Goneri Offers A New Direction For Nuclear Energy Education In Japan

摘要

A program at the University of Tokyo uses a systematic method to incorporate liberal arts with social and technical subjects as they relate to the use of nuclear technology.What is billed as a first-of-a-kind program for post-graduate and doctoral nuclear energy education is being offered by the University of Tokyo (UT). The program, known as GoNERI (Global Centers of Excellence Program on Nuclear Education and Research Initiative), uses a systematic method in its teaching and incorporates liberal arts with social and technical subjects as they relate to the use of nuclear technology. GoNERI, which was introduced at UT last year, is not a separate series of classes within the university's Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, but is a new teaching direction that encompasses that department and other university branches.