Organization
Organization
The School of Engineering consists of 18 departments, 13 affiliated institutes, and an administration office. The School is responsible for graduate level education (master's and doctoral courses and degrees) in engineering. Faculty members also engage in research activities in their respective specialties while teaching graduate level courses.
The Faculty of Engineering is responsible for undergraduate education. The Faculty of Engineering currently has sixteen departments. The majority of faculty members responsible for undergraduate education are affiliated with the Graduate School of Engineering, the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, and the University of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies and Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies.
Governance and Management
The chart shows the organization of the School of Engineering, which comprises nearly 800 faculty and staff members. Efficient management and streamlined decision-making are made possible by the Faculty Committee, Committee of Department Chairs, Executive Committee, and Planning Committee. Evaluations and recommendations from off-campus intellectuals, solicited by the Executive Consultation Council, also contribute to the School's operations. The Executive Committee, which assists the Dean in the execution of his duties, comprises the Dean of the school, three advisors, and four members drawn from the faculty. The Planning Committee drafts future research and organizational plans for the School of Engineering, in accordance with the goals developed by the Dean's Executive Committee.
The following are the main committees in the School of Engineering: Faculty Committee; Committee of Department Chairs; Standing Committee, whose primary responsibility is to examine school education and doctoral dissertations; Discussion Committee; Scheduling Committee; Student Committee; Library Committee; Budget Committee; and International Exchange Committee. In addition to the above committees, a number of offices have been created. The Office of Safety Control, for example, was established in 1999 to anticipate and prevent hazards, and to address environmental issues. The Information Systems Office manages Internet connectivity, and the Public Relations Office handles off-campus relations and publicity. The Educational Curriculum Project Office was recently established to improve the School's curriculum. This office considers such issues as the structuring of "Collective Knowledge of Engineering", use of distance learning, evaluation of faculty teaching, and evaluation of student achievement.
The highest decision-making body in the administration is the Faculty of Engineering Faculty Council, and the Council of Department Heads is under the Faculty of Engineering Dean in order to streamline deliberations and stimulate discussion.
Technical Staff Organization and Technology Department
To cope with changing technical staff roles as education and research at the university level became increasingly sophisticated, the technical staff underwent systematization and the Technology Department was established in 1990 pursuant to “The University of Tokyo Key Points Regarding the Organization and Management of the Technical Staff”. The Technology Department includes eight sections: Material Structure, Equipment Development, Mechanical and Thermo-Fluid Experiments, Process Maintenance, Information Management, Information Processing, Analysis and Measurement, and Systems, and each section is further divided by function. The Technology Department staff is made up of a department head (comparable to a research department vice dean), technology heads, technology team leaders, technology senior staff members, full-time technical specialists, and technical specialists. Designated training programs have been established, and more than ten designated training programs are carried out each year. Furthermore, an annual technology presentation assembly serves as a platform to showcase technical staff member research accomplishments. The Technology Department staff plays a central role in the management of all of these.
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