Education Tokyo University to launch all-English undergraduate department in 2027

The department, "UTokyo College of Design," will adopt fall enrollment, the mainstream in Europe and the United States, offering topics that students can explore in line with their interests, such as climate change and biodiversity, regardless of field of study. Teruo Fujii, the public university's president, said at a press conference, "We will create a new place of learning where students can realize their respective visions by fully utilizing the potential of the University of Tokyo." All freshman students will reside in a university dormitory to promote cross-cultural exchange through daily interaction. The program comprises four years of bachelor's and one year of master's study. The college is set to be headed by a foreign professor at the university, with teaching staff to include other instructors at the institution and top-class researchers from both Japan and abroad, it said.

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