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Fellow:JIALI WANG

2025-10-21T12:47:52Z

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==Bio==
'''Profile'''

An Economics student with a multicultural background, having lived in Beijing, Fujian, Tokyo, and now Sendai. I enjoy exploring how people and cultures differ in everyday life and communication. My experiences across these places have helped me become adaptable and comfortable in new environments.

'''Background'''

Born in Beijing, I moved to Fujian during my school years and later to Tokyo to study Japanese before entering university in Sendai. Each relocation taught me how to adjust quickly, observe carefully, and connect with different people.

'''Skills & Interests'''

* '''Creative Hobbies:''' Enjoy making handmade dolls and sometimes experimenting with hair colors as a small way to express creativity.
* '''Entertainment & Music:''' I like following K-pop and have attended several ENHYPEN concerts simply because I enjoy their music and atmosphere.
* '''People Skills:''' Used to interacting with people from different backgrounds through school, part-time jobs, and community activities.

'''Additional Information'''

* Twin sibling.

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==Achievements==

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Priorities:Tohoku University Student Priorities

2025-10-19T06:45:03Z

Wjiali1011:

== TUTI (Tohoku University Type Indicator)(2025~) ==

=== Background ===
In recent years, personality tests such as MBTI have become very popular among young people because they make self-understanding fun and easy.

At Tohoku University, many students say they “want to find what they like” or “don’t know what to focus on.” However, the current environment makes it hard to discover personal interests.

Information about programs or opportunities is often scattered — students rely on social media, word of mouth, or chance encounters with seniors. As a result, motivation and access to information vary widely among students.

We believe that by combining the popularity of personality tests with the needs of university students, we can create a new tool that helps students discover their type, interests, and next step within the university.

That idea is TUTI — Tohoku University Type Indicator.

=== Challenge ===
Our challenge lies in how to design and sustain a type-based support system that truly works for students.

We need to explore:

* How can we classify student personalities in a way that feels accurate and meaningful, not superficial?
* How can we choose a platform that encourages continuous participation — something simple, accessible, and engaging?
* Most importantly, how can we connect each “type” with real opportunities, such as clubs, research, or events, so that students can take tangible next steps?

The success of TUTI depends on balancing psychological insight with practical design — turning self-diagnosis into self-action.

=== Target ===
Mainly 1st–2nd year students who want to discover their interests or goals

Senior students seeking opportunities or data useful for career preparation

Students who are unsure what to pursue or how to start something new

==Speed Networking（2025～）==

===Background===
Many students want to connect with professors, seniors, or other faculties but don’t know how to start conversations or find the right opportunities.

While there are seminars and career events, they often feel formal and distant.

We believe that casual, topic-based conversations can help students discover new interests, advice, and future directions more naturally.

===Challenge===
We will organize a Speed Networking Event where students move from one table to another, just like speed dating.

Each table focuses on a specific recent topic such as “study abroad,” “research life,” “career paths,” or “student projects.”

An icebreaker session will be held at the beginning so everyone feels comfortable joining.

This event allows students to meet professors, seniors, and active peers in a relaxed atmosphere and explore ongoing opportunities in one go.

===Target===
Students who want to meet professors or seniors but feel shy in formal settings

Students looking for new academic or career inspiration

Professors, alumni, and student organizations interested in connecting with current students

==Hackathon（2025～）==

===Background===
Many students at Tohoku University say, “I have ideas, but I don’t know how to start,” or “I want to collaborate with people from other faculties or companies.”

Through surveys, we found that many students are eager to try new things but lack an environment or trigger to begin.

In Japan, the culture of Hackathon—a short, intensive event where people team up to create ideas and prototypes—is still not common.

We believe that by providing an open and friendly hackathon space, students can experience the excitement of creating together and gain confidence to take on challenges.

===Challenge===
We will organize Tohoku University Hackathon Project, starting with beginner-friendly mini hackathons open to all students, not only engineers.

These events focus on design thinking and team idea creation around familiar topics such as “making student life more fun” or “sustainable campus.”

As a next step, we plan company-collaboration hackathons where students tackle real-world themes like environmental or social issues together with mentors and professionals.

Through this initiative, students can experience innovation firsthand and learn how to turn ideas into action.

===Target===
Students who have ideas but don’t know how to realize them

Students who want to collaborate across faculties or industries

Students interested in creativity, innovation, or social problem-solving
 
==Platform of diagnose which role-model is suitable for each students==

===Background===
We often hear students around me say, "I have things I want to do, but I don't know what to do," or "I can't find what I want to do." We believe there are two factors that lead to this thinking: not knowing and hurdles to doing it. The reason of high hurdles is that the experiences of people who have already been there read like "Instagrammers". In other words, the world is teeming with success stories. Also, there are already many types that have been classified, so it is difficult to understand how to introduce them, and even if you listen to stories or read personal experiences, you don't feel any sense of familiarity with them.

These issues are thought to discourage university students from taking on challenges and hinder their growth.

===Challenge===
We maintain new platform like "16-personarities". By only answering the questions on platform, students can find "role models" who have tried somethings and can tell their success stories, failure stories, and the process leading up to them.

By getting information about people who have had experiences similar to what you want, you will hopefully be able to clarify the path you should take and make it easier to take on future challenges.

If desired, it is possible to match people with role models and introduce a system that encourages face-to-face interaction. The system can be expanded in the future based on feedback from role model applicants and users.

===Target===
People who can't take on a challenge

People who are unsure of what to do in college/people who want to discover their field of interest
 
==Second place in Sendai(Japan)==

===Background===
Most students of Tohoku University are from other regions like Kanto(included Tokyo), Kansai(included Osaka). It cause low level of affection for the local community. Sendai, Tohoku university is in, is a middle city in Japan, but it often is called "rural". We wanna students love this area for 4 or 6 years.

Also, there are a lot of elderly people. They think that the older they become, the less interaction they have with younger people.

===Challenge===
We create a service of creating the connection between students and elderly people.

We will be running an initiative to match local older adults who need young people's help (e.g. shopping, someone to talk to, mowing the lawn, etc.) with college students who are interested in interacting with older adults.

College students will be offered an hourly wage, providing what the elderly are looking for.This service is available to elderly people who apply themselves, as well as families who have elderly relatives in the same position.

===Target===
Students who want to feel proud to be in Sendai

Students who are conscious of cooperation with the local community

Local elderly people and their families who want to interact with young people 

==Creating new space in Library(2024～)==

===Background===
Kawauchi Library(Miyagi, Japan) functions as Tohoku University's general library. However, the number of people who use it becomes decreased. Also, Kawauchi Garage in this library is the start-up space, but this is not used now. As a result, the library is trending downward. We think it is very serious problem because the library is the central information hub. We believe there is one problem; students cannot use a lot of information in library. 

===Challenge===
We will create new space in library. This includes a lot of parts. For instance, in period of exams, there is a support space where supporters are. It also be a consultation counter like studying abroad, starting a business, taking on new challenges, obtaining qualifications, job hunting, etc.

By creating a place that is truly a "treasure trove of information," students can develop the habit of "just going to the library" if they don't understand something or have any concerns.

There is one of important place. It is a cafe. There used to be a cafe here a while ago, but it was removed due to management issues. However, as seen in the current social trends, the cafe serves as a workspace. We believe that by deliberately setting up a cafe in the library, we can create a variety of "comfortable environments."

Moreover, we suggest that library should have a relax space. Now, we only can read some books on the desk(like siting chair and reading), but some people want to read in the relax space. So, we create such a space according to needs.

We believe that these will increase motivation to visit the library and help ensure that the library continues to function as a sustainable repository of information. 

===Target===

People who don't visit the library much these days

People who are in trouble and have nowhere to seek advice

People who want to do something but can't move
==Tohoku Night University(the event in order to make the most of your university evenings)(2024～)==

===Background===
We think most students of Tohoku University don't spend the evening time in this university. They also use less resources of university effectively. We believe that this situation is sad and not only is it a poor use of university resources.

===Challenge===
We hold the event on the lawn at the university. The purpose of this event is "Creating serendipitous encounters". Most people get information from people who gets along with by chance. They can join it without advance registration and hurdles and talk with some people.

UIF organize this event, set themes and invite clubs of university. Clubs can make booths and show their performance. Organizations that provide various types of support have booths where they can talk casually with people and offer advice. Entertainment organizations have the role of raising awareness of the event and generating new interest through their performances.

This will be held in 6:00pm-8:00pm because this is the time when all classes are over and students can freely come into contact with various cultures and things.

===Target===
1.People who want to try something new but haven't taken the first step because they lack information or courage

2.People who haven't found anything that interests them

3.Organizations that want to provide information to people but are struggling to communicate effectively
 
==Make it easier for international students to participate in club activities (2023～)==

===Background===
I am a member of the swimming club. One day, a foreign student came to our practice place and told us in kattered Japanese that he wanted to join the swimming club. At that time, the club's policy was not to accept him. I will never forget the sad look on his face.

===Challenge===
Tohoku University has fewer international students who belong to club activities than other universities. According to university rules, international students are allowed to belong to club activities. However, in reality, many club activities do not accept international students. We believe this is because Japanese students try to avoid trouble in English communication in order to concentrate on club activities.

===Target===
Communication support for both international and Japanese students and admission support for international students

==More understanding about LGBTQ+ in Tohoku University==

===Background===
We found that it’s difficult to talk about LGBTQ+ openly in Tohoku University because they usually hesitate to discuss such topic and the circle which is related to it hasn’t been enough famous yet.

===Challenge===
Collaborating with the circle called AROW and one of the organisations called Sendai Midori to kaze no kai, which does many activities for making more comfortable environment for
People who have sexual minorities.

===Target===
People who want to proceed the understanding of LGBTQ+ and people who are still not familiar with it.

==Addressing Financial Strain in University Sports Clubs: The Proposal for Incorporation==

===Background===

One significant challenge faced by the university's sports clubs, particularly the Athletic Department within the Student Association, is the substantial financial burden placed on its members. In some cases, the annual expenses associated with club activities exceed the cost of tuition itself. This issue is multi-faceted, with underlying problems such as waning popularity of sports, exorbitant sports-related costs, university funding concerns, and a diminishing connection with the local community.

===Challenge===
The primary challenge is the considerable economic strain experienced by students participating in university sports clubs. This strain not only affects their academic pursuits but also limits their access to sports activities, impacting their overall university experience and well-being.

===Target===
The central focus of these organizations will be to engage students interested in sports education and management, thereby creating a sustainable and financially accessible environment for all members, including those facing economic difficulties.

==Effective use of Tohoku University offcial IG account==

===Background===

At Tohoku University, it can be difficult to get information sometimes. This is due to the fact that the portal site is difficult to use and information is dispersed in many different places. To solve these problems, we propose a project to effectively operate Tohoku University's official Instagram account. Since the account is currently only in English and is not well known by students, we will add content to the account to increase awareness.

===Challenge===
We will create another university account and upload content that will be noticed by students. Examples include interviews with international students and photos of the university in collaboration with the Tohoku University Photography Club.

===Target===
Tohoku University student, people who are interested in Tohoku University.

 
==Humor in the Margins of Tohoku University==

===Background===

Tohoku University has a variety of support and systems for international exchange and the development of global human resources. In recognition of these, the university was also selected as a University of International Excellence. However, according to interviews with international students, we learned that international students perceive Japanese students as not actively trying to use English, not trying to understand the efforts of international students, and not speaking to them voluntarily. Interviews with student leaders of international exchange groups provided insight that Japanese students at Tohoku University are often hesitant to use English for fear of failure. Also, according to several professors, we learned that many students tend to wait to see what is going on around them before speaking up. Society often regarded Tohoku University students as "serious”. As a result of these findings, we thought it was important to improve the positive attitude of expression among Tohoku University students.

===Challenge===
There are many underutilized margins on Tohoku University's campus. For example, the stairs in front of the station directly connected to the university (Tohoku University has no gate), and lawns all over campus. By using these spaces, we can pioneer and create unique events and devices to stimulate the creativity and sense of humor that other students have. And the students themselves will be able to freely express their own sensibilities. Our challenge is to create a campus where people can think, "What interesting things await me at the university today?" and "How can I entertain everyone today?"

===Target===
Tohoku University student, people who hesitant to express themselves.

==Online Suggestion Box==

===Background===
Based on the interviews with the students in Tohoku University, there were times when the university failed to fully understand what met students’ needs and held seminars that were less attractive to them. In order to benefit both the university and the students, we would like to set up an online suggestion box to collect students’ opinions on what kind of events and contents they want. The university can then make adjustments and organize events according to the students’ voice.

===Challenge===
How to collect the data we need may be one problem. We have to first decide on what platform to use. Then in the try-out stage, after attending seminars, students are asked about the ideal events they want to join in the future. The data collected will be analyzed and sent to the faculty as a way to improve attendance.

===Target===
Students who want to explore more other than topics of general academia and have a deeper insight into the field they are passionate about. Faculty that wants to attract more students to come to an event.
==Career confidence==

===Background===
After entering college, I am confused about my choice of department and major. It seems natural that students are interested in what they want to study, and that they cannot change their choices later on. However, when we survey students, we find that they all experience the feeling of "I don't know what I want to do. This feeling does not mean that there is nothing they really want to do, but rather that they do not know how to make choices in the face of rapidly changing interests when they imagine their future career path, major, and employment options, and that they are anxious about not knowing why they cannot make those choices. On the other hand, there were many comments such as "I want to be in a new environment" and "I want to be able to see things from different perspectives," and students are searching for both past and future choices.

===Challenge===
According to the Career Development Assessment and Counseling model's readiness for career decision-making, when people make choices, they need to: know their options, have a plan, know themselves When we make a choice, we need to be able to: know our options, have a plan, know ourselves, have the ability to gather information, and have the ability to make a decision. We wanted to help in these two areas, knowing one's options and knowing oneself, by changing the environment rather than depending on the student's ability.

===Target===
Students who are not confident in their chosen department or are interested in other departments. Students who think there is nothing they want to do. 
==Campus Retreat (2022～)==

===Background===

As far as we interviewed with students in Tohoku University, we found that there are certainly some students who have a sense of disconnectedness with friends and families particularly for international students. Also we met students who have a vague and continuous concern for their future. At the same time, we lost time just for random conversation with friends as Covid damped every offline class. And we realized there are not many opportunities to get to know each other as deeply as we understand their background and personality. As a result, I came up with up an idea of creating an environments for them to speak up what they want to share and to be around other who can empathy themselves, as well as they have a break time with tea.

===Challenge===
Obviously it is hard to make them speak up what they want to share with totally strangers. This is the most difficult part when we are going to get others engage with us. But it is fun to break that. We start small and think big to make Aobayama campus innovative but supportive. The thing we are going to do is to set up weekly retreat for trials and eventually it becomes monthly events. An other challenge in the face of us is what make them feel I-river at home. In the future, this place should be a place where students can have a multicultural conversation with others. We should start with small number of peoples as well as investigating what the really need is.

===Target===

We are targeting students who study at Aobayama campus in Tohoku University. There are lots of international students and many of them are busy with their academic works. So we would like to set up places they can stay away from their work and have a little fun with others who have same senses. 

==Reinvented Design Workshop==

===Background===

Design Thinking has not been adopted by general students at Tohoku University. Some students might not even know what it is. After analyzing the campus, we found that students in the university also seek more events where they can establish connections. Therefore, we came up with this event to let students know about others while experiencing some parts of Design Thinking.

===Challenge===

Let students of any background know and, ultimately, familiarize themselves with the use of design thinking. Meanwhile, we must make sure that the event is made comfortable so that people can socialize. Finally, we are to make everyone find design thinking useful in their projects.

===Target===

Students of any background, special attention to active students who regularly seek activities to join. Another target is a teacher that wants to introduce design thinking activities to his or her students; that can be applicable to laboratory professors who want to use a design thinking session for their research work.

==Amplifying global outreach and productivity by the Virtual University==
===Background===
As a result of the pandemic, many students miss the opportunities to engage in classes like they used to. Even some students are still stuck in their countries despite having already gone through the first year of study. This situation induces immense stress and fatigue in them and thus gradually limited their willpower and motivation during the day. In addition, The university sticks to the traditional (?) Zoom and Google meet when holding classes and events, including ones that consist of students from abroad. The old-school way of video conferences does not promote proper discussions. After the session ends, the meeting closes, everyone went on their way, and actually very few have their conversation continued. From all these problems, we think that the education system can be made more fun and less mind-taxing to both students and faculty to counter the burdens of the pandemic and further create a sustainable environment and ecosystem in the long run.
===Challenge===
We have a plan to use existing tools and innovations to enhance the working, learning, and conferencing environment for students and faculties and combine them into one big space that all of them can join at the same time, from their homes.
===Target===
All students and faculty members, especially those who are learning or teaching online, either in Japan or abroad. This can be further extended to include students from other universities and overseas to join in events, and joint classes held in the virtual university.

==Portal site as a wholistic information source==
===Background===
Even though our university provides vast kind of learning opportunities such as programs, classes, competition, Those information exist flagrantly . Students are passionated to take any action but they wonder where and how they are able to work on. On the contrary, students who already completed such kinds of activities do not have any place to output their valuable experience. If we are able to connect "beginner" : students who are looking for the chance, and "alumni" :students who have experience, it will be inclusion and innovation.

===Challenge===
====Phase 1 create the place====
To create the website as platform, we plan to organize a web design contest. The winner gain the opportunity to create actual website as our platform site.

====Phase 2 collect information====
We ask juniors and seniors and Masters to give comment about their experience, evaluation of activities. About institution side, we ask each department office to provide information .

====Phase 3 SNS advertise====
Through SNS, advertise to students who are looking for something exciting, especially freshman and sophomores

===Target===
All students who want to tackle new things but they do not reach out enough resources to make their plans.

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==Match the executor with the plan==
===Background===
The results of interviews show us that Tohoku University students who want to contribute to Tohoku University are decreasing as the school year progresses. So, I want to make more people who are in Tohoku University like it and feel we belong to it. Therefore, I suggest that A lot of plans that are proposed and discarded and students that want to do something new match. By this, we can make Tohoku University growing with students.
===Challenge===
A lot of plans and executors match

===Target===
All people who are in Tohoku University

==Innovation hub ''I-River(2021～)''==

===Background===

At Tohoku University, there are students who are motivated but have given up trying for some reasons, such as "I want to do something, but I don't have any ideas" or "I have something I want to do, but I don't have any friends and there are not enough supports. In addition, the culture of design thinking has not taken root among Japanese students, and there seems to be a resistance to updating a single thing or idea by incorporating outside opinions and rethinking it repeatedly. As a result, each idea often '''ends up being a personal satisfaction''', and not an idea that is generally recognized as useful. There is a need to incorporate design thinking as a way to transform individual ideas into projects beneficial for society.

===Challenge===

We will build a network that can connect and help the students mentioned above. In addition, we will establish a culture in Tohoku University where design thinking is used on a daily basis.

===Target===

Student organization leaders (first stage), all Tohoku University students (final stage)

 

==Increase awareness with Design thinking demo workshop for students==

===Background===

As mentioned above, the culture of using Design Thinking has not taken root at Tohoku University. In order for students to be able to apply Design Thinking to their own activities without resistance, we need to promote Design Thinking not only to the current leaders but also to freshmen and students who are starting new projects. However, since design thinking is not being taught to all students in the current curricula, we need opportunities to make them aware of its necessity and effectiveness.

===Challenge===

Promote the necessary and effective use of design thinking to first-year students and those who are starting a new project, either from entrepreneurship classes or purely from their interests.

===Target===

First-year students and those who are starting a new project are the main goals to achieve. Exposing young students to design thinking mindset will generate a positive wave of impact throughout their 4-year journey.

 
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Priorities:Tohoku University Student Priorities

2025-10-17T06:01:32Z

Wjiali1011:

== Speed Networking ==

=== Background ===
Many students want to connect with professors, seniors, or other faculties but don’t know how to start conversations or find the right opportunities.

While there are seminars and career events, they often feel formal and distant.

We believe that casual, topic-based conversations can help students discover new interests, advice, and future directions more naturally.

=== Challenge ===
We will organize a Speed Networking Event where students move from one table to another, just like speed dating.

Each table focuses on a specific recent topic such as “study abroad,” “research life,” “career paths,” or “student projects.”

An icebreaker session will be held at the beginning so everyone feels comfortable joining.

This event allows students to meet professors, seniors, and active peers in a relaxed atmosphere and explore ongoing opportunities in one go.

=== Target ===
Students who want to meet professors or seniors but feel shy in formal settings

Students looking for new academic or career inspiration

Professors, alumni, and student organizations interested in connecting with current students

==Hackathon==

===Background===
Many students at Tohoku University say, “I have ideas, but I don’t know how to start,” or “I want to collaborate with people from other faculties or companies.”

Through surveys, we found that many students are eager to try new things but lack an environment or trigger to begin.

In Japan, the culture of Hackathon—a short, intensive event where people team up to create ideas and prototypes—is still not common.

We believe that by providing an open and friendly hackathon space, students can experience the excitement of creating together and gain confidence to take on challenges.

===Challenge===
We will organize Tohoku University Hackathon Project, starting with beginner-friendly mini hackathons open to all students, not only engineers.

These events focus on design thinking and team idea creation around familiar topics such as “making student life more fun” or “sustainable campus.”

As a next step, we plan company-collaboration hackathons where students tackle real-world themes like environmental or social issues together with mentors and professionals.

Through this initiative, students can experience innovation firsthand and learn how to turn ideas into action.

===Target===
Students who have ideas but don’t know how to realize them

Students who want to collaborate across faculties or industries

Students interested in creativity, innovation, or social problem-solving
 
==Platform of diagnose which role-model is suitable for each students==

===Background===
We often hear students around me say, "I have things I want to do, but I don't know what to do," or "I can't find what I want to do." We believe there are two factors that lead to this thinking: not knowing and hurdles to doing it. The reason of high hurdles is that the experiences of people who have already been there read like "Instagrammers". In other words, the world is teeming with success stories. Also, there are already many types that have been classified, so it is difficult to understand how to introduce them, and even if you listen to stories or read personal experiences, you don't feel any sense of familiarity with them.

These issues are thought to discourage university students from taking on challenges and hinder their growth.

===Challenge===
We maintain new platform like "16-personarities". By only answering the questions on platform, students can find "role models" who have tried somethings and can tell their success stories, failure stories, and the process leading up to them.

By getting information about people who have had experiences similar to what you want, you will hopefully be able to clarify the path you should take and make it easier to take on future challenges.

If desired, it is possible to match people with role models and introduce a system that encourages face-to-face interaction. The system can be expanded in the future based on feedback from role model applicants and users.

===Target===
People who can't take on a challenge

People who are unsure of what to do in college/people who want to discover their field of interest
 
==Second place in Sendai(Japan)==

===Background===
Most students of Tohoku University are from other regions like Kanto(included Tokyo), Kansai(included Osaka). It cause low level of affection for the local community. Sendai, Tohoku university is in, is a middle city in Japan, but it often is called "rural". We wanna students love this area for 4 or 6 years.

Also, there are a lot of elderly people. They think that the older they become, the less interaction they have with younger people.

===Challenge===
We create a service of creating the connection between students and elderly people.

We will be running an initiative to match local older adults who need young people's help (e.g. shopping, someone to talk to, mowing the lawn, etc.) with college students who are interested in interacting with older adults.

College students will be offered an hourly wage, providing what the elderly are looking for.This service is available to elderly people who apply themselves, as well as families who have elderly relatives in the same position.

===Target===
Students who want to feel proud to be in Sendai

Students who are conscious of cooperation with the local community

Local elderly people and their families who want to interact with young people 

==Creating new space in Library(2024～)==

===Background===
Kawauchi Library(Miyagi, Japan) functions as Tohoku University's general library. However, the number of people who use it becomes decreased. Also, Kawauchi Garage in this library is the start-up space, but this is not used now. As a result, the library is trending downward. We think it is very serious problem because the library is the central information hub. We believe there is one problem; students cannot use a lot of information in library. 

===Challenge===
We will create new space in library. This includes a lot of parts. For instance, in period of exams, there is a support space where supporters are. It also be a consultation counter like studying abroad, starting a business, taking on new challenges, obtaining qualifications, job hunting, etc.

By creating a place that is truly a "treasure trove of information," students can develop the habit of "just going to the library" if they don't understand something or have any concerns.

There is one of important place. It is a cafe. There used to be a cafe here a while ago, but it was removed due to management issues. However, as seen in the current social trends, the cafe serves as a workspace. We believe that by deliberately setting up a cafe in the library, we can create a variety of "comfortable environments."

Moreover, we suggest that library should have a relax space. Now, we only can read some books on the desk(like siting chair and reading), but some people want to read in the relax space. So, we create such a space according to needs.

We believe that these will increase motivation to visit the library and help ensure that the library continues to function as a sustainable repository of information. 

===Target===

People who don't visit the library much these days

People who are in trouble and have nowhere to seek advice

People who want to do something but can't move
==Tohoku Night University(the event in order to make the most of your university evenings)(2024～)==

===Background===
We think most students of Tohoku University don't spend the evening time in this university. They also use less resources of university effectively. We believe that this situation is sad and not only is it a poor use of university resources.

===Challenge===
We hold the event on the lawn at the university. The purpose of this event is "Creating serendipitous encounters". Most people get information from people who gets along with by chance. They can join it without advance registration and hurdles and talk with some people.

UIF organize this event, set themes and invite clubs of university. Clubs can make booths and show their performance. Organizations that provide various types of support have booths where they can talk casually with people and offer advice. Entertainment organizations have the role of raising awareness of the event and generating new interest through their performances.

This will be held in 6:00pm-8:00pm because this is the time when all classes are over and students can freely come into contact with various cultures and things.

===Target===
1.People who want to try something new but haven't taken the first step because they lack information or courage

2.People who haven't found anything that interests them

3.Organizations that want to provide information to people but are struggling to communicate effectively
 
==Make it easier for international students to participate in club activities (2023～)==

===Background===
I am a member of the swimming club. One day, a foreign student came to our practice place and told us in kattered Japanese that he wanted to join the swimming club. At that time, the club's policy was not to accept him. I will never forget the sad look on his face.

===Challenge===
Tohoku University has fewer international students who belong to club activities than other universities. According to university rules, international students are allowed to belong to club activities. However, in reality, many club activities do not accept international students. We believe this is because Japanese students try to avoid trouble in English communication in order to concentrate on club activities.

===Target===
Communication support for both international and Japanese students and admission support for international students

==More understanding about LGBTQ+ in Tohoku University==

===Background===
We found that it’s difficult to talk about LGBTQ+ openly in Tohoku University because they usually hesitate to discuss such topic and the circle which is related to it hasn’t been enough famous yet.

===Challenge===
Collaborating with the circle called AROW and one of the organisations called Sendai Midori to kaze no kai, which does many activities for making more comfortable environment for
People who have sexual minorities.

===Target===
People who want to proceed the understanding of LGBTQ+ and people who are still not familiar with it.

==Addressing Financial Strain in University Sports Clubs: The Proposal for Incorporation==

===Background===

One significant challenge faced by the university's sports clubs, particularly the Athletic Department within the Student Association, is the substantial financial burden placed on its members. In some cases, the annual expenses associated with club activities exceed the cost of tuition itself. This issue is multi-faceted, with underlying problems such as waning popularity of sports, exorbitant sports-related costs, university funding concerns, and a diminishing connection with the local community.

===Challenge===
The primary challenge is the considerable economic strain experienced by students participating in university sports clubs. This strain not only affects their academic pursuits but also limits their access to sports activities, impacting their overall university experience and well-being.

===Target===
The central focus of these organizations will be to engage students interested in sports education and management, thereby creating a sustainable and financially accessible environment for all members, including those facing economic difficulties.

==Effective use of Tohoku University offcial IG account==

===Background===

At Tohoku University, it can be difficult to get information sometimes. This is due to the fact that the portal site is difficult to use and information is dispersed in many different places. To solve these problems, we propose a project to effectively operate Tohoku University's official Instagram account. Since the account is currently only in English and is not well known by students, we will add content to the account to increase awareness.

===Challenge===
We will create another university account and upload content that will be noticed by students. Examples include interviews with international students and photos of the university in collaboration with the Tohoku University Photography Club.

===Target===
Tohoku University student, people who are interested in Tohoku University.

 
==Humor in the Margins of Tohoku University==

===Background===

Tohoku University has a variety of support and systems for international exchange and the development of global human resources. In recognition of these, the university was also selected as a University of International Excellence. However, according to interviews with international students, we learned that international students perceive Japanese students as not actively trying to use English, not trying to understand the efforts of international students, and not speaking to them voluntarily. Interviews with student leaders of international exchange groups provided insight that Japanese students at Tohoku University are often hesitant to use English for fear of failure. Also, according to several professors, we learned that many students tend to wait to see what is going on around them before speaking up. Society often regarded Tohoku University students as "serious”. As a result of these findings, we thought it was important to improve the positive attitude of expression among Tohoku University students.

===Challenge===
There are many underutilized margins on Tohoku University's campus. For example, the stairs in front of the station directly connected to the university (Tohoku University has no gate), and lawns all over campus. By using these spaces, we can pioneer and create unique events and devices to stimulate the creativity and sense of humor that other students have. And the students themselves will be able to freely express their own sensibilities. Our challenge is to create a campus where people can think, "What interesting things await me at the university today?" and "How can I entertain everyone today?"

===Target===
Tohoku University student, people who hesitant to express themselves.

==Online Suggestion Box==

===Background===
Based on the interviews with the students in Tohoku University, there were times when the university failed to fully understand what met students’ needs and held seminars that were less attractive to them. In order to benefit both the university and the students, we would like to set up an online suggestion box to collect students’ opinions on what kind of events and contents they want. The university can then make adjustments and organize events according to the students’ voice.

===Challenge===
How to collect the data we need may be one problem. We have to first decide on what platform to use. Then in the try-out stage, after attending seminars, students are asked about the ideal events they want to join in the future. The data collected will be analyzed and sent to the faculty as a way to improve attendance.

===Target===
Students who want to explore more other than topics of general academia and have a deeper insight into the field they are passionate about. Faculty that wants to attract more students to come to an event.
==Career confidence==

===Background===
After entering college, I am confused about my choice of department and major. It seems natural that students are interested in what they want to study, and that they cannot change their choices later on. However, when we survey students, we find that they all experience the feeling of "I don't know what I want to do. This feeling does not mean that there is nothing they really want to do, but rather that they do not know how to make choices in the face of rapidly changing interests when they imagine their future career path, major, and employment options, and that they are anxious about not knowing why they cannot make those choices. On the other hand, there were many comments such as "I want to be in a new environment" and "I want to be able to see things from different perspectives," and students are searching for both past and future choices.

===Challenge===
According to the Career Development Assessment and Counseling model's readiness for career decision-making, when people make choices, they need to: know their options, have a plan, know themselves When we make a choice, we need to be able to: know our options, have a plan, know ourselves, have the ability to gather information, and have the ability to make a decision. We wanted to help in these two areas, knowing one's options and knowing oneself, by changing the environment rather than depending on the student's ability.

===Target===
Students who are not confident in their chosen department or are interested in other departments. Students who think there is nothing they want to do. 
==Campus Retreat (2022～)==

===Background===

As far as we interviewed with students in Tohoku University, we found that there are certainly some students who have a sense of disconnectedness with friends and families particularly for international students. Also we met students who have a vague and continuous concern for their future. At the same time, we lost time just for random conversation with friends as Covid damped every offline class. And we realized there are not many opportunities to get to know each other as deeply as we understand their background and personality. As a result, I came up with up an idea of creating an environments for them to speak up what they want to share and to be around other who can empathy themselves, as well as they have a break time with tea.

===Challenge===
Obviously it is hard to make them speak up what they want to share with totally strangers. This is the most difficult part when we are going to get others engage with us. But it is fun to break that. We start small and think big to make Aobayama campus innovative but supportive. The thing we are going to do is to set up weekly retreat for trials and eventually it becomes monthly events. An other challenge in the face of us is what make them feel I-river at home. In the future, this place should be a place where students can have a multicultural conversation with others. We should start with small number of peoples as well as investigating what the really need is.

===Target===

We are targeting students who study at Aobayama campus in Tohoku University. There are lots of international students and many of them are busy with their academic works. So we would like to set up places they can stay away from their work and have a little fun with others who have same senses. 

==Reinvented Design Workshop==

===Background===

Design Thinking has not been adopted by general students at Tohoku University. Some students might not even know what it is. After analyzing the campus, we found that students in the university also seek more events where they can establish connections. Therefore, we came up with this event to let students know about others while experiencing some parts of Design Thinking.

===Challenge===

Let students of any background know and, ultimately, familiarize themselves with the use of design thinking. Meanwhile, we must make sure that the event is made comfortable so that people can socialize. Finally, we are to make everyone find design thinking useful in their projects.

===Target===

Students of any background, special attention to active students who regularly seek activities to join. Another target is a teacher that wants to introduce design thinking activities to his or her students; that can be applicable to laboratory professors who want to use a design thinking session for their research work.

==Amplifying global outreach and productivity by the Virtual University==
===Background===
As a result of the pandemic, many students miss the opportunities to engage in classes like they used to. Even some students are still stuck in their countries despite having already gone through the first year of study. This situation induces immense stress and fatigue in them and thus gradually limited their willpower and motivation during the day. In addition, The university sticks to the traditional (?) Zoom and Google meet when holding classes and events, including ones that consist of students from abroad. The old-school way of video conferences does not promote proper discussions. After the session ends, the meeting closes, everyone went on their way, and actually very few have their conversation continued. From all these problems, we think that the education system can be made more fun and less mind-taxing to both students and faculty to counter the burdens of the pandemic and further create a sustainable environment and ecosystem in the long run.
===Challenge===
We have a plan to use existing tools and innovations to enhance the working, learning, and conferencing environment for students and faculties and combine them into one big space that all of them can join at the same time, from their homes.
===Target===
All students and faculty members, especially those who are learning or teaching online, either in Japan or abroad. This can be further extended to include students from other universities and overseas to join in events, and joint classes held in the virtual university.

==Portal site as a wholistic information source==
===Background===
Even though our university provides vast kind of learning opportunities such as programs, classes, competition, Those information exist flagrantly . Students are passionated to take any action but they wonder where and how they are able to work on. On the contrary, students who already completed such kinds of activities do not have any place to output their valuable experience. If we are able to connect "beginner" : students who are looking for the chance, and "alumni" :students who have experience, it will be inclusion and innovation.

===Challenge===
====Phase 1 create the place====
To create the website as platform, we plan to organize a web design contest. The winner gain the opportunity to create actual website as our platform site.

====Phase 2 collect information====
We ask juniors and seniors and Masters to give comment about their experience, evaluation of activities. About institution side, we ask each department office to provide information .

====Phase 3 SNS advertise====
Through SNS, advertise to students who are looking for something exciting, especially freshman and sophomores

===Target===
All students who want to tackle new things but they do not reach out enough resources to make their plans.

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==Match the executor with the plan==
===Background===
The results of interviews show us that Tohoku University students who want to contribute to Tohoku University are decreasing as the school year progresses. So, I want to make more people who are in Tohoku University like it and feel we belong to it. Therefore, I suggest that A lot of plans that are proposed and discarded and students that want to do something new match. By this, we can make Tohoku University growing with students.
===Challenge===
A lot of plans and executors match

===Target===
All people who are in Tohoku University

==Innovation hub ''I-River(2021～)''==

===Background===

At Tohoku University, there are students who are motivated but have given up trying for some reasons, such as "I want to do something, but I don't have any ideas" or "I have something I want to do, but I don't have any friends and there are not enough supports. In addition, the culture of design thinking has not taken root among Japanese students, and there seems to be a resistance to updating a single thing or idea by incorporating outside opinions and rethinking it repeatedly. As a result, each idea often '''ends up being a personal satisfaction''', and not an idea that is generally recognized as useful. There is a need to incorporate design thinking as a way to transform individual ideas into projects beneficial for society.

===Challenge===

We will build a network that can connect and help the students mentioned above. In addition, we will establish a culture in Tohoku University where design thinking is used on a daily basis.

===Target===

Student organization leaders (first stage), all Tohoku University students (final stage)

 

==Increase awareness with Design thinking demo workshop for students==

===Background===

As mentioned above, the culture of using Design Thinking has not taken root at Tohoku University. In order for students to be able to apply Design Thinking to their own activities without resistance, we need to promote Design Thinking not only to the current leaders but also to freshmen and students who are starting new projects. However, since design thinking is not being taught to all students in the current curricula, we need opportunities to make them aware of its necessity and effectiveness.

===Challenge===

Promote the necessary and effective use of design thinking to first-year students and those who are starting a new project, either from entrepreneurship classes or purely from their interests.

===Target===

First-year students and those who are starting a new project are the main goals to achieve. Exposing young students to design thinking mindset will generate a positive wave of impact throughout their 4-year journey.

 
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== Hackathon ==

=== Background ===
Many students at Tohoku University say, “I have ideas, but I don’t know how to start,” or “I want to collaborate with people from other faculties or companies.”

Through surveys, we found that many students are eager to try new things but lack an environment or trigger to begin.

In Japan, the culture of Hackathon—a short, intensive event where people team up to create ideas and prototypes—is still not common.

We believe that by providing an open and friendly hackathon space, students can experience the excitement of creating together and gain confidence to take on challenges.

=== Challenge ===
We will organize Tohoku University Hackathon Project, starting with beginner-friendly mini hackathons open to all students, not only engineers.

These events focus on design thinking and team idea creation around familiar topics such as “making student life more fun” or “sustainable campus.”

As a next step, we plan company-collaboration hackathons where students tackle real-world themes like environmental or social issues together with mentors and professionals.

Through this initiative, students can experience innovation firsthand and learn how to turn ideas into action.

=== Target ===
Students who have ideas but don’t know how to realize them

Students who want to collaborate across faculties or industries

Students interested in creativity, innovation, or social problem-solving
 
==Platform of diagnose which role-model is suitable for each students==

===Background===
We often hear students around me say, "I have things I want to do, but I don't know what to do," or "I can't find what I want to do." We believe there are two factors that lead to this thinking: not knowing and hurdles to doing it. The reason of high hurdles is that the experiences of people who have already been there read like "Instagrammers". In other words, the world is teeming with success stories. Also, there are already many types that have been classified, so it is difficult to understand how to introduce them, and even if you listen to stories or read personal experiences, you don't feel any sense of familiarity with them.

These issues are thought to discourage university students from taking on challenges and hinder their growth.

===Challenge===
We maintain new platform like "16-personarities". By only answering the questions on platform, students can find "role models" who have tried somethings and can tell their success stories, failure stories, and the process leading up to them.

By getting information about people who have had experiences similar to what you want, you will hopefully be able to clarify the path you should take and make it easier to take on future challenges.

If desired, it is possible to match people with role models and introduce a system that encourages face-to-face interaction. The system can be expanded in the future based on feedback from role model applicants and users.

===Target===
People who can't take on a challenge

People who are unsure of what to do in college/people who want to discover their field of interest
 
==Second place in Sendai(Japan)==

===Background===
Most students of Tohoku University are from other regions like Kanto(included Tokyo), Kansai(included Osaka). It cause low level of affection for the local community. Sendai, Tohoku university is in, is a middle city in Japan, but it often is called "rural". We wanna students love this area for 4 or 6 years.

Also, there are a lot of elderly people. They think that the older they become, the less interaction they have with younger people.

===Challenge===
We create a service of creating the connection between students and elderly people.

We will be running an initiative to match local older adults who need young people's help (e.g. shopping, someone to talk to, mowing the lawn, etc.) with college students who are interested in interacting with older adults.

College students will be offered an hourly wage, providing what the elderly are looking for.This service is available to elderly people who apply themselves, as well as families who have elderly relatives in the same position.

===Target===
Students who want to feel proud to be in Sendai

Students who are conscious of cooperation with the local community

Local elderly people and their families who want to interact with young people 

==Creating new space in Library(2024～)==

===Background===
Kawauchi Library(Miyagi, Japan) functions as Tohoku University's general library. However, the number of people who use it becomes decreased. Also, Kawauchi Garage in this library is the start-up space, but this is not used now. As a result, the library is trending downward. We think it is very serious problem because the library is the central information hub. We believe there is one problem; students cannot use a lot of information in library. 

===Challenge===
We will create new space in library. This includes a lot of parts. For instance, in period of exams, there is a support space where supporters are. It also be a consultation counter like studying abroad, starting a business, taking on new challenges, obtaining qualifications, job hunting, etc.

By creating a place that is truly a "treasure trove of information," students can develop the habit of "just going to the library" if they don't understand something or have any concerns.

There is one of important place. It is a cafe. There used to be a cafe here a while ago, but it was removed due to management issues. However, as seen in the current social trends, the cafe serves as a workspace. We believe that by deliberately setting up a cafe in the library, we can create a variety of "comfortable environments."

Moreover, we suggest that library should have a relax space. Now, we only can read some books on the desk(like siting chair and reading), but some people want to read in the relax space. So, we create such a space according to needs.

We believe that these will increase motivation to visit the library and help ensure that the library continues to function as a sustainable repository of information. 

===Target===

People who don't visit the library much these days

People who are in trouble and have nowhere to seek advice

People who want to do something but can't move
==Tohoku Night University(the event in order to make the most of your university evenings)(2024～)==

===Background===
We think most students of Tohoku University don't spend the evening time in this university. They also use less resources of university effectively. We believe that this situation is sad and not only is it a poor use of university resources.

===Challenge===
We hold the event on the lawn at the university. The purpose of this event is "Creating serendipitous encounters". Most people get information from people who gets along with by chance. They can join it without advance registration and hurdles and talk with some people.

UIF organize this event, set themes and invite clubs of university. Clubs can make booths and show their performance. Organizations that provide various types of support have booths where they can talk casually with people and offer advice. Entertainment organizations have the role of raising awareness of the event and generating new interest through their performances.

This will be held in 6:00pm-8:00pm because this is the time when all classes are over and students can freely come into contact with various cultures and things.

===Target===
1.People who want to try something new but haven't taken the first step because they lack information or courage

2.People who haven't found anything that interests them

3.Organizations that want to provide information to people but are struggling to communicate effectively
 
==Make it easier for international students to participate in club activities (2023～)==

===Background===
I am a member of the swimming club. One day, a foreign student came to our practice place and told us in kattered Japanese that he wanted to join the swimming club. At that time, the club's policy was not to accept him. I will never forget the sad look on his face.

===Challenge===
Tohoku University has fewer international students who belong to club activities than other universities. According to university rules, international students are allowed to belong to club activities. However, in reality, many club activities do not accept international students. We believe this is because Japanese students try to avoid trouble in English communication in order to concentrate on club activities.

===Target===
Communication support for both international and Japanese students and admission support for international students

==More understanding about LGBTQ+ in Tohoku University==

===Background===
We found that it’s difficult to talk about LGBTQ+ openly in Tohoku University because they usually hesitate to discuss such topic and the circle which is related to it hasn’t been enough famous yet.

===Challenge===
Collaborating with the circle called AROW and one of the organisations called Sendai Midori to kaze no kai, which does many activities for making more comfortable environment for
People who have sexual minorities.

===Target===
People who want to proceed the understanding of LGBTQ+ and people who are still not familiar with it.

==Addressing Financial Strain in University Sports Clubs: The Proposal for Incorporation==

===Background===

One significant challenge faced by the university's sports clubs, particularly the Athletic Department within the Student Association, is the substantial financial burden placed on its members. In some cases, the annual expenses associated with club activities exceed the cost of tuition itself. This issue is multi-faceted, with underlying problems such as waning popularity of sports, exorbitant sports-related costs, university funding concerns, and a diminishing connection with the local community.

===Challenge===
The primary challenge is the considerable economic strain experienced by students participating in university sports clubs. This strain not only affects their academic pursuits but also limits their access to sports activities, impacting their overall university experience and well-being.

===Target===
The central focus of these organizations will be to engage students interested in sports education and management, thereby creating a sustainable and financially accessible environment for all members, including those facing economic difficulties.

==Effective use of Tohoku University offcial IG account==

===Background===

At Tohoku University, it can be difficult to get information sometimes. This is due to the fact that the portal site is difficult to use and information is dispersed in many different places. To solve these problems, we propose a project to effectively operate Tohoku University's official Instagram account. Since the account is currently only in English and is not well known by students, we will add content to the account to increase awareness.

===Challenge===
We will create another university account and upload content that will be noticed by students. Examples include interviews with international students and photos of the university in collaboration with the Tohoku University Photography Club.

===Target===
Tohoku University student, people who are interested in Tohoku University.

 
==Humor in the Margins of Tohoku University==

===Background===

Tohoku University has a variety of support and systems for international exchange and the development of global human resources. In recognition of these, the university was also selected as a University of International Excellence. However, according to interviews with international students, we learned that international students perceive Japanese students as not actively trying to use English, not trying to understand the efforts of international students, and not speaking to them voluntarily. Interviews with student leaders of international exchange groups provided insight that Japanese students at Tohoku University are often hesitant to use English for fear of failure. Also, according to several professors, we learned that many students tend to wait to see what is going on around them before speaking up. Society often regarded Tohoku University students as "serious”. As a result of these findings, we thought it was important to improve the positive attitude of expression among Tohoku University students.

===Challenge===
There are many underutilized margins on Tohoku University's campus. For example, the stairs in front of the station directly connected to the university (Tohoku University has no gate), and lawns all over campus. By using these spaces, we can pioneer and create unique events and devices to stimulate the creativity and sense of humor that other students have. And the students themselves will be able to freely express their own sensibilities. Our challenge is to create a campus where people can think, "What interesting things await me at the university today?" and "How can I entertain everyone today?"

===Target===
Tohoku University student, people who hesitant to express themselves.

==Online Suggestion Box==

===Background===
Based on the interviews with the students in Tohoku University, there were times when the university failed to fully understand what met students’ needs and held seminars that were less attractive to them. In order to benefit both the university and the students, we would like to set up an online suggestion box to collect students’ opinions on what kind of events and contents they want. The university can then make adjustments and organize events according to the students’ voice.

===Challenge===
How to collect the data we need may be one problem. We have to first decide on what platform to use. Then in the try-out stage, after attending seminars, students are asked about the ideal events they want to join in the future. The data collected will be analyzed and sent to the faculty as a way to improve attendance.

===Target===
Students who want to explore more other than topics of general academia and have a deeper insight into the field they are passionate about. Faculty that wants to attract more students to come to an event.
==Career confidence==

===Background===
After entering college, I am confused about my choice of department and major. It seems natural that students are interested in what they want to study, and that they cannot change their choices later on. However, when we survey students, we find that they all experience the feeling of "I don't know what I want to do. This feeling does not mean that there is nothing they really want to do, but rather that they do not know how to make choices in the face of rapidly changing interests when they imagine their future career path, major, and employment options, and that they are anxious about not knowing why they cannot make those choices. On the other hand, there were many comments such as "I want to be in a new environment" and "I want to be able to see things from different perspectives," and students are searching for both past and future choices.

===Challenge===
According to the Career Development Assessment and Counseling model's readiness for career decision-making, when people make choices, they need to: know their options, have a plan, know themselves When we make a choice, we need to be able to: know our options, have a plan, know ourselves, have the ability to gather information, and have the ability to make a decision. We wanted to help in these two areas, knowing one's options and knowing oneself, by changing the environment rather than depending on the student's ability.

===Target===
Students who are not confident in their chosen department or are interested in other departments. Students who think there is nothing they want to do. 
==Campus Retreat (2022～)==

===Background===

As far as we interviewed with students in Tohoku University, we found that there are certainly some students who have a sense of disconnectedness with friends and families particularly for international students. Also we met students who have a vague and continuous concern for their future. At the same time, we lost time just for random conversation with friends as Covid damped every offline class. And we realized there are not many opportunities to get to know each other as deeply as we understand their background and personality. As a result, I came up with up an idea of creating an environments for them to speak up what they want to share and to be around other who can empathy themselves, as well as they have a break time with tea.

===Challenge===
Obviously it is hard to make them speak up what they want to share with totally strangers. This is the most difficult part when we are going to get others engage with us. But it is fun to break that. We start small and think big to make Aobayama campus innovative but supportive. The thing we are going to do is to set up weekly retreat for trials and eventually it becomes monthly events. An other challenge in the face of us is what make them feel I-river at home. In the future, this place should be a place where students can have a multicultural conversation with others. We should start with small number of peoples as well as investigating what the really need is.

===Target===

We are targeting students who study at Aobayama campus in Tohoku University. There are lots of international students and many of them are busy with their academic works. So we would like to set up places they can stay away from their work and have a little fun with others who have same senses. 

==Reinvented Design Workshop==

===Background===

Design Thinking has not been adopted by general students at Tohoku University. Some students might not even know what it is. After analyzing the campus, we found that students in the university also seek more events where they can establish connections. Therefore, we came up with this event to let students know about others while experiencing some parts of Design Thinking.

===Challenge===

Let students of any background know and, ultimately, familiarize themselves with the use of design thinking. Meanwhile, we must make sure that the event is made comfortable so that people can socialize. Finally, we are to make everyone find design thinking useful in their projects.

===Target===

Students of any background, special attention to active students who regularly seek activities to join. Another target is a teacher that wants to introduce design thinking activities to his or her students; that can be applicable to laboratory professors who want to use a design thinking session for their research work.

==Amplifying global outreach and productivity by the Virtual University==
===Background===
As a result of the pandemic, many students miss the opportunities to engage in classes like they used to. Even some students are still stuck in their countries despite having already gone through the first year of study. This situation induces immense stress and fatigue in them and thus gradually limited their willpower and motivation during the day. In addition, The university sticks to the traditional (?) Zoom and Google meet when holding classes and events, including ones that consist of students from abroad. The old-school way of video conferences does not promote proper discussions. After the session ends, the meeting closes, everyone went on their way, and actually very few have their conversation continued. From all these problems, we think that the education system can be made more fun and less mind-taxing to both students and faculty to counter the burdens of the pandemic and further create a sustainable environment and ecosystem in the long run.
===Challenge===
We have a plan to use existing tools and innovations to enhance the working, learning, and conferencing environment for students and faculties and combine them into one big space that all of them can join at the same time, from their homes.
===Target===
All students and faculty members, especially those who are learning or teaching online, either in Japan or abroad. This can be further extended to include students from other universities and overseas to join in events, and joint classes held in the virtual university.

==Portal site as a wholistic information source==
===Background===
Even though our university provides vast kind of learning opportunities such as programs, classes, competition, Those information exist flagrantly . Students are passionated to take any action but they wonder where and how they are able to work on. On the contrary, students who already completed such kinds of activities do not have any place to output their valuable experience. If we are able to connect "beginner" : students who are looking for the chance, and "alumni" :students who have experience, it will be inclusion and innovation.

===Challenge===
====Phase 1 create the place====
To create the website as platform, we plan to organize a web design contest. The winner gain the opportunity to create actual website as our platform site.

====Phase 2 collect information====
We ask juniors and seniors and Masters to give comment about their experience, evaluation of activities. About institution side, we ask each department office to provide information .

====Phase 3 SNS advertise====
Through SNS, advertise to students who are looking for something exciting, especially freshman and sophomores

===Target===
All students who want to tackle new things but they do not reach out enough resources to make their plans.

.

==Match the executor with the plan==
===Background===
The results of interviews show us that Tohoku University students who want to contribute to Tohoku University are decreasing as the school year progresses. So, I want to make more people who are in Tohoku University like it and feel we belong to it. Therefore, I suggest that A lot of plans that are proposed and discarded and students that want to do something new match. By this, we can make Tohoku University growing with students.
===Challenge===
A lot of plans and executors match

===Target===
All people who are in Tohoku University

==Innovation hub ''I-River(2021～)''==

===Background===

At Tohoku University, there are students who are motivated but have given up trying for some reasons, such as "I want to do something, but I don't have any ideas" or "I have something I want to do, but I don't have any friends and there are not enough supports. In addition, the culture of design thinking has not taken root among Japanese students, and there seems to be a resistance to updating a single thing or idea by incorporating outside opinions and rethinking it repeatedly. As a result, each idea often '''ends up being a personal satisfaction''', and not an idea that is generally recognized as useful. There is a need to incorporate design thinking as a way to transform individual ideas into projects beneficial for society.

===Challenge===

We will build a network that can connect and help the students mentioned above. In addition, we will establish a culture in Tohoku University where design thinking is used on a daily basis.

===Target===

Student organization leaders (first stage), all Tohoku University students (final stage)

 

==Increase awareness with Design thinking demo workshop for students==

===Background===

As mentioned above, the culture of using Design Thinking has not taken root at Tohoku University. In order for students to be able to apply Design Thinking to their own activities without resistance, we need to promote Design Thinking not only to the current leaders but also to freshmen and students who are starting new projects. However, since design thinking is not being taught to all students in the current curricula, we need opportunities to make them aware of its necessity and effectiveness.

===Challenge===

Promote the necessary and effective use of design thinking to first-year students and those who are starting a new project, either from entrepreneurship classes or purely from their interests.

===Target===

First-year students and those who are starting a new project are the main goals to achieve. Exposing young students to design thinking mindset will generate a positive wave of impact throughout their 4-year journey.

 
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School:Tohoku University

2025-09-14T14:49:10Z

Wjiali1011: /* Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship */

[https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/index.html Tohoku University] was established as Japan's third national university in 1907.

Built over the ancient site of Aoba Castle in Sendai—the city of trees, Tohoku university provides a relaxing and alluring environment that attracts thousands of students annually. With the original vision: "research first," "Open door," and "Practice-oriented research," Tohoku University ranks among the top three universities in Japan for decades. The University is now pursuing the globalization era, breaking the language barrier and introduce itself as a global university. The university has established 21 overseas offices and numerous partnerships with universities around the world that leads to dozens of short and long-term exchange students. It is also accepting international students to the international, all-English program.

Among the evaluation points that led [https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/university_for_international_research_excellence.html Tohoku University to be selected as a candidate for recognition as a University of International Research Excellence](2023.09.01), its international strength in all directions and the speed of its reforms stand out. Tohoku University has established cooperative relationships with international research institutions and universities and is actively engaged in multinational research projects. In [https://japanuniversityrankings.jp/rankings/ THE Japanese University Rankings], international strength is a strength that has earned the university first place for four consecutive years. The university is also recognized for its reform capabilities led by President Ohno, and through his reform program, also known as the "Great Reset," bold changes are underway for the development of the university.

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

===Hult Prize On Campus Tohoku University (until 2021)===
Hult Prize is a global entrepreneurship event focusing on university students to exert waves of positive impact on society. Tohoku University has been enlisted as one OnCampus competition venue since 2019 and has been a hub for more than 50 competitors in more than a dozen teams every year.

===Innovation Plaza===
Innovation Plaza falls under Tohoku University's School of Engineering. It fosters students' creativity by exposing them to fundamental experiments and practices in using cutting-edge technology. In Innovation Plaza, there are rooms for machining processes, material processing, a material lab, a computer room, digital prototyping, digital design, etc. These rooms promote students to conduct various research and experiments. Measuring and processing devices, experimental apparatuses, and digital prototyping apparatuses are prepared for reservations, so students can start getting their hands dirty to make the coolest projects possible.

===Early Work Program===
Tohoku University Startup Incubation Center offers the "[https://sites.google.com/tohoku.ac.jp/early-work-program/home?authuser=0 Early Work Program]" to support students' challenging technology projects during the spring and summer long vacations. The Center selects 5-7 teams each time and provides support for hypothesis testing methods, development funds, and development locations over a period of two months. In this program, they aim to create projects that will amaze the world through learning from the activities of just making things and talking with people. This program supports students from three main perspectives. Project promotion methods, project promotion funds, development location, and MTG space.

===Tohoku University Business Contest===
Tohoku University has decided to hold a university-wide business idea contest to discover and support the efforts of students who are confronting social issues and trying to create a "path" on the ground. In 2022, the 6th business contest for all Tohoku University students is going to be held in December. Participants in the finals may get assistance with the following assistance. 1; Accompaniment by a mentor in charge. During the selection period, the mentor will support the progress of the adopted team through meetings with mentors who are compatible with the needs of the target team. 2; Lectures and feedback by external mentors. Provide opportunities to obtain lectures and feedback from mentors who are active at the forefront of the industry, in collaboration with external programs. 3; Provide funding for commercialization support. Accelerate hypothesis testing of ideas by providing commercialization support funds. 4; Provide e-learning, a self-directed learning system. Provide the knowledge necessary for idea generation, product and service creation, and other business assemblies.

===Spring/Summer Seminar===

At Tohoku University's spring and summer seminars, students serve as "Sensei<nowiki>''</nowiki> which means a teacher and share with first-year students specific details of their student life, academic studies, research, and extracurricular activities, and what they can learn from them. Any student can become a sensei. Participants will design lessons based on their own experiences, interests, and problem awareness. These seminars have two objectives: diversity and agency. The former creates a university-based network of diverse learners, creating a place where everyone learns together while recognizing each other's diversity. The latter refers to the role of creating a conducive learning environment and conveying the joy of learning. This initiative will overcome the limitations of institutionalized university education and serve as a gateway to ambitious attempts at educational innovation.

===TEDxTohokuUniversity===
TEDxTohokuUniversity, as a part of TEDx program, holds lots of conferences that include a variety of topics to spark discussions among different parties and inspire logical thinking. This project aims to provide a platform for students, professors, alumni and friends of Tohoku University to share their ideas, work and achievements with the community.

Check out more [https://www.instagram.com/tedxtohokuuniversity/ TEDxTohokuUniversity events].

===Value design education center===
Their mission is to nurture human resources who will be responsible for creating the future that Japan should be, we provide education that enables students to acquire competencies for social value creation in a learning environment that is independent of specialty or grade level. In Tohoku University, entrepreneurship education is exist in many department, so they can collaborate and achieve the same goal.

==='''Social Innovation Accelerator College (SIAC)'''===
SIAC is a practical program that takes the Tohoku region—where diverse social issues are highly visible—as its stage. Students work directly with social entrepreneurs, experiencing their vision and activities firsthand while exploring business-based solutions to real problems through fieldwork and teamwork with peers. This unique approach, offering encounters and challenges that can only be found in Tohoku, helps participants discover their own “My Vision” and take the first step toward social innovation.

==='''Global Strategy Course'''===
The Global Strategy Course helps students develop the ability to analyze international trends through numerical data and design effective strategies. By learning to interpret company figures and discussing their implications, participants gain insights into social value creation, long-term vision, and the factors behind business success and failure.

=== Entrepreneurship Education and Training Program ===
Entrepreneurship Education and Training program cultivates future entrepreneurs who can boldly design their own paths and contribute to society with a global mindset. Through three integrated modules—the Future Design Lab, the Value Creation Studio, and the Entrepreneurship Challenge—participants develop imagination, creativity, and the resilience to turn bold ideas into real-world impact.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

===Business Incubation program (BIP)===
At Tohoku University, [http://rpip.tohoku.ac.jp/sangaku/inn/ the Center for Business Innovation] offers two types of BIP: "Nurturing and Support" for prototyping, feasibility testing, and commercialization support, and "Focus" for full-scale commercialization testing and preparation for joint research with companies. The program is focusing on getting faculties involved in innovation through collaboration with the outside industries.

===T-Biz (Tohoku University Collaborative Business Incubator)===
T-Biz (Tohoku University Collaborative Business Incubator) is an incubator for university research seeds that is established and operated by the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan, based on the Law for Strengthening Management of Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, upon request from Miyagi Prefecture and Sendai City, and in cooperation with Tohoku University and is located on the Aobayama Campus (Faculty of Engineering) of the same university. It is a "university-collaborated business incubation facility" to promote the creation and business development of Tohoku and university-originated ventures by providing rental rooms for their commercialization and business development, promoting the mutual study and industry-academia collaboration, and providing management support.

T-Biz will also serve as a base for building a regional innovation system by establishing a cooperative system among universities, local industries, local governments, and support organizations. The Science Park is scheduled to be built on the Tohoku University campus and the Tohoku and Miyagi regions and will serve as a stepping stone to the development of regional industrial clusters by encouraging companies to locate in the region.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

===TOHOKU TECHNO ARCH===
[https://www.t-technoarch.co.jp/en/ TOHOKU TECHNO ARCH] is a Technology Licensing Organization (TLO) that aims to support the creation of new businesses and industries by utilizing intellectual property created at universities. The group serves as a coordinator to return the profits of university researches to society, and as a seed provider for partners to strengthen the competitiveness of business creation by introducing university technologies. There are more than 50 licensed technologies categorized as suitable for commercialization, and several of those have already been launched into successful businesses.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

===TOHOKU University Venture Partners===
[https://thvp.co.jp/ TOHOKU University Venture Partners] is a venture capital company wholly owned by Tohoku University. It was established in February 2015 in response to social demands to enhance Japan's industrial competitiveness. It invests in university-launched venture companies with the aim of commercializing challenging and creative research results that lead to the creation of new social value.

===NICHe===
Tohoku University's [https://www.niche.tohoku.ac.jp/en/ New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe)] promotes joint research with industry and other organizations and conducts advanced and original development research. The organization fosters cross-department cutting-edge research to the creation of new technologies that meet societal demands, and in the meantime exploring possibilities for new uses and new industry fields.

===Tohoku University Startup Garage===
The Tohoku University Startup Garage (TUSG) supports activities by faculty, students, and alumni related to Tohoku University who, based on their own intellectual curiosity, aim to solve users' problems in a sustainable way through entrepreneurship, and also support the dissemination of information about Tohoku University-born ventures established in this way. In this way, we promote the creation of social and economic impact through Tohoku University's knowledge and human resources. TUSG supports each of the resources necessary for company activities, i.e., members, funding, location, and guidelines, and aims for continuous company activities by teams that include researchers.

==Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts==

===Project Zoom Miyagi===
This project encourages international students to get jobs at local companies in Miyagi prefecture. In this project, students interview local companies' CEOs, then summarizes them into a brochure and a [http://zoom-miyagi.pref.miyagi.jp/ website]. The program connects with local companies to serve as a training ground for entrepreneurial students to gather their experience before launching their own businesses. Project Zoom Miyagi operates as one of the intercultural classes, supported by a local partner, [https://www.miyax.jp/ MIYAX CO., Ltd.]
===Exploring Miyagi Local Companies===
This is an international collaborative course available to all international students and domestic students of all departments. It aims for collaborative learning through group work. This course is held in cooperation with the SENDAI Young Entrepreneurs Group (SENDAI YEG), an organization of young entrepreneurs from local companies in Sendai. In the course, Students will visit a local company in Sendai, conduct research, and present solutions to a problem that the company is facing. This class is beneficial for the Sendai community through discussions and group work by international and domestic students that make use of their diverse perspectives. The course trains students to have a better understanding of business in Sendai, as well as employability, communication, and problem-solving skills. English courses in TU that promote contribution to the city - Related resources (<nowiki>https://intercul.ihe.tohoku.ac.jp/</nowiki>)
===Material Solution Center===
This center aims to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and industrialization through joint research on new materials. Under the 'Under One Roof Policy', this center provides the laboratory equipment necessary to create new materials through Tohoku University and collaborated companies, thereby enabling the industrialization of our university's research. Therefore, Material Solutions Center takes part in contributing to the economic evolution of the Tohoku region.
===Michinoku Academia Startup Platform===
To support startups in the Tohoku region, Michinoku Academia Startup Platform is a platform consisting of a variety of projects. The objective is to encourage the formation of startup ecosystems and accelerate the emergence of startups in Tohoku that can build the resolution of domestic and international problems. EDGE-NEXT (The next-generation entrepreneur development project, adopted by universities around the world) is an educational program associated with this platform. In addition, this organization is establishing the Tohoku University Prototype Coordination Office (TPCO) to promote entrepreneurship in the Tohoku area. In the future, the platform aims to make the program self-reliant.


[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Tohoku University]]
{{CatTree|Tohoku_University}}

School:Tohoku University

2025-09-14T11:08:26Z

Wjiali1011:

[https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/index.html Tohoku University] was established as Japan's third national university in 1907.

Built over the ancient site of Aoba Castle in Sendai—the city of trees, Tohoku university provides a relaxing and alluring environment that attracts thousands of students annually. With the original vision: "research first," "Open door," and "Practice-oriented research," Tohoku University ranks among the top three universities in Japan for decades. The University is now pursuing the globalization era, breaking the language barrier and introduce itself as a global university. The university has established 21 overseas offices and numerous partnerships with universities around the world that leads to dozens of short and long-term exchange students. It is also accepting international students to the international, all-English program.

Among the evaluation points that led [https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/university_for_international_research_excellence.html Tohoku University to be selected as a candidate for recognition as a University of International Research Excellence](2023.09.01), its international strength in all directions and the speed of its reforms stand out. Tohoku University has established cooperative relationships with international research institutions and universities and is actively engaged in multinational research projects. In [https://japanuniversityrankings.jp/rankings/ THE Japanese University Rankings], international strength is a strength that has earned the university first place for four consecutive years. The university is also recognized for its reform capabilities led by President Ohno, and through his reform program, also known as the "Great Reset," bold changes are underway for the development of the university.

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

===Hult Prize On Campus Tohoku University (until 2021)===
Hult Prize is a global entrepreneurship event focusing on university students to exert waves of positive impact on society. Tohoku University has been enlisted as one OnCampus competition venue since 2019 and has been a hub for more than 50 competitors in more than a dozen teams every year.

===Innovation Plaza===
Innovation Plaza falls under Tohoku University's School of Engineering. It fosters students' creativity by exposing them to fundamental experiments and practices in using cutting-edge technology. In Innovation Plaza, there are rooms for machining processes, material processing, a material lab, a computer room, digital prototyping, digital design, etc. These rooms promote students to conduct various research and experiments. Measuring and processing devices, experimental apparatuses, and digital prototyping apparatuses are prepared for reservations, so students can start getting their hands dirty to make the coolest projects possible.

===Early Work Program===
Tohoku University Startup Incubation Center offers the "[https://sites.google.com/tohoku.ac.jp/early-work-program/home?authuser=0 Early Work Program]" to support students' challenging technology projects during the spring and summer long vacations. The Center selects 5-7 teams each time and provides support for hypothesis testing methods, development funds, and development locations over a period of two months. In this program, they aim to create projects that will amaze the world through learning from the activities of just making things and talking with people. This program supports students from three main perspectives. Project promotion methods, project promotion funds, development location, and MTG space.

===Tohoku University Business Contest===
Tohoku University has decided to hold a university-wide business idea contest to discover and support the efforts of students who are confronting social issues and trying to create a "path" on the ground. In 2022, the 6th business contest for all Tohoku University students is going to be held in December. Participants in the finals may get assistance with the following assistance. 1; Accompaniment by a mentor in charge. During the selection period, the mentor will support the progress of the adopted team through meetings with mentors who are compatible with the needs of the target team. 2; Lectures and feedback by external mentors. Provide opportunities to obtain lectures and feedback from mentors who are active at the forefront of the industry, in collaboration with external programs. 3; Provide funding for commercialization support. Accelerate hypothesis testing of ideas by providing commercialization support funds. 4; Provide e-learning, a self-directed learning system. Provide the knowledge necessary for idea generation, product and service creation, and other business assemblies.

===Spring/Summer Seminar===

At Tohoku University's spring and summer seminars, students serve as "Sensei<nowiki>''</nowiki> which means a teacher and share with first-year students specific details of their student life, academic studies, research, and extracurricular activities, and what they can learn from them. Any student can become a sensei. Participants will design lessons based on their own experiences, interests, and problem awareness. These seminars have two objectives: diversity and agency. The former creates a university-based network of diverse learners, creating a place where everyone learns together while recognizing each other's diversity. The latter refers to the role of creating a conducive learning environment and conveying the joy of learning. This initiative will overcome the limitations of institutionalized university education and serve as a gateway to ambitious attempts at educational innovation.

===TEDxTohokuUniversity===
TEDxTohokuUniversity, as a part of TEDx program, holds lots of conferences that include a variety of topics to spark discussions among different parties and inspire logical thinking. This project aims to provide a platform for students, professors, alumni and friends of Tohoku University to share their ideas, work and achievements with the community.

Check out more [https://www.instagram.com/tedxtohokuuniversity/ TEDxTohokuUniversity events].

===Value design education center===
Their mission is to nurture human resources who will be responsible for creating the future that Japan should be, we provide education that enables students to acquire competencies for social value creation in a learning environment that is independent of specialty or grade level. In Tohoku University, entrepreneurship education is exist in many department, so they can collaborate and achieve the same goal.

=== '''Social Innovation Accelerator College (SIAC)''' ===
SIAC is a practical program that takes the Tohoku region—where diverse social issues are highly visible—as its stage. Students work directly with social entrepreneurs, experiencing their vision and activities firsthand while exploring business-based solutions to real problems through fieldwork and teamwork with peers. This unique approach, offering encounters and challenges that can only be found in Tohoku, helps participants discover their own “My Vision” and take the first step toward social innovation.

=== '''Global Strategy Course''' ===
The Global Strategy Course helps students develop the ability to analyze international trends through numerical data and design effective strategies. By learning to interpret company figures and discussing their implications, participants gain insights into social value creation, long-term vision, and the factors behind business success and failure.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

===Business Incubation program (BIP)===
At Tohoku University, [http://rpip.tohoku.ac.jp/sangaku/inn/ the Center for Business Innovation] offers two types of BIP: "Nurturing and Support" for prototyping, feasibility testing, and commercialization support, and "Focus" for full-scale commercialization testing and preparation for joint research with companies. The program is focusing on getting faculties involved in innovation through collaboration with the outside industries.

===T-Biz (Tohoku University Collaborative Business Incubator)===
T-Biz (Tohoku University Collaborative Business Incubator) is an incubator for university research seeds that is established and operated by the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan, based on the Law for Strengthening Management of Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, upon request from Miyagi Prefecture and Sendai City, and in cooperation with Tohoku University and is located on the Aobayama Campus (Faculty of Engineering) of the same university. It is a "university-collaborated business incubation facility" to promote the creation and business development of Tohoku and university-originated ventures by providing rental rooms for their commercialization and business development, promoting the mutual study and industry-academia collaboration, and providing management support.

T-Biz will also serve as a base for building a regional innovation system by establishing a cooperative system among universities, local industries, local governments, and support organizations. The Science Park is scheduled to be built on the Tohoku University campus and the Tohoku and Miyagi regions and will serve as a stepping stone to the development of regional industrial clusters by encouraging companies to locate in the region.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

===TOHOKU TECHNO ARCH===
[https://www.t-technoarch.co.jp/en/ TOHOKU TECHNO ARCH] is a Technology Licensing Organization (TLO) that aims to support the creation of new businesses and industries by utilizing intellectual property created at universities. The group serves as a coordinator to return the profits of university researches to society, and as a seed provider for partners to strengthen the competitiveness of business creation by introducing university technologies. There are more than 50 licensed technologies categorized as suitable for commercialization, and several of those have already been launched into successful businesses.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

===TOHOKU University Venture Partners===
[https://thvp.co.jp/ TOHOKU University Venture Partners] is a venture capital company wholly owned by Tohoku University. It was established in February 2015 in response to social demands to enhance Japan's industrial competitiveness. It invests in university-launched venture companies with the aim of commercializing challenging and creative research results that lead to the creation of new social value.

===NICHe===
Tohoku University's [https://www.niche.tohoku.ac.jp/en/ New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe)] promotes joint research with industry and other organizations and conducts advanced and original development research. The organization fosters cross-department cutting-edge research to the creation of new technologies that meet societal demands, and in the meantime exploring possibilities for new uses and new industry fields.

===Tohoku University Startup Garage===
The Tohoku University Startup Garage (TUSG) supports activities by faculty, students, and alumni related to Tohoku University who, based on their own intellectual curiosity, aim to solve users' problems in a sustainable way through entrepreneurship, and also support the dissemination of information about Tohoku University-born ventures established in this way. In this way, we promote the creation of social and economic impact through Tohoku University's knowledge and human resources. TUSG supports each of the resources necessary for company activities, i.e., members, funding, location, and guidelines, and aims for continuous company activities by teams that include researchers.

==Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts==

===Project Zoom Miyagi===
This project encourages international students to get jobs at local companies in Miyagi prefecture. In this project, students interview local companies' CEOs, then summarizes them into a brochure and a [http://zoom-miyagi.pref.miyagi.jp/ website]. The program connects with local companies to serve as a training ground for entrepreneurial students to gather their experience before launching their own businesses. Project Zoom Miyagi operates as one of the intercultural classes, supported by a local partner, [https://www.miyax.jp/ MIYAX CO., Ltd.]
===Exploring Miyagi Local Companies===
This is an international collaborative course available to all international students and domestic students of all departments. It aims for collaborative learning through group work. This course is held in cooperation with the SENDAI Young Entrepreneurs Group (SENDAI YEG), an organization of young entrepreneurs from local companies in Sendai. In the course, Students will visit a local company in Sendai, conduct research, and present solutions to a problem that the company is facing. This class is beneficial for the Sendai community through discussions and group work by international and domestic students that make use of their diverse perspectives. The course trains students to have a better understanding of business in Sendai, as well as employability, communication, and problem-solving skills. English courses in TU that promote contribution to the city - Related resources (<nowiki>https://intercul.ihe.tohoku.ac.jp/</nowiki>)
===Material Solution Center===
This center aims to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and industrialization through joint research on new materials. Under the 'Under One Roof Policy', this center provides the laboratory equipment necessary to create new materials through Tohoku University and collaborated companies, thereby enabling the industrialization of our university's research. Therefore, Material Solutions Center takes part in contributing to the economic evolution of the Tohoku region.
===Michinoku Academia Startup Platform===
To support startups in the Tohoku region, Michinoku Academia Startup Platform is a platform consisting of a variety of projects. The objective is to encourage the formation of startup ecosystems and accelerate the emergence of startups in Tohoku that can build the resolution of domestic and international problems. EDGE-NEXT (The next-generation entrepreneur development project, adopted by universities around the world) is an educational program associated with this platform. In addition, this organization is establishing the Tohoku University Prototype Coordination Office (TPCO) to promote entrepreneurship in the Tohoku area. In the future, the platform aims to make the program self-reliant.


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[[Category:Tohoku University]]
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==Bio==
Profile
Motivated and adaptable Economics student with a multicultural background and strong interest in cross-cultural exchange. Experienced in navigating diverse environments, from Beijing to Fujian, Tokyo, and now Sendai.

Background
• Born and raised in Beijing, China.
• Completed junior and senior high school in Fujian, China.
• Studied Japanese in Tokyo, Japan before entering university.

Skills & Interests
• Creative Hobbies: Handmade doll crafting; experimental hair coloring as a form of creative expression.
• Cultural Engagement: Active follower of contemporary music and entertainment; attended multiple ENHYPEN concerts.
• Adaptability & Interpersonal Skills: Able to connect across diverse communities through academic and cultural activities.

Additional Information
• Twin sibling.

==Achievements==

==Social media profiles==

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==Bio==
Profile
Motivated and adaptable Economics student with a multicultural background and strong interest in cross-cultural exchange. Experienced in navigating diverse environments, from Beijing to Fujian, Tokyo, and now Sendai.

Background
• Born and raised in Beijing, China.
• Completed junior and senior high school in Fujian, China.
• Studied Japanese in Tokyo, Japan before entering university.

Skills & Interests
• Creative Hobbies: Handmade doll crafting; experimental hair coloring as a form of creative expression.
• Cultural Engagement: Active follower of contemporary music and entertainment; attended multiple ENHYPEN concerts.
• Adaptability & Interpersonal Skills: Able to connect across diverse communities through academic and cultural activities.

Additional Information
• Twin sibling.

==Achievements==

==Social media profiles==

[[Category:Tohoku University (2025 cohort)]]
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