Yama-Me

Unfolding MOT education in Asia

Ken KAMINISHI
Executive Advisor to the President
Yamaguchi University
Director, Asia Innovation Center (AIC)
Professor, Graduate School of Innovation &
Technology Management (YUMOT)

Yamaguchi University: Outlook

President: Masaaki Oka

Motto: Discover it, Nourish it, and Realize it: Place of wisdom

Founded: 1815

Departments: 9 faculties , 9 graduate schools

Campus: 3 (Yoshida, Kogushi, Tokiwa)

Students: undergraduate 8,727,
graduate 1,540 (as of May 2015)
Ube
Yamaguchi
(KOGUSHI Campus, YOSHIDA Campus)
TOKIWA Campus,
YUMOT Classrooms)

Fukuoka
(YUMOT Classrooms)

Tokyo

Hiroshima
(YUMOT Classrooms)

YUMOT: Outlook

Established 2005

Enrollment : 15

Faculty: 14 (full time), 5 (adjunct)

Study duration : 2 years

Degree : Master of Innovation & Technology
Management (Professional)

Classroom : Ube (English course),
Fukuoka, Hiroshima (Japanese course)

Cascade Model of Intellectual Property (IP) Education

in Yamaguchi University
YUMOTs materials
Utilization flow
Graduate School
Master/Doctors
Program

Undergraduate
Special Course

Undergraduate
General Education
Course/
Common Curriculum

Teaching materials of Intellectual

Property (IP) at YUMOT are utilized
at other graduate schools and
faculties undergraduate courses
with simplification.
YUMOT materials are developed
adding new practical case materials
every year. YUMOT students help
creating materials.
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YUMOT Vision
Our school is aiming to be first choice for those who
would like to become MOTists
MOTists in West Japan as
well as in East and Southeast Asia.
snip

Our school sets out to be an attractive graduate

school for those who would like to become
MOTists
MOTists being active particularly in West Japan or
in Asia by enhancing our reputation through
implementation of educational efforts.

What is MOTists
MOTists ?
Leaders who can formulate vision and produce creative
performance by focusing on both technology and management

Market

Hyperopia
each other
Illusion of
new business

Focus
adequately

Technolog
y
Realizable
business

Myopia
each other
Many trifle business
Without strategy

Technology
viewpoint

MOTists

Management
viewpoint

YUMOT Positioning
Executive manager
Policy makers

Management

Generic

Focused

Technology
Novice engineer
& researcher

Asia Innovation Center (AIC) Initiative

Asia MOT educational source warehouse
Reorganize YUMOT portal for
storing educational material
Share contents with partner
universities oversea

YUMOT

Domestic
education

Hiroshima
Fukuoka

Internationally
recognized
accreditation

Asia Innovation library

ASEAN
education

interaction

Ube

Asia
Innovation
Center
Excellent students dispatch

Professional
students
offering cross -cultural
discussion and group
work opportunity

Short term visit program

(Boot camp)

 Develop database of
business chance and issues
reported by companies and
partner universities both in
Japan as well as ASIAN
countries
 Screening topics for future
joint research and
education content
development

Credit transfer
Course sharing
Double degree
Joint degree

ITB
Other leading graduate
schools in ASIA

Antecedent: MOT Core Curriculum (1)

Joint development of MOT curriculum with Japanese
companies (Hitachi, Toshiba, etc.) as the managing university
2008 Oct.
2010 Mar.

Develop educational contents to

improve quality of education
Standard for MOT education

Asian standard for MOT education

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Antecedent: MOT Core Curriculum (2)

Goal: Guarantee the attainment level of the graduates
Minimum required level
(for the graduates from MOT
professional graduate schools)

Elaborate the educational contents

and set achievement objectives

1. Two-year project starting from October 2008.

2. Committee members:
- All 10 professional MOT schools in Japan
- 5 high-ranking executives from business community (1/3 of member)
3. Subject to public comments and revised occasionally
4. Emphasis on Intellectual Property (IP) education
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Antecedent: Joint IP Research Lab

Intellectual Property (IP) management Kohza
at Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT),
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
ASEAN
company

Japanese
company

Short term
attachment

Joint
research
Unique
problem
seminar

World class
integrative
IP database

YUMOT

arrange

Analytical skill
transfer

JPO and
related
bodies

Knowledge
skill

Other
MNC

Expected outcome
-Paper
-IP case

-etc..

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Way ahead
2018

Asia MOT
Consortium
establishment

International Symposium
on Asian MOT education
2015 in Yamaguchi
Kick off
Indonesia-Japan Symposium on
MOT 2015 in Bandung

Credit transfer
Course sharing
Double degree
Joint degree

Asia MOT educational

source warehouse

2017

2016

Asia MOT
Core curriculum
development

Asia MOT
Platform

Asia Innovation
library

Collaborative
course design

Nov.14, 2015

Sep.10, 2015
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Yama-Me

THANK YOU!

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