Tokyo Tech held a joint graduation ceremony for the latest graduates of the Tokyo Tech academies for the WISE Program and the Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) on September 22 at Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza (Taki Plaza) on Ookayama Campus. In academic year 2022, one student graduated from the Tokyo Tech Academy for Convergence of Materials and Informatics (TAC-MI), two students graduated from the Tokyo Tech Academy for Super Smart Society (WISE-SSS), and three students graduated from the Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL). All the six graduates were present at the ceremony.
Graduates with their diplomas on stairs of Taki Plaza
Graduation ceremony
This fall's ceremony for the graduates of Tokyo Tech's academies for the WISE Programs and ToTAL was held in hybrid format after the graduation ceremonies for all Tokyo Tech master's, professional master's, and doctoral degree students had been completed. The three graduates of Tokyo Tech's academies for the WISE Programs were presented with medals to commemorate their achievements in these challenging programs.
During his congratulatory speech, Tokyo Tech President Kazuya Masu lauded the graduates for their efforts to create new value and develop their leadership skills through the WISE Programs and ToTAL. "We believe that discussions with professors from various fields, advice from mentors of both domestic and overseas institutions, and networking and exchanges with students across disciplines have made you who you are today," Masu stated. "I sincerely hope that you will lead the world and transform society for the better as knowledge professionals."
Participants at in-person graduation ceremony
President Masu offering his congratulatory message
Provost and Executive Vice President for Institute Strategy Isao Satoh, Executive Vice President for Education Jun-ichi Imura, Director Takeo Yamaguchi of TAC-MI, Dean Kei Sakaguchi of WISE-SSS, and Associate Director Lorinda Kiyama of ToTAL also shared their congratulatory messages. After this, TAC-MI graduate Hao Yingquan, WISE-SSS graduate Pan Xiuxi, and ToTAL graduate Mierzati Maierwufu spoke on behalf of the graduating students, sharing their memorable activities, hardships, and future aspirations, and thanking the faculty members and staff who supported them during the programs.
TAC-MI Graduate Hao giving speech
Graduate Pan speaking on behalf of graduates of WISE-SSS
Graduate Maierwufu speaking on behalf of graduates of ToTAL
The Tokyo Tech community is excited to see how these highly skilled professionals embrace the global leadership roles that await them in the future. Congratulations to all the newest graduates!
Tokyo Tech WISE programs & Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership
Tokyo Tech WISE programs
The MEXT-supported WISE Programs were launched in academic year 2018. The programs aim to leverage the unique strengths and capabilities of each participating university to cultivate outstanding doctoral graduates with strong academic and research prowess while carrying out systematic collaborations with other domestic and overseas universities, research institutions, and corporations.
Three academies at Tokyo Tech currently implement WISE Programs. The Tokyo Tech Academy for Convergence of Materials and Informatics (TAC-MI) began training multitalented individuals capable of promoting creative, interdisciplinary research in materials science and informatics in January 2019. The Tokyo Tech Academy for Super Smart Society (WISE-SSS) kicked off efforts to nurture knowledge professionals who can integrate physical space technologies with cyber space technologies as well as advanced sciences and technologies such as quantum science and artificial intelligence, in December 2019. The Tokyo Tech Academy of Energy and Informatics (ISE), which began operating in December 2020, aims to cultivate multi-scope･energy WISE professionals who will help realize a sustainable, human-centric energy society with the help of big data science.
All three Tokyo Tech academies for the WISE Programs aim to foster outstanding professionals with doctoral degrees through an integrated, Institute-wide curriculum.
Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership
The Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) was established in April 2018 as an organization that offers leadership excellence education. It implements a program that provides Tokyo Tech master's and doctoral students with the skills to transcend their respective fields of specialization to create new values in cooperation with others in rapidly changing times, and to take on roles as leading professionals in resolving social issues. Consisting of ToTAL faculty members and faculty members from various other Schools who assist with the educational program, the organization offers an extracurricular program of up to five years in which graduate-level students can participate while also studying courses required for their graduate majors.
