A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

Graduate Course for System-inspired

Leaders in Material Science : SiMS
An advanced education program for innovative material scientists inspired by
systems and motivated to become industrial leaders

Osaka Prefecture University

Graduate school of Engineering
Graduate school of life and environmental science
Graduate school of Science

Osaka City University

Graduate school of Engineering

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

Educational funding by MEXT of JAPAN

Outline:
As the industry grows increasingly competitive, there is an increasing need for
researchers with a high level of education who can demonstrate strong leadership in
the global community so as to realize a sustainable society through innovations. Osaka
Prefecture University and Osaka City University have been selected by the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Science, Sports and Technology as the center for promoting the
Program for Leading Graduate Schools in order to foster excellent students who are
both highly creative and internationally attuned and will play leading roles in the
academic, industrial and governmental sectors around the globe. In an effort to achieve
this goal, we offer the Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material
Science, a five-year straight doctoral course designed to foster leaders with a global
perspective for the industrial community.
Category : II Composite category (Material Science)
Others:
2012 Tokyo Univ., Osaka Univ., Kyushu Univ.

2013 Tohoku Univ., Hokkaido Univ. (and OPU/OCU)

Funding Period: 2013-2019,

Budget: 1,380 million yen

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science : SiMS

proposed by Osaka Prefecture Univ. and Osaka City Univ.
Purpose:
The five-year leading doctoral program works to foster future leaders who can play
active roles in the academia, industry and government, and drives technological and
industrial innovations around the world by
1) linking fundamental research and a new industry with proficient entrepreneurship,
2) designing research strategies stemming from multilevel interdisciplinary ideas.

Osaka Prefecture University

Graduate school of Engineering
Graduate school of life and environmental science
Graduate school of Science

Osaka City University

Graduate school of Engineering

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

GOAL
The ultimate goals of our program are the pursuit of truth and the creation of knowledge; the
development of science and technology in harmony with the ecosystem; the contribution to
the development of a sustainable society and the creation of culture; and to bring about
industrial innovations in various fields. Those enrolled in our program will be able to
(1) cultivate the abilities to identify, evaluate and solve problems;
(2) develop creativity and personality
(3) acquire general knowledge, expertise, as well as high ethical
standards, based on the following qualities
obtained through our education in line with the ultimate goals
mentioned above:
Basic knowledge of materials science required to lead a
specialized field in materials science.
Ability to design research strategies stemming from multilevel
interdisciplinary ideas inspired by koto-zukuri (value creation)
Ability to link the achievement of fundamental R&D and a new
industry with proficient entrepreneurship
Ability to disseminate ones ideas widely and have them deeply
rooted in the global community through strong leadership.

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

Program Features

1. Screening system to find well-qualified candidates for future leaders

About 20 persons/year

2. Interdisciplinary and cross-field, five-year program

Interdisciplinary course including both of the basic Material Sciences and System Sciences.
Course for Ideation and Globalization.
Entrepreneurship course

3. Mentoring system by former corporate executives for career development

4. Financial support for living expenses for five years

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

Curriculum

3rd to 5th year

Course for Ideation II

Course for Globalization II

1st to 2nd year

Special Seminar for International Ideation Work shop

Special Seminar for Global Leadership
Course for Ideation I
Course for Globalization I

Special Workshop for Strategic System Thinking

Special Seminar for Global Communication

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

Curriculum: Workshop of Strategic System Thinking

Looking complicated phenomena using birdseye

Competency of System-Inspired Thinking

Create a new idea

Competency of Ideation and Design

Realization

Competency of Management

Analysis
Elements of technologies

Brain Storming
Logical Thinking

Development
New system

Select
Target system

Validation
Leading innovation

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

Curriculum: TEC (Technology-based Entrepreneurship Course)

The course is basically composed of four classes
(TEC-I IV). Each class is regular subject with
credit that can be taken by all graduate students
in OPU.
The most important part of the curriculum has
been developed and practically operated by the
competent persons in industries, not only by
university faculties.

TEC-I (Business Planning)

virtual business planning workshop
The class is carried out in the style of oneon-one coaching session by coordinators.
The student must give a business planning
presentation at the end of class.

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

TEC-II (Lectures for Entrepreneurs)

At first, the students learn the present circumstance of
Japanese industries in the world. Then they come to know
the changing expectation for the young researchers having
entrepreneur spirits with PhD degrees.
The class essentially includes the lectures of,
basics of management of technology (MOT),
theoretical concept of leadership + group work for practical leadership in company,
basic ideas how to make excellent technical presentation,
innovation practically happened at industry,
practical examples of various carrier paths
knowledge how to design their own carrier
Currently over 400 students take this course in a year!

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

TEC-III (Research in Industries)

Long term Internship (minimum 3 months @ Industry)
The students can pursue internship with a wide rage of companies for three-month
period at least. They study how the research is carried out in industry, the way of
strategy planning, and real aspect of industrial research and development.
Almost one hundred Pos-Docs and PhD student
experienced internship in last 6 years at more than
70 companies including foreign companies.
70-80% Pos-Docs and PhD students find a job in
industrial companies.
TEC-IV (PBL Leadership training)
Group research in industries in three to five month period.
Group leader must be a PhD student. He/she has to organize the research
(not only a technical goal, but also human resource, budget, time scheduling etc.)
The students engage this PBL (Project-based Learning) style workshop in order to
know the transformational leadership style in 21st century. The former prominent
global leaders in industries support the students as coordinators. They are expected
to know the following competencies.
marketing
research proposal
accountability of their research
Logical thinking
Ideation and design Transformative leadership

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

Curriculum: Global Communication

Basic English training
by using e-Learning
Creative Speaking Training
3hour 10times

Practical Training
Workshop in Technical Presentation
Workshop in Leadership Development

(collaboration with Saybrook University in USA)

Workshop in Research Methodology
(collaboration with Georgia University in USA)
etc.

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

Curriculum: Global Program

Global Leadership

Experiences of performing research at foreign

universities, research institutes or companies
for three months minimum.

International Ideation Work shop

Join the Ideation Workshop which will be held

in Brown University under the

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

Financial Aids for Students

Stipend: 100,000/month (1st and 2nd year students)

150,000~200,000/month (3rd-5th year student)
Some amount of research funds will be funded.
Travel expenses for foreign studies, internship, etc. will be
also covered by the program.

A Graduate Course for System-inspired Leaders in Material Science (SiMS)

Osaka Prefecture Univ. & Osaka City Univ.

SiMS Admission Process for International Students

1. Submit an application for the SiMS program, with a commitment to
taking a 5-year course at an OPUs graduate school which is
participating in the SiMS program.
2. Decide a supervising professor at OPUs graduate school to apply.
3. Set a SiMS pre-screening interview (possibly via Skype) before an
entrance examination of OPUs graduate school.
4. SiMS pre-screening result is to be announced, prior to the
graduate school examinations
Additional Information for the graduate school examination of OPU, see,
http://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english/admission/graduate/index.html

5. SiMS admission is to be confirmed after the applicant is admitted

to the graduate school.
An application for the SiMS program is accepted throughout the year,
and the above process is to be effective in October, 2014.