T6Sophia’s New Global Citizen ProgramSFDP offers learning opportunities for people ranging from high school students to people in the workforce. Examples in-clude Professional Studies (PS), a collaboration between Sophia and the private sector to provide learning opportunities to people in business; an exploratory program for high school students; a training program for individuals interested in pursuing a career at international organizations or in the field of international co-operation; and an entrepreneurship course for Sophia students interested in starting their own businesses.SOPHIA MAGAZINE Vol. 17A university is a place for students, but also a place where people of all ages should be able to freely pursue their interests. Though the question of what a university should be is widely discussed outside Japan, this is not the case within Japanese universities. The So-phia Future Design Platform (SFDP) is a Sophia University proposal for a new approach to education that aims to realize a broad ideal. We spoke with Yoshiaki Terumichi, Presi-dent of Sophia University, to learn more about the vision behind the SFDP initiative. he Sophia Future Design Platform (SFDP) aims to ex-pand the university’s role from being limited to several years of post-high school education to becoming a learn-ing program for people of all ages to be able to pursue knowledge. “We started thinking about this concept around 2018, before the COVID-19 outbreak,” Terumichi explained. “There’s a notion in Japan that universities are mainly for students between the ages of 18 and 22. This didn’t sit right with me. The desire to learn, and the most suitable time to learn, varies from person to person. Some adults are motivated to learn about the world’s structures and its value systems after graduating, while some high school students are interested in investigating social issues normally re-searched by university students. This is what we generally refer to as ‘being educated.’ Having an education doesn’t immediately have a result or produce results. Cultivating ‘wisdom’ that enables us to conceptualize and contemplate as we move towards an un-certain future is akin to planting a seed. Through education we find the strength to support our beliefs and meet social change. Indeed, I became acutely aware of this only after completing my formal education and interacting with people from around the world.” “Unfortunately, there are currently few opportunities to attain such cultivation in Japan. I feel that students — Sophia students included — need more opportunities aside from their formal ed-ucation to cultivate their humanity and find their footing in life,” Terumichi continued.“Sophia has a diverse student body with students from 92 coun-tries and regions of the world gathering at our Yotsuya Campus in central Tokyo. This campus is home to faculties of the human-ities, social sciences, and natural sciences. We proudly refer to this campus as the ‘Global One Campus’ that represents Sophia’s strength. In addition to creating an environment where students from different backgrounds can learn and grow while still being guided by their individuality in their career paths, we wanted to open opportunities to everyone who wanted to learn, and to cre-ate a space for people from all walks of life to interact. This is the new campus we envision with SFDP.The Sophia Global Citizen Program commencing in spring 2024 SOPHIA FUTURE DESIGN PLATFORM OBJECTIVES
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