Abstract
Graduate School of Engineering, Utsunomiya University carried out a project to develop a series of education programs for postgraduate students to cultivate leadership spirits between 2010 and 2012. The program is centered on a PBL in which each group of students is required to find an engineering or social problem themselves and start a project to solve the problem. Projects vary widely, from a straight product development to a summer program for children or local area development. Student groups are advised by senior engineers from industries. The PBL program was made compulsory for all students in the engineering master course students. The new education programs also include lectures by engineers to show engineers’ job, activities, and career in the industry. Internship programs are also provided. Through these programs, the students are expected to gain something more than just experiences. Two intellectual property rights were acquired by the end of the project, as a result of the PBL program. The assessment committee evaluated and summarized the effect of the 3 year project as follows ; “The newly developed programs are considered effective” , “It is worth continuing the programs as they are distinctive features of Utsunomiya University.”
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