Education Programs

The T-type Engineering Degree (TED) Program overcomes the shortcomings of excessively specialized and conventional I-shaped engineering education by offering broader perspectives. Our education model has undergone reform and moved away from parochial specialization towards a more integrated engineering education that combines a high degree of specialization and broad perspectives. The vertical line of the letter T from the TED Program represents the students' in-depth research in their area of expertise at their assigned laboratories. Students must write a master's or doctoral thesis in this program, which aims to produce highly advanced engineers and researchers. Once they have completed the program, students are awarded a master's or doctoral degree in engineering.

The Pi-type Engineering Degree (PED) Program is a unique education method applied in Japan for the first time. The program is designed to produce practical engineers and researchers who can turn innovations resulting from the advancement of sciences and technologies into advanced manufacturing. As the symbol of Pi (Π) from the PED Program represents, basic knowledge in engineering (horizontal line of Π) is combined with more than one module of specialization (two vertical lines of Π). Such a unique Yokohama-style graduate education system produces practical engineers and researchers who can respond to challenges faced by today's diversified and highly advanced industrial society. In our master's programs, students take coursework consisting of laboratory courses, exercises, and training (including long-term internship) instead of writing a master's thesis or being assigned to specific laboratories. Once they have completed the program, students are awarded a master's degree in engineering. In the doctoral programs, students are required to write a doctoral thesis, which is reviewed by keeping in mind that students are expected to become practical researchers who will lead advanced manufacturing. Once they have completed the program, students are awarded a doctoral degree in engineering.

The Professional Science Degree (PSD) Program enables students to acquire various necessary skills in our industrial society through workshops and internships organized to utilize the strengths of our universities while referring to the graduate education programs in science as advocated by the National Professional Science Master's Association (NPSMA). Based on their advanced knowledge in fundamental science, students will pursue the truth in natural science and contribute to the development of science-oriented industries in anticipation of the technological innovation for the next 10 to 20 years. They are also expected to develop knowledge in both science and engineering, as well as adequate language and other skills for working globally. Once they have completed the program, students are awarded a master's or doctoral degree in science.

The Science Degree Program produces deep thinkers with good judgment and advanced expertise in modern mathematics who not only pursue the truth in mathematical science, but also contribute to the development of science-oriented industries in anticipation of the technological innovation for the next 10 to 20 years. The education program is designed to apply advanced mathematical science, which is a constant and important driving force of innovation in our rapidly evolving information society. Students must write a master's or doctoral thesis, and undergo a final examination primarily focused on their theses. Once they have completed the program, students are awarded a master's or doctoral degree in science.