Our project has been selected to receive support from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as one of the FY 2016 Private University Research Branding Projects.
(Project title: Create Tomorrow, Learn Future, and Connect the World by “Color”, KOUGEI Color Science and Art)
To keep people informed of the progress of our project activities, we will keep posting it on this website.
The activities of Tokyo Polytechnic University (TPU) were selected to receive support for the FY 2016 Private University Research Branding Project (Type B) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
The “Private University Research Branding Project” is a governmental program that lends intensive support for expenses, facility costs and equipment costs as a package to private universities working on unique research across the university under the leadership of the president.
There were 198 applications from private universities nationwide. 17 schools were selected for “Type A (Social development category: Research that contributes to development and deepening of regional economy and society, employment, culture and other specific fields) and 23 schools including TPU were selected for “Type B (Global development category: Research that contributes to national or international economic and social development, and progress of science and technology through development of advanced and interdisciplinary research bases)”.
| Project title | Create Tomorrow, Learn Future, and Connect the World by “Color”, KOUGEI Color Science and Art |
|---|---|
| Application category | Type B (Global Development)
Research that contributes to national or international economic and social development, and progress of science and technology through development of advanced and interdisciplinary research bases |
| Project period | Fiscal year 2016 to Fiscal year 2020 (five years) |
| Project overview |
Tokyo Polytechnic University (TPU) originated as the “Konishi Professional School of Photography”, founded in 1923. It was established to train technicians and researchers in the field of photography, a cutting-edge expression technology at the time. The school was a pioneer in combining self-expression through photography (art) with photographic techniques (technology). It developed into a university consisting of 2 unique faculties, the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts, and has “technology-art fusion” as its unique characteristic. Our project is rooted in academic disciplines such as photography, printing, and optics, which are the roots of TPU, and it picked “color” as a cross-cutting research theme that is common in today’s Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Arts. We will form the only “International Research Center for Color Science and Art” in Japan. Through this project, we will build our university brand to be known for “color” and aim for further “true fusion of engineering and art”. This is our President’s policy. |
| Project plan | Tokyo Polytechnic University _Fiscal Year 2016 Private University Research Branding Project Plan（Japanese only) ※ When you click on the project name, the project plan will be displayed. |
※ For details of the Fiscal Year 2016 "Private University Research Branding Project" please refer to the web-page of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/koutou/shinkou/07021403/002/002/1379675.htm（Japanese only)
