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MessagefromtheDeanENDOYasunoriTheDegreeProgramsinSystemsandInformationEngineeringareknownfortheirdistinctivestyleofeducationandresearchinacutting-edge,multidisciplinaryeldthatintegratessystems,information,andsociety.Wetakeprideinourwealthofachievements,andbelievethatourresearchanddevelopmentoutcomesintheelddeserveattention,sincetheyserveasthebedrockofsocialinfrastructureandsupportourdailylivesandeconomicactivities.The5thScienceandTechnologyBasicPlan,whichhasbeenimplementedoverveyearssince2016,recognizesthearrivalofaneraofrevolutionarychange,whentechnologicalevolutioninareasincludinginformationandcommunicationstechnology(ICT)drasticallychangesthesocialandeco-nomicstructure.Theplanalsoadvocatestherealizationofasuper-smartsociety(Society5.0),wherefusionofcyberspaceandphysicalspacemaybringgreaterprosperity.Moreover,itaimstopromoteindustry-academiacollaborationinordertofacilitatethecultivationandrecruitmentofengineerswhowillberesponsibleforfutureinnovationinscienceandtechnology.Thisispreciselythevisionweshare.Ourmissionistocontributetothepromotionofartandscience,aswellasdevelophumanresourceswithglobalperspectives,exiblethinking,originality,andcreativity.Suchpersonnelareindispensabletosolvingreal-worldproblems,whichareoftencomplicatedandchallenging,andde-velopmentofsuchtalenteventuallyproducespotentialleaderscapableofdisplayinginternationalinitiative.Today’ssocialproblems,regionalchallenges,andeconomicactivitiesarehighlysophisticated.Ac-cordingly,ourdegreeprogramsareexpectedtoplayanever-expandingroleinsolvingsuchprob-lems.Toenhancegraduateeducation,wehavestartedemployingproposal-basedprogramsforeducationandresearchincludingrecurrenteducationofmid-careerstudents.Furthermore,wewillalwaysremainopentoattractinghighlymotivateddomesticandforeignstudents,andarecommit-tedtotrainingthemasprospectivegloballeaders.2