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P Practical ti l Training T i i Program P for Doctoral Students Toru T Asahi A hi Professor, Faculty of Science & Engineering Executive Director, Doctoral Student Career Center Waseda University This program is funded by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) in the program “Program for Developing Innovative Researchers�.

W Waseda d University U i it F Facts t (AY20 (AY2010 10）） • • • • • • • • •

Founded by Shigenobu Okuma in 1882 Institutions: 13 Undergraduate g Schools, 22 Graduate Schools Budget: JPY 97 Billion (USD 1,091 Million) , Faculties ((full-time 2,169) , ) and 1,142 , Staff Personnel: 6,553 Students: 54,179 Students (9,286 Graduates) , ((1,911 , Graduates)) International Students: 3,535 Waseda Students studying abroad: 917 (one year) Global Network: 660 Partner Institutions, 79 Countries Alumni: Approx. 560 thousand members

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Doctoral Student Career Center â– Mission: To Provide p practical training g for doctors Stereotypical Image about Doctors in Japan -Narrow specialization & inflexibility -Mismatch with industrial needs & small labor market for doctors -Limited available information for job matching

Skills Training for Business Environment -Innovations in industryy -Leadership -Communication skills -Practical Practical English skills -Internship program

DSCC in Nishi-Waseda Campus

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Doctoral Student Career Center â– Final Goal: To accelerate the innovation in industry by creating the virtuous circle.

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Practical Curriculum for Doctoral Students ● Innovation Leadership Students learn ideas and develop pp practical skills for management, leadership, and negotiations by classroom exercise.

● Innovation for industry Students study how the research is carried out in industry industry, the way of strategy planning, and real examples of industrial innovations.

● Logical Communication Students develop logical communication skills necessary for sharing their ideas correctly with their collaborators.

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Practical Curriculum for Doctoral Students: English Courses ● Advanced Technical Presentation ● Advanced Ad d Technical T h i l Reading R di and d Writing W iti ● Professional Communication ● Workplace English These courses help students develop presentation skills required at international conferences and workplaces, reading and writing skills for research papers, and professional communication skills at workplaces.

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Doctoral Student Internship p Program g ● Student: Doctoral course students (DC) or post doctors (PD) who obtained their degrees within last 5 years years. ● Internship period: 3-12 months. (Most likely 3 months) ● Research R h Topic: T i To T be b determined d t i db by di discussion i off th the student, the supervisor, and the host company/institute. ● Expenses: DSCC covers the expenses for the internship. internship ● Intellectual property rights: To be determined by discussion. ● DSCC coordinates the individual internship placement. placement DSCC Coordinators

Prof. H. Takahashi

Prof. M. Abe

Prof. M. Sano

Prof. J. Watanabe

Prof. G. Takahashi

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Internship p Program g Advantages for Host Companies/Institutes

● You can get a talented researcher (intern) w/o cost. ● You will touch the Japanese leading edge technologies g through g the intern,, that could bring g about the further research collaborations with the Japanese p teams in the future. ● You can get more knowledge about Japan, Japanese p culture,, and Japanese p way y of thinking. g The cultural exchanges will be beneficial for the both parties.

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I t Internship hi Statistics St ti ti (as of Dec 2011 2011) Participants P ti i t off the th Practical Training Program Registered students

2008 2009 2010 2011 109

287

344

360

Interviewed students

32

45

46

55

Eligible candidates

17

15

25

31

Selected students

11

9

20

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Selection Process Registration

Practical Curriculum

Coordinator Interview

Selection Committee

Internship Placement

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Case 1: Internship at A Company’ Company C ’s R&D L Laboratory b t iin G Germany Specialized in Functional Polymer

Company A

Professor (Supervisor) HQ Office in Japan

Student (D1) R&D Laboratory in Berlin Coordinator

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Case 2: Internship p at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Professor (Supervisor) Professor

Joint Project

PhD Student

Internship Coordinator

Japan

Company B

S d Sweden

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Case 3: Internship p at A SpinSpin-off Company of SSSA, Italy

Professor (Supervisor) Professor SSSA (S (Scuola Superiore S Sant’ S ’ Anna)) PhD Student Spin-off Company

Coordinator

Japan

I t Internship hi It l Italy

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Internship Placement Details Country y

No.

Host

Japan

35

Chemical 11, Electronics 9, Automo. 6, etc.

Germany

6

FhG., Chemical 2, Electronics, Pharma., Spin-off

France

3

CNRS, Automotives 2

Ital Italy

1

Spin off Spin-off

Switzerland

1

Zurich univ. Spinn-off p

Sweden

1

Charmers univ.

UK

1

Cardiff univ.

USA

2

S i ff 2 Spin-off

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DSCC Organization Organi ation Prof. Dr.Toru Asahi

Prof. Dr. Hiroyuki Nishide

Executive Director

Superior Advisor

Department of Life Science & Medical Bio-Science

Department of Applied Chemistry

Prof. Dr. Hiromichi Nakazato Deputy Director Department of Physics

Prof. Hiroshi Takahashi

Prof. Dr. Masahiro Abe

Prof. Masakatsu Sano

Prof. Junichi Watanabe

Prof. Gensho Takahashi

Administrative Director Coordinator

Coordinator

Coordinator

Coordinator

Coordinator

Electronics, I f Information ti

Mechinery, Automotives A t ti

Venture, Think-tank Thi kt k

Pharmaceutical, Medical M di l D Devices i

Ch i l M Chemicals, Materials t i l

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WASEDA is looking for academic/industrial partners www.waseda--pracdoc.jp www.waseda

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