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2022.03.25 ADMISSION

Admission application guidelines are now available

Type of Selection
  • October 2022 Admission (General Selection / Transfer Admission into 3rd year)
  • Campus Special Admissions, Joining the Program in October 2022 (General Selection / Transfer Admission into 3rd year)
Application Period

May 9 to May 20, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. (JST)

Application Guidelines

Application Guidelines (PDF: 1.0MB)

Prescribed Form

General Selection(Word)
Transfer Admission into 3rd year (Word)

Online Application

Online Application System
*Available only during the application period
*All the applicants are required to register/log in to UCARO (Admission examination portal site)
English tutorial videos for UCARO are available here.

Other Information

Frequently Asked Questions
Student Support

Admission Information Video

■ Contents
Program Overview, Entrance Examination, Q&A

Contact

Taoyaka Program Office, Hiroshima University

E-mail: apply[a]taoyaka.hiroshima-u.ac.jp *Please replace [a] with @.

2022.03.10 EVENT

 (Mar. 20, Registration required) HU GLOBAL PITCH CHALLENGE 2022 by Japan-India International Linkage Degree Program

ILDP, Hiroshima University holds a pitch contest jointly with BITS Pilani. The selected students from BITS Pilani and HU pitch their business in the HU GLOBAL PITCH CHALLENGE 2022. This pitch contest is certified as an event of Commemorative Events: Japan-Southwest Asia Exchange Year 2022by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

In this contest, selected students’ teams of Hiroshima University and BITS Pilani will pitch their business ideas.
This contest is supported by HAX Tokyo and Sumitomo Corporation, The HAX Tokyo is the accelerator program for startups developing hardware products in Japan. The student groups of Hiroshima University had been mentored by HAX Tokyo for three months and will make final pitches.
Following students’ pitches, Dr. Edwin Olson, CEO of May Mobility, will deliver a keynote speech, explaining how his technology startup business has grown. May Mobility launched autonomous shuttle services in nine cities in the world including Arlington, Texas, Hiroshima University, and has successfully raised global funding.

We welcome students as well as those interested in entrepreneurship and tech business.
Flyer

 

HU Global Pitch Challenge 2022

Date and Time: Sunday, March 30, 2022, 13:00-16:00 (JST)

Method: Webinar (Online)

Language: Japanese/English(Simultaneous interpretation will be provided)

Registration required: https://bit.ly/3IvWxTZ

Program:

 13:00  Opening Remarks 

 Dr. ABE Manabu(Executive Vice President (Research and  Academia-Government-Community Collaboration))

 13:15  Pitch by 6 teams from HU and BITS Pilani

 14:45  Break

 15:00  Keynote Talk: From Nerd to CEO – the Story of May Mobility-

 Dr. Edwin Olson, Co-Founder and CEO of May Mobility

 15:40  General Comment and Result Announcement

 15:55  Closing Remarks 

 Dr. FUJIWARA Akimasa(Vice President (Academy of Hiroshima University)

 

Contacts:

International Linkage Degree Program, Hiroshima University (https://ildp.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/)

ILDP Office

Email: ildp-program*office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp (Please replace * with @)

Tel: 082-424-6954

 

2022.02.22 EVENT

 14th International Workshop (Team 17)

Program Schedule:

14:25               Zoom meeting open
14:35-15:05  Guest Speaker Presentation 
15:05-16:05  Team 17 Presentation 

2022.01.19 EVENT

(Jan.26) ILDP Program Online Seminar “How we hacked our way to survival; Product -Market fit and scale”

ILDP Program at Hiroshima University will hold an evening online seminar, inviting a young entrepreneur in India.

The speaker of this seminar is Mr. Vibhav Joshi who started a MedTech business when he was an undergraduate student.

Mr. Joshi has been tackling the social issues related to Maternal Health care with the technologies he developed. He has won several awards.

In the seminar, he will share his trajectory to be an entrepreneur.

This is a great opportunity to know about the experience to become an entrepreneur and try to change the world with technology in another country. Please join us if you are interested!

 

Date: 26th January 2022

Time: 18:00-19:00

Registration is required: https://bit.ly/34Pxdtc

Title: How we hacked our way to survival; Product-Market fit and scale

Speaker: Mr. Vibhav Joshi, Co-founder of InnAccel

 

Vibhav started Sattva MedTech in 2014. Sattva MedTech developed the Fetal Lite electronic fetal monitor to solve 300,000 annual intrapartum deaths caused by fetal distress. Vibhav currently serves as a co-founder and Director for Maternal Health at InnAccel.

 

Global Women’s HealthTech award at the Consumer Electronics Show 2022 by Consumer Technology Association and World Bank

Top 10 innovator, India Innovation Growth Programme by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India

GCE-India grant award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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2021.11.16 EVENT

(Nov 26) The 178th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held


Poster (PDF: 590KB)

 

The 178th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held as follows. Admission free.
Registration will be needed, if you want to attend the seminar. Feel free to join the seminar.

Date

Friday, November 26, 2021 9:00-11:00

Venue

Online (Zoom)

Theme

Deep Reinforcement Learning with Applications to Transportation Systems

Lecturer

Dr. Thommen George Karimpanal (Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute, Deakin University)

Registration

 

*After registration, the link to the Zoom meeting will be sent to your registered email address.

2021.11.12 EVENT

(Nov 23) 2021 Career Session by Graduates -Life After Ph.D.


Poster (PDF: 368KB)


TAOYAKA Program will hold Online Career Seminars – Life After Ph.D. – by the program graduates.
What kind of career path are you envisioning after getting a Ph.D.?
Join this Online Seminar to hear from recent Ph.D. graduates of the Taoyaka Program. You can ask them questions about how to prepare for life after the Ph.D.!
Register now from the form below!

Date and time

Tuesday, November 23rd 17:00-18:30

Seminar style

Online on Zoom

Speakers
    1. Guangdong Su, Ph.D., ZENRIN CO., LTD, Japan (Graduate School of Letters)
    2. Nguyen Thi Phuong Hao, Ph.D., Lecturer, Vietnam National University, Vietnam (Graduate School of Letters)
    3. Sunandan Dutta Ph.D., Post-doctoral Researcher, HiSIM Research Center, Hiroshima University, Japan (Graduate School of Engineering)
Registration

*After registration, the link to the Zoom meeting will be sent to your registered email address.

2021.10.07 NEWS

New Student Guidance (September 28) and Taoyaka Coffee Connect (October 5) were held.

Taoyaka Program for creating a flexible, enduring, peaceful society welcomed two new students in October 2021, and held a new student guidance session online on September 28.

Wang Jiahua (China)
(Five-year course) Master’s course in Division of Advanced Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering
 
Cabrera Jonathan Salar (Philippines)
(Transfer student into 3rd year) Doctoral Course in Division of Advanced Science and Engineering of Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering

At the Taoyaka Coffee Connect on October 5, we welcomed Lovisa, a senior Taoyaka student, they introduced themselves to each other and their research projects. They also received advice from the senior student about their future life at Hiroshima University and interacted in a relaxing time. At the end of the session, they promised to meet again in Hiroshima.

2021.09.29 NEWS

Taoyaka Program Student, Mr.Yoshioka , Asssoc. Prof. Chikaraishi, and Program Coordinator Prof.Fujiwara were awarded as EASTS2021 Best Paper Award for Discovering interesting facts.

1st year Master Student, Mr.Yoshioka Taisei (Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering Program), Assoc. Prof. Chikaraishi Makoto, and Program Coordinator Prof.Fujiwara Akimasa were awarded as EASTS2021 Best Paper Award for Discovering interesting facts at The 14th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS).

Paper Title:Empirical Models of Consumer and Merchant Behavior in the Two-Sided Market of Local Currency (Award date: September 14, 2021)

https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/adse/news/66801

2021.09.22 EVENT

(September 29) The 177th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held-
 Hiroshima University – CSIR India Joint International Workshop

The 177th Taoyaka Program Seminar will be held on September 29. The workshop will be held online.
Pr-registration is required to attend the workshop. We hope many of you attend the webinar.

■ Date: 29th September 2021, 13:00-17:30 (Japan Standard Time) (9:30-14:00 (India Standard Time))
■ Theme : University – Council of Scientific & Industrial Research Joint International Workshop
■ Language: English
■ Venue: Online
    Pre-registration:   https://ildp.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/hu-csir-workshop/

■Program:   Please see PDF

PDF_PROGRAM

2021.08.20 NEWS

Taoyaka’s Program Coordinator Prof.Fujiwara received the 2020 International Conference Invitation and Hosting Contribution Award (International Conference Invitation Category) as the chairperson of the 14th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS).

The 14th International Conference of EASTS is scheduled to be held on September 12-15, 2021 in Hiroshima, Japan.

https://www.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/adse/news/63647

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