Division of Design and Media Technology
In the Division of Design and Media Technology, we aim to create safe, comfortable spaces and products and environmentally-friendly digital content, connecting people, things, and information more comfortably, using varied design thinking and high-level media technologies that support design thinking, based on the needs of a society seeking spiritual enrichment. Our goal is to foster talented personnel who have the creativity to produce advanced designs and the high-level media system skills to contribute to the realization of those designs, and who can create cutting-edge digital content and basic media technology with an international viewpoint and awareness of problem-solving in their locality. We provide high-level education and research on “design” related to “product and content” design, “media” linked to the basic technology of “computer graphics, computer vision and sensing technologies,” and a combination of these fields. We aim to foster highly specialized engineers and researchers who (1) understand the interlinked fields of design and media, (2) have an awareness of problem-solving in their locality alongside an international viewpoint, (3) and have the capacity to actively carry out research and development in a variety of fields within design and media, based on our program in which the students develop the ability to explore and solve problems by touching on a variety of issues, including those in their locality. Students who complete this course receive a degree in either Engineering or Design.
Design Area
In the Design Area we use varied design thinking and high-level media technologies that support design thinking. We aim to foster highly specialized engineers and researchers in the field of design – designers who have the creativity to realize advanced design, can create next-generation content that will build an earth-friendly environment and cultural living space, and have an understanding of media technologies that can contribute to the overseas development of products made with traditional techniques and enhance the appeal of tourist attractions, in order to satisfy expectations towards local creation using a variety of traditional materials from the area. We carry out high-level research and education in the field of design, in the areas of product design and content design, or a combination of these.
Media Technology Area
In the Media Technology Area, we are building a people-friendly environment and cultural living space with high-level media technologies that more comfortably link people, things, and information in this information society. We aim to foster highly specialized engineers and researchers in the field of media technology – media technicians who have design knowledge that can contribute to the worldwide development of traditional handcrafts and enhance the appeal of tourist attractions, in order to respond to expectations towards local creation using a variety of traditional materials from the area. We carry out high-level research and education in the field of engineering, in the areas of computer graphics, computer vision, and sensing, or a combination of these.
