Established in 2018, Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) is an educational program offered for a maximum of five years throughout master’s and doctoral degree programs. Students at Hitotsubashi University are welcome to join a part of this program through our partnership. Let us develop leadership skills together to bring out the best in each other and become innovative global citizens, transcending School, discipline, culture/language and age differences.
Orientation for 2024 spring term
A briefing session for the following courses will be held as below. The outline of those courses and ways to participate in the Program will be explained at the session. Join our session if you are interested!
* You do not have to attend the orientation for the courses offered by ToTAL not listed below. If you would like to register, please directly proceed to take the course by contacting your university’s Academic Affairs Division.
■Date options:
[#1: In Japanese] April 9, 2024 (Tue) 18:00-19:00
[#2: In English] April 11, 2024 (Thu) 18:00-19:00[#3: In Japanese] April 23, 2024 (Tue) 17:00-18:00
[#4: In English] April 23, 2024 (Tue) 18:00-19:00
＊For Hitotsubashi students, the application for Spring semester courses has been closed.
■Venue: Room 309B, 3F, South Bldg. 6, Ookayama Campus, Tokyo Institute of Technology and online
How to participate
1. Registration for a course offered by ToTAL
Students at Hitotsubashi University may register for certain courses of ToTAL for an entire quarter/semester and acquire credits for them. Please contact the Academic Affairs Division of Hitotsubashi University if you are interested.
The details of the courses offered can be found on the following webpage.
Please note that the deadline to register for the courses is set very early every semester.
2024 Spring term: by April 5
| Course category | Graduate Attributes |
|---|---|
| 1. Recognition of Social Issues | Interest in problems inherent in complex systems that comprise our society, and ability to apply knowledge and bring new ideas to solve them |
| 2. Global Communication | Communication skills to promote effective discussions while maintaining ethical integrity and appreciation for diversity of cultural background, citizenship, language, expertise, orientation, talent, etc. |
| 3. Leadership, Followership, and Consensus Building | Understanding responsibilities and roles in an interdisciplinary team, sharing vision and ideas with team members as well as making full use of individual expertise and talent to achieve goals. Ability to build consensus among the community or stakeholders, and to give form to ideas emerging from consensus |
| 4. Cultral Skills | Interest in broad subjects beyond limited expertise, cultural skills, dignity, and trustworthiness |
2. Participation in a class/workshop without course registration
Students at Hitotsubashi University may also participate in a certain class or workshop without registering for the course at ToTAL (ToTAL OPEN Programs), although credits are not granted in that case.
The outline of 2024 1Q2Q ToTAL/OPEN Programs and Schedule (and Application Sheet) can be downloaded from the website below.
【ToTAL/OPEN Programs and Schedule (and Application Sheet)】
https://www.total.titech.ac.jp/en/news/openprogram/
<To apply to ToTAL/OPEN Programs＞
Please select “Attend” in the right-hand column “Your Attending Plan” for each class/workshop that you want to attend on the Schedule (Application Sheet) and send it to Prof. Yamada below:
■ Send to: Prof. Yamada/ToTAL (email: total.tokunin@total.titech.ac.jp )
<Reference＞
Student reports on past OPEN program classes/workshops:
https://www.total.titech.ac.jp/en/category/activityreport/
Some of the classes at ToTAL
【Classes where guest lecturers are invited from enterprieses such as NVIDIA, DNX Ventures, etc.】
【Design Thinking workshop by lecturers from Stanford d.school】
【Other classes such as Negotiation Process for Consensus Building, Design Thinking, etc.】