From the Founding Philosophy "Nurturing engineers who learn from society and contribute to society" to the Mission "Learn from the world, contribute to global sustainability"
SIT's predecessor school was founded by Dr. Shiro Arimoto in 1927. Since those early days, SIT has remained committed to a practical approach in educating and nurturing engineers. Its founding philosophy is firmly rooted in this legacy.
Dr. Shiro Arimoto advocated "education in which the various aspects of modern culture are incorporated in the curriculum to help students learn the significance of contributing actively to society." SIT's practical approach to education has enabled it to nurture engineers with the practical knowledge and skills necessary to support a technology-oriented country.
Up to the present day, the education SIT provides based on its founding philosophy has continued to result in competent professionals; its graduates are widely regarded as capable and dependable engineers.
Currently, the philosophy has been updated as the mission of SIT "Fostering global engineers and scientists who learn from international society and contribute to global sustainability".
Studying in Central Tokyo
SIT is a private science and engineering university. There are 3 Colleges, 1 School and 18 Departments. Students can learn in cutting-edge research fields such as mechanical, material, chemistry, electrical, architecture and information. There are 2 campuses in Tokyo and 1 campus in Saitama prefecture (adjacent to Tokyo). In particular, Toyosu Campus, the main campus, is located in the center of Tokyo, where a lot of corporate headquarters gather and where Tokyo 2020 Olympics athlete village and many competition facilities are scheduled to be established.
To be a Top 10 Asian Technical University
SIT has set the goal of entering the ranks of Top 10 Asian institutes of technology by 2027 (celebrating its 100th anniversary). SIT is the only private university that is selected by the Japanese Ministry of Education as ‘Top Global University’. In order to advance towards becoming a global science and engineering university, as a university, we declared Centennial SIT Action with the following five topics.
- Institute for the very best education in engineering and sciences
- Center of Excellence for global and regional research
- Top global university for technological education
- Institution to celebrate diversity and inclusion
- University administration based on faculty & staff partnership
Learning through Practice
The Global Technology Initiative (GTI) Consortium was launched on December 3, 2015. With Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT)’s big supporters, other Japanese and Southeast Asian universities and private companies as members, the Consortium aims to enhance the industry-academia-government collaboration in Japan and Southeast Asia.
At the GTI Consortium, Global PBL is considered as one of the main activities which the consortium members actively participate in. In Global PBL, groups consisting of students from different countries work on assignments given by the companies/ organizations of GTI consortium. The companies/organizations are expected to not only set up the task but also participate in the mid-term review/final presentation and give some feedback to the students.
Watch Global PBL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5U3Ugue8bE
