Entrepreneurship education video “Turn the Science you learn into the Power to build the future” released
Three graduates of Science Tokyo now working in various industries reflect on their student lives, discuss the importance of honing entrepreneurial skills, and reveal how that experience has helped shape their careers.
A new short video offers an inside look at Science Tokyo’s entrepreneurship education.
Entrepreneurship Education at Science Tokyo
In the current era of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA), society faces complex challenges related to globalization, the environment, and security due to the rapid development of science and technology. Achieving success in an increasingly globalized VUCA age demands not only a foundation of expertise in a given field, but also the mindset and skills to create and develop new value -- and to then implement that value in the real world. Science Tokyo defines this initiative to action as “entrepreneurship.”
Specialized, liberal arts, and entrepreneurship education make up the three pillars of education in the science and engineering fields at Science Tokyo. Starting in the 2024 academic year, the Center for Entrepreneurship Education began offering courses open to all students in the science and engineering fields designed to help them develop an entrepreneurial mindset and skills. Over 110 entrepreneurship courses, from the undergraduate to doctoral level, help students cultivate five core elements of entrepreneurship: foresight, global competencies, leadership, value creation, and career development. Many other courses offered by the Institute also teach skills invaluable to future entrepreneurs.
Students in the science and engineering fields who enrolled in Science Tokyo undergraduate programs on or after the 2024 academic year are strongly encouraged to take entrepreneurship courses, and taking these courses is required for graduate students to complete their degree programs.
About the video
The video features three Science Tokyo graduates who are finding success in diverse fields – not only as entrepreneurs themselves, but also in the private and public sectors. They reflect on their student lives and discuss the benefits of cultivating entrepreneurship skills while still at the Institute. The alumni then reveal how they realized the practical applications of those skills after entering the workforce and how that background has been invaluable throughout their professional careers. The beginning of the video also presents the results of a survey of nearly 230 students conducted especially for this video.
Entrepreneurship education empowers students to apply the science they learn to drive social change and enrich their own lives. Check out the video and experience the impact of the Institute’s entrepreneurship education through the voices of our graduates. Science Tokyo students are actively encouraged to enroll in entrepreneurship courses to cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit and skills they can apply on any future career path.
The entrepreneurship education introduction video is available on the official Science Tokyo YouTube channel and will also be accessible via the Center for Entrepreneurship Education website.