1. Overview
The Graduate School of Engineering has 18 departments featuring principal engineering technology spanning a wide range of fields. The objective of graduate school education is the acquisition of a more advanced degree of engineering knowledge and research ability. In particular, future research and development is carried out autonomously in the Doctoral program, with an aim to also acquire leadership ability. The practice of graduate school education differs by department; however, schooling by means of the development of special fields of study has become increasingly important in the Master's program. Research at the Graduate School of Engineering is not just restricted to the "hard" studies centered on experimentation. Instead, diversity in the range of research fields is increasing with research concerning information, artificial intelligence and CAD/CAM; research relating to the environment, disaster prevention, energy and urban social systems; and research into the interdisciplinary fields of life science and medicine which focus on the human. Research is conducted while maintaining a cooperative relationship with other fields of engineering, resulting in the pioneering and application of various new fields. Recently, society's deep concern regarding environmental problems has come to be reflected in research, with issues relating to society and the environment continuing to be stressed in every field of engineering.
The importance of the fields of Informatics and Life Sciences is continuing to increase, and problems that cannot be resolved within the traditional framework of engineering, such as those of environmental studies, are increasingly becoming the target of research. In order to respond to this age of borderless fields of study, more flexible forms of research structure are becoming necessary.
The Graduate School of Engineering is the largest Graduate School at the University of Tokyo with almost a third of the overseas students studying at the University. Full and continuous support for overseas students is important, as is the further internationalization of Japanese students. At the Graduate School of Engineering, the concept of further internationalization in education and research, and specific policies based on it, are continuously scrutinized, and great effort is devoted to the enrichment of overseas student education and the expansion of international research exchange.
2. Departments
Department of Architecture
Department of Urban Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Precision Engineering
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems
Department of Applied Physics
Department of Systems Innovation
Department of Materials Engineering
Department of Applied Chemistry
Department of Chemical System Engineering
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management
Department of Bioengineering
Department of Technology Management for Innovation
Nuclear Professional School
Department of Civil Engineering
Modern life is constructed according to the utilization of civil engineering technology, and humans' improvement and maintenance of the surrounding environment. Civil engineering, including various technologies necessary to our civilized and cultural life, is a technological system for the creation of an environment in which humans can live in a civilized manner. Infrastructure such as roads, railway systems, telecommunication facilities, and essential utilities are indispensable for modern urban life. Away from urban centers, on the other hand, civil engineering technology also has essential roles to create agreeable waterfronts, to maintain plentiful rivers and forests and to preserve the natural environment. The Department of Civil Engineering is an integrated group of various specialized fields related to human life and environments and aims to foster distinctive and talented individuals who will be responsible for the creation of our future environment.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Japanese language proficiency is not required.
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Architecture
The scope of architecture is extraordinarily broad, covering the preservation and restoration of ancient cultural heritage buildings and communities; the skyscrapers characteristic of modern cities; the housing production, maintenance and preservation that forms local infrastructure; the maintenance, seismic diagnosis and reinforcement against the earthquakes, fires and typhoons that threaten our livelihoods; air conditioning and illumination in order to create comfortable living conditions; and urban construction and redevelopment. Its relationship with society is truly intimate. The Graduate School of the Department of Architecture aims to develop experts and researchers who have acquired a more advanced knowledge in each of these particular fields. The teaching staff for the Graduate School numbers a total of 37, including staff from the Laboratory for Earthquake Research Institute, the Institute of Industrial Science, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, in addition to the staff at the Hongo Campus.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Urban Engineering
Both urban and environmental issues have emerged in distinctive and endemic forms in all communities, with underlying characteristics associated with national economic and social behavior interacting with other countries. Rather than looking at each issue superficially, we should fully understand these characteristics. Based on analysis and understanding, we can effectively resolve urban and environmental issues through engineering techniques and practical measures. This is the responsibility of Urban Engineering.
From this perspective, areas from the local to the national scale, and to the overall global environment are considered, including both urban and rural environments. Technical education and research is carried out based on engineering technology while maintaining a close relationship with the social sciences and humanities including law, economics, sociology, history, psychology, aesthetics and philosophy.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering carries out academic research into the five specialized fields of Solid Mechanics/Materials, Heat and Fluids, Dynamics and Control of Machinery, Design and Production and Biotechnology. The results of this education and research are applied to resolve important issues facing modern society in areas such as the environment and energy, medicine and welfare, industrial systems and technology creation. By means of a systematic educational curriculum and research activities that span a broad range of fields from leading-edge science to applied industrial technology, the department nurtures excellent researchers and engineers who possess a comprehensive perspective on technology and human society and the ability to independently discover and resolve issues.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
The ability to understand mechanical engineering terminology as well as lectures and practicums in Japanese is required.
Japanese is not particularly necessary for the Doctoral program (however, students should possess a basic level sufficient for daily life).
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Precision Engineering
Precision Engineering discusses methodologies to approach targets rather than physical objects in specific domains. Based on the basic disciplines of mechanical physics, mathematical information, and measurement and control, this department promotes education and research on production science that is structured on fundamental technologies, such as precision measurement, precision machining, micro-systems, mechatronics, and design and production systems, as well as creation of intelligent machines, information and knowledge systematization for products and manufacturing processes, and their applications to biomedical devices and service robots. Through these activities, the department aims to contribute to a sustainable society with harmony between humans, artifacts and the environment.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The progress of aeronautics and astronautics not only directly contributes to the expansion of the world of knowledge and human activity, but also intimately relates to our daily lives through a fusion with technologies such as communications, positioning and Earth observation. In order to design and realize ultramodern hardware such as aircraft, spacecraft, satellites and propulsion systems, the development of cutting-edge technology in each field is necessary. The ability to horizontally integrate and coordinate such systems is also necessary. In our department, we are engaged in the development of scientific and technological fields relating to aeronautics and astronautics by means of research activities that pioneer new fields of study.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
A level of Japanese at which graduate school lectures can be understood and no difficulty is experienced in daily life
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems was newly established at the Graduate School of Engineering in 2008.
Electrical engineering and its areas of application have become indispensable to modern society. Thus far, the Graduate School of Engineering has carried out education and research in the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Department of Electronics Engineering based on physics with a focus on electromagnetism and quantum physics. Meanwhile, the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences aims to create fields that fuse both the physical and the informatics sides of electrical engineering and has carried out education and research in the field of basic informatics for over nine years. Since 2008, the supervisory staff of these three departments have been united in the singular new Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems. The ship has just set sail on the voyage to new discoveries.
Two programs are established in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems. The Electrical and Electronic Engineering Course implements research and education to further deepen conventional power and expand it to new fields. The Computing and Communication Systems Course aims to pioneer new fields combining traditional power with informatics.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Applied Physics
The Department of Applied Physics aims to research the forefront of physics and capitalize on the results for the benefit of society and industry. People who have mastered the basics of physics and who have the will to take on the challenge of new problems are currently sought after in all fields. The Department of Applied Physics aims to raise talented people who possess their own concept of the fundamentals of physics and who will lead the world as they forge ahead into unknown territory.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Japanese language proficiency is not required.
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Systems Innovation
Systematic ways of thinking to comprehend phenomena from multilateral and panoramic viewpoints are becoming increasingly important in modern times as we need to find solutions for various challenges sprouting up in our society whenever we see globalization accelerating and complexity growing deeper. Engineering today is expected to make a clear departure from a conventional perception of engineering, such as extraction and analysis of basic elements of the subject matter.
The Department of Systems Innovation is developing education and research related to theory and methodology that will integrate engineering knowledge as the basis of systems science and realize innovative systems. By engaging in these developments, the department aims to produce talented people who can create new values and innovate new systems, while striving to resolve the diverse modern problems surrounding humans, artifacts and nature.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Materials Engineering
The materials that compose structures and devices play an extremely important role in the axis of technological and social development. Here we integrate three concepts: design of materials, or the creation of new materials; design for materials, or the development of innovative processes that create new materials and material manufacturing processes with consideration for the environment; and design with materials, or the development of technologies in which various materials function as structures or devices. We also engage in education and research with the aim of realizing a technological society for the well-being of humanity.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Applied Chemistry
Chemistry is a fundamental academic field concerning the formation, properties and functions of all matter. We are expanding human knowledge by designing new chemical reactions, creating new compounds and materials and conducting other fundamental research. At the same time, we aim to contribute to energy conversion and storage, environmental remediation, medicine, information processing and other aspects of our daily lives. While foundational fields including physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry are important, we must go above and beyond. We conduct highly original and creative cutting-edge research while training researchers and engineers who take the global lead in chemistry and related fields.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.
Department of Chemical System Engineering
Chemical System Engineering aids in solving environmental, energy, security and other issues directly facing humanity. In order to make a truly rich life for all a reality, we need further knowledge and integration of these issues through a deeper elemental understanding of chemistry and a systematic way of thinking. Our goals are far-reaching. We seek to analyze and control chemical phenomena on everything from the micro to the macro scale, and create methodologies for development, systemization and panoramic design of constituent elements. We aim not only to develop materials and devices, but also to create clean energy systems, resource recycling systems, and safe social systems while presenting our concrete visions for solving real issues.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
Discovering chemical reactions that transcend nature while studying within nature. Creating new materials and new processes based on living organisms. Using the power of chemistry to illuminate the depths of life's phenomena. Creating highly functional artificial proteins.
These next generation concepts of technologies and science will be created through the fusion of chemistry and biology, two formerly individual research fields, with an engineering slant. The Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology researches and teaches a broad spectrum of molecular-related subjects, from organic chemistry to biotechnology.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies
Students in the Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies will learn and research about budding and advanced foundational/applied research on cutting-edge scientific and technological fields, as well as research on this research itself ("Research on Research"). One feature of graduate schools is adult re-entry into education. Through graduate school-level research and education, we aim to produce not just independent and creative researchers in the field of advanced science and technology, but leading and global researchers who can look at things with a broad perspective, managers and advanced interdisciplinary policymakers. Since 2010 we have offered a consistent curriculum including environmental, energy and accessibility technology programs.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management
Our research and education focuses on nuclear safety and energy systems that proactively incorporate innovative technology. Students will research and learn nuclear socio-engineering, a new perspective incorporating economical, legal and ethical issues focusing on societal acceptance and technological policy for nuclear energy engineering. Meanwhile, products using radiation produced by nuclear energy and beam technology that help support our lives have led to important advances in the field of medicine, which has led to the important field of radiation science and medical physics.
¡ô Required Japanese LevelJapanese language proficiency is not required.
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Bioengineering
The Department of Bioengineering builds on existing mechanical, electrical, physical, chemical and materials engineering disciplines and cross-integrates these with biosciences. Our goal is to provide an academic base for the creation of new bioindustries in the 21st century in various areas such as medicine, food, housing and the environment. We will train personnel to possess masterful technical capabilities in all disciplines, with interdisciplinary knowledge and perspectives at their core. Since October 2010, we provide the International Bioengineering Program within the Global 30 framework.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Master’s program: basic Japanese conversation, ability to understand graduate school lectures.¡¡However, some special International Bioengineering English courses do not require Japanese ability.
Doctoral program: None.
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Department of Technology Management for Innovation
Japan is in the midst of social and industrial structural reforms. We need forward-thinking people with leadership and a broad education of advanced science and technology, as well as knowledge in business education and economics. Our department educates core leaders able to demonstrate strategic imagination—in other words, people with big aspirations and a strong sense of responsibility and ethics who can create new industrial innovation and a sustainable industrial society from many different perspectives utilizing science and technology. We welcome students who want to learn about science and business in a new and exciting way, as well as working adults who want new goals and want to become integral in supporting industry and policy.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
Nuclear Professional School
Nuclear power will help support Japan's energy needs in the future. It is therefore vital that nuclear power plants should be more highly reliable. Also, we have to build secure foundations for security, design, construction, operation and management of nuclear power stations and nuclear power related facilities, as well as for new projects, research, development and all other areas of nuclear energy. With this in mind, we have created the Nuclear Professional School to train nuclear power technicians who understand the various problems encountered when using nuclear power, and who are capable of solving these problems.
¡ô Required Japanese Level
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
¡ô Application Distribution/Application Period
Please visit us at our website for more information.¡¡
3. Websites
Department of Civil Engineering¡¡
Department of Architecture¡¡
Department of Urban Engineering¡¡
Department of Mechanical Engineering¡¡
Department of Precision Engineering¡¡
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics¡¡
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems¡¡
Department of Applied Physics¡¡
Department of Systems Innovation¡¡
Department of Materials Engineering¡¡
Department of Applied Chemistry¡¡
Department of Chemical System Engineering¡¡
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology¡¡
Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies¡¡
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management¡¡
Department of Bioengineering¡¡
Department of Technology Management for Innovation¡¡
Nuclear Professional School¡¡
4. Special Selection for International Students
5. Types of Degrees
| Master's degrees | ||
|---|---|---|
| Master of Engineering | ||
| Master of Nuclear Engineering | Nuclear Professional School only | |
| Doctorates | ||
| Doctor of Engineering Doctor of Engineering / Ph. D. |
Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies and Department of Technology Management for Innovation only |
|
6. Contact
Information on each department is posted on the Graduate School of Engineering website (). For further details on admission procedures, contact the Academic Affairs Graduate Team, Academic Affairs International Student Team or the Office of International Cooperation and Exchange as listed below.
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656 Graduate School Team, Administrative Division (for engineering students)
tel +81-3-5841-6038,7747¡¡ daigakuin.t AT gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Office of International Students
tel +81-3-5841-6071¡¡ryugakusei.t AT gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Office of International Cooperation and Exchange
tel +81-3-5841-6032¡¡oice-jimu.t AT gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp
For more information on each Department, contact:
Department of Civil Engineering: fso AT civil.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Architecture: query-fas AT arch1.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Urban Engineering: fso AT ue.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Mechanical Engineering: kyoumu AT office.mech.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Precision Engineering: kyoumu AT pe.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics: koku AT office-aero.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems: eejim.t AT gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Applied Physics: office AT ap.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Systems Innovation:
Department of Materials Engineering: qa AT material.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Applied Chemistry: director AT appchem.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Chemical System Engineering: admission AT chemsys.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology: international AT chembio.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies: kenkyou.rcast AT gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management: nyushijimu AT n.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Bioengineering: officeJP AT bioeng.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Department of Technology Management for Innovation: tmi-adm AT tmi.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Nuclear Professional School: nyushijimu AT tokai.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
