Faculty of Co-Innovation

Characteristics of learning

Learn the fundamentals of digital technology, explore your interests and passions throughout the year, and choose a specialized module that suits you.
There's no need to force yourself to decide on your future when you enroll. First, you'll learn the fundamentals of digital technology and explore various topics, cherishing your feelings of "interest" and "wanting to know more." Through your first year of study, you'll choose from three specialized modules—ICT, management, and food, health, and lifestyle—for your studies from your second year onward. It's through thinking for yourself, experimenting, and making your own choices that your learning deepens, and your growth at university becomes a tangible reality.

Module:
This refers to a group of courses that systematically organize subjects related to a specific theme or field, according to a particular purpose.
By systematically studying the material as modules, you can acquire knowledge and skills step by step.

ICT Module

"Creating" the digital future!

Students will learn the fundamentals of programming, AI, data utilization, and networking, gaining an understanding of how digital systems work. They will create apps and systems with their own hands, tackling social and local challenges. The program fosters not only the ability to use technology, but also the power to create the future.

Post-graduation career path

■ Systems Engineer
Design and development of systems that support society
■Web and Application Development Engineer
Development fields that bring convenient services to life
■AI/Data Engineer
Fields that create new value from data
■IT Infrastructure/Network Engineer
The role of supporting a stable IT environment
■IT Consultant
Using technology to solve corporate challenges
■ Digital technology positions (companies and local governments)
A position promoting DX in the field
■Graduate school (information and AI fields)
Career paths to deepen advanced expertise

Management Module

Move your business forward with digital technology!

You will learn marketing, business management, and value creation, and develop the ability to think about business based on numbers and data. You will challenge yourself to plan and strategize products and services using digital technology. You will cultivate the ability to turn ideas into reality and move people and society.

Post-graduation career path

■ Digital Marketing Position
Information dissemination using social media and the web
■ Product and service planning position
Creating new value and systems
■IT x Business Planning and Sales Positions
Problem-solving proposal activities
■Project Management Position
The role of coordinating the team and plans.
■Consulting-related positions
Analysis and improvement of challenges faced by companies and organizations
■ Startups and venture companies
The challenge of building a business
■Graduate school (Business and Management field)
A career path that involves in-depth study of business theory.

Food, Health and Lifestyle Module

Design your lifestyle digitally!

We tackle challenges related to food, health, and daily life by utilizing data and ICT. We explore ways to improve people's lives from the perspectives of food, healthcare, and local communities. We envision future lifestyles starting with familiar themes.

Post-graduation career path

■ Food and Food-related Companies
Providing value through food
■ Health and healthcare-related companies
Fields that support people's health
■ Wellness and Lifestyle Industry
Areas that enhance the quality of life
■ Regional revitalization and community development-related positions
Addressing local issues
■Local government and community organization staff
Participation in community management
■ Service Planning and Operations Position
Creating systems related to daily life
■Graduate school (Food, Health, and Regional Studies)
Career paths to further hone your expertise

Four years of learning flow

Providing practical educational programs in collaboration with companies

Accenture Japan Ltd.

As a world-leading solutions and services provider, Accenture helps the world's leading companies and organizations transform. We implement digital technologies at the core of their operations and leverage the power of AI to create enterprise-wide value at unparalleled speed.
For more information about Accenture Advanced Technology Center Maebashi, please visit:CLICK HERE

The new Building 6 (KYOAI CO-INNOVATION HUB) enhances learning opportunities.

This new school building is designed to realize cutting-edge learning. In addition to classrooms of various sizes, it also features a kitchen studio where students can learn about digital and food, a laboratory for researching food and health, and a Fab-Lab for learning about electronics, 3D printing, motion capture, drones, and more, allowing students to learn about digital transformation in a wide range of fields.
In addition, there will be project booths for collaboration with external organizations and student-only projects, as well as student spaces set up for each laboratory, making the CO-INNOVATION HUB a base for everything from learning the basics to solving problems with DX.

Cultivating the "12 Powers of Mutual Love" through integrated learning of liberal arts, specializations, and seminars

Through integrated learning of liberal arts, specialization, and seminars, our university's diploma policy is"The Power of 12 Mutual Love"We will acquire these skills.
A unique system that allows you to record and self-evaluate your learning over the past four yearse-Portfolio System (KYOAI Career Gate: KCG)You can record and accumulate your efforts and reflect on your own activities.

Cutting-edge modular curriculum

We will solidify the foundation for "digital co-creation talent" through Active Learning, Problem-Based Learning, for which our university has earned a high reputation in society, university-wide general education (Kyōai Core, Glocal subjects, etc.) that teaches knowledge and attitudes for coexistence, and subjects in mathematics, ICT, data science, and AI, which form the foundation of DX.
Specialized subjects are made up of multiple discipline modules for each area of ​​study, and we have adopted a cutting-edge curriculum format that allows students to deepen their expertise by selecting one module that suits their interests and goals.
All students will take the common "DX Module." In addition, they will choose from the "Management Module" to learn about DX in the business field, the "Food, Health, and Lifestyle Module" to learn about DX in food, the environment, and local communities, and the "ICT Module" to enhance their expertise in ICT for DX. Using this learning as a foundation, they will explore social and academic issues in the "Issue-Based Research Project PBL" and grow into individuals who can co-create value.

List of specialized subjects

Required Elective subject

Supervisor

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  Kokuryo Jiro
  KOKURYO Jiro
  Vice President, Professor / Director of the Digital Co-creation Center
  Harvard Business School
  Completed doctoral course/PhD (Business Administration)
  "ICT Business Architect" to revitalize society
  He has been deeply involved in the formation of national digital policies as a committee member for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Digital Agency, among others. He is a leading expert in management information systems in Japan and aims for "people-friendly digital transformation."
  Main subjects to be taught
  Management Information Systems I, Architecture Theory, Digital Innovation Theory
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  Kenya Murayama
  MURAYAMA Kenya
  Dean of the Faculty of Co-Innovation, Professor
  Meiji University Graduate School
  Completed doctoral course/Ph.D. (Commerce)
  "Innovation Bridge" that connects theory and practice
  An expert exploring the integration of business administration and information science. Aiming to solve social issues through digital transformation (DX), he is working to shape the future of Gunma Prefecture in both education and industry.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Business model theory, information management theory, service science
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  Hiroshi Uehara
  Hiroshi UEHARA
  Professor
  University of Tsukuba Graduate School
  Completed doctoral program / PhD (Business Administration)
  Cookery AI Researcher: Unravelling the Mysteries of Tasting
  Using various big data representing human perception, such as food reviews and user comments automatically collected from the internet, AI is used to unravel the mysteries hidden within human senses, including aroma, texture, taste, and appearance. Winner of the Excellence Award in the "Food and AI" category at the 2022 National Convention of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Internet data collection technology, text mining, food data science
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  Maki Umejima
  UMEJIMA Masaki
  Professor
  Keio University Graduate School
  Completed doctoral course / PhD (policy and media)
  "Global Engineers" who create the future at the forefront of international standards.
  He is the current chairman (combiner) of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), headquartered in Switzerland. He is creating global standards for cybersecurity in next-generation energy systems from Maebashi.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Information Security, Cybersecurity, Environmental Data Science
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  Nobuo Kogashi
  OGASHIWA Nobuo
  Professor
  Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  Completed doctoral course/Ph.D. (Information Science)
  "Network explorers" who are pioneering the structure and evolution of the internet.
  A member of the WIDE project, which created the Japanese internet. He has a track record of having international technical standards (RFCs) adopted by the IETF and has contributed to the development of network technology and communication protocols.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Internet, Computer Graphics, Computer Network Exercises
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  Jun Tadokoro
  TADOKORO Atsushi
  Professor
  Keio University Graduate School
  Master's degree (policy and media)
  "Creative Coders" who weave music and art together with code
  A live coder/creative coder is someone who uses code (computer programs) to create performances and art pieces that fuse audio and visuals.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Art and Media, Digital Content and Media Production Theory, Utilization of Artificial Intelligence
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  Maki Nagai
  Maki Nagai
  Professor
  Gunma University Graduate School
  Completed doctoral course/Ph.D. (Medicine)
  "Wellness technologists" who design health with the latest technology
  A health professional dedicated to promoting well-being across generations. They integrate knowledge of exercise physiology and nutrition, utilizing motion capture and other technologies to design health and exercise programs.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Exercise Physiology, Health Data Science, Wearable Technology and Healthcare Data Analysis
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  Koichi Kawashima
  KAWASHIMA Hiroichi
  Professor
  University of Tsukuba Graduate School
  Completed doctoral course/Ph.D. (Social Engineering)
  *Assumes appointment in April 2027
  "Regional Innovation Producers" who lead social transformation with data
  A frontrunner in urban development and regional information policy. Starting with open data and public data analysis, they aim to solve problems through co-creation with local communities.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Regional information theory, smart cities and urban development
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  Hiroki Matsumoto
  MATSUMOTO Hiroki
  Professor
  Tokyo University of Science Graduate School
  Graduate School of Engineering/Doctor of Engineering
  *Assumes appointment in April 2027
  "Adaptive Algorithm Researchers" Opening Up World-Class Knowledge
  He is a leading expert in adaptive signal processing research in Japan. With the slogan "Theoretical theory in practice," he mainly focuses on the construction of fundamental theories and algorithms for adaptive processing, and also works extensively on practical technologies for systems that apply these theories to health management, disaster information communication, and other applications.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Information theory, communication technology and computer networks, computer architecture
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  Yumi Kimura
  KIMURA Yumi
  Associate professor
  Kyoritsu Women's University Graduate School
  Master's degree completed/Master's degree in home economics
  "Food Insight Maker" revitalizes local communities through food processing awareness
  A food specialist who scientifically explores deliciousness through practical application. They contribute to the local community through food by addressing food allergies, promoting eco-cooking that considers food education and the environment.
  Main subjects to be taught
  The science of deliciousness: food packaging and quality control
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  Kosuke Watanabe
  WATANABE Kosuke
  Associate professor
  Keio University Graduate School
  Master's degree (policy and media)
  An "app development maestro" trained in map apps
  A geospatial data specialist who analyzes and utilizes big data to solve social issues. As a private sector expert for the Digital Agency, he is also involved in the development of Japan's address data.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Geographic information, databases
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  Minoru Komatsu
  KOMATSU Minoru
  lecturer
  Maebashi Institute of Technology Graduate School
  Master's course completed/Master's degree (Engineering)
  A "Mathematical Programming Researcher" who derives optimal solutions with minimal information
  An expert in electrical signal processing and system control. He proposes algorithmic methods for suppressing noise with limited information, from wireless communication to pulse wave and heart sound extraction.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Data structures and algorithms, programming
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  Kana Miura
  Kana MIURA
  lecturer
  Tohoku University Graduate School
  Completed master's course/Master's degree (life science)
  "Science Communicators" bring the excitement of science to the dinner table
  A researcher who explores the secrets behind the functionality and deliciousness of food from a scientific perspective. They also plan and run workshops that make learning about food and science fun, sharing that enjoyment with the local community.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Introduction to Life Sciences, Life Science Exercises

Visiting faculty

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  Masahiro Ide
  IDE Masahiro
  Visiting Professor
  Representative Director, Institute for Social Value Transformation Co., Ltd.
  Specially Appointed Professor, Shinshu University
  Assistant to the CDXO of Utsunomiya City
  A consultant who uses digital technology to guide transformation in a positive direction.
  A consultant who tackles transformation from various perspectives. Specializes in designing transformations utilizing digital technologies and developing talent to drive digital transformation.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Information Industry Theory, Special Lecture on DX, Digital Project Management, Global Business and Information
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  Megumi Kaizu
  KAIZU Megumi
  Visiting Professor
  Accenture Japan Ltd.
  Managing Director
  Business Consulting Division, Strategy Group, Human Resources & Organization Practice
  Also serves as the Japan Head of Inclusion & Diversity Wellbeing.
  A "well-being designer" who connects "living" and "working."
  What does it mean to work happily? What does it mean to live authentically?
  From the perspectives of career and well-being, we cultivate the ability for each individual living in this new era to envision their own unique future.
  Main subjects to be taught
  Career Planning II (Well-being), Well-being and Society