Center for Collaborative Solution

Center for Collaborative Solution seeks to accelerate industry‒academia collaboration in the local community and solve technical problems faced by local industry by leveraging the research results and practical technical development capabilities of our faculty members in partnership with companies and local governments, as well as to contribute to the inheritance and development of local technical capabilities and personnel development, which is first and foremost among the students who will play a leading role in inheritance and development. Through these endeavors, the Center has been established to contribute to the revitalization of the local community. Toyama Prefecture, where our school is located, is the largest industrial prefecture on the coast of the Sea of Japan. Our Center has been promoting stronger industry‒academia and regional collaborations that take optimum advantage of this local environment. More specifically, we are working to provide technical consultations for local industry and promote support for engaging in joint and contract-based research, as well as the planning and implementation of cooperative teaching projects with enterprises and communities. We are also promoting initiatives that can provide a one-stop shop for partnership with local communities, up to and including the management and utilization of intellectual property obtained through joint research projects. To promote these projects, we have assigned on-campus coordinators to engage at a detailed level by identifying the needs of local industry and matching these with the“ seeds” on offer at our school. In addition, in cooperation with member companies on the Technology Promotion Association, we are also working to strengthen partnerships with local industry. Through these initiatives, we aim to continue to expand our school’s teaching and research along with local industry.