Partner Institutions in Japan (10 institutions)

Name of Partner	Domain Area
KUBOTA Corporation	Artificial intelligence, agricultural machinery, agricultural ICT, robotics
AEON AGRI CREATE Co., Ltd.	Agricultural production management, distribution, meteorological data
SHIMADZU CORPORATION	Measurement systems, image big data
Japan Agricultural Corporations Association	Farm management survey and research, smart agriculture
Greater Tokyo Initiative	Industry-academia collaboration, research and development support
Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.	Nurturing of issue proposal capabilities, agribusiness
Recruit Co., Ltd.	PhD degree-holder utilization, PhD degree-holder hiring system
Jissen Women’s University	Women’s career education
Agventure lab	Agriculture, food, life, region, technology, innovation
Tokyo Electron Ltd.	Semiconductors

 

In addition to being highly specialized in agriculture and engineering, collaboration in a wide range of fields is important in efforts for the resolution of social issues. Therefore, industry-academia collaboration that goes beyond research fields is incorporated into the graduate education offered by the WISE Program. With the aim of cultivating doctoral students who can implement a “super-smart society,” the consortium will utilize distinctive fields such as agriculture, energy, AI/IoT, new materials, mobility, biotechnology, forestry, animal husbandry, and the environment as growth industries. Together with companies, we will nurture PhDs with a bird’s eye view, originality, and diversity.

 

 

Global Educational Collaboration with Overseas Partner Institutions (9 institutions)

Partner Institutions	Content of Partnership
University of Oxford	Mutual dispatch, international workshops
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) (Germany)	Mutual dispatch, international joint research
The University of Bonn	International joint research, student exchange
Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)	Double degree program Overseas training program
Vietnam National University of Forestry	Mutual dispatch of students, overseas training program
Cornell University	Mutual dispatch of students International workshops
University of California, Davis	Double degree program International workshops
North Carolina State University	International joint research
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) (Germany)	Mutual dispatch, international joint research

 

Brilliant PhD degree holders who play an active role around the world are nurtured in cooperation with overseas partner institutions. A systematic collaborative system has been created with these partner institutions on the basis of partnership agreements with the universities. Specifically, the agreements create a cooperative system for such matters as those shown above, including the mutual dispatch of teaching staff and students, international workshops, the implementation of overseas training programs for students, short-term study abroad programs that utilize lab rotations, and the implementation of international joint research through medium- and long-term research studies abroad.