What is ToTAL？
Academy for Leadership (“ToTAL”) was launched on April 1, 2018 and aims to offer a world-leading graduate program that develops individuals into a global driving force, responding to the needs and expectations of the industrial, academic, and governmental sectors of society.
The Academy offers leadership education to transcend the boundaries such as discipline and nationality for integrated master’s and doctoral program students. The program provides students with the opportunity to study leadership in addition to their field of specialization, to work with others from different disciplines and cultures, and to meet colleagues and mentors who can help them think together about the challenges facing our society.
For students not enrolled in an academic program, ToTAL also offers a variety of “open programs”, which students can participate in classes or workshop individually, with more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students participating annually.
What does ToTAL think about leadership?
Everyone has the potential for leadership
Leadership isn’t being better than others, or something that you’re born with. It’s understanding yourself deeply within a chaotic world, and having the ability to pose questions. What kind of ability is nurtured and demonstrated is different for each individual. Everyone holds these strengths inside, and each person’s strengths are different.
Here, a select group of individuals transcends academic boundaries to synergistically expand horizons and develop world-class leadership skills. When you discover the leader inside you, a new future opens up to the world.
Three seeds of leadership nurtured at ToTAL
What ToTAL Offers
Leadership excellence education
Students develop leadership skills to bring out the best in each other and become innovative global citizens in a rapidly-changing era, as well as gain comprehensive, in-depth knowledge in their area of expertise and overall education which will further their career.
Student-centered, interactive learning commons
The ToTAL program acts like a learning commons in that it is where eligible students inspire and support each other to enjoy challenges through interaction with fellow students and faculty members, and active involvement in society.
A community that transcends boundaries such as discipline, nationalities, gender, and such to learn from each other
Students from all Schools and more than 20 countries gather together to engage in mutual study where they can meet diverse students and enjoy trial and error together.
Academy for Leadership Introductory Video and Brochure
Academy for Leadership Fund
With the progress of digitization, many aspects of society have rapidly become globalized and complicated, thus increasing complex social issues that cannot be solved in only one area of expertise. Accordingly, Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) was established in 2018 – an advanced educational organization and the only one of its kind in Japan – to provide education in leadership excellence necessary for solving social issues and creating new value in coordination with others, in addition to education that enables students to develop outstanding expertise.
We appreciate your understanding and support of ToTAL by making a donation to the ToTAL Fund to help students become scientists and engineers in a new learning environment.
