New PEAK and GPEAK students begin their journey on Komaba Campus

New PEAK and GPEAK students arrived at the Komaba Campus and began their campus life at the University of Tokyo. The 32 undergraduate and 17 graduate students, admitted to the university through a highly selective process, thus embarked on their journey to pursue studies at UTokyo.
 
The PEAK/GPEAK Welcome Ceremony was held by the College of Arts and Sciences at the Komaba Campus in the afternoon of September 21, 2018, following the university’s Matriculation Ceremony on the Hongo Campus in the morning. Close to 130 participants gathered to celebrate the start of the PEAK and GPEAK students’ life at the university.
 
Words of welcome presented at the ceremony by Professor Atsushi Ishida, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, can be viewed at the following link on the college’s website: http://www.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eng_site/info/about/message/30peakgpeak/
 
PEAK is a four-year undergraduate degree program, which offers two tracks: Japan in East Asia and Environmental Sciences. GPEAK offers graduate programs in Global Society (GSP) and Environmental Sciences (GPES).
 
All of these programs are taught entirely in English. For detailed information, please visit:
http://peak.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ for PEAK
http://gsp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ for GSP
http://gpes.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html for GPES


New PEAK and GPEAK students with the dean, vice deans and PEAK faculties


Dean Ishida presents words of welcome to new students.


A new student representative addresses the audience.