According to the University of Tsukuba, about 100 people from the university and prospective students participated in the kick-off symposium.After greetings by Masafumi Yanagisawa, Director of the International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, Program Coordinator, and Masayuki Hirata, Professor of Osaka University, who is the Program Officer, Professor Ian Chambers of the University of Edinburgh, UK, and four faculty members of overseas collaborative universities and medicine Four faculty members from the University of Tsukuba, including Professor Emiko Noguchi of the medical field, introduced their research contents and exchanged opinions with the participants.

　In addition, in order to deepen mutual understanding between the fields of biomedical science and science, engineering, and informatics, a forum for discussions was also set up by participating faculty members and prospective students.

　The Humanics Degree Program is an integrated doctoral program that develops leaders who can organically integrate biomedical science with science, engineering, and informatics and return them to society.Under the guidance of a complete double mentor from faculty members in both research fields, students who have studied both fields teach each mentor faculty member the contents of different fields from the opposite standpoint (reverse mentor system).If a business person participates as a visiting professor, doctoral education and industry-academia joint research can be integrated.

　In recent years, there has been a great demand for interdisciplinary fusion, and many of the excellent papers are being co-authored by researchers in the fields of biomedical science and science, engineering, and informatics.Industry interest in the humanics degree program is high, and major companies such as Toyota Motor Corporation and Hitachi, Ltd. have indicated their intention to participate.

reference:[University of Tsukuba] Humanics Bachelor Program Kick-off Symposium Held