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Research paper : Graduate education for multi-disciplinary system design and management (N. Kohtake et al.)−134−Synthesiology - English edition Vol.3 No.2 (2010) there are many research topics on conglomerate values such as symbiosis, safety and security, and social coexistence. Table 4 shows some examples of the master’s research topics conducted in AY 2009. The target systems include diverse systems from technological to social systems, but the master’s researches have the common points: designing and managing a system that matches the demand of the stakeholders while considering the system lifecycle; and then to write up the verification of the result and confirmation of the efficacy as a research thesis. These are the characteristic of the research at the Graduate School of SDM. The doctoral dissertations on SDM science are also beginning to appear [20].4.4 Collaboration with industry and overseas institutionsSeminars and lectures are regularly given to the people of industry. An agreement was concluded on SDM science with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and collaborations in education and research are being done. As one activity, seminars on SDM science are given to the employees of JAXA, and about 93 people participated in AY 2008. Various issues occurring in the space development field were clarified, the courses systematized at the Graduate School of SDM were given, and discussions were held on the solutions of the individual issues. The result of the questionnaire survey of the participants showed high satisfaction in the seminars. Particularly, high marks were seen for the overall, comprehensive viewpoint as a system.Collaboration with overseas institutions is actively promoted, other than the aforementioned ALPS courses and workshops with Stanford and MIT. Collaborative agreements were signed on the mutual use of educational curriculum with Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands), Stevens Institute of Technology (U.S.A.), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Switzerland), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (France), and others. Master’s students are exchanged with TU Delft for a successful international collaborative education. We have received request for support for the construction of SDM sciences to meet the demand of the industries of the respective countries from Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research (Abu Dhabi, UAE), Amet University (India), and Egypt-Japan University for Science and Technology. We have become aware that there is a worldwide demand for SDM education.4.5 Evaluation by the studentsA survey was conducted to 36 second-year master’s students who matriculated in spring semester, AY 2008, on the abilities that they thought improved in one year of education at the Graduate School of SDM, and the level of the satisfying experience. As a comparison, similar survey was conducted to 23 second-year master’s students of the Mechanical Engineering Department, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University. The survey was a six-step evaluation for each item. The t-test for each item was conducted based on the survey results of the two graduate schools. The items that showed significant difference in the evaluation with significance level 1 % are shown in Fig. 13. For each item, the graph on top shows the average values and standard deviation of the survey of the students of SDM, and the graph on bottom shows the average values and standard deviation of the survey of the students of Science and Technology.The result shows that the education and research curriculum at the Graduate School of SDM fulfills the expectation for the universities and graduate schools of science by industry, as shown in Table 1, at the level of the self-evaluation of the students. The low self-evaluation by the SDM students on “writing ability to create the papers and reports that are logical and understandable” is an issue that must be resolved in the future. It is thought that the self-evaluation for writing ability was low since the subject of the questionnaire were master’s students who just entered their second year, and since the first-year students went through the SDM education where emphasis was placed on action such as going to the site rather than creating documents. In response, we plan to strengthen the courses to improve the communication ability. For writing, in ALPS, the students experience writing a report in English as a team, and experience writing in Japanese for the master’s thesis individually.We feel that all students are capable of learning the basic thinking and method needed to solve the problems of large-scale complex systems to a certain level through required subjects. On the other hand, to be able to utilize the thinking and method in society and industry, it may be necessary to take courses other than the required ones at the Graduate School of SDM as well as at other universities and graduate schools, and the students themselves must apply them in their research and work. The effectiveness of the education depends largely on the students’ strength of the consciousness for the problem, breadth of vision, and their ability to take Fig. 13 Comparison of consciousness of SDM students (upper bar graph) and engineering students (lower bar graph)VeryVeryFairlyFairlySlightlySlightlyDid not improve / Not satisfiedImproved / SatisfiedExchange of diverse transdisciplinary human resources transcending the framework of sciences and humanitiesAbility to imagine new ideas based on creativity development method and discussionLively lectures with highly motivated students and faculty membersAbility in system thinking for “looking at both the trees and the forest”Leadership ability for planning and operating discussions and group workAbility to execute specialized researchAbility in writing to create papers and reports that are ethical and easy to understandGraduate School of SDMGraduate School of EngineeringAbility to understand the various social demands and to clarify the positioning of one s own topicDeep knowledge and ability advancement in one s own specialtyWide-ranging knowledge and ability outside of one s own discipline

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