Aims
By utilizing the diverse activities with strategic partner universities, UTokyo is able to promote diverse and interdisciplinary exchanges in addition to international educational and research exchanges. This enables UTokyo to enhance the mobility of its academic and administrative staff and students, both at the graduate and undergraduate levels, all in an effort to gear UTokyo’s excellent educational and research activities to a more international environment, as well as expand UTokyo’s presence and increase its profile globally.
Project Overview
This project builds on the various projects that existed in various departments through the strategic partnership frameworks between 2014 and 2016. In addition to promoting interdisciplinary research and education with the support of the university’s administration bureau, it also aims to develop working frameworks for, among others, the acquisition of external funding by creating and strengthening sustainable relationships for the future. As of March 2024, UTokyo holds strategic partnership agreements or memorandums of understanding with the eight primary strategic partner universities shown below. The Strategic Partnerships Project has been funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, as a part of the “Top Global Universities Projects” until the 2023 fiscal year. The University of Tokyo will continue the Strategic Partnerships Project beyond the 2024 fiscal year, even after the funding for the Top Global Universities Projects ends in March 2024.
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Examples of Activities with Partner Universities
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zürich)
- Princeton University
- University of Cambridge
- Tsinghua University
*For updates on other strategic partnership activities, please refer to the ‘Recent Activities’ list here
*Details on the activities with each partner university can be found in the reports on the UTokyo Strategic Partnership Symposiums explained below
UTokyo Strategic Partnership Symposium －Japan Forum for Internationalization of Universities: "Building a Network of ‘Strategic Partnerships’ to Strengthen International Competitiveness among Japanese Universities" Projectー
・Under the framework of Japan Forum for Internationalization of Universities, we have conducted “Building a Network of ‘Strategic Partnerships’ to Strengthen International Competitiveness among Japanese Universities” in collaboration with eight other participating universities that had been carrying out their own strategic partnership projects—Tohoku University, Waseda University, Soka University, Keio University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, Ehime University, and Kyushu University.
Project term: November 2021 – March 2024
- (Appendix) 3-1. Questionnaire Survey
- (Appendix) 3-3. Strategic Partnership Workshop
・The International Projects Promotion Group regularly has held the UTokyo Strategic Partnership Symposium to gain a deeper understanding about the activities of the strategic partnership with the various partner universities, as well as sharing good practices by showcasing past and current activities and plans for future collaborations.
Japan Forum for Internationalization of Universities (JFIU)3rd Strategic Partnership Symposium
Date: December 19, 2023
・Report (English)
・The University of Tokyo YouTube
・Flyer
Japan Forum for Internationalization of Universities (JFIU)
2nd Strategic Partnership Symposium
Date: March 3, 2023
・Report (English)
・The University of Tokyo YouTube
・Flyer
1st Strategic Partnership Symposium
Date: March 15, 2022
・Report (English)
・The University of Tokyo YouTube
・Flyer
Sixth UTokyo Strategic Partnership Symposium
Date: March 16, 2021
Fifth UTokyo Strategic Partnership Symposium
Date: March 7, 2019
Announcement in Topics (March 2019)
Fourth UTokyo Strategic Partnership Symposium
Date: March 6, 2018
Summary of Panel Discussion (English)
Third UTokyo Strategic Partnership Symposium
Date: March 17, 2017
Announcement in Topics (March 2017)
Report (English)
Second UTokyo Strategic Partnership Symposium
Date: March 14, 2016
Announcement in Topics (March 2016)
Report (English)
First UTokyo Strategic Partnership Symposium
Date: April 20, 2015
Announcement in Topics (May 2015)
Report (Japanese)
