(Dean's log) Lecture series for Junior and Senior High Schools: Urawa Akenohoshi Girls' Junior and Senior High School

On 28 September 2024, the event was attended by 120 people, including 80 junior high school students and 40 high school students.

The comments we received after the lecture included "When I think of the Faculty of Engineering, I think of robots and aircraft, but I learned that there is a wider range of research fields than I had imagined, including the earth, AI, and medical-engineering collaboration" and "I am still a junior high school student, and I have not decided whether I want to study humanities or science, but I am very interested in the University of Tokyo because I could choose various classes, whether they are related to humanities or science, and I could find out what I want to do and study it after entering the university. I have decided to work hard from now on". According to a questionnaire which was taken after the lecture, their interest in the University of Tokyo and in science has increased greatly.

 During the Q&A session, many of the students who raised their hands to ask questions expressed words of gratitude such as "The content of Dean Kato's response was so precise and it was a very meaningful time" and "It was a very valuable opportunity that taught me about the future, which I had never thought about deeply before, and I realised that I have the responsibility to think about my career path myself".

Midori Aoki (Metaverse School of Engineering)