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Research paper : Graduate education for multi-disciplinary system design and management (N. Kohtake et al.)−131−Synthesiology - English edition Vol.3 No.2 (2010) School of Science and Technology, Keio University, the Global COE Program “Center for Education and Research of Symbiotic, Safe and Secure System Design” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was started in 2008, to study the system design considering the social values such as symbiosis and safety, as well as to promote education and research of the researchers with such social values.The following list shows some of the research topics at the Graduate School of SDM. The systems include home appliances, information, financing, insurance, human, education, and others.・ Thermal/Acoustic trade-off design for consumer electronics in a distributed design environment[13]・ A case study of the effects of platform software selection on information system maintenance cost[14]・ Transforming seamless positioning technology into a business using a system design approach[15]・ The evaluation of the alliance systems designed by “Enterprise Currencies” in Japan[16]・ Claim-payment failures of Japan’s insurance companies and designing better payment architecture[17]・ A method for analyzing fundamental kinesiological motions of the human body by applying interpretive structural modeling[18]・ Capstone experience for multi-disciplinary system design and management education[12]To be constantly aware of the global trend of academics related to SDM science and to contribute to academics through the education at the Graduate School of SDM, the School will participate in INCOSE and the Council of Engineering Systems Universities (CESUN), an international organization for systems engineering education. The faculty members will be dispatched to the meetings regularly, and the School will host the APCOSE (Asia-Pacific Conference on Systems Engineering)[19] to enhance the knowledge level of the students and the faculty.3.5 StudentsThe student recruitment by the Graduate School of SDM is announced at various organizations of industry, government, and academia, and request is submitted to industry to dispatch the employees as students. As a result, after entrance examinations held three times a year, we were able to accept students almost exactly as in the set scenario. One of the characteristics is that the students are composed of wide-ranging age, diverse fields, and multiple nationalities. Students were admitted in spring and autumn semesters for the academic years (AY) of 2008 and 2009, and as of AY 2009, there were 138 students in the master’s program and 46 in the doctoral program. The ages of the students varied from the 20s to 60s, and the average was 32 years old for master’s students (Fig. 8) and 42 years old for doctoral students (Fig. 9). Their majors included science and engineering, law, political science, economics, literature, trade, agriculture, and physical education. Many students had business experiences, the percentages being 66 % for the master’s student and 89 % for the doctoral students (Fig. 10). The occupations of those with business experiences were diverse: manufacturing, communication, consulting, information, aerospace, financing, real estate, public office, architecture, energy, system, medicine, mass communication and publishing, and law (Fig. 11). About 20 % of the students were non-Japanese including foreign students from overseas universities. As in the initial objective, it has become a place of learning based on the exchange of diverse human resources consisting of students and faculty members with diverse specialties.Fig. 8 Age distribution of master’s students010203040(人数)453451423162851525354522~24 years old25~29 years old30~34 years old35~39 years old40~44 years old45~49 years old50~54 years old55~59 years old (Number ofstudents)0812(人数)24610422212105925~29 years old30~34 years old35~39 years old40~44 years old45~49 years old50~54 years old55~59 years old (Number ofstudents)60 years oldor overFig. 9 Age distribution of doctoral students

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