1. School of Information Environment (SIE) Tokyo Denki University, (TDU) Chiba New Town, Japan Masako Tanaka,sie,tduDirector of International program International Week at Rovaniemi University of applied science 22-26 November 2010
2. Location –TDU 3 campuses in Kanto area cerebrated centennial anniversary in2006 Chiba New Town Campus (~2001) (Chiba) School of Information Environment cerebrated 10th anniversary on Nov.13, 2010 Kanda campus- School of Engineering (Tokyo) School of Futuristic Sciences moving to Kita-senju campus in 2012 (near Tokyo Sky Tree) Hatoyama campus- (Saitama) School of Science & Engineering
3. School of Information Environment Located in Chiba New Town 1 hour from the center of Tokyo 10~30min.from Narita International Airport !! apprpx.1000 students 95% male 5% female undergraduate(BS) /graduate(MS)/ (PhD) 2 semesters spring (April -July) Autumn (September -January) 4 courses (interdisciplinary studies) * Network Computing Engineering * Advanced Engineering * Media/Human Environment Design * Communication Engineering
4. School of Information Environmentinterdisciplinary studies in engineering *Network Computing Engineering Network architecture /Programming / software engineering electrical engineering *Advanced Engineering acoustic engineering/ Image processing / Virtual reality Multimedia/electronics/ Robotics/Sensor engineering /circuit architecture/hardware *Media/Human Environment Design Signal Processing/CG/ acoustic engineering/ Image processing Medical Information engineering/ neuroscience/Informatics Architecture/Urban planning/Landscape/ Barrier-free *Communication Engineering Usability assessment/ information psychology/ Communication *Mathematics / sociology in media& information
5. Objectives &characteristics of education (undergraduate) To foster students who can find problems and solution by themselves Dynamic syllabus(online)+compile it by themselves No compulsory classes Autonomous learning *Project based courses in cooperation with companies and local government students have to give presentation+ feedback *Information environment practice(sophomere) *Basic projects(Junior)A/B *Developmental projects(Senior) *Thesis Dissertation (senior) Certificate/Licenses teacher training for secondary school/ architect
6. International program (SIE)foreign exchange program(4 months) 1 Home-stay Program-SIE introduces host families Classes-credits exchange agreements (credit is transferable) *Classes offered in English *Japanese language course *Projects *Some engineering courses in Japanese with English handout International Students Community: RAMK! Marshall University(USA) University of Iowa(USA) Multimedia University(Indonesia) Peer advisors Activities *field trips to Tokyo /Kamakura *School festival *Class visit program *Holloween party
7. International program (SIE)foreign exchange program(4 months) 1-2 Classes offered in English : Foreign students & Japanese students (SIE students /community students as auditors ) * Japanese language Ⅰ/Ⅱ. * Cross-Cultural Studies * Contemporary Issues * International Affairs * History * European, American and Asian Studies. * Calculus * Study Projects: Prof. Itoh/Tanaka Classes offered in Japanese with English handout : * Mainly IT-related/architecture classes for Japanese students * Linear Algebra * Urban Dwelling and Environment * Software Engineering *BiomechanizmEngineering * M ultimedia Engineering *CAD *Signal Processing Credits:Up to 18 hours transferable to your home university
8. International program (SIE)foreign exchange program(4 months) 2 Foreign exchange program SIE students studying in RAMK( since 2006) So far 4 students have enjoy life in Rovaniemi! My project 1.media studies based on comparative questionaire based research beteen Finnish/Japanese college students 2.Neuroscience (languages) based on fMRIreserach
9. International program (SIE) Full time students from China Nepal The president of TDU promotes international campus 500 foreign students in 10 years