On May 2025, 5, Tokyo University of the Arts and Tokyo University of Science, which have a comprehensive partnership agreement, held a joint symposium titled "Science and Art: The Future of Humanity" at the Ookayama Campus of Tokyo University of Science (Meguro-ku, Tokyo). In addition to about 26 students and alumni from both schools gathering at the venue, about 110 people watched the symposium online.
According to Tokyo University of the Arts, the event was held with the aim of expanding the interdisciplinary exchange that has been carried out between Tokyo University of the Arts and Tokyo Medical and Dental University to the science and engineering fields following the merger of Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University to form Tokyo University of Science in 2024.
In the first part, a talk session was broadcast between Professor Hirokazu Yanase of the Tokyo University of Science's Institute of Liberal Arts and Katsuhiro Otomo, who supervised the public art "ELEMENTS OF FUTURE" on the Ookayama Campus. At the Otomo venue, Professor Yanase gave a lecture on the theme of the fusion of science and art.
In the second part, Professor Hideo Hosono of the Tokyo University of Science's Element Strategy MDX Research Center gave a keynote speech titled "The Science of Color and Ceramics," while Professor Emeritus Yasuhiro Shimizu of Tokyo University of the Arts gave a keynote speech titled "Art and Science: Thinking Through Art Thinking."
In the third part, Tokyo University of Science Chairman Hisashi Ohtake, President Yujiro Tanaka, and Tokyo University of the Arts President Katsuhiko Hibino held a panel discussion on the keywords "connect," "dialogue," and "fusion," and at the end of the discussion they actively exchanged opinions with the students who had gathered at the venue. Attendees responded with comments such as "I want to participate again" and "I hope this becomes an ongoing initiative," raising expectations for future strengthened collaboration and further fusion of science and art.
Tokyo University of the Arts and the former Tokyo Medical and Dental University signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement in August 2023. With the launch of Tokyo University of Science, the agreement will be continued, aiming to integrate the three fields of art, medicine, and engineering.
