TOKYO, April 5 (Xinhua) -- The University of Tokyo has announced that it will open a new faculty in September 2027, with all classes taught in English to empower students to take on complex global challenges.

The new combined five-year bachelor's and master's degree program will be the university's first new faculty since it established the faculty of pharmaceutical sciences in 1958.

The public university said Friday that the department, "UTokyo College of Design," will adopt fall enrollment, offering topics that students can explore in line with their interests, such as climate change and biodiversity, regardless of field of study, as undergraduates in the first four years and as graduate students in the final year.

The new faculty will reserve half of its 100-student capacity for international students and is set to be headed by a foreign professor at the university, with teaching staff to include other instructors at the institution and top-class researchers from both Japan and abroad, it said.

University of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii said at a press conference, "We will create a new place of learning where students can realize their respective visions by fully utilizing the potential of the University of Tokyo." Enditem

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