Type of Students We Seek (Doctoral Course)

Based on its Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy, this Graduate School expects to admit students as described below.

Students who:

Program of    Biotechnology

  1.  Have deep knowledge in their specialized fields, and who have an ambition to also acquire knowledge in fields other than their specialized fields, and to develop interdisciplinary research;
  2.  Are motivated to take up a challenge for a new scientific and technological field to which different fields, such as material science, are integrated based on frontier life sciences;
  3.  Have a logical thinking ability and communication skills to describe their cutting-edge research in easy-to-understand words so that it is understood by society;
  4.  Have acquired abilities at the level of completing a graduate school’s Master’s Program or higher regarding their command of English; and
  5.  Have acquired common sense as a working member of society, and ethical standards as a researcher or a highly specialized engineer.

In order to admit such individuals, this program selects applicants through a multifaceted and comprehensive evaluation process based on its own Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy, using interviews, etc.

Program of    Food and AgriLife Science

  1.  Have a high level of interest in advanced theories and methods, as well as research and application deployment abilities to understand and utilize biological functions from the perspective of molecules and cells;
  2.  Have a high interest in finding and solving problems from a scientific, social, and international perspective regarding creatures’ diverse functions and the advanced use of food resources;
  3.  Have acquired abilities at the level of completing a graduate school’s Master’s Program or higher regarding their command of English;
  4.  Have acquired abilities at the level of completing a graduate school’s Master’s Program or higher regarding knowledge, attitude, and skills in the specialized fields of their choice; and
  5.  Have acquired common sense as a working member of society, and ethical standards as a researcher or a highly specialized engineer.

In order to admit such individuals, this program selects applicants through a multifaceted and comprehensive evaluation process based on its own Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy, using interviews, etc.

Program of    Bioresource Science

  1.  Have systematically understood life phenomena related to the production and use of biological resources from the molecular level to ecosystems;
  2.  Have acquired broad expertise and research skills regarding the sustainable production and utilization of biological resources in both land and water zones, and who are equipped with abilities to understand and solve various problems in related fields from regional to international scope;
  3.  Have acquired abilities at the level of completing a graduate school’s Master’s Program or higher regarding their command of English;
  4.  Have acquired abilities at the level of completing a graduate school’s Master’s Program or higher regarding knowledge, attitude, and skills in the specialized fields of their choice; and
  5.  Have acquired common sense as a working member of society, and ethical standards as a researcher or a highly specialized engineer.

In order to admit such individuals, this program selects applicants through a multifaceted and comprehensive evaluation process based on its own Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy, using interviews, etc.

Program of    Life and Environmental Sciences

  1.  Have a broad interest in the life science fields from the molecular level to whole environments and ecosystems, and who wish to acquire basic research abilities, expertise and skills for a specific field, and learn the theories and methods of understanding and utilizing these abilities from a comprehensive perspective;
  2.  Wish to understand various problems existing in life science and environmental science, and to solve them professionally, immediately, and internationally;
  3.  Wish to play an active role independently as a generalist who also covers areas outside life science and environmental science without being constrained by their own expertise;
  4.  Have acquired abilities at the level of completing a graduate school’s Master’s Program or higher regarding their command of English;
  5.  Have acquired abilities at the level of completing a graduate school’s Master’s Program or higher regarding knowledge, attitude, and skills in the specialized fields of their choice; and
  6.  Have acquired common sense as a working member of society, and ethical standards as a researcher or a highly specialized engineer.

In order to admit such individuals, this program selects applicants through a multifaceted and comprehensive evaluation process based on its own Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy, using interviews, etc.

Program of    Basic Biology

  1.  Have acquired specialized knowledge, skills, and research abilities in biology at molecular, cellular, individual, ecological, and evolutionary levels that should have been acquired in the related Master’s Programs;
  2.  Have acquired abilities at the level of completing a graduate school’s Master’s Program or higher regarding their command of English; and
  3.  Have acquired common sense as a working member of society, and ethical standards as a researcher or a highly specialized engineer.

In order to admit such individuals, this program selects applicants through a multifaceted and comprehensive evaluation process based on its own Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy, using interviews, etc.

Program of    Mathematical and Life Sciences

  1.  Are equipped with basic academic and application abilities in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology;
  2.  Have an ambition to open up a new research field in mathematical science, molecular science, and life science fields as well as integrated fields;
  3.  Have acquired abilities at the level of completing a graduate school’s Master’s Program or higher regarding their command of English; and
  4.  Have acquired common sense as a working member of society, and ethical standards as a researcher or a highly specialized engineer.

In order to admit such individuals, this program selects applicants through a multifaceted and comprehensive evaluation process based on its own Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy, using interviews, etc.

Program of    Biomedical Science

  1.  Have an interest in medical and scientific knowledge that can support people’s health and longevity, and who aspire to contributing to the development of life science, medical science, and related industrial fields;
  2.  Can view health and pathologic conditions multilaterally from a basic biological perspective
  3.  Have acquired abilities at the level of completing a graduate school’s Master’s Program or higher regarding their command of English; and
  4.  Have acquired common sense as a working member of society, and ethical standards as a researcher or a highly specialized engineer.

In order to admit such individuals, this program selects applicants through a multifaceted and comprehensive evaluation process based on its own Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy, using interviews, etc.


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