(Salesian Polytechnic, Machida Tokyo) – On 9 October 2025, the ISDB – Instituto Superior Dom Bosco Director-General, Prof. Dr Fr Giuseppe Meloni, accompanied by his Deputy Director for Research, Extension and Internationalisation, Prof. António Goba Jr., MSc, undertook a technical visit to the Salesian Polytechnic (Tokyo Salesian College of Technology — SALESIO), at the Machida Campus, in Oyamagaoka, Machida City, Tokyo, Japan. The trip formed part of ISDB’s Strategic Internationalisation Plan and its exchange pillar within the IUS Network.
The delegation was received by Br Luis Marques, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Internationalisation, and by Fr Tomohiro Kojima, Director of the Salesian Polytechnic of Tokyo, who presented the campus, laboratories and projects in the following areas:
• Art & Design;
• Electrical Engineering;
• Mechanical & Electronic Engineering;
• Computer Science & Technology;
• Advanced Course of Production System Engineering.
The central objective was to gather experience and map opportunities to innovate ISDB’s educational offer, aligning it with Salesian best practice in higher technical-technological education.
From the meeting, the possibility was signalled of initiating joint efforts to open up institutional exchanges involving students, lecturers and staff, as well as the transfer of know-how, joint projects, and the sharing of good practice in curricula and laboratories in science, technology and innovation within the IUS Network.
By Prof. António Goba Jr., MSc
By Prof. António Goba Jr., MSc