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Research paper : Graduate education for multi-disciplinary system design and management (N. Kohtake et al.)−135−Synthesiology - English edition Vol.3 No.2 (2010) action. Although it is difficult to solve all these issues through graduate school education only, we feel many issues can be solved by the close collaboration between the Graduate School of SDM and society and industry, the individual guidance to students by the instructors, and the further promotion of various exchanges among students composed of diverse human resources.Since the education for enhancing deep knowledge and advanced specialty is also important, we are considering the curriculum where such abilities can be improved along with the other abilities. Another issue is the large gap in the abilities and knowledge level of the students depending on the courses since the specialties differ by students. Currently, the lectures are given for the students with higher abilities and knowledge level, and supplementary lectures are given separately.4.6 External evaluationAs of the end of AY 2008, the external evaluation after one year of the Graduate School of SDM was conducted by the five members of the external evaluation committee. As a result, high evaluation was obtained for the new education, while the following points of improvements were indicated. These included the further collaboration with industries on the results of one year at the Graduate School of SDM, the mechanism for giving independence to students such as employing the students who have completed the program as the course mentor, and the thorough infusion of education and research concept of SDM where “both the trees and the forest are seen” or seeing the individual essence as well as maintaining a wide vision.We are working to improve the education based on these indications. For the further collaboration with industry, we are considering and adjusting the ALPS where proposals of the team can be realized through collaboration with industry. Also, we are considering the mechanism where the issues taken up in the courses are matched with the issues in industry, and where the proposals generated in the courses are fed back to the companies that provided the topic.5 Summary The Graduate School of SDM was established to train people who are capable of leading the construction and operation of the diverse large-scale complex systems from technological to social systems, and the first students graduated in March 2010. From the evaluation of the students and members of the external evaluation committee, we believe the students have acquired the abilities and knowledge that they must have to handle the large-scale complex systems, as set at the inception of the graduate school. The results of the master’s researches conducted by the students confirm that the students have acquired the method and thinking to clarify the social demands systematically, to create the ideas, and to realize them through the curriculum that emphasizes group learning and group discussions by diverse human resources. On the other hand, future issues include the reinforcement of the educational curriculum to improve the advanced specialties of each student, and measures to fill the gap in ability and knowledge levels of the students for each course due to the wide-ranging student background. We believe further revisions in the curriculum and further strengthening of the collaboration with society and industry, related education and research institutions, and universities and graduate schools are effective. Also, we believe this unique graduate school education can be improved by investigating and evaluating the results and issues of the graduate level education of SDM science by conducting follow-up surveys of the graduates in society and industry.6 AcknowledgementsThis study was partially supported by 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, and part of the SDM education was used for training the young researchers of the Global COE Program. We are thankful for this support. We also express deep gratitude to Masataka Urago, Tetsuro Ogi, Seiichi Sasaki, Seiko Shirasaka, Kenichi Takano, Ryuichi Tejima, Tetsuya Taima, Masaru Nakano, Shinichiro Haruyama, Taketoshi Hibiya, Toshiyuki Yasui, late Kosuke Ishii, and Olivier de Weck, who have spent effort for the establishment of the Graduate School of SDM from the beginning.TerminologiesFaculty development: Organizational effort by which the faculty members improve and enhance the lessons and the teaching methodsSpiral-up style: The method where a goal is achieved in a spiral form rather than in a linear formThe movement toward the goal is made by turning the PCDA (plan-do-check-action) cycle, including making a plan, executing it, verifying it, and then incorporating the improvements in the next plan.V-model: The framework to describe the lifecycle of system development from demand analysis, operation, to disposal The left side of the V-shaped conceptual diagram shows that the demand drops to lower level as the demand is segmented by design, and the right side shows that the system is integrated by testing and assembly.Architecting: The act of realizing a concept, allotting the function to the elements, and then clarifying the relationship (interface) between the elementsTerm 1. 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