SDGs Student Member

Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT) has appointed "Student SDGs Promoters," a student organization that promotes awareness of the SDGs both on and off campus, to encourage students to think freely about activities to achieve the SDGs, along with faculty and staff.

For the 7th term, 36 students ranging from undergraduates to doctoral candidates have been appointed as Student SDG Promoters.

Recruiting Student SDGs Promoters

Office for SDGs promotion would like to recruit Student SDGs Promoters (SDGs student members).

Application Guidelines

Activities of Student SDGs Promoters

SDGs Activity Scoop

"SDGs Activity Scoop" features the latest updates on SDGs-related activities and research, written by student SDG Promoters. There are a wide range of articles, from everyday local actions to international initiatives aimed at achieving the SDGs. 

• SDGs Activity Scoop

NUT News: Activities of Student SDGs Promoters

The NUT News articles regarding the activities of our Student SDGs Promoters are listed below.

FY2026

• Holding of the 7th Term Student SDGs Promoter Orientation Meeting and Discussion Session
• Mr. Maher Nasser, Director of the Outreach Division in the United Nations Department of Global Communications, Visited NUT

FY2025

• NUT held an international exchange event "Let's talk in English with international students!" supported by our international students
• NUT hosted UNAI SDG9 hub event: "Youth-Led Engineering Initiatives for SDG9 Addressing Regional Challenges Domestically and Internationally"
• Prof. Dr. Tshilidzi Marwala, Rector of the United Nations University and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, visited NUT
• "Beach Cleanup × Learning" Event Held with Student SDGs Promoters (Autumn 2025)
• Exhibited a Booth at "Eco-Action in Mitsuke 2025"
• Student SDGs Promoters Supported the "Science and Technology English" Class at Ichinoseki KOSEN
• "Beach Cleanup × Learning" event held with Student SDGs Promoters (Summer 2025)
• Holding of the 6th Term Student SDGs Promoter Appointment Ceremony and Promoter Meeting

FY2024

• Student SDGs Promoters Exhibit SDGs Booth at "Eco Action in Mitsuke 2024"
• "p4c (philosophy for children) on the SDGs" event held with Student SDGs Promoters and children
• "Beach Cleanup × Learning" event held with Student SDGs Promoters
• Holding of the 5th Term Student SDGs Promoter Appointment Ceremony and Promoter Meeting

FY2023

• Our students began a survey of Itoigawa UNESCO Global Geopark
• Nagaoka University of Technology organized an international exchange event "Let's talk in English with international students!" supported by our international students
• An event on SDGs was held for local high school students, at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology in Viet Nam
• A Brainstorming Session with Members of the Youth Committee of Japanese National Commission for UNESCO and Student SDGs Promoters
• Student SDGs Promoter Organized a Seminar on "Palestine in Focus"
• Nagaoka University of Technology Hosted an SDG Education Workshop at the "BSN Kids Project - Kids Festival 2023"
• Our Student SDGs Promoters Presented an Exhibition Booth at "Eco Action in MITSUKE 2023"
• "Beach Cleanup × Learning" Event Held with Student SDGs Promoters
• Student SDGs Promoters exhibited a booth at the event "SDGs × Niigata - A Gathering to Nurture the Rich Mind"

FY2022

• The international exchange event "Let’s talk in English with international students!" was held with the support of international students at Nagaoka University of Technology
• Student SDGs Promoters set up an SDG exhibition booth at "HAKKOtrip 2022"
• Nagaoka University of Technology held a workshop on SDGs education at the "BSN Kids Project - Kids Festival 2022"
• Student SDGs Promoters exhibited SDGs booth at "Eco Action in Mitsuke 2022"
• Nagaoka University of Technology Held an Online "SDG Round-table Talk for Students"
• Student SDGs Promoters Hold "SDGs Workshop and Report on internship"

FY2021

• Workshop "SDG educational materials and games" was conducted at AEON Mall Niigata Minami
• Student SDGs Promoters exhibited SDG booth at HAKKOtrip2021
• "Beach Cleanup × Learning" Event held with Student SDGs Promoters
• International students from Nagaoka University of Technology and high school students from Nagaoka City exchange opinions on SDGs
• "Online Mystery-Solving SDG Unification Game" Event Held on Campus
• Online student exchange held with De Montfort University, a UNAI SDG Hub University