The course provides basic knowledge of civil engineering, architecture and urban engineering in the context of sustainable urban management. Planning and management from building, urban and national scale are taught. A one-day excursion related to the lecture will be organized for GSP students as part of the course.

Students may take this course concurrently with the Nanoscience, Japan in Today's World GSP and Introduction to the Japanese Language courses offered by the University of Tokyo.

Primarily for undergraduate students, although graduate students may apply. Students from non-engineering fields are also welcomed.

Lecture: 13 classes × 90 mins
Study visit/excursion: 8 hours

1. Introduction – Invitation to Sustainable Urban Management

2. Urban Engineering aspects

• Sustainability indicators for urban management
• Urban and Regional Planning in Japan
• Sustainable Management of Urban Water Systems
• New Roles and Missions of Sewage Works

3. Architectural aspects

• Housing Technologies for Sustainable Urban Regeneration
• Learning from Edo-Tokyo History for Sustainable Urban Redevelopment
• Air, Water and Energy system in Sustainable Building
• Design Ecology and Material Systems in Architecture

4. Civil Engineering aspects

• Urban Soil & Underground Management
• Urban Stock Management
• Urban Transport Management
• Urban Flood Management

This course is awarded 1.5 credits at the University of Tokyo. Your grade is determined based on a short quiz given in each class (13 in total) and 1 written final report of a few pages about the overall lecture topic. The evaluation weight of short quiz and report is 2:1. The 9 best scores of the short quiz will be used in the grade evaluation. Grades will be given as A, B, C or Failure. Attendance of at least 9 classes is required unless you obtain special permission in advance. Submission of the final report is compulsory.

Professors from Civil Engineering, Architecture and Urban Engineering will conduct this course. The course coordinator is Prof Keisuke HANAKI (Graduate School of Engineering)

For further information about the Hotel Kizankan, visit: http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~kizanweb

Note: Costs may change closer to the course

Tuition fee: JPY 22,200 

Accommodation: JPY 85,000 (does not included meals and other costs) 

Estimated living expenses: approximately JPY 3,000 per day

Biotechnology: This sub-course focuses on advanced biomedical science and technology bound to the drug discovery. For example, the use of drug transporter function in the delivery of a drug to the target organ will be discussed. Advanced bioimaging technology reveals where and when genes and their products function in the body during the development and pathological processes. Useful derivatives of natural products are synthesized by rationally designed, structure-based mutants of the biosynthetic enzymes. Unique molecules involved with the carbohydrate recognition and the carbohydrate presentation will be illustrated to play important roles in pathological processes.

Biomedicine and Nanobiotechnology: This sub-course focuses on the understanding of the structure and functions of the living systems at the nano level as a basis for the development of bioinspired structures and functions as well as for the establishment of methodologies to integrate living components, including biomolecules and cells, into nanodevices while regulating their functions. To effectively achieve this goal, the course sets 4 topics: (1) Mechano-bioengineering; (2) Biodevice Technology; (3) Nanotechnology and Materials Science for Nanoscale Cell Therapy and (4) Nano Bioelectronics.

Nanotechnology: This sub-course covers fundamentals and applications of nanotechnology mainly established in a field of semiconductors, including the following four topics. (1) Nanostructures for advanced photonics; (2) Silicon-based integrated nanoelectronics; (3) Physics and technology of semiconductor nanostructures, and (4) Spintronics: fundamentals and applications.

A one-day excursion related to the lecture will be organized for GSP students as part of the course.

Students may take this course concurrently with Japan in Today's World, Sustainable Urban Management and Introduction to the Japanese Language GSP courses offered by the University of Tokyo.

Undergraduate or Graduate students in any field are welcome.

The courses of "biotechnology", "biomedicine and nanobiotechnology" and "nanotechnology" research comprises 4 lectures and every lecture is 1.5 hour in duration. A 1 hour laboratory tour will be offered after every 2 lectures. This course attracts 1.5 credits at the University of Tokyo. Contact hours are estimated at 18 hours for lectures, and 6 hours for laboratory tours.

Planned Course Syllabus

Part I: Biotechnology

1. Bioimaging and genetics of programmed cell death signal
2. Membrane transporters and drug response
3. Engineering of natural products biosynthesis
4. Carbohydrate recognition in action

Part II: Biomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

1. Mechano-bioengineering
2. Biodevice Technology
3. Nanotechnology and Materials Science for Nanoscale Cell Therapy
4. Nano Bioelectronics

Part III: Nanotechnology

1. Nanostructures for advanced photonics
2. Silicon-based integrated nanoelectronics
3. Physics and technology of semiconductor nanostructures
4. Spintronics: fundamentals and applications

Assessment will be made in consideration of attendance frequency and several short essays on the subjects chosen from each sub-course of Nanoscience lectures (one from Biotechnology, one from Biomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, and one from Nanotechnology) submitted no later than the designated date.

Students will be accommodated in Hotel Kizankan, located close to the University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus (Approximately 5 minutes walk).  For further information about the Hotel Kizankan, visit: www4.ocn.ne.jp/~kizanweb/

Tuition fee: JPY 22,200 

Accommodation: JPY 85,000 (does not include meals and other costs) 

Estimated living expenses: approximately JPY 3,000 per day

Through its Human Security Program, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo has for some years been engaged in teaching and research on policies aimed at ensuring the security of individual human beings, which cannot be achieved merely by ensuring security at the state level. The College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences also have ample experience in teaching and research on Japanese Politics and Japanese company management, the knowledge of which is indispensable for an understanding of Japan's international activities. These resources of the undergraduate college and the graduate school will be utilized in offering this summer program to visiting students from the member universities of IARU, as well as to the students of the University of Tokyo.

The teaching staff of the program will consist not only of faculty members from the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, but also of the present and the former offices of governmental, the international organizations, and the organization responsible for the international cooperation. The classes under this program will be a part of the official curriculum of the College of Arts and Science, and will be open also to the students of the University of Tokyo and the students of the AIKOM (Abroad in Komaba) program.

Students may take this course concurrently with the Nanoscience, Sustainable Urban Management and Introduction to the Japanese Language GSP courses offered by the University of Tokyo.

Graduate or Undergraduate students

2 classes will be held daily:

1. 1.00 – 2.30pm and
2. 2.40 – 4.10pm

The program is composed of 5 clusters:

1. Japan and the World: 3 lectures examine the fundamental principles of the Japanese foreign policy. The lectures will be on Japanese contribution to the International organizations, the Official Development Assistance, and the Human security.
2. Japan and the United States: 3 lectures will be on the relationship between both nations, and the historical importance of this relationship in Japan's foreign policy. In the lectures, we will discuss the political, economic, and cultural interactions between the two nations.
3. Japan and Asia: 3 lectures will be done on the relationships among the various nations in Asia. In the lectures, we will look especially on East Asia, because the relationships with China and Korea are extremely important for our economic, political, and cultural universe.
4. The Views of Japan from Outside: We will listen to the comments and insights of the foreign residents in Japan, which can characterize the unique Japanese political, economic, and cultural structures.
5. Wrap-Up: The participants are required to present their understandings of Japan acquired through the lectures and the discussions.

The first 3 clusters are composed of 3 lectures and 1 discussion. The fourth cluster consists of 2 lectures and 2 prepared discussions for the wrap-up. Each lecture will be composed of a 1 hour lecture and 30 minutes question-and-answer.

Assessment:
3 Short Essays after the end of the Cluster 1 -3 (50%)
Active Participation for the lectures and the discussion (50%)

Students will be accommodated at a facility located close to the University of Tokyo's Komaba Campus (TBA).

Note: Costs may change closer to the course

Tuition fee: JPY 29,600

Accommodation: JPY 85,000 (does not include meals and other costs)
 

Estimated living expenses: approximately JPY 3,000 per day

The Center for Japanese Language Education at the University of Tokyo provides an e-learning website through which students should study how to read the Hiragana (a Japanese phonetic character system consisting of 46 characters) and numbers up to 100 before coming to Japan. Students will be provided with a password to access restricted e-learning materials for a limited period. Please note that students are only eligible for this course if they are enrolled in other GSP course(s) offered by the University of Tokyo.

This course is aimed at beginners of the Japanese language. When students apply for this course, they are not expected to have any previous knowledge of the Japanese language. However students are expected to be able to read the Hiragana before this course begins.

Lesson plan (2 credits/25 hours):

1) Grammar

• Noun sentences (non-past)
• Adjective sentences (non-past)
• Verb sentences (non-past & past) with particles: o, ni, de, kara, no, to
• Various question sentences (what, who, when, where, which, how, how much, how many, what time,)

2) Conversation

• Greetings, Self introduction,
• Shopping, eating, and making reservations
• Talking about weekend
• Inviting, asking, offering, requesting
• Giving short comments on various things
• Mini-interview
• Making a short talk show

3) Reading & Writing

• Japanese characters: Hiragana Katakana, and Kanji introduction
• Mini-composition using Japanese word processor
• Experiences of Kanji calligraphy
• Looking up words in Japanese dictionary (Japanese-English dictionary and Kanji dictionary)

Method of evaluation:
Attendance rate: 30%
Class participation: 30%
End of course exam: 40%

Students will be accommodated in Hotel Kizankan, located close to the University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus (Approximately 5 minutes walk).  For further information about the Hotel Kizankan, visit: www4.ocn.ne.jp/~kizanweb/

Note: Costs may change closer to the course

Tuition fee: JPY 29,600 

Accommodation: JPY 85,000 (does not include meals and other costs) 

Estimated living expenses: approximately JPY 3,000 per day