What Is the Global Leadership Education Program?

As science, technologies, and world economy advance across international borders and globalization moves forward in the 21 st century, our nation sees the need for further development in the internationalization of political issues and overseas business expansion by corporations. These development and changes in Japan create the need for global leadership talents to actively participate in a variety of fields.

Tokyo Institute of Technology Academy for Global Leadership (AGL) was founded in April 2011 through a University-wide effort to create an Academy focused on training international leadership talents by leveraging the University's unique strength in science and technology fields. The Global Leadership Education Program is a degree program offered by AGL. Although support by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is ending in March 2019, the Global Leadership Education Program will continue to be offered.

By recruiting self-assured students from all departments, the main purpose of the program is to train "true global leaders" who have a firm academic grounding to contribute to the development of science and technology in fields other than their own using in-depth expertise in their major, an international mindset to understand Japanese and other world cultures, knowledge of technology management, communication skills, ability to view from a broad perspective, and leadership abilities to take actions.

Overview of Education Program

This program requires students to earn designated credits in Basic Leadership Courses, Dojo courses, and the Off-campus education program besides the self-selected specialized field of education. Dojo courses are expected to cultivate not only communication skills and leadership abilities through group-work with students from different disciplines, but also enhance the ability to understand the achievement results of others and increase confidence in their own specialized fields. To complete this education program, students must not only pass the final examination of the selected specialized fields bust also successfully defend at the "Defense" opportunity offered by AGL. At this Defense, students explain the social values and future plans of their research results to a group of judges from a variety of fields, who evaluate their ability as global leaders.
To successfully complete both specialized courses in this education program and students' chosen field of study, students must enroll in an integrated master's and doctoral education program.