Graduate School of System Design and Management Information Sessions for possible future students were held on April 14 and May 15. Since the sessions were held either in the evening or on Saturday, more than 90 people, including working people (31% of total), attended. Of all attendees, 81% returned questionnaire sheets. Of those, 98% said the session was either “very good” (60%) or “generally good” (38%). The contents were partly changed from previous sessions. Instead of taking time to introduce each laboratory, collaborations between professors, such as joint research laboratories, were introduced to show that SDM is not vertically segmented. Comments by current students shown in the video was received well, as it “was straightforward and from the students’ viewpoint”, “explained how study at SDM helps in future career”, and “accurately explained the information needed (by the attendee)”.
Because ALPS was held around the same period, the lecturers for ALPS (professors from Stanford University, MIT, and TU Delft) joined the session held on May 15. This showed how an education at SDM is truly international. An SDM information session in English was filmed and will be uploaded on SDM’s website for people overseas who are interested in SDM.