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 About GSFS |
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The Graduate School of Frontier Sciences(GSFS) is an
independent school for Master and Doctoral students that
was established through comprehensive cooperation
of all existing departments of the University of Tokyo. It
is made up of the Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences,
the Division of Biosciences, the Division of Environmental
Studies, and the Department of Computational Biology. All of them share the mission of solving the challenging
problems facing humankind through the pursuit of education and research on the frontiers derived from established disciplines. This undertaking is courageously carried out using transdisciplinary approaches in which the school's departments are organized to cover a broad cross-section of research topics, under the leadership of diversely experienced faculty members from not only the University of Tokyo, but also other research and educational institutions around the world. More than 3,600 students have completed the school's program, and about 1,500 students are currently enrolled in its departments.
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| Apr 1998 |
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Graduate School of Frontier Sciences founded. |
| Apr 1999 |
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Student enrollment begins. |
| Mar 2001 |
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Bioscience Building constructed. |
| Mar 2002 |
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Phase 1 of Transdisciplinary Sciences Building construction ends. |
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Department of Computational Biology established. |
| Sep 2003 |
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Second construction phase for Transdisciplinary Sciences Building
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| Dec 2003 |
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Transdisciplinary Sciences Laboratory constructed. |
| Apr 2004 |
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Department of Medical Genome Sciences launched. |
| Oct 2004 |
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Kashiwa Research Complex constructed. |
| Apr 2005 |
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Research Center for Total Life Health and Sports Sciences established. |
| Mar 2006 |
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Construction of Environmental Studies Building finishes. |
| Apr 2006 |
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Institute of Environmental Studies reorganized into 5-department
Division of Environmental Studies |
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Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment established. |
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Center for Omics and Bioinformatics established. |
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Department of Frontier Informatics moved to Graduate School of Engineering. |
| Apr 2009 |
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Bioimaging Center established. |
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Tripolar Structure
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The Hongo Campus focuses on traditional studies in specialized fields and on
intrinsic development of those areas, while the mission of the Komaba Campus
is to pursue interdisciplinary education and research. In contrast, the goal of the
Kashiwa Campus is to pursue "intellectual adventure" by going back to the basics
of existing disciplines and interlacing them into a transdisciplinary synthesis of
education and research. The addition of Kashiwa Campus to the alliance formed
by its sister campuses completes the University of Tokyo's vision for a tripolar
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| Operating as a new stronghold for pioneering education and research, the Kashiwa
Campus pursues intellectual adventure and the creation of new academic fields through graduate-level education and research grounded on a fusion of disciplines
at different states of maturity. |
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| In addition to functioning as the university's base
for the first half of undergraduate studies, the
Komaba Campus engages in interdisciplinary
education and research at the second half of
undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the
specified areas based on interaction with other
disciplines and the world outside the campus. |
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Serving as the linchpin of the tripolar formation, the Hongo Campus undertakes education and research in traditional disciplines at the second half of undergraduate and postgraduate levels. |
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Comprising the three departments of
Advanced Materials Science, Advanced Energy, and Complexity Science and Engineering, this division creates new fields that will serve as the foundation for future sciences, and produces the individuals who will advance those sciences. |
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This division cultivates the next generation of bioscientists, who will lead
the way in new fields, through groundbreaking education and research
that examines life forms in terms of
structure and function, and at various
levels ranging from molecules to
individual organism. |
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This division develops individuals who can
accurately respond to a variety of
environmental issues by offering education
and research programs that analyze the human
environment from the perspectives of nature,
culture, and society, and build the skills needed
to develop policies and technologies that will benefit humankind's future. |
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Through the pursuit of informatics research on biological phenomena, this
department aims at developing novel informatics and measurement technologies that will serve as the platform for next-generation biosciences,
and fosters future scientists who will perform that multidisciplinary research. |
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Campus Life
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The Kashiwa Campus is home to Kashiwa Library, which offers a
variety of facilities for student use, including a spacious reading room
and a media hall where all sorts of lectures and presentations are
held. The campus is being further enhanced through the construction
of other buildings, including a new welfare facility at Kashiwa
Campus, and accommodations and sport facilities at Kashiwa II
Campus. Moreover, the Tsukuba Express Line has increased its
number of daily runs, and the area around Kashiwanoha Campus
Station is being developed at a steady pace. These advances in
infrastructural buildup are guaranteed to increase the appeal of the
Kashiwa Campus district as a center of education and research that
forms a vertex of the University of Tokyo’s tripolar structure.
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Student engrossed in experiment |
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State-of-the-art classroom |
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Students relaxing at cafeteria |
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Kashiwa Library is open to 9 p.m. |
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Balancing reservoir at Kashiwa Campus |
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Tokatsu Techno Plaza |
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GSFS Collaboration with Industry and the Community
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The spirit of transdisciplinarity is a driving force in new industry creation and urban revitalization based on collaboration between the private sector and academia. Tokatsu Techno Plaza and Todai Kashiwa Venture Plaza, both located next to the Kashiwa Campus, provide venues where venture firms engage in R&D based on university-discovered business seeds. Moreover, the Kashiwa Campus district is the site of ongoing urban development that is focused on the environment, health, innovation, and coordination, and is founded on cooperation between the university, governmental agencies, and industry. This distinction earned the district its designation as a model zone under the tenth urban revitalization project, "Promotion of Urban Revitalization through University-Community Partnerships," which was approved for implementation in December 2005.
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Kashiwa International Campus Project
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This is one of several projects outlined in the University of Tokyo's "Action Plan 2005-2008" as initiatives for acquiring the university a position of distinction in the global academic community. Specifically, the project calls for internationalizing the Kashiwa Campus by: (1) establishing the campus as a world-class research center by creating large-scale research facilities; (2) internationalizing educational programs, including the development of courses for training internationally oriented individuals; and (3) promoting international collaboration. At the same time, the Kashiwa Campus is preparing lodging facilities for foreign researchers and students, and making other efforts to enhance its environment for supporting those visitors.
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