Peer Life Coaches

Our team of Peer Life Coaches consists of dedicated students who are integral members of the Student Support Center staff. They proactively offer peer support as fellow students in various areas, with a primary focus on assisting first-year undergraduate students in their academic and personal growth.
　　
Comprising 34 undergraduate and graduate students from different Schools, our team is organized into four specialized groups: Student Media Team, Guidance Resources Team, Study Support Team, and International Exchange Team. Collaborating closely with faculty members serving as Student Life Coaches, they undertake a wide range of diversified tasks, fostering a collaborative and multifaceted approach to student support.

We are committed to supporting Science Tokyo students in realizing the following objectives:

Our commitment lies in cultivating the spirit of “learning and creating” through comprehensive support initiatives.

Through a spectrum of diversified and multifaceted activities, we aim to:

We will engage in proactive support activities for learning, focusing on collaboration, creativity, and the development of latent potential.

We aim to grow alongside Science Tokyo students through our efforts toward a common goal.

We will challenge ourselves by growing together through the pursuit of self-directed learning and thinking.

The Student Media Team provides useful information for Science Tokyo students to take on the challenges of proactive learning and endeavors in their specialized fields. Specifically, we are in charge of planning, production, dissemination, and implementation of the following:

We deliver useful information for Science Tokyo students on our Slack channel "#st-配信-学修コンシェルジュ" usually twice a month. The information is curated from various sources including our website and internal and external bulletin boards, and is specifically beneficial for the learning and university life of our students.
　　
*Frequency of releases may increase at certain times of the year.

The team organizes orientation sessions and student-unit based exchange opportunities for newly enrolled undergraduate students, with the aim of enabling them to think for themselves about what to achieve at Science Tokyo and to make a plan of the steps toward their goals.

Peer Life Coaches are in charge of planning, operating and facilitating the sessions, which have been held every April since 2017.
　
Based on a needs analysis, the sessions cover a comprehensive range of information that is considered especially useful at the start of Science Tokyo student life. Topics include: study planning, course registration, on-campus events, tips for a career path, and available campus facilities. After the session, the students are divided into their respective student units and relish communicating with each other in the group. The team continues to explore different formats for the sessions.

Of the basic science and technology courses, the team is in charge of tutoring in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Tutoring is offered on a one-on-one basis for undergraduate students.
Tutoring is conducted in Japanese.

We organize events and activities to promote international exchanges, cross-cultural understanding, and language learning at the Global Lounge, Taki Plaza B1 Floor, and other places inside and outside of Science Tokyo.

This program is offered in Chinese, Korean, English, and Japanese, facilitated by the fellow students with international exchange experience. You can choose one or more languages to speak in a small group. Multilingual Chat is intended to promote communication among students through free conversation.
If any of the following applies to you, you will enjoy the program:-
I want to speak English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
I want to learn about different cultures
I want to make friends and study together.　
No reservation or preparation is necessary. Just come and join us!

Our help desk welcomes international students to drop by and ask questions around campus life. Our trained Peer Life Coaches provide information and help you settle down in a new environment and spend enjoyable time in Japan. The services are offered at Ookayama and Suzukakedai Campus. Please check the calendar below for the AY 2025 schedule.
　
Location:
　Global Lounge, Taki Plaza B1F at Ookayama Campus
　Lounge on the 3F of Suzukakedai Hall
　
They have also started providing slack version International Student Help Desk. You can ask questions and receive the responses anonymously on the slack channel. Please feel free to use this new service for your campus life.
Please see the poster below for more information.

For further questions, please contact Student Life Coach Consultation Desk.