Master’s/Doctoral Program in Materials Innovation
Research guidance for the completion of the course is provided under the direction of thesupervisor, in addition to the acquisition of research guidance courses at the appropriate time.
Refer to each of the following links and others as indicated below.
＜Official website of University of Tsukuba（Important announcements from the University）＞
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/＜Official website of Degree Program of Pure and Applied Sciences＞（Important announcements from Degree Program）

http://www.pas.tsukuba.ac.jp/
http://www.pas.tsukuba.ac.jp/english/＜Educational policy ＞
https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/education/gstandard.html
https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/academics/policy-ethics/＜Graduate School Handbook (requirements for completion, courses)＞

http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/education/g-courses/index.html
https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/academics/g-courses-handbook/＜kdb（syllabus）＞
https://kdb.tsukuba.ac.jp/campusweb/campussquare.do?_flowExecutionKey=_cEB5175C9-5676-0466-BC4CD995064D6A60_k0D4F7E2C-5644-906C-A338-60C6494D7608＜manaba（class information and taking online lectures）
https://idp.account.tsukuba.ac.jp/idp/profile/SAML2/Redirect/SSO?execution=e1s2＜TWINS（application for course registration）＞

https://twins.tsukuba.ac.jp/campusweb/campusportal.do＜TWINS Tutorial（TWINS Operation Guide for Students）
https://www.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp/ICT/ICT_Guide_E.pdf#page=25＜School calendar＞
https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/campuslife/calendar/https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/academics/g-courses-handbook/2023/00.pdf

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The graduate school catalog 2023 in Japanese (& English) is available at the URL:
http://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/education/g-courses/index.html(https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/academics/g-courses-handbook/)
The following information can be downloaded as pdf files from the above URL.
(1) Academic calendar (in English) (https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/academics/g-courses-handbook/2023/00.pdf(2) General precautions concerning registration and course taking (in English)(https://www.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/academics/g-courses-handbook/2023/01.pdf)(3) Semester, Class hours, Registration (TWINS), Subject category, Achievement evaluation, Administration office etc.
(4) Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences, Master’s Program in Materials Science
Subject category and required number of credits
Subject

Subject groupSubject

categoryGeneral
CommonBasic Subjects
Subjects
Fundamental
CommonColloquium on Pure and Applied Sciences

Specialized Basic Subjects

Subjects
AdvancedSubjects

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Note (1)(compulsory)

Specialized Basic Subjects for Materials
Innovation

4(compulsory)

Research IA, IB, IIA, IIB

Advanced Common Subjects forMaterials Innovation

Number ofOpen Seminar IA, IB, IIA, IIB

16(compulsory)

Except above subjects for Materials
Innovation
Except above Common Subjects for Pureand Applied SciencesSame research group Subjects (Needapproval from Supervisor)
General common subjects and subjects inthe “Degree Programs of Pure and Applied

Other9Sciences”
Other research group's Subjects (Needapproval from Supervisor)
General common subjects and subjects ofother degree programs Note (2)Graduate General Education Courses Note (2)Total30Note (1) For foreign students, “Science in Japan I” can be substituted for this credit with approval of supervisor.
Note (2) Approval by the teacher is required.
– Please check KdB system for the latest information because the opening semester of some subjects has changed
from the spring semester to the fall semester.
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– “Research in MI IA, IB, IIA, IIB” consists of individual research conducted in the research laboratory and the seminarin the master’s program.
–“The details of the “Open Seminar IA, IB, IIA, IIB” will be announced later. (held in June-July and December inthe last year)
Student achievement in “Research” is comprehensively evaluated by the Director of Educational Affairs based on
the opinion of the teacher, presentations, attendance, and submission of reports in the seminar in the master’sprogram. If the grade is below A, this may be regarded as a disadvantage for the student when job hunting.

(5) Doctoral Course
A total of 25 credits are needed to be earned from Research in MI IIIA, IIIB, IVA, IVB, VA, VB (each is compulsory).
Similar to the master’s course, the doctoral course consists of individual research and the seminar in the doctoral
program.
The details of “Open Seminar IIIA, IIIB, IVA, IVB, VA, VB” will be announced later. (held in June-July andDecember in the last year) “Research Proposal” will be in Fall Semester of 2023.

Taking the course of “INFOSS Information Ethics” (Very required)
Every student needs to take ‘INFOSS Information Ethics’ e-Learning Course through the University of Tsukuba eLearning system “manaba”. Please follow <Student Registration Guide> at https://oii.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/infoss-2/.

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