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Graduate School of Science and Engineering Doshisha University

1. Graduate school code 2. Maximum number of participants 1 5 participants for every year Engineering Agriculture (including Fishery, Dairy and Livestock) Science Marine Science Commerce Economics / Business Administration Medical Science Social Welfare Tourism ICT Political Science / Public Administration Others( ) (1) Information and Computer Science/ Master of Science in Engineering (2) Electrical and Electronic Engineering/ Master of Science in Engineering (3) Mechanical Engineering/ Master of Science in Engineering (4) Applied Chemistry/ Master of Science in Engineering or Master of Science (5) Science of Environment and Mathematical Modeling/ Master of Science in Engineering or Master of Science 2 years as a Master s Student 5. Standard time table (Years needed for graduation) Starting as a Research Student up to 6 months, then 2 years as a Master s Student after passing the entrance exam 2 years as a Master s Student OR Starting as a Research Student up to 12 months, then 2 years as a Master s Student after passing the exam. (Depend on the capacity of the applicants) Lecture: All lectures in English Text: English but Japanese text will be used partially while English instructions are given deciphering or orally. Laboratory work: Safety instructions by the supervisor or tutors. Conducting of the research is generally instructed by the supervisor in English. Seminar: Seminars including Japanese students are generally in Japanese, but there are some occasions where foreign students can interact in seminars in English.

3. Fields of Study

4. Program and Degree

(1) (2) (3) 6. Language of program (4)

7. Desirable English level and Necessary Academic background

(1) TOEFL IBT:79, PBT:550, IELTS 6.0 or completed / expect to complete a Bachelor s degree program taught in English. (2) At least 16 years of academic background or equivalent. (1) Graduate School of Science and Engineering http://istc.doshisha.ac.jp/en/ (2) Doshisha University http://www.doshisha.ac.jp/en/index.html

8. Website

1.Doshisha Univ.(Sc.Eng).docx 9. Professors and Associate Professors Position Name Research Subject / Contact Professor All For details, please refer to our web site; http://istc.doshisha.ac.jp/en/course/course.html

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Features of Graduate School

Doshisha University has 138 years history and one of the most qualified private universities in Japan. The educational goal of Doshisha University is to foster people as the nations conscience, and education of conscience (Ryoshin-kyoiku in Japanese) has been the major principle of our education. What sets Doshisha, a private university, apart from many other universities in Japan, both private and public, is its strong belief in giving students an education based on conscience. The passion of the founder of Doshisha University, Jo Neesima, for education is encapsulated in the graven words on the memorial monument at the main campus gate, which read, I earnestly desire that many young people filled with conscience will be raised and sent out by our school. Doshisha University has been recently working on active educational reforms to respond to the needs of the time. With an emphasis on medical education, which was the founders ardent wish, we opened two new faculties at Kyotanabe Campus in April 2008, the Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Health & Sports Science, as well as reorganized the Faculty of Engineering as the Faculty of Science and Engineering. With these reforms, Kyotanabe and Gakkentoshi Campuses have become an educational and research center specializing in such areas including integrated humanities and sciences, life science, information, health science and advanced science, while Imadegawa Campus will focus on its role as an educational and research center for internationalism and liberal arts. There is no doubt that the mission of the university is transmission of academic knowledge and expertise. In addition to this, fostering humanity and developing personality are also important missions. Doshisha University is determined to continue to work hard at ever-improving its educational and research environments in order to fulfill its responsibilities and missions.

Graduate School of Science and Engineering International Science and Technology Course (hereinafter ISTC) which provides courses in the field of engineering. ISTC will provide English courses in (1) Information and Computer Science, (2) Electrical and Electronic Engineering, (3) Mechanical Engineering (4) Applied Chemistry (5) Science of Environment and Mathematical Modeling, Participants will also have an opportunity to take basic courses aimed to understand Japan such as Japanese society, administration, and corporate ethics through which they can adapt to Japanese society smoothly. This would help them to concentrate on their study.

1.Doshisha Univ.(Sc.Eng).docx 11. Features and Curriculum of Program Regular students in master courses have to take total of 30 credits in 2 years, special student can take total of 10 credits in one year as follow;
Students should follow his/her supervisor's instructions and take courses according to the chart below.
Chart of credits required (minimum) for completion of the M.Sc./M.Eng. Program

Elective subjects A Subjects of Specialized Fields Experiment 8 Credits 8 or more 16 or more 6 or more less than 8 (Common Core Subjects B Common General Courses Total

4 or more
less than 6

30

22 or more

Notes;
Earn more than 8 credits from subjects for ISTC of your own course.
Specified ones of Asubjects for ISTC of other than your own course can be counted. Subjects of your own course other than ISTC (i.e. regular course subjects) can be counted. Follow the prerequisites and take subjects from your own course other than ISTC.

Information and Computer Science Aims of Academic Activities The masters program aims to provide knowledge and skills that enables students to deal with the advanced and wide-ranging topics of information processing and communication technology necessary for the development of information systems that form the social infrastructure of the 21st century. Information systems in the future should be environment-friendly and possess intelligent processing capabilities. The masters program aims to provide knowledge and skills that are balanced in the two fields of information science, which involves computer science and information processing and communication technology, and knowledge science, which involves the simulation of the intelligent activities of human beings and the application of them into engineering. Lecture classes in these two fields are provided and they are organized to allow students to acquire wide-ranging knowledge centered on theoretical aspects. Meanwhile, on the research side, students are required not only to submit a masters thesis based on laboratory works, but also to have as much experience as possible in making presentations and participating in discussions at academic society conferences, etc. In this way, we endeavor to foster the fundamental abilities required to become world-leading engineers and researchers. Specific Objectives for Development of Talented Individuals The masters program aims to develop talented individuals who can demonstrate the following abilities: (1)The ability to take the initiative in resolving highly-specialized technical problems in each area/field of information system development;

1.Doshisha Univ.(Sc.Eng).docx (2)Cultivating information technology engineers who possess balanced communication skills as members of society and can take the lead in planning new information systems in association with others; (3)Cultivating information technology engineers who, without any restriction of technical fields covered by existing information technology, can understand, analyze, and have an awareness of problems related to the information technology that the next generation society will face and can take the leadership in resolving these problems; (4)Cultivating information technology engineers with the fundamental abilities required to become world-leading engineers and researchers. Electrical and Electronic Engineering Aims of Academic Activities Electrical engineering is an academic field that forms the foundation of the electrical energy and electronic information transmission essential to modern society, and it is characterized by extraordinary speed in technical innovation. In this course, students carry out wide-ranging research that covers related academic fields while focusing on the fields of electrical energy, devices, and communication. The master's program first teaches basic theory from the perspective of the advanced research being carried out by faculty members and, as well as cultivating the ability to apply this basic theory, it also teaches application theory that can be adapted to real technology. The aim of this education is not only for students to acquire an advanced learning based on the international and original research activities of the course faculty members, but also to improve the "practical, theoretical and experimental abilities that will enable them to develop and verify theories in new areas," as required in the field of electrical engineering where the area of application is wide and change is intense. Students formulate their own objectives and plans, execute their research accordingly, and compile the results into a master's thesis. In this way, the program fosters engineers and researchers with the ability to conduct exploratory research or practically-applicable research that can contribute to society. Specific Objectives for Development of Talented Individuals The master's program aims to develop engineers and researchers with the following abilities who are able to pursue careers at the forefront of the real world: (1)A thorough understanding of electromagnetics, electrical circuitry, and other fundamental disciplines in electrical engineering, and the ability to apply these basic theories in new technological development and problem solving. (2)Practical, theoretical, and experimental abilities that enable them to link and develop/verify basic theory and application theory. (3)The ability to discover problems in existing technology, as well as ability in applied technology in order to solve these problems with constraints. (4)The ability to immediately cope with work as a member of a project team involved in research and development, etc. (5)The ability to make proposals and carry out planning of new technological development projects, as well as the ability to lead a project team and the necessary communication skills to move plans forward.

1.Doshisha Univ.(Sc.Eng).docx (6)The ability to carry out original research. Mechanical Engineering Aims of Academic Activities While mechanical engineering is an important discipline in which furthering the development of machinery and equipment which are a key part of the wide-ranging field, there are also great hopes that it can contribute to solving energy and environmental problems typified by global warming. In addition to having a strong fundamental knowledge of engineering and the ability to apply this knowledge, mechanical engineers must possess the ability to rapidly respond to changing societies as well as keep up with the latest developments in science and technology. The aim of this program is to further educate engineers by providing them with an advanced knowledge of mechanical engineering and teach them to apply their knowledge to circumstances in the world. In this course laboratories are set up to extensively cover the disciplines that form the foundation of mechanical engineering, including materials, structural analysis, thermodynamics, hydraulics, vibrations, controls and manufacturing. While providing students with a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of mechanical engineering and holding the spirit with which Doshisha University was founded, this program strives to develop talented individuals who can make use of their mechanical engineering expertise to contribute widely to society, both domestically and internationally. This is achieved by using mechanical engineering as a base to support and encourage students to contribute to peoples well-being through application fields of rapidly developing science and technology. Specific Objectives for Development of Talented Individuals This program aims to develop talented individuals who can display the following abilities: (1)The ability to put advanced specialized knowledge into practice in various fields and areas where mechanical engineering is used based on ones own conscience; (2)A thorough grounding in mechanical engineering and abilities appropriate to a researcher/engineer capable of conducting advanced research and development; (3)A wide international awareness and communication skills as well as high practical ability, and the ability to respond flexibly to a rapidly-changing society and its needs; (4)The ability to contribute to the development of society through ones own knowledge of mechanical engineering. Applied Chemistry Aims of Academic Activities To develop talented individuals who will play central roles in science and technology related to the creative development of functional materials, the masters program (systemically) provides a comprehensive educational program that includes various subjects covering from the fundamentals of chemistry to cutting-edge advanced fields. The program also provides research opportunities to conduct creative study on topics related to chemistry and chemical engineering that are of great importance now and for years to come. The process of pursuing these educational and research programs should develop talented individuals who are full of originality and have problem-solving abilities. Furthermore, the whole program serves to develop talented

1.Doshisha Univ.(Sc.Eng).docx individuals who, not just acquiring deep scholarly knowledge and advanced expertise in chemistry and chemical engineering, have sound consciences that enable them to make judgments from a broad perspective of chemistry and chemical engineering that can contribute to society, in line with the spirit behind the educational philosophy of Doshisha Universityliberalism, Christianity, and internationalism. Specific Objectives for Development of Talented Individuals This program aims to develop talented individuals who can display the following abilities: (1)The ability to solve problems related to chemistry and chemical engineering, presentation skills, and the international perspective with common sense to understand different cultures of other countries as well as ones own; (2)Specialized research capabilities that can respond flexibly to issues to be solved for which our rapidly-changing modern and international societies seek in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering; (3)The ability to give full play to the above-mentioned capabilities even at research-and-development tasks undertaken in groups, such as when working on projects, and the ability to adapt with a sense of cooperation to problem-solving situations. Science of Environment and Mathematical Modeling Aims of Academic Activities There is no question that environmental problems will be the most important issue facing mankind in the future. If we imagine that the various fields of engineering, mainly involving manufacturing, are the warp, it is clear that the importance of environmental science as a weft that connects them is continuing to increase. Also, fulfilling a role as another weft for all of science and technology is mathematical science, which forms the foundation of our highly information-based society. The master's program of this course implements academic activities with the aim of developing core talented individuals who correctly understand the academic development of environmental science and mathematical science and, equipped with a fundamental grounding as researchers, have the ability to apply leading academic results to the execution of various challenges in industrial and educational circles. In response to the need for development of advanced engineers in fields such as Earth observation, environment preservation, disaster prevention science, new energy, and environmental engineering, the environmental science course has established as one of its main objectives the development of advanced professionals who will incorporate environmental science from a scientific perspective in business and industrial activities. Another important objective is the development of instructors trained in environmental science, who are in short supply in classrooms. As well as aiming to develop advanced professionals with advanced knowledge of mathematical science in various industrial circles, the mathematical science course also establishes as an important objective the development of educators who are able to act on their own initiative to execute elementary and secondary mathematics education from an advanced standpoint. Furthermore, an important theme of this course, which aims to unite both environmental and mathematical sciences, is the development of advanced professionals and educators who are strong in interdisciplinary fields regardless of the course with which they are affiliated. Specific Objectives for Development of Talented Individuals This program aims to cultivate talented individuals who can display the following abilities (1)The ability to understand and analyze problems scientifically.

1.Doshisha Univ.(Sc.Eng).docx (2)The ability to consider problems concerning the environment from a global perspective. (3)The ability to consider problems concerning the environment from a life science perspective. (4)The ability to analyze problems in science and engineering as exact sciences from a mathematical science perspective. (5)The ability to accurately extract problems to be resolved from among many different real-life problems. (6)The ability to accurately construct means and methods for solving extracted problems. (7)The communication skills required to correctly communicate one's thoughts with an international outlook. Special student period academic guidance Guidance contents of the special student period also similar to the above.

12. Internship program Determined by the capacity of each student and his/her supervisor s guidance.

13. Academic schedule ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2013 *Dates will be slightly changed for the upcoming academic year. 2013 SPRING SEMESTER April 1(Mon) Start of Spring Semester/Convocation Ceremony 2(Tue)-7(Sun) Course guidance for new students 4(Thu)-7(Sun) Course registration 8(Mon) Classes begin 29(Mon)-30(Tue) Holidays May 1(Wed)-6(Mon) Holidays July 29(Mon) Last day of classes 30(Tue) Final examinations begin August 10(Sat) Final examinations end 11(Sun) Summer Recess begins September 15(Sun) Summer Recess ends 16(Mon) Grade reports distributed to current students 20(Fri) End of Spring Semester

1.Doshisha Univ.(Sc.Eng).docx 2013 FALL SEMESTER September 21 (Fri) Start of Fall Semester 25 (Wed) Classes begin November 3(Sun)-4(Mon) Doshisha Clover Festival(Sports Festival) 26(Tue)-28(Thu) Doshisha Eve 29(Fri) Anniversary of Establishment(university holiday) December 25 (Wed) Winter Recess begins January, 2014 5 (Sun) Winter Recess ends 6 (Mon) Classes recommence 27 (Mon) Classes end 28 (Tue) Final examinations begin February
17 (Mon) Final examinations end

March
20 (Thu)-22 (Sat) Fall Semester Ceremony for Bestowing Degrees 31 (Mon) End of Fall Semester

14. Facilities and Cultural activities for International students (1) Student Dormitory There are 2 buildings located setting close to the Kyotanabe campus for single person. They are comparatively reasonable costs and presence of university staff to assist when students need in one of them. (2) Cultural activities Our International Office provides variety of activities; cultural tour, cooking class, culture exchange etc. (3)Tutoring services To give academic assistance to those who are enrolled in a graduate program. Tutoring services help students to improve their Japanese proficiency (including understanding technical terminology and writing reports and theses) and assist them in their specific field of study. (4) Health Center and Counseling Center Student Health Centers are located on Kyotanabe Campus to provide medical care and annual checkup. Student Counseling Center is designed to other personal and academic counseling and assistance. (5)Japanese language classes International students can participate in Japanese class that corresponds to the level of student. There are reading, oral expression, grammar, writing, vocabulary. At least taking 2 classes in a week.