Our center is not only focused on creating the next-generation integrated electronic technology, it is also committed to develop human resources for carrying out research and development.

To cultivate doctoral students and young researchers, participation in industry-academic collaborative research is important. Their participation in the research and development involving different fields, where they will work together with corporate researchers and engineers from various industries and learn how knowledge is applied in on-site developments in business, will help broaden their overview and deepen their expertise. We hope that the researchers and engineers from the participating companies will also acquire knowledge systematically and reaffirm/understand the importance of learning, in innovation and creation, through their participation in the research and development involving different fields, which encompass the technology supply chain, here at our center. In addition, looking to the future, we will work on the development of highly skilled human resources for the IT and automotive fields through collaboration and cooperation with industry, academia, government, and financial institutions.

We will build an international base for industry–academia collaboration, where global knowledge circulates, and we will produce innovative technology and highly skilled human resources, contributing to an energy-saving society.

Advanced human resource development project

At CIES, the following project has been implemented with the objective of producing and developing young research personnel in the field of electronics technology

(1) Lectures and curriculum delivered by industry–academia joint faculties (credit courses)

In these courses, we explain the types of talents required in industry sectors and society as a whole, create curriculums based on those principles, and offer lectures by members of industry–academia joint faculties.

(2) Industry–academia joint faculty organizing system

　The Industry–Academia Collaboration Curriculum Committee has been established to organize a series of lectures reflecting interactions between different research fields and future technology trends.

(3) Industry–academia collaboration OJT system promoting advanced human resource development

Internship system

A promotion system has been organized targeting doctoral course students (DCs), post-doctoral fellows (PDs), and assistant professors to help take part in internships at participating companies in cooperation with the university’ s Innovative Leaders Platform (ILP).

4. Participation and cooperation in educational programs in Tohoku University

The center aims to enhance the international competitiveness, create new industries and develop next-generation of human resources, and performs a role of the research network hub for promoting the collaborations with domestic and international research institutes.

Graduate Program in Spintronics, Tohoku University

Graduate Program in Spintronics was established to develop human resources in Spintronics, in which Tohoku University has the advantages. CIES faculty involves and promote the program.

Center for Spintronics Research Network, Tohoku University

The center aims to enhance the international competitiveness, create new industries and develop next-generation of human resources, and performs a role of the research network hub for promoting the collaborations with domestic and international research institutes.

Tohoku Forum for Creativity, Tohoku University
Emergent Innovation School, Tohoku University

CIES participates in educational programs by Tohoku Forum for Creativity and Emergent Innovation School in Tohoku University to foster human resources who learn basic skill and knowledge such as management, business communication etc., and acquire ability to solve business issues for leading innovation