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Materials Science aims not only to analyze the structure
of substances, identify the physical and chemical properties of the substances
and thereby establish methods for control of useful materials in a desired manner
but also to research on methods to synthesize new functional materials in response
to the needs of society and industry in the future.
In fact, many of today's high profile industries, such as electric power, electronics,
machinery, construction, civil engineering and space, as well as frontier technologies
used in the fields of environment and medicine, are built on the academic foundation
and methods of materials science, in addition to a variety of substances it produces.
People's high expectations for materials science are evident also in terms that
have recently come into common usage, such as "new materials," "new
ceramics," "fine chemicals," "engineering plastics,ﾓ "biotechnology"
and "superconducting materials.ﾒ Education and research conducted in the
Department covers a wide spectrum of domains, including solid-state physics, biochemistry
and material engineering, beyond traditional areas of study in this field (namely,
fundamental science, industrial chemistry and synthetic chemistry). |
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The aim of the undergraduate curriculum of the Department
of Architecture and Civil Engineering is to develop students with a broad perspective
who are equipped not only with technical knowledge but also with flexibility and
other qualities required of an engineer. In order to achieve this, the Department
provides students with practical classes and seminars on construction and city
& regional planning, covering the fields of architectonics, civil engineering
and sanitary engineering.
The Department designs programs for students in the first and second years by
taking advantage of the universality of themes dealt with in basic courses and
small-group instruction, so that students can master the basic knowledge of structure)
engineering, environmental engineering and planning during the first two years.
The Department also offers training on specialist techniques to first-and second-year
students through programs such as Dialogue on Construction, Manual Training, Construction
& Design Workshop and various introductory courses. On the other hand, the
aim of the courses for third- and fourth year students is to develop engineers
with a broad perspective covering both architectonics and civil engineering. In
order to achieve this, courses that are related both to architectonics and civil
engineering are designated as compulsory.
Education and research conducted in the postgraduate courses of the Department
cover the fields of structural engineering, environmental engineering and city/regional
planning. The aim is to help students develop the ability to discover specialist
research themes and identify solutions to them. |
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The aim of the Department of Knowledge-based Information
Engineering is to develop software engineers who can contribute to today's information
society, which is moving towards an even more information-oriented one, as symbolized
by ever-expanding networks and multimedia industry.
Students in the first and second years of the undergraduate course learn the general
basic knowledge required of an engineer, as well as the basics of various specialist
fields. Since many new students are transferred from technological colleges to
the third year of the undergraduate course, third-year students can learn the
basics of various specialist fields, in addition to many hours of intensive experiment
and training courses on programming techniques.
During the following three-year period (the fourth year of the undergraduate course
and the two-year master's course), students choose their specialty from the three
options of Computer Science, Intelligent Media Science and Molecular Information
Engineering,
and do their BS/master's thesis work under the guidance of their respective supervisors
while studying their own specialty. This education scheme aims to develop engineers
who have not only programming techniques but also advanced expertise in their
own specialist field. |
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Recent years have seen a dramatic growth in the scale of
production activities. This is resulting not only in the mass consumption of the
limited resources of the Earth but also in drastic changes in the environment
(e.g. global warming and ozone depletion), causing damage to the Earth to the
extent that even the foundations for human life are put in danger of collapsing.
Ecological Engineering is an interdisciplinary area of study that aims to solve
these environmental problems and ensure the sustainable growth of human activities
on the Earth. The undergraduate curriculum of the Department places an emphasis
on courses in basic subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and life
science, while allowing students to select many related subjects like biology,
genetic engineering, electric/electronic engineering, information technology,
environment engineering and environment energy engineering, so that they can learn
a wide range of phenomena and techniques in this area of study in a systematic
manner.
Students in the fourth year do their BS thesis work on a theme of their interest
in their respective research laboratories. The aim of the Department is to deliver
human resources who have not only a wide range of technical knowledge based on
a solid academic foundation but also the ability to solve real-life problems in
society, rather than mere specialists who are satisfied to be versed in one narrow
specialty in the field of engineering. The considerable achievements so far of
this relatively young department, which was only set up in 1993, have won it the
title of "21st Century COE Program," promoted by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. |
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