the abbreviation of World-leading Innovative Graduate Study Program innovations for Future Society, which is an integrated Master’s and Doctoral program, organized by 5 Graduate Schools, 14 majors, and 4 research institutes in The University of Tokyo. This program offers various practical experiences to cultivate remarkable human resources who would open the way for a future science and technology, so-called “knowledge professionals”. By collaborating with domestic and international companies and institutes, we carry out research and education at the top international level, which go beyond individual fields, countries, and regions.

Our logo represents the connection of different fields and backgrounds, in the motif of “W” of WINGS and “F” of Future Society.

We need to cultivate human resources who will be able to create a future society that will realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Based on the expertise that they possess in specific fields, such human resources must be able to contribute to building the industry of the future by engaging in societal implementation of technologies, the development of advanced component technologies and the cultivation of more advanced fundamental research, and then forging links with a variety of experts and key players from different industries, regions and countries in order to put such innovations into practice.

The aim of the program are to bring about the innovations that will help to realize the SDGs through coordination with different regions and countries, based on robust partnerships with various industries which share our vision for the SDGs, and to cultivate the human resources who will be responsible for such tasks, in order to contribute towards the future of the planet and human society itself. In particular, the program will work to build the industry of the future by promoting cutting-edge research (not only technological, but also in politics, economics, society and culture) targeting primarily infrastructure, energy and mobility, in order to contribute towards sustainable development in Japan’s key industries, something which is crucial if the SDGs are to be made reality. As a new way of innovation in a society which can be passed on to future generations, we are to generate holonic* systems and processes wherein individual technologies are working together and interacting with one another so as to bring about functional harmony across society as a whole.

This program will offer a number of hands-on lectures and practical learning experiences including opportunities to build up cross-sectoral experience through visits between companies and the graduate school; internships in which participants will have the opportunity to work with practitioners in satellite laboratories (where high-caliber practitioners from inside and outside Japan serve as members) within companies; seminars given by practitioners who are succeeding at the leading edge of their fields; project-based learning (PBL) experiences which involve working on challenges proposed by the world of industry; and summer camps in which participants will be able to discuss international joint research proposals together with graduate students from global top-level universities. The University of Tokyo aims to develop itself as a hub for cross-disciplinary education and research with the aim of solving academic and social challenges based on practical work undertaken at 21th century Centers of Excellence (COEs), Global Centers of Excellence (GCOEs) and the Program for Leading Graduate Schools as a platform.