Entrepreneurship Off-Campus Project B

Academic unit or major

Entrepreneurship courses

Instructor(s)

Mamoru Tanahashi

Class Format

Experiment

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Internship

Class

B

Course Code

ENT.V609

Number of credits

004

Course offered

2026

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Apr 9, 2026

Language

Japanese

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

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

To put into practice and test the skills and knowledge which are acquired at major course, students will participate in off-campus projects lasting approximately three months at companies, universities, research institutions, etc., both domestically and internationally.

Course description and aims

Through the off-campus project, student understands state of own ability and what must learn further, which is reflected in course planning after the project. Based on insights into the fundamental issues within one's own field, students will develop the creativity to generate new value by repeatedly going through processes such as proposing, implementing, and verifying solutions from multiple perspectives. They will also acquire the ability to improve the probability of these solutions being implemented and brought to fruition in the real world, as well as the execution ability to achieve them with a sense of purpose.

Keywords

Planning a research and development project, Negotiation, Off-campus, Research and development project.

Competencies

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

Class flow

Student plans a research and development project of a company, a university or an institution both domestic and overseas about three months by considering own career plan with academic supervisor and participates in the research and development project.

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 (東京科学大学学修規程) and the Tokyo Institute of Technology Rules on Graduate Learning (東京科学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)

Specified by the instructor as necessary.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Specified by the instructor as necessary.

Evaluation methods and criteria

State of achievement of each project.

Related courses

• Courses for entrepreneurship education

Prerequisites

None