UTokyo College of Design

The first year combines the interdisciplinary academic foundation with the introduction to design practice. IF and 8 Track Design Series (DS), studied concurrently in the first year, together form the bedrock of all learning at UTokyo Design. All first-year students live at Mejirodai International Village.

Core course blocks

Interdisciplinary Foundations (IF) — fields

Electives

From the second year the academic foundation broadens into Interdisciplinary Perspectives and the design work becomes project-based. The foundations built in IF then develop into IP from the second year onward. Building on learnings from IF, IP encourages students to broaden and deepen their perspectives by studying topics with a stronger focus on confronting social issues.

Core course blocks

Electives

Interdisciplinary Perspectives (IP) — domains

The third year continues the Year 2 course blocks. IP is described as running from the second year onward and Change Maker Design Projects as starting in the second year, with no published end point before the fourth-year internship. The College publishes nothing further specific to Year 3 as of 2026-08-27.

Electives

The fourth year holds the long-term internship and the team capstone. In your fourth year, you will immerse yourself in a company or an international organization through an internship, either in Japan or elsewhere around the world... for about half-a-year.

Core course blocks

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Core course blocks