Policy
Diploma Policy
(Degree awarding policy)
Master’s Program
Students are required to acquire the five abilities and competencies listed in the "academic achievement" below through the pursuit and practice of a "Methodology for Transdisciplinary Science" based on the four forces listed as the educational philosophy. The degree of "Master of Philosophy" is conferred on students who have mastered these competencies, enrolled in the program for a specified period of time, earned the specified number of credits, and then have passed either the Master Thesis Examination and the Final Examination or the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination.
- 1.Ability to contribute to solve social problems related to science, technology and innovation.
- 2.Knowledge and practical skills related to your discipline.
- 3.Motivation and ability to be actively involved in the other discipline than your discipline.
- 4.Ability to understand academic papers and give brief presentation about your research in foreign language.
- 5.Research ethics of science, technology and life.
Doctoral Program
Students are required to acquire the 1-5 and 6 or 1-5 and 7 abilities and competences listed in the “academic achievement” below through the pursuit and practice of a “Methodology for Transdisciplinary Science” based on the four forces listed as the educational philosophy. The doctoral degree is conferred on students who have mastered these competencies, enrolled in the program for a specified period of time, earned the specified number of credits, and then have passed the Doctoral Dissertation Examination. Among the students mentioned above, those who have acquired the 1-5 and 6 are conferred a doctoral degree “Doctor of Philosophy” and those who have acquired 1-5 and 7 are conferred doctoral degree “Doctor of Philosophy in Science” or “Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering”.
- 1.Ability to identify, structure and solve the social problems related to science, technology and innovation.
- 2.Cutting-edge knowledge and practical skills related to your discipline.
- 3.Ability to utilize knowledge and technology of other disciplines for your discipline.
- 4.Ability to present and discuss your research in foreign language in an international conference or a joint research in overseas.
- 5.Practical research ethics of science, technology and life.
- 6.Ability to integrate your discipline with other disciplines and create new knowledge.
- 7.Ability to create new knowledge based on your discipline.
Curriculum Policy
Curriculum Policy(Curriculum drafting policy)
In order to have students obtain academic achievement which is described in Diploma policy under the framework of three challenges listed in the division’s mission, the curriculum of the Division of Transdisciplinary Science is oriented as problem-solving and is systematic based on what students are required to acquire from the program. Specifically, the following courses are designed as a systematically-assigned curriculum.
Master’s Program
The aim of this program is to develop “human resources who can perceive the needs and trends of global society and contribute to scientific and technological innovation in a collaborative and co-creative manner on the basis of various scientific findings and advanced science and technology.”
The following subjects are offered so that students can acquire the basic skills to become the human resources that the graduate school aims to foster, while exploring and putting into practice methodologies that integrate the sciences beyond existing scientific fields.
- 1.Systematically Specialized Courses and Research Support Courses for students to acquire and utilize basic knowledge about your discipline.
- 2.Transdisciplinary Experience Courses based on cross-disciplinary research such as a cross-disciplinary seminar and group work and research in the other discipline.
- 3.Social Implementation Courses for practical education based on social needs.
- 4.Core Courses to foster basic knowledge and attitude toward creation of innovation.
Although the department is a segmented graduate school, it is planned to organize a systematic educational program over a five-year period up to the latter half of the doctoral program.
Doctoral Program
The aim of this program is to develop "doctoral human recourses who can create the basis for scientific and technological innovation and implement it in society, based on original ideas and outstanding research skills, in response to the needs and trends of global society".
The following subjects are offered in order for students to acquire "practical problem-solving skills.
“Practical problem-solving skills" refer to the abilities to discover and solve social issues related to science and technology innovation by oneself in response to social needs and trends by exploring and practicing methodologies that further integrate science on the basis of the basic skills acquired in the master’s program.
- 1.Systematically Specialized Courses and Research Support Courses to deepen the knowledge about your discipline.
- 2.Transdisciplinary Experience Courses based on cross-disciplinary research such as a cross-disciplinary seminar and group work and research in the other discipline.
- 3.Social Implementation Courses for practical education based on social needs.
- 4.Courses such as internship in overseas or study abroad to foster global mind.
Admission Policy
(New Student Admisson Policy)
The Master's program accepts students who, in addition to the basic expertise in the fields they have mastered in their bachelor's and other program, are also interested in fields in which they have different specialisations and engage in collaborative activities with others, solve complex and difficult problems through the power of interdisciplinary integration, and have a strong desire to actively create new values for the development of society.
We offer two-year Master’s Program and three-year Doctoral Program separately but we willingly offer the five-year systematic program if students wish to take.
The doctoral program accepts applicants who have a strong desire to actively create new and advanced values for the development of society. In addition to utilizing the specialized knowledge acquired in the master’s program, they are expected to draw on their multifaceted reasoning skills to engage in concerted activities with others to play an active role in a global society. They will be called upon to identify and solve various complex problems through transdisciplinary sciences.