StudyQA — PhD: Human Security Engineering

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One of the biggest challenges in the 21st century is assuring the security of people and communities in Asian megacities. This means fulfilling basic human needs, overcoming local pollution issues, reducing disaster risks, and empowering individuals, families, and communities to deal with such threats. However, putting the technologies, systems, administration, controls, and governance in place to implement these objectives, their systematic management, and developing human resources is a slow process. In short, enhancing human security will need additional efforts.
Civil engineering, architecture and other engineering disciplines have long traditions as academic systems of field based problem solving. In order to establish human security in Asian megacities, however, engineering needs to develop into a more comprehensive discipline that encompasses fields such as urban management strategies, urban policy measures, and to promote education and research based on such comprehensive studies.
In this five-year program, Kyoto University will establish a new discipline "urban human security engineering" and create a network of overseas bases for research and education in Asian-wide scale to foster next generation researchers and high-level practitioners. Through this program, we will contribute greatly to solving human security issues in Asian megacities.

Subject Grouping	Subject Code	Subject Name	Hrs/Week	Credits
	10X301	Human Security Engineering	1st semester	2
Group A	10X303	Urban Governance	1st semester	2
Group A	10X305	Lecture on Urban Governance 1	1st semester	2
Group A	10X307	Lecture on Urban Governance 2	2nd semester	2
Group A	10X309	Global Environemtal Law and Policy	1st semester	2
Group B	10X311	Urban Infrastructure Management	1st semester	2
Group B	10X313	Governance for Regional and Transportation Planning	2nd semester	2
Group B	10X315	Lectures on Urban Infrastructure Management 1	1st semester	2
Group B	10X317	Lectures on Urban Infrastructure Management 2	2nd semester	2
Group B	10X319	Global Environmental Economics	1st semester	2
Group C	10X321	Lecture on Environmental Risk Management Leader	1st semester	2
Group C	10X323	Lectures on Health Risk Management 1	1st semester	2
Group C	10X325	Lectures on Health Risk Management 2	2nd semester	2
Group C	10X327	Environmental Engineering for Asia	1st semester	2
Group C	10X329	Management of Global Resources and Ecosystems	1st semester	2
Group C	10X331	Environmental Ethics and Environmental Education	1st semester	2
Group D	10X333	Disaster Risk Management	1st semester	2
Group D	10X335	Lectures on Disaster Risk Management 1	1st semester	2
Group D	10X337	Lectures on Disaster Risk Management 2	2nd semester	2
	10X339	Internship for Human Security Engineering		2
	10X341	Advanced Capstone Project		8

This program will accept 20 students annually. You have to pass both of the entrance exam to one of the four engineering departments (Environmental Engineering, Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Urban Management, or Architecture and Architectural Engineering) or the Graduate School of the Global Environmental Studies organizing this program and this GCOE program's own exam. In the latter exam, your project proposal is evaluated. Each department/graduate school has an admission system for working students.