Experience Excellence at UTokyo - Graduates Discuss UTokyo at UTokyo NY Office

Summary

このビデオでは、東京大学の卒業生たちが、ニューヨークの大学事務所で彼らの経験を共有しています。彼らは、PEAKプログラムや公共政策学部での学び、そして日本の文化や言語、食文化への没入など、様々な学術的及び文化的体験を語ります。特に、国際的な視点と日本の学生との交流の価値、実験的な授業や野外学習の思い出などが強調されています。また、東京大学が提供する教育の自由度と、学問的探求への奨励についても触れられています。卒業生たちは、学びと生活の両方で新しい視点を得ることの重要性を強調し、これらの経験が彼らの将来への道を形作るのに役立ったことを共有しています。

Takeaways

• 🎓 東京大学の卒業生たちは、ニューヨークの大学事務所近くで集まり、自身の経験を共有しています。
• 🌐 PEAKプログラムの卒業生は、英語で完全な4年間の学位を取得し、国際的な学生や日本の学生と交流する機会があったと語っています。
• 🔬 特定の授業では、現地の市場で魚を購入し、ラボで解剖しながら新鮮な刺身やわさびを楽しむというユニークな体験がありました。
• 🎨 プロダクトとイノベーションデザイナーである卒業生は、工学部や経済学部の授業を自由に選択できる柔軟性を評価しています。
• 🏫 公共政策学部の卒業生は、データサイエンスやAIデザインに関する実践的な授業を受け、公共と民間のセクターを理解することの重要性を学びました。
• 🌍 異文化間の理解を深めるために、日本の文化や言語、さらには日常生活を学ぶことの重要性が強調されています。
• 🔭 地球惑星科学を専攻した卒業生は、ラボでの実験を通じて研究への興味を深め、疑問を自ら見つけ出すプロセスを経験しました。
• 📚 アメリカ研究を専攻した卒業生は、交換留学プログラムを通じて異なる教育体験を価値あるものと捉えています。
• 🌏 東京大学は短期プログラムを通じて学生に国際的な視野を広げる機会を提供しており、南アジア諸国との交流も行っています。
• 📈 東京大学の教育は、失敗から学び、希望を見出すことを教え、勉強だけでなく、人生を豊かにする経験を提供していると卒業生は語っています。

Q & A

東京大学のグローバルモビリティ副学長兼グローバル教育センター長は誰ですか？

ユージン・ヤグチです。

PEAKプログラムとは何ですか？

PEAKプログラムは、英語で4年間の学位を取得できるプログラムです。

PEAKプログラムの特徴は何ですか？

国際学生と交流しつつ、日本人の学生とも授業を受けることができる自由度が高いプログラムです。

特に印象に残っている授業は何ですか？

松田教授の解剖クラスで、冬の短期間に築地魚市場へ行き、アンコウを購入しラボで解剖しながら新鮮な刺身とわさびを楽しんだことです。

東京大学の公共政策学部の学生が学ぶことができる分野は？

工学部や経済学部のクラスも含め、イノベーション政策やデータサイエンス、AIデザインなど、多岐にわたります。

ナタリーが重要だと感じた東京大学での学びは？

公共部門と私企業の思考を経験できることで、問題を総合的に見ることの重要性を学んだ点です。

留学生にとっての日本文化の学びのポイントは？

日本文化を深く理解し、少しでも言語を学び、日常生活から学ぶことの大切さです。

東京大学で学んだことで、リー・ヒロスが学術的好奇心を深めた分野は？

顕微鏡で鉱物を観察したり、実験室で雲を作るなど、地球および惑星科学です。

K・クラタが交換留学したアメリカの大学はどこですか？

スワソン・カレッジです。

東京大学からの学びのアドバイスは？

心を開いて勉強し、東京や日本での生活を楽しむことの重要性です。

Outlines

00:00

🌏 東京大学のグローバルな卒業生

このセグメントでは、東京大学の卒業生たちがニューヨークで集まり、彼らの大学での経験とその経験がどのように彼らのキャリアや人生に影響を与えたかについて語っています。Hyun Songは2017年にPEAKプログラムを卒業し、英語で完全な4年間の学位を取得したことで、多くの国際学生と関わることができ、自由に日本のクラスを受講する選択肢があったと述べています。Natalieは、2019年に公共政策学校を卒業し、イノベーション政策に焦点を当て、多様な分野のクラスにアクセスできる自由さが重要だったと強調しています。彼らは、東京大学での経験がいかにユニークで充実していたか、そしてそれが彼ら自身の視野を広げ、キャリアの方向性を定めるのにどのように役立ったかについて話しています。

05:00

📚 学問と文化の探求

このセグメントでは、東京大学のさらに2人の卒業生、Ly HirosとK Kurataが、彼らの学術的な追求と文化的な経験について語っています。Ly Hirosは2021年に地球惑星科学を専攻し、研究への知的好奇心を深め、質問を自ら見つけ出すことの重要性を学んだと述べています。K Kurataは2007年に卒業し、アメリカ研究を専攻しましたが、彼の交換留学経験が彼にとって貴重な宝物であると振り返っています。東京大学が提供する多様な学術プログラムと文化的な経験は、学生たちに新しい視野を開かせ、彼らが自分自身と世界を理解するのを助けるという共通のテーマを示しています。

Keywords

💡global mobility

The concept of global mobility refers to the ability for students, faculty and staff at the University of Tokyo to move between different countries and campuses. The video discusses how the university has exchange programs and partnerships around the world to provide opportunities for global mobility.

💡multidisciplinary

The video emphasizes how students at the University of Tokyo have the freedom to take diverse classes across disciplines. For example, a public policy student can also study data science or AI design. This multidisciplinary approach allows students to gain a comprehensive understanding of complex issues.

Highlights

Eugene Yaguchi introduces himself and the purpose of gathering University of Tokyo graduates in Manhattan.

Hyun Song talks about the unique experience of the PEAK program, highlighting the blend of international and Japanese educational experiences.

Memorable experience of a class field trip to Seiji Fish Market, led by Professor Matsuda, emphasizing hands-on learning and cultural immersion.

Natalie, a product and innovation designer, shares her multidisciplinary learning experience at the University of Tokyo, emphasizing the freedom to learn across departments.

Natalie's perspective on the importance of understanding both public and private sectors to enact change, influenced by her studies at the University of Tokyo.

Ly Hiros highlights the practical aspects of learning, such as conducting experiments and developing a research mindset, during his time at the University of Tokyo.

K Kurata reflects on the value of his exchange program experience in the United States and its long-term impact on his personal and professional development.

University of Tokyo's initiative to increase student exposure to international experiences through short-term programs in diverse locations.

The transformative impact of learning and living in a different cultural context, as shared by the graduates, emphasizing the value of open-mindedness and adaptability.

The graduates' collective advice to future students: to embrace challenges, immerse themselves fully in the experience, and balance hard work with exploration.

Transcripts

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hello my name is Eugene yaguchi I serve

as vice president for Global mobility

and director of Center for Global

education at University of Tokyo I'm

standing right in the middle of

Manhattan very close to our University's

New York office today we're going to be

welcoming graduates of the University

who live in this area and they're going

to be sharing with us their experiences

having studied at the University of

Tokyo so please enjoy why don't I ask

you to each of you to introduce yourself

hi nice to meet you all my name is Hyun

song and I graduated in 2017 from the

peak program my major back then was in

Japan and East

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Asia I would say that it was a very

unique experience exactly because I was

in Peak a program which ensures that

well you'll get a full 4year degree in

English meaning that I got to get

involved with a lot more other

International students and also I had

the freedom to choose and take Japanese

classes with other Japanese peers as

well if I wanted to I think that's a

very precious experience a lot of other

programs SL schools could not have

offered so I basically had a safety in

net if I wanted to I could always go

back to my International peers which

would be kind of my comfort zone I guess

and also I was able to interact with

Japanese students

freely and that was a precious

opportunity that I would not exchange

for there was one memory from a

particular class I took um it was like

Professor matsuda's dissection class

it's like a very shortterm winter class

that's usually held around like

Christmas and towards the end of the

class he brings everyone on a field trip

to seiji Fish Market and he would go get

angler fish with us and then he would

bring it back to the lab and he would

dissect and and explain each body part

as he prepared hashimi and fresh Washi

like it was my first time having actual

freshly ground was hobby Japanese style

there were like local Japanese students

Peak students alter internation it was

such a wonderful way to spend Christmas

for someone who didn't go back home

during winter

and that is one of my Fondest Memories I

made a lot of Japanese friends and I had

really really fresh sashimi and wasabi

so my name is

Natalie and uh I a product and

Innovation designer at a startup here in

New York I had honor graduating from

University of Tokyo in 2019 where I

attended the school of public policy

focusing on learning uh about Innovation

policy

I cannot emphasize how free you are you

can take classes from School of

Engineering from school of Economics

they're taught in English classes are

taught by world class teachers so we

have teachers from Harvard from Yale

from Princeton coming in and in on data

science and statistics and the freedom

was very important for me because I

could take classes starting at like

social policy and finishing like you

know data science and AI design where

it's all very practical and then going

to University of Tokyo where you can

experience both public and private

sector uh you know thinking and that

really taught me that in order to

actually enact change you cannot be

involved in one area you need to come to

the problem and see it

comprehensively and going through my

experience at University of Tokyo I

really understood where I want to what I

want to do and where I want to

go to suggest so many things I feel like

I can I can talk for for many hours

about

this first of all engage with culture uh

because there's so much to learn from

Japanese culture trying to learn uh at

least a little bit of

language uh oh food don't even mention

that learn from the city for me studying

public policy even taking the Subway or

going to the pharmacy just watching the

procedures and how things are done was

very educational into how things can be

designed to be focused on convenience of

people rather than just getting things

done

so yeah just like

daytoday life uh was very influential to

me because it was very different from

China where I lived before or Australia

or the US um so yeah just like be

mindful of your life day-to-day life and

you can learn so

much hello everyone I'm ly hiros I

graduated University of Tokyo in

2021 and uh I was measuring Earth and a

planetary science I'm currently uh doing

a PhD student at the prince

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University we did a lot of experiments

such as like looking the minerals by

microscope or like making clouds in the

lab which was really fun making clouds

clouds I think that enhanced my

intellectual curiosity and then like

allow me to pursue this feel more I

learned a lot of like what research is

like it's obviously different from just

learning from classes we need to

like uh find what we going to think

about like as a question like until then

we just solve the question or answer the

question but we need to like find a

question from scratch that was the

biggest difference and then I learned

that difference from my experience in

uto hello everyone my name is k kurata I

graduated in 2007 like 17 years ago time

PR and then my major was American

studies and yangi Sensei was one of the

professors

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there

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I wanted to have an experience in one of

the like us universities as a exchange

student program luckily I was offered at

the uh swaso college which is in

Philadelphia which is really sort of a

small school and the Arts focus and then

International students coming along

experience was really fun for me in the

nutshell in terms of the American

studies in the United States was uh

really hard for me around that time but

you know looking back thinking back it's

it's really U some sort of treasure for

me right now we have uh quite a few

number of um exchange Partners we need

to encourage our students more and to do

so we're trying to set up more

short-term programs where students can

go for a week or two weeks so for

example this past August we had a

program with a institution in Bangladesh

our students don't know Bangladesh they

study with students from Bangladesh not

only Bangladesh but students from other

South Asian countries like Nepal Sri

Lanka

Afghanistan and after a week the

students have an entirely different view

of these areas and now some of the

students are interested in going to

those destinations so this is the kind

of thing that we're trying to do as much

as

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possible

University of Tokyo taught me failure

and also hope you can focus on your

study in a very safe environment with

great people good luck with your

applications and if you get in I really

hope that you enjoy the program and your

life in Japan as much as I did be

open-minded work hard and PR hard and

you will have a great experience in toai

and then Tokyo go as nerd as possible

about your day-to-day life just

experience your life push yourself when

it comes to studying because that's how

you're going to find yourself and you're

going to find wonderful things about the

world around

you