This “Industry-University Cooperative IT Management Human Resources Development Program” is offered by the Ritsumeikan Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Advanced Information Science and Engineering major’s Computer Science Course, and upon completion, a master’s degree will be granted. The course term is two years. However, students who do not possess sufficient Japanese language ability may be required to participate in a Japanese language course before the start of the program.
The goal of this program is to foster excellent IT management human resources, i.e. high-level IT engineers who possess technology management (MOT) skills. Students are expected to work for either Japanese companies or overseas subsidiaries of Japanese companies after completion of the program. In order to achieve this goal, the program has been designed to be taught in a practical manner, i.e. Ritsumeikan professors and experts from the industrial sector (engineers & managers) will be responsible for supervising the program.
The specialized training covers not only IT research and development ability but also knowledge on technology management (MOT). The synergizing effect of in-class lectures and workshops will strengthen the students’ practical abilities. Furthermore, in order to foster understanding of business culture and customs in Japan, the program places heavy emphasis on business Japanese language education, how business is ordered and conducted in Japan, and the implementation of internships.

This program will foster human resources with administrative skills for marketing, planning, development, and maintenance in the IT field through the intensive education of foreign students from Asian nations in the Master’s Degree Course. Concretely speaking, supervision and the guidance of students will be conducted by faculty members of Ritsumeikan University’s Graduate Schools of Science and Engineering and Technology Management, with their excellent facilities, equipment, curricula, and faculty system, in cooperation with Project Administrators from Japan’s leading companies. This will enable students to gain knowledge on both “management” and “research and development” from the perspectives of academia and industry.