Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Program is an international master’s/doctoral program aiming to foster future global leaders who can achieve high-quality social infrastructure improvement. It offers a comprehensive curriculum through which students will be able to propose and implement concrete solutions toward problems related to various fields in Civil and Environmental Engineering, such as Structural and Material Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Transportation Planning, Infrastructure and Environmental Planning, and Environmental and Safety Engineering. The details of our unique curriculum are as follows

• Basic knowledge and skills as a leader. In order to become global leaders, students are required to retain international communication skills and good understanding toward important concepts regarding infrastructure development. The courses such as Civil Engineering and Policies for Developing Countries, English Communication in Environmental Issues provide essential knowledge and skills as a leader.
• Advanced technologies and knowhow mainly based on Civil and Environmental Engineering. This program provides a variety of courses to enhance deep knowledge in a specific discipline, mainly based on Civil and Environmental Engineering. The courses such as Advanced Course in Lifecycle Design of Civil Structures, Advanced Fluvial and Coastal Hydrodynamics, Advanced Geotechnical Engineering, Advanced Infrastructure Planning, and Low Carbon Cities Studies etc. provide advanced technologies and knowhow in each research area.
• Interdisciplinary topics. As for broad knowledge in interdisciplinary areas, the program offers courses such as Frontier in Civil Engineering, Water and Waste Engineering, Climate Change Policies, Environmental Industry Systems to broaden students’ perspectives in each focal area.
• Research-oriented internship and master’s thesis projectStudents will design and implement internship (Global Research Internship: two credits) in private companies and public organizations in order to explore how the advanced knowledge and technologies which have been acquired from the course works can be applied to solve actual infrastructural problems. Students will then compile a master’s thesis under the supervision of academic advisor(s) who will be selected based on their academic and professional background and research interests. They will conduct research on related issues in Japan and their home countries (or surrounding countries with similar situations). Academic supervision shall be provided through presentations and discussions at Seminar courses and individual discussion. Students will also acquire presentation and report-making skills as well as overall project operation skills to write a master’s thesis through classes, seminar and conference presentation experiences.

Basic Courses

• Frontier in Civil Engineering
• Civil Engineering and Policies for Developing Countries Ⅰ
• Civil Engineering and Policies for Developing Countries II
• English Communication in Environmental Issues
• Sustainability and Environmental Studies

Core major courses

• Seminar on Structural Engineering 1A
• Seminar on Structural Engineering 1B
• Seminar on Structural Engineering 1C
• Seminar on Structural Engineering 1D
• Seminar on Materials and Structural Design 1A
• Seminar on Materials and Structural Design 1B
• Seminar on Materials and Structural Design 1C
• Seminar on Materials and Structural Design 1D
• Seminar on Conservation Engineering of River Basins 1A
• Seminar on Conservation Engineering of River Basins 1B
• Seminar on Conservation Engineering of River Basins 1C
• Seminar on Conservation Engineering of River Basins 1D
• Seminar on Coastal and Maritime Engineering 1A
• Seminar on Coastal and Maritime Engineering 1B
• Seminar on Coastal and Maritime Engineering 1C
• Seminar on Coastal and Maritime Engineering 1D
• Seminar on Geomaterial Engineering1A
• Seminar on Geomaterial Engineering1B
• Seminar on Geomaterial Engineering1C
• Seminar on Geomaterial Engineering1D
• Seminar on Disaster Prevention and Safety Engineering 1A
• Seminar on Disaster Prevention and Safety Engineering 1B
• Seminar on Disaster Prevention and Safety Engineering 1C
• Seminar on Disaster Prevention and Safety Engineering 1D
• Seminar on Maintenance of Civil Structures 1A
• Seminar on Maintenance of Civil Structures 1B
• Seminar on Maintenance of Civil Structures 1C
• Seminar on Maintenance of Civil Structures 1D
• Land Design Seminar 1A
• Land Design Seminar 1B
• Land Design Seminar 1C
• Land Design Seminar 1D
• Seminar on Conservation of Geoenvironment 1A
• Seminar on Conservation of Geoenvironment 1B
• Seminar on Conservation of Geoenvironment 1C
• Seminar on Conservation of Geoenvironment 1D
• Global Environmental Cooperation Seminar1A
• Global Environmental Cooperation Seminar1B
• Global Environmental Cooperation Seminar1C
• Global Environmental Cooperation Seminar1D
• Seminar on Environmental Ecology System1A
• Seminar on Environmental Ecology System1B
• Seminar on Environmental Ecology System1C
• Seminar on Environmental Ecology System1D
• Advanced Course in Lifecycle Design of Civil Structures
• Advanced Fluvial and Coastal Hydrodynamics
• Advanced Geotechnical Engineering
• Advanced Infrastructure Planning
• Low Carbon Cities Studies
• Advanced Numerical Analysis
• Advanced Steel Structures
• Advanced Concrete Structures
• Advanced Theory of River Basin Management
• Advanced Mechanics of Geomaterials
• Advanced Traffic Engineering and Management
• Advanced Urban Planning
• Conservation and Ecotoxicology of Soil and Water
• Environmental System Analysis and Planning
• Advanced Continuum Mechanics
• Water and Waste Management Policies
• Advanced Structural Mechanics
• Advanced Coastal and Offshore Engineering
• Advanced Soil Dynamics
• Advanced Social System Informatics
• Water and Waste Engineering
• Climate Change Policies
• Environmental Industry Systems
• Transportation Systems Analysis 
• Exercise in Inspection of Civil Structures
• Advanced Work in Hydro-morphologic Processes
• Advanced Work in Planning Methods
• Advanced Work in Structural Mechanics
• Advanced Work in Coastal and Offshore Engineering
• Advanced Work in Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
• Exercise on Conservation and Ecotoxicology of Soil and Water
• Practice in Environmental Systems Analysis and Planning
• Global Research Internship 1
• Introduction to Academic Communication
• Advanced Lectures on Scientific English

• TOEFL: minimum score of 80 iBT; 550 PBT
• IELTS: minimum band score of 6 
• Application fee: JPY 5,000
• Payment of the registration fee (JPY 282,000)
• Application Form
• Bachelor's Degree Diploma (or Prospective Bachelor's Degree Diploma) from Your University (Original Copy)
• Academic Transcript for Undergraduate Education (Original Copy)
• Certified Score Report of the GRE
• Research Proposal
• Two Letters of Reference (Original Copies)
• Summary of Undergraduate Graduation Research
• Major Publications
• Documents Showing Other Strengths
• Document Validating Your Nationality and Residence Status
• Japanese Government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship Application Form

Scholarships

• Japanese Government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship