Operation Results of the First Year of IoT Making Things Program at University

This paper presents the background of the ‘IoT: Making Things’ program established at Aichi University of Technology in Japan, as well as its educational mechanism and results after first year of offering. ‘IoT: Making Things’ is a cross-disciplinary special program offered to a class of 15 students selected from the three departments of Aichi University of Technology. Students wishing to enroll in the ‘IoT: Making Things’ program are selected through application form submission and evaluation of GPA scores and interviews. In 2017, the first year of offering, there were many more applicants than anticipated. The results of this study confirmed that students and society have high expectations and demands for IoT-related programs.