SOPHIA UNIVERSITY A Guide for High School Students 2018-2019

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Message to High School StudentsResearch and CareerToday, on the one hand, society places high expectations on the development of science and technology. On the other hand, on the back of fears that the speed of scientic progress may be exceeding the bounds of permissibility, more than a few people have expressed concerns about the future society. What do these two sides of society's reaction mean? Will science and technology lead human society to a more auent and acceptable state or devastate ethics and institutions to bring about a chaotic society? We are now standing at the fork in the road.Looking out over the next decade, there is no doubt that the development of articial intelligence (AI), Internet of ings (IoT) and big data, etc., will cause major changes in society. ese will certainly change the industrial structure and the styles of employment as well. ose who learn science and engineering at university, however, will be called on to have a vision of society by looking further ahead into the next twenty or thirty years. One of the qualities required of you is a exible application of skills to be able to open up a cross-disciplinary, integrated, and complex area with your eld of expertise at the core. Another is the ability to envision society to identify the science and technology that a future society will require. At Sophia University, all the literature and science departments are located on a single campus. e Faculty of Science and Technology and the Graduate School of Science and Technology, which provide exible educational and research environments featuring the integration of humanities and sciences or science and engineering, aim at fostering scientists and engineers that respond to the historical backdrop such as that above with an eye toward the next-generation society. We will provide everyone who aspires to create a new society with an educational environment that serves as a springboard for leaping forward.Equip yourself with cross-disciplinary knowledge and acquire the ability to develop a vision of the next-generation society that science and technology will open upProfessor Yoshiaki TerumichiDepartment of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Science and TechnologyThe 16th President of Sophia UniversityDuring the summer vacation of my rst year of junior high school, I had plenty of time as I had little homework, giving me lots of opportunity to work on a math workbook. As I did it over and over again until I memorized the questions, I was able to understand math well in the second semester. is experience encouraged me to study science in the same way; I found it fun and as a result, it seemed a given that I would aim for a science and engineering university when I decided my course of higher education.You will begin conducting experiments from the freshman year. ere will be more than just passively listening to lectures in a huge classroom; you will carry out experiments in small groups using a wide array of instruments in physics or chemistry. You will often be unable to take measurements properly or will have a margin of error that is not consistent with the theory. ereby, you should look at the reason behind such consistency with the theory in the textbook. First and foremost, you should have a full life every day as a high school student. You will likely need to work hard on everyday classes and study even harder after you are home. e sum of these small eorts will allow you to build up the abilities that will serve as important basic academic skills, which will be required to engage in research at university.1. Why I decided, in high school, to go on to a science and engineering university 2. Good points and fun of science and engineering courses3. Things you should do now (in high school)Professor Tomoaki TakaoChairperson, Graduate School of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology30