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Nestled in the central area of Tokyo Tech's Ookayama Campus is HUB-International Communications Space (HUB-ICS), informally known as ICS, or "that place on campus where you can hang out."

Tokyo Techs High School-University Collaboration in Education Tokyo Tech has been offering opportunities for high school students in the Tokyo Tech High School of Science and Technology to experience university-level education since 2004. The purpose of this collaborative education is for high-school students to develop a vision of their future and then go on to university with clear objectives, making university education a natural extension of their high school education. It also aims to cult...

Lkhamsuren Ganchimeg (Gana) from Mongolia 1st-year doctoral degree student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology Program: IGP (A), International Program for Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (IPISE) Prior affiliation: National University Mongolia Why did you choose Tokyo Techs IGP? I used to hear about Japanese universities being good at science and engineering before I came here. A lot of discoveries and technologies have be...

Sustainable food production through innovative ammonia synthesis

Tokyo Tech ANNEX Aachen opened in March 2019 on the campus of RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Tokyo Tech and RWTH Aachen have been actively engaged through research and student exchanges since concluding a university-wide cooperation agreement in 2007. In recent years, the two institutions have alternately held Joint Workshops as well as a Joint Symposium for International Industry-Academia Collaboration. In addition to holding annual workshops on frontiers in science and technology, ANNEX Aac...

A unique collaborative experience at doctoral level

Date Time In-cell Nano-3D Printer: Synthesizing Stable Filaments from In-cell Protein Crystals Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have pioneered a novel method for producing supramolecular protein assemblies from protein crystals. Their approach involves strategically introducing mutations in a protein monomer to create disulfide bonds (S-S) between the building blocks of protein crystals at very specific sites. After isolating the protein crystals from the cells and disso...

Published: May 20, 2021 Yasunari Shinoda, a 1st-year doctoral student in Chemical Science and Engineering,* and Keisuke Sumitomo, a 3rd-year student in Mechanical Engineering* have become the first Tokyo Tech students to be certified as accessibility leaders by the Accessibility Leader Promotion Consortium, an association consisting of 23 universities and the Japan Student Services Organization. Shinoda, Sumitomo, and six Tokyo Tech faculty and staff members passed the Level 2 Accessibility Lea...

Credit: MIDL Professor Yutaka Akiyama of the School of Computing, Professor Kohji Seio of the School of Life Science and Technology, and others at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have established Fastide, Inc. (Representative: Shinichiro Fujiie, Kawasaki City) as part of their aim to bring their research results on middle molecule drug discovery [Note 1] to society. Tokyo Tech and Fastide, Inc. are cooperating with Kawasaki City through the Program for Building Regional Innovation Ec...

Share Digital Creators Club traP held their spring 2021 programming class for middle and high school students on March 21. Despite the online environment required due to the effects of COVID-19, the class — held every March and August — once again successfully introduced the basics of code to youngsters with no prior programming experience. This spring, 23 students joined the class via Zoom. The group split into teams, with two students joining a Tokyo Tech mentor in each team. After an ice...