiding risk during study abroad. -Knows the contact information (medical institutions, embassies, police, etc.) in case of illness or encounters an incident or accident, and can resolve to the issue by their own. ■Submit presentation slide (In three weeks after finishing study abroad, in English) 10-15 min. make slides and record the presentation, submit mp4. file, Based on your report,contents should mainly focus on 4), 5), 6), that can descicbe your growth cleary. Please note that your reports and presentations may be used in a wide range of PR and reporting materials for global education after personal information has been removed. If you do not wish for this to be the case, please contact us in advance.	・Target setting and planning ・Gaining the knowledge and expertise related to global science and technology/ international collaboration/ international experience/ cross-cultural communication ・Interpretability and presentation skills

Course schedule

Objectives

Class 1

[Before]
■Submit study abroad plan (Submit as soon as the schedule is fixed, in Japanese or English)
A4 size, 1-2pages, should be included,
1）Country, city, destination
2）Schedule, period
3）Motivation, purpose
4）How to spend time (planned courses to take, lab., etc.)
5）Accomodation（dormitory, home stay...etc.）

[On-site activities]
■Through preparation and actual on-site activities, one should be able to deepen own learning and develop skills for proposal making, planning, and implementation of the activities.
One should also develop international perspective through the study abroad experience.

[After study abroad]
■Submit Report (In two weeks after finishing study abroad, in English)
A4 size, 5-10 pages (including pictures and tables), should be included,
1) Outline of the program,
2) Program schedule,
3) Your purpose to participate the program
4) Details of the activities (Lectures, Research activities, Discussion, Communication with lab. members, Cultural exchange with local students, Extracurricular activities, site visits, etc）,
5) Explanation on how your field of expertise and this study-abroad experience has developed your skills described in course objectives, how you act for developing such skills in your near future,
6) Personal essay (Episode that can describe your own growth, new findings, and others)

※Ability sould be acqure
-Actively participate in the program with clear goals, and can keep make effort to future career plans after returning
-Can consider things from new global perspectives
-Can provide new ideas and proposals to organizations, and groups.
-Can collaborate with experts in related and other fields to formulate, execute, evaluate, and improve new proposals for better society with based on their own expertise.
-Can explain the overview, history, culture, etc. of the country visited, and can act to deepen their own learning, and can utilize the experience as a reference for careers.
-Always practices health management and methods for avoiding risk during study abroad.
-Knows the contact information (medical institutions, embassies, police, etc.) in case of illness or encounters an incident or accident, and can resolve to the issue by their own.

■Submit presentation slide (In three weeks after finishing study abroad, in English)
10-15 min. make slides and record the presentation, submit mp4. file,
Based on your report,contents should mainly focus on 4), 5), 6), that can descicbe your growth cleary.

Please note that your reports and presentations may be used in a wide range of PR and reporting materials for global education after personal information has been removed. If you do not wish for this to be the case, please contact us in advance.

・Target setting and planning
・Gaining the knowledge and expertise related to global science and technology/ international collaboration/ international experience/ cross-cultural communication
・Interpretability and presentation skills

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Guidance materials might be provided depending on the program.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Study plan (10%),report and recorded final presentation (90%)

Related courses

None

Prerequisites

In principle, should be selected in an international program. For registration, submit the study plan for the approval by the instructor of the class.
Students planning to join an online overseas study program can take this course, if the equivalency of the online program to the common onsite overseas program can be confirmed.

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

Seiichiro Hara (harasei ”＠”sc.e.titech.ac.jp)

Office hours

Inquiry will be accepted by e-mail.

Other

The way of reporting depends on the international study program, which will be instructed by the instructor.