School of Agricultural Sciences
Graduate School of BioagriculturalSciences

We aim at solving the current issues on production andsustainability of food, environmental protection, life-longhealth and development of biomass energy throughmaking clear and enhancing the function and mechanismof a living thing in the range from molecular level up toecosystem. At the same time, the scope of the research isexpanding toward a new horizon by constructing theresearch network with relevant or diﬀerent disciplines.
Challenging these complicated and diverse issues, wenurture the students who have the potential accepted in
the international ﬁeld, acquiring with logicalconsideration and creativity based on the knowledge ofagriculture and life sciences and abilities putting it intopractice.

NAGOYA UNIVERSITY

School ofAgricultural Sciences
Department of Bioenvironmental Sciences

School of Agricultural Sciences

Department of Bioresource Sciences

Department of Applied Biosciences

URL: http://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index-e.html

Research Frontiers that Can Open the Future of Bio-Resources
Aiming at Being a World Class Education andResearch Center that Contributes to Food,
Environment, and Health Issues
The School of Agricultural Sciences has three departments: the Departmentof Bioenvironmental Sciences; the Department of Bioresource Sciences; andthe Department of Applied Biosciences. The School has an established andcomprehensive educational system that aims at humankind’s development inharmony with the earth’s environment through ﬁnding ways to resolve various
problems concerning food, the environment, and health. In the ﬁrst and secondyears of the school, students study common basic subjects and introductory
areas, while specialized education speciﬁc to each department begins in the thirdyear. This education program is designed to ensure that students can acquirea broad and comprehensive view rather than simply narrow and specialized
knowledge. The School also provides a range of experimental coursework andhands-on training to convert mere knowledge into spontaneous wisdom andintelligence—the acquirement of true expertise.

The Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences aims at
creating an academic ﬁeld that can contribute to the 21stcentury through a fusion of bioscience and agriculture. We
hope to advance this great mission together with young
and unique people who love both nature and humanbeings, and want to dedicate their lives to creativity inscience and technology.

Development of Bioagricultural Research that
Seeks the Fundamental Solutionsof the Global Problems Facing Human Life
The goal of the Graduate School of Bioagricultural
Sciences is to ﬁnd the fundamental solutions to a rangeof problems concerning food, the environment, andhealth, through education and research concerning thedevelopmental infrastructure of bio-resource production,
symbiotic environments, and advanced
biological technologies centered around thelife sciences. The world is now facing criticalissues, such as the exhaustion of food and energy
resources, poverty, increasing health problems,
Graduate School of
Bioagricultural Sciencesand direct and indirect environmental disruption. The
mission of bioagricultural science is to produce thewisdom and power to reach the fundamental solutions tothis unprecedented situation. Although we stand ﬁrmly
on the tradition of past studies, yet we have the courage
to drastically change existing frameworks in order tofurther advance our research. Pursuing the advancementof bioscience theory and biotechnology, designing anenvironment suitable for a wide variety of life forms, andnurturing a thorough understanding of the ecologies
speciﬁc to each species, we can oﬀer new bioagricultural
theories, contribute to the development of new bioresources, the creation of novel bio-industries, and more…
Our school provides the fullest range of educational
choices to help you make your dream and plans for thefuture come true.

Department of Biosphere Resources ScienceResources Cycling System / Bioresource Production and Agroecology / Regional Resources
Management / Biological Material Sciences / Ecosystem Conservation

Department of Biological Mechanisms and Functions
Biodynamics / Molecular and Cellular Biology / Biofunctions Development /Bioresource Functions

Department of Applied Molecular Biosciences
Biomodeling / Biofunctional Chemistry / Applied Biochemistry / Applied Genetics and Physiology

Department of Bioengineering Sciences

Graduate School of
Bioagricultural Sciences

Biotechnology / Socioeconomic Science of Bioagriculture / Plant and Animal Production / Molecular
Cell Function / International Cooperation in Agricultural Sciences

Afﬁliated Research and Education Centers
We also have aﬃliated research and education centers: the Avian Bioscience Research Center and the Field
Science Center. The Field Science Center consists of the University Farm, the University Forest and theExperimental Station for Highland Field Researches.

URL: http://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index-e.html

DATA
Staff members in 2013
Professors
Associate Professors/Lecturers
Assistant Professors
Total

41
40
35
116

Students in 2013 (numbers of international students are in brackets)
Undergraduate
Master course
Doctor course
Total

746 (15)303 (10)97 (27)
1,146 (52)Countries of international students in 2013
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia,Nepal, Palestine, Philippines, Serbia, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam

Numbers of international students awarded scholarship in 2013
MEXT scholarship
Others1110Acquisition of degrees in 2012 (numbers of international students are in brackets)
Master’s degree
Doctor’s degree

156 (9)27 (7)

Major employers of our graduates
Asahi Kasei, Ajinomoto, Astellas Pharma, Medical & Biological Laboratories, Ichibiki, S&B Foods, Oji Paper,
Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Kao, Kagome, Calpis, Kanto Chemical, Knor Foods, Glico Daily Products, Kowa,Shimadzu, Sumitomo Forestry, Sojitsu, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Token C.E.E.
Consultants, TORAY, Nisshin Food, Pfizer Japan, POLA, Mitsubishi, Meiji, Menicon, Yamasa, Morinaga
Milk, Megmilk Snow Brand, LION, Rohto, YKKAP, Aichi Prefectural Police (Crime Laboratory)

Information for international students
Language Studies
The Education Center for International Students of Nagoya University (ECIS) offers several types of courses forJapanese language including online Japanese courses and intensive training courses. In addition to Japanese, theSchool of Language and Cultures offers other language courses: English, German, Korean, French, Indonesian,Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Greek, Latin, Esperanto, Italian, Ainu, and Portuguese.

Tutor System
International students are individually assigned a tutor for one year (two years for undergraduate students) after they
arrive in Japan. They can receive advice from tutors regarding academic and daily living concerns.

Financial Information
The fees of the academic session 2013 are as follows (in Japanese Yen)
Entrance exam fee
Undergraduate
17,000
Postgraduate
30,000Research Student
9,800
Registration fee
Undergraduate & Postgraduate
282,000
Research Student
84,600Tuition fee
Undergraduate & Postgraduate (per year)
535,800
Research Student (six months)
178,200Scholarships
Government and semi-governmental organizations offer scholarship programs: The Japanese Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (Monbukagakusho, MEXT), and the Japan Student Services Organization(JASSO). Also private foundations offer limited financial assistance to international students currently enrolled inNagoya University.

Accommodation
New students from abroad are generally accommodated in one of the university international residences for amaximum period of half a year. Private, company, and public housings are also available.

Further Information and Links
For detailed information on application and admission please inquire at the office of student affairs:
The office of student affairs, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku,
Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
URL: http://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index-e.html
E-mail: kyomu@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Also please visit the following websites for further information:
Nagoya University: http://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en
Education Center for International Students of Nagoya University (ECIS): http://www.ecis.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO): http://www.jasso.go.jp/index_e.html

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