This program aims to produce innovative and practical global engineers who can assume leadership roles in Japanese and local companies through the development of a quality-assured cooperative educational program, as well as an industry-academia-government collaboration network based on this program.

• Establishment of a cooperative Gigaku educational system that includes a quality-assured credit transfer system and joint degree program
• Training of practical global engineers through a cooperative educational program that includes overseas Jitsumu-Kunren internships
• Development of global human resources capable of proposing solutions with cross-cultural understanding
• Production of practical Indian engineers who are sought after by Japanese companies based in India
• Future global development modelled on the joint degree program framework actualized from these concepts

With our collaborative achievements accumulated over the years, we are striving to fulfill the project objectives and collaborate with internationally influential engineering universities in India (the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Kancheepuram) through the shared concept of “Gigaku”.

“Gigaku”is the scientific approach to technology

In the natural sciences, natural phenomena are studied using a scientific approach, whereas in “Gigaku”(an amalgamation of Gijutsu Kagaku, or “science and technology”), the scientific approach is adopted to study technology, which leads to technological innovation and the creation of new industries.

Long-term (approximately six months) internship system
based on the Practical Engineer Development Program

Since its founding, NUT has implemented the Jitsumu-Kunren (long-term internship) system for the past 37 years (25 years for overseas internships). Under this system, all students advancing to graduate school participate in an internship in companies based either in Japan or abroad for approximately six months during the latter half of their 4th undergraduate year at NUT.