Collaboration
協力体制

Through industry-academi a-government collaboration, we integrate various study fields in design.
The target for “design” is being diversified from products into systems and architectures of society. It is a pressing issue to cultivate human resources who can analyze various problems such as energy issues and disaster control and can “design” comprehensive solutions toward social development. In this program, with four graduate schools/professional graduate schools of Kyoto University as a pillar, close collaboration will be established among domestic and overseas universities, industries, and governments. By integrating various study fields with informatics, we establish a common language in design among experts to create breakthroughs for society.To achieve this goal, we will apply basic research in informatics and engineering to develop a novel design methodology for solving the pressing complex problems in the global society. With this methodology, we educate experts in Cyber (such as informatics) and Physical (such as engineering) fields to develop their problem finding / solving skills in collaboration with experts in management, psychology, and arts. In short, studying “design” as a common language between different fields, we develop experts who are capable of changing our society. We call such experts “+ shaped people,” meaning outstanding experts who can collaborate with others beyond the boundaries of expertise, in contrast to “T shaped people,” meaning generalists with broad general knowledge. Cultivation of such“+ shaped” human resource is the goal of this program.

Inter-school Collaboration

Kyoto University www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/

Graduate School of Informatics (Informatics discipline) www.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/

Graduate School of Engineering The Group of Mechanical Engineering Departments (Mechanical engineering discipline) www.me.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en?set_language=en

Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering (Architecture discipline) www.ar.t.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en?set_language=e

Graduate School of Education, Division of Educational Studies (Psychology discipline) www.educ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/

Graduate School of Management (Management discipline) www.gsm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

International Collaboration

Japan-UK Research and Education Network for Knowledge Economy Initiatives (RENKEI) www.britishcouncil.org/japan-about-us-press-room-press-releases-20120313.htm
University of Bristol www.bris.ac.uk
University of London www.lon.ac.uk
etc.

Collaboration among design schools
Stanford University www.stanford.edu
Harvard University www.harvard.edu
Aalto Universitywww.aalto.fi/EN/
etc.

More universities for exchange

Industry-Academia Collaboration

Off-campus program members

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation www.ntt.co.jp/index_e.html

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation www.mitsubishielectric.com

Panasonic Corporation panasonic.com

NEC Corporation www.nec.com

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. www.nri.co.jp/english/

Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan www.ipa.go.jp/index-e.html

Kyoto City www.city.kyoto.jp/koho/eng/

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications www.soumu.go.jp/english/

Kyoto Research Park Corp. (operator of Design Innovation Center) www.krp.co.jp/english/

Design Innovation Consortium

And a group of various companies including local organizations.

Inter-university Collaboration

Kyoto City University of Arts www.kcua.ac.jp/en/

Graduate School of Fine Arts www.kcua.ac.jp/en/arts_en/