University of Tokyo – Department of Architecture

Concerning the Guidance and Lectures in April 2020

Dear undergraduate and graduate students of the Department of Architecture (including incoming students)

Concerning the lectures and other academic activities in the new semester starting in April 2020, the department is contemplating the best options while taking into account the latest situation of the coronavirus pandemic. Guidance and lectures for the new semester are scheduled to be conducted mainly through online.
Students will be notified about the procedures of the online guidance and lectures through this web page or emails etc.

All students are kindly asked to do the following preparation steps in order to be able to receive the necessary notifications and information.

1) For current students, please update your latest address and email address on UTAS. Any notifications and information from the department will be sent to the addresses registered on UTAS.

2) All current students are kindly asked to set up their ECCS cloud mail. Please refer to the web page bellow on how to set up the cloud mail:
https://www.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/announcement/2016/04/01_2159.html

Once the set up is completed, you will be given a google account [“username” @ g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp] which you can use to log in to google just like a normal gmail account.
Information from the department are scheduled be transmitted through these accounts, so please be sure to set up your @ g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp account.

→ “Department of Architecture, Portal for Students” has been set up.
Students should be able to browse the following page after logging in to google using their @ g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp account.
https://sites.google.com/g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/arch-student/

3) For incoming graduate students entering from other educational institutions, information on accounts etc will be sent by email on 31st March 2020. (As for incoming graduate students entering from University of Tokyo, please continue to use your current UT account and complete the above 1) and 2) procedures within March 2020). Upon receipt of the documents, please proceed with the above 1) and 2) procedures.
In addition, please notify your new supervising professor of your contact information and make necessary arrangements for future communication.

If you have symptoms such as fever or cold, please stay at home. Even if you do not have any symptoms, please be mindful when coming to the campus, such as wearing a mask, practice cough etiquette, and keeping at least one meter away from people.

If you have any questions about the schedule for the new semester, please email us at the following address:
guidance [at] arch1.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

2020/03/19
Head of Department of Architecture, Koichi Kato
Head of Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Kaori Fujita