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Aims of the Graduate School of Science and Technology

In order to overcome the imminent challenges faced by Japan, including problems related to energy resources, food supplies, water, the natural environment, globalization, and birthrate declines coupled with the aging of society, Shinshu University strives to foster a new breed of scientific and technological specialists equipped with deep-reaching knowledge and skills in both fields as well as keen insights and the ability to develop practical applications. In April 2016, we rearranged and combined the 18 departments of the former Graduate School of Science and Technology and Division of Agriculture to establish the current Graduate School of Science and Technology, which comprises the five departments of science, engineering, textile science and technology, agriculture, and biomedical engineering.
Making use of the diverse range of academic fields in the new Graduate School, the University takes advantage of its location amidst the rich natural blessings of the Shinshu region to cultivate an institution rooted in local communities but still open to the world, where sophisticated specialists with wide-reaching perspectives and exceptional problem-solving skills can be fostered. This approach is the foundation of our overall education and research activities, and it is the basis for the following unique academic and research endeavors.

Education

Curricula tailored to individual frameworks for education in the fields of science, engineering, agriculture, textiles and medicine
Cultivation of the abilities necessary to develop practical applications and approach issues from a wider perspective
Nurturing of international sensibilities and capabilities to facilitate global endeavors
Fostering of research and ethical outlooks through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Japan) Program
Four programs for working members of society selected under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Brush-up Program for Professionals (BP)
Participation in the Leading Graduate School Degree Program to cultivate global leaders

Research

Research in cutting-edge fields through collaboration with Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research (ICCER) facilities
Research that takes advantage of the Shinshu region's abundant natural blessings, conducted in close cooperation with communities to solve local problems
World-leading research in unique fields
Expansion and promotion of research that combines efforts in the fields of science, engineering, agriculture, textiles and medicine

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Philosophy and Goals

Graduate School of Science and Technology, which is in the rich natural surroundings of Shinshu and rooted in local communities but still open to the world, promotes education and research to develop qualified human resources who contribute to society in their specialized fields.
Our educational and research principles are to develop human resources with the skill to pioneer the interdisciplinary study areas, and develop high-level specialists with wide-reaching perspectives and exceptional problem-solving skills by making use of the diverse range of academic fields in this school.
Our educational and research goals are to develop advanced specialists and creative researchers who have advanced, specialized knowledge and techniques, have application abilities, wide-reaching perspectives and critical minds which can cope with problems of related fields, and to develop human resources who have intelligence and ethics which support an environmentally harmonious society.

Target Human Resources and Their Capabilities

Target Human Resources

Persons who have the ability to analyze and solve problems utilizing advanced specialized knowledge based on the basics of each specialized area of science, engineering, textile science, agriculture, and medical science.
Persons who have the ability for application of and wide-reaching perspectives for other study areas.
Leaders who have environmental awareness considering the social and natural environment, and have ability in research and development to pioneer interdisciplinary leading-edge science and technology in their specialized field.
Persons who have abilities to study, plan, and execute autonomously and continuously to solve the problems of local societies with interdisciplinary knowledge based on their specialized field.
Persons who acquire international view points, initiatively solve the problems of local societies, and can be driving forces of regional revitalization.

Target Capabilities

Wide range of knowledge and proper ethics for advanced professional engineers to develop science and technology targeting peaceful and sustainable development of human beings and society.
High level of intelligence that diversely supports an environmentally harmonious and knowledge-based society.
Advanced specialized knowledge in their research area.
Outstanding creative talent in research and development.
Ability to solve problems comprehensively based on a basic knowledge of science, engineering, and agriculture, and a specialized medical knowledge of healthcare, welfare, medical care, and drug discovery.
Ability to solve problems and have wide-reaching perspectives to cope with interdisciplinary study areas.
Ability to release information to the world and to collect and analyze information, and communication skills for coping with the global society.

Curriculum Policy

The Graduate School of Science and Technology aims to cultivate advanced specialized knowledge, procedures, techniques, and practical skills that are required by advanced specialists and researchers, and formulates a highly specialized curriculum which consists of finishing the thesis for the degree as a central point, and lectures, seminars, experiments, and practical training as surrounding points.
Through the curriculum, systematic education is organically connected, starting from coursework to the thesis for the degree at the end.
In addition, making use of the diverse range of academic fields in this school, interdisciplinary common subjects exceeding the framework of divisions or departments were started. This enables students to keep the balance between high-level specialties and overall capabilities, acquire deep specialization, applying the ability to solve problems in related areas, and wide-reaching perspectives to cope with the whole area of science and technology.

Diploma Policy

Graduate School of Science and Technology gives master's degree to the students who have cultivated adequate knowledge and the ability shown as below, and who match the conferment principles for the degree that are defined by every department.

Wide range of knowledge and proper ethics for scientists and researchers to develop science and technology targeting peaceful and sustainable development of human beings and society.
Advanced specialized knowledge and practical skills which diversely support an environmentally harmonious and knowledge-based society.
Ability to collect and analyze information and to release information to the world to cope with various problems.
A critical mind that enables students to explain logically their own thinking on the basis of their deep specialized knowledge.

Please refer to specific pages of the departments for their diploma policies and curriculum policies.

Admissions Policy

With consideration for our core principles and educational goals, the Shinshu University Graduate School of Science and Technology actively seeks out persons with the following abilities and ambitions.

Persons capable of active learning in a university setting, who are sufficiently equipped with basic academic skills and acute intellectual abilities
Persons with a strong desire to pursue efforts in fundamental or applied research in the fields of science and technology
Persons who strive to serve as world-leading researchers in cutting-edge scientific and technological fields, or who strive to become high-level specialists capable of utilizing specialized knowledge to overcome complex and sophisticated problems and challenges

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Pamphlet of Graduate School of Science and Technology

Digital pamphlet of Graduate School of Science and Technology is on the Web page of Shinshu University.Please see digital pamphlet page.