Career Development Program

Career development education assists Tokyo Tech students to prepare for a successful career. Apart from students’ knowledge gained through their chosen area of expertise and liberal arts studies that enable them to have a broader spectrum of life’s possibilities, career development education offers an opportunity for students to reflect on their life goals involving future opportunities, further knowledge acquisition, skills development and practical experiences.

Our graduate students are naturally expected to become resourceful leaders in science and engineering fields. To inspire them to think proactively about their future careers, we offer various career development programs to our master's, doctoral, and professional master's students.

The career development courses we offer include, but are not limited to: lectures to encourage students to think about career design; internships; career development sessions by diverse lecturers such as businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and people engaged in nonprofit activities; teaching practice; research practice at other institutions; and management practice. The Innovator and Inventor Development Platform (IIDP) offers courses for all Tokyo Tech graduate students. Courses specific to a student’s chosen field of study will be offered in cooperation with relevant schools and/or departments.

Aside from the number of credits, there are specific Graduate Attributes (GAs) assigned for all career courses (including courses that correspond to career courses). GAs are the skills, knowledge, and understanding that students acquire and develop throughout the instructional and learning period. GAs were introduced to contribute to enhancing the effectiveness of career education. By enrolling in career courses, students can meet the GAs specified in each course, thus aiming to acquire the knowledge and develop the abilities needed to design and fulfill the career path that they envision.

There are courses designed for graduate students who are aspiring competitive talents in the fields of science and engineering to develop a basic "career mindset" and learn certain techniques throughout their career. The courses feature or characterize content that will help students planning to work immediately after graduation as well as those planning to enter doctoral programs.

IIDP offers various career development courses for doctoral students who are aiming to work in academia or industry, with the ultimate goal of helping them to become leaders in pioneering new academic and/or research areas and solvers of societal problems.

The career development courses include not only fundamental ones allowing students to acquire basic knowledge and skills, but also practical ones related to internship, teaching, presentations, and overseas experience, according to students’ career plans and interests.

The orientation for Career Development Courses will be held by Zoom due to the COVID-19 matter.
Explanations will be given in Japanese and English.

September 28, 2023 (Thu.)

【Master】
10：30～10：55（Japanese）
11：00～11：25（English）

【Doctor】
11：40～12：05（Japanese）
12：10～12：35（English）

※Please participate in any session of your choice.

Please click this link：
https://zoom.us/j/95074888574?pwd=RERaeXQwMkRoOUJNNVBUdDhHenBIZz09

There are mainly two types of career development courses: those designed by each department specifically for their own students, and those designed by the IIDP, which are open to all graduate students. In addition, the Department of Innovation Science and the Department of Technology and Innovation Management offer career development courses that any graduate student can take, as long as there are places available (although priority is given to students enrolled in the relevant department).

Visit the following page for a complete list of all career development courses offered:

• Visit the following pages for the list of all career development courses offered by the IIDP.
  • 【2023.12.07】3Q and 4Q Timetable for Master-Level Career Development Courses in 2023（in Japanese only）
  • 【2023.09.28】3Q and 4Q Timetable for Doctoral-Level Career Development Courses in 2023（in Japanese only）
  • Comparative Table for the names of IIDP courses

For details on each career development course, please see the detailed pages in the Graduate School Study Guide on the following site:

• Doctoral Academic Overseas Training (LAC.A635)
  • Guide
  • Application Form

• Doctoral Academic Domestic Training (LAC.A639)
  • Guide
  • Application Form

• Doctoral Research Internship in Private Companies (LAC.P632~634)
  • Guide
  • Application Form

Please access the announcement page for more career support information for current students.

The Innovative HR Development Matching System (IDM) is an online matching system for mid- to long-term research-based internships offered by private companies that are members of the C-ENGINE^* with member universities, including Tokyo Institute of Technology.

^*C-ENGINE, or Collaborative Education for Next-Generation Innovators & Exploration of knowledge intersections, is an industry-academia initiative to promote research-based internships .

IDM has a number of research-based internship offerings constantly posted. To view these offerings, register an account with IDM at the link below. When you register for IDM, at the same time, be sure to fill in the following "Innovative HR Development Matching System (IDM) Registration Sheet" as much as possible and send it to the IIDP Office. Please note that without the support of the IIDP coordinator, internship matching services at IDM will not be available.