Academic Guidance and Orientation
International Program ofMaritime and Urban Engineering2022 October

Division of Global Architecture
Graduate School of Engineering
Osaka University1

International Program of Maritime and Urban Engineering
Background
Observing natural disasters by huge earthquakes, associated big destructive tsunami, typhoon, andsubsequent damage of nuclear power plants, we could recognize strongly the importance of safety
and protection of local and global environments. These kinds of need from the society exist in
densely-populated cities especially in Asian countries. Considering these, we realize that much effort
should be made for the research and education on the following modern themes to be done inMaritime and Urban Engineering: Prevention and mitigation of natural disaster Protection of maritime and urban environment
 Development of renewable energy and energy-saving techniques Safety measures, risk assessment, new transportation system
 Synthesized design of space, ocean and land
Objectives in the International Special Program
What we are aiming to do in this international special program are as follows: Nurturing younger scientists who will be able to lead the academic society in the modernMaritime and Urban Engineering and succeed the knowledge to the next generation withrelationship of mutual trust and partnership with Japan Establishment of international environment for both Japanese and international students forstudying hard in friendly rivalry, by providing them with various opportunities of high-leveland quality-emphasized academic interactions
Division of Global Architecture is in charge
Division of Global Architecture in the graduate school at Osaka University is comprised of three
Departments: Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, Civil Engineering, and ArchitecturalEngineering, covering research areas related to offshore, coastal, onshore and urban infrastructures,
and also encompassing all kinds of mobility of ships, trains and automobiles.
Therefore, we are confident in our eligibility in directing and educating students on thetechnologies and theories requisite in the Maritime and Urban Engineering.

Fig. 1 Academic areas to be covered by the Division of Global Architecture
Common keywords:
Hydrodynamics, Structural strength, Disaster prevention, Safety engineering, Energy
saving, Renewable energy, Transportation, Environmental symbiosis, Development anddesign of space, land and ocean, etc.
2System in Education (Master’s program)An image of possible courses in taking lectures is shown next page. There are three systematic
categories in elective lectures; that is, (1) Safety and Prevention of disaster, (2) Environmental symbiosis
and Energy saving, and (3) Development and Design.
In addition, the students need take prerequisite (compulsory) subjects
Special Topics on Global Architecture and Exercise in Global Architecture
Exercises in Global ArchitectureInternship in Global Architecture
These are prepared to have students acquire theories and ideas for systematizing and synthesizing thethree systematic categories in elective lectures to be taken.
Seminars on Global Architecture I and II are also prerequisite, in which students are supposed to be
directed by their supervisors to understand and perform high-level professional research. Also, to develop
and extend your academic knowledge and skills in real world, Internship in Global Architecture is also
compulsory.
As shown in an image of possible courses, students may combine the above-mentioned subjects
specially prepared for the new program with pre-existing subjects (lectures) offered in English at basic
three Departments. The students in the special program must take a total of no less than 30 units of credit
for successful completion of the first stage of the program (2-year Master’s program), where the student
must take at least 20 credits from the lectures newly offered for the international program of Maritimeand Urban Engineering.
By combining subjects in a flexible way, the students can design themselves to be professional, forexample, in the following academic fields:(A) Marine Interdisciplinary Engineering(B) Comprehensive Spatial Design(C) Urban Synthetic System Design
Requirements for Completion of the Program with Degrees(1) Master’s program Successful completion of lectures and seminars for a total of no less than 30 units of credit, among
them at least 20 credits from the lectures offered for the international program of Maritime andUrban Engineering.
 Completion of the special research
 Submission and successful defense of the Master’s thesis Successful passing of the final evaluation of academic achievement

3Image of how to take lectures at the International Program of Maritime & Urban Engineering
Symbols（◆: Compulsory Subjects ◇: Elective Subjects／Credit in parentheses）
Master of overallsystem of GlobalArchitecture◆ Special Topics on Global Architecture (2)◆ Exercises in Global Architecture (2)Safety and Prevention of Disaster◇Safety Assessment Methodology in Dynamic Systems (2)◇Safety Assessment Methodology in Civil Engineering (2)◇Safety Engineering in Architecture (2)◇Earthquake Ground Motion (2)Environmental Symbiosis, Energy Saving◇Hydrodynamics (2)◇Civil and Environmental Engineering (2)◇Environmental Symbiosis Engineering (2)Master offundamental andapplied academicareas consisting ofGlobalArchitecture

Development and Design◇Offshore Platform Design (2)◇Transportation and Urban Design (2)◇Spatial Design (2)◆ Seminar on Global Architecture I (2)◆ Seminar on Global Architecture II (6) = Special Research◆ Internship in Global Architecture (2)Case 1: Marine Interdisciplinary Engineering

Instruction by supervisors to strengthen
the professional
knowledge

Case 2: Comprehensive Spatial Design

Lectures provided in English at existing basic courses, 31 courses in total as of 2022. Oct.

4Case 3:
Urban
SyntheticSystemDesign

Table of Lectures for the 1st and 2nd years (Master’s Course)
to be provided at International Program of Maritime and Urban Engineering
Staffin charge

Name of Lectures
地球総合工学特論

Special Topics on Global Architecture
力 学 系 の 安 全 性 評 価 手 法 論

Safety Assessment Methodology of Dynamic Systems

All professors

CreditClasses per week

Com- Electivepulsory

First YearAutumn

2

SpringRemarks

Second Year
AutumnSpring22

Umeda N.

Prevention of disasterand Safety2

Kamada T.

社会

基

盤

安

全

工

学 Inui T.

Safety Assessment Methodology in Civil Engineering Tsutsumi S.
Hirohata M.
Tada M.
Sanada Y.
建築
安全工学
Kawabe H.
Safety Engineering of Architecture Kuwahara S.
Kashiwa S.
流体力環

基

境

盤環共生

境工工

Environmental
symbiosis and Energysaving

学 Yamanaka T.

2Transportation and Urban Design**
イン

盤震動論

Earthquake Ground Motion
地球規模課題解決のためのデザイン演習

Exercise in Global Architecture
地球総合工学インターンシップ

Internship in Global Architecture
地 球 総 合 工 学 ゼ ミ ナ ー ル Ⅰ

Seminar on Global Architecture Ⅰ
地 球 総 合 工 学 ゼ ミ ナ ー ル Ⅱ

Seminar on Global Architecture Ⅱ

Environmental
symbiosis and Energy
saving2Iijima K.

22Development
and Design

Doi K.

2

2Development
and Design

architecturalplanning area

22Development
and Design

Kawabe H.

2

学 Professors ofSpatial Design*
地Prevention of disasterand Safety

2交 通 ・ 地 域 デ ザ イ ン 学ザ2

2Offshore Platform Design*

デ2学

洋上プラットフォームデザイン論

間Prevention of disasterand Safety

Environmental
symbiosis and Energysaving

Environmental Symbiosis Engineering Kobayashi T.

空22Suzuki H.

Aoki S.
Irie M.
Civil and Environmental Engineering* Araki S.
会

22

学

Hydrodynamics
社

Category ofSystem

All professors

2All professors

2All professors

2All professors

6Prevention of disasterand Safety22←―――――→

26Unmarked Major subjects*
Categorized as both Major subject and Advanced Global Literacy Education**Advanced Liberal Arts Education

5

[Course Requirement]
Successful defense of a Master's thesis and a minimum of 30 credits in total; the credits obtained must include atleast 20 credits (including 14 compulsory credits) from the above list, and the remaining credits may include theones from the subjects offered by the other courses in the Division of Global Architecture besides International
Program of Maritime and Urban Engineering.
Furthermore, the 30 credits must include at least 20 credits from Major subjects, at least 1 credit from the subjectsof Advanced Liberal Arts Education and at least 1 credit from the subjects of Advanced Global Literacy Education.
The credits from a subject which is categorized as both Major Subjects and Advanced Global Literacy Education
will be counted as credits for either category, with Advanced Global Literacy Education taking priority overMajor Subjects.

[Important Notice]
Master course students must register for Research Training (Code: 285505) in Autumn Semester when
he/she is in the second grade.
Course name
Code number

Research Training for Master’s Thesis
285505Master course students must register “Research Training for Master’sThesis” at KOAN at the beginning of the second year. https://koan.osakau.ac.jp/koan/Reference:
Table of Lectures at International Course of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Classes per week

CreditStaffin charge

Name of Lectures

弾塑性学

Elastic-Plastic Analysis of Structures数値

構

造

解析

Computational Structural Analysis
構

造

力

学

Ⅰ

Strength of Ships I
構

造

力

学

First Year
Com- Electivepulsory
Autumn Spring

造

体

強度論

2Developmentand design

Ma N.

22Prevention ofdisaster and safety

Hayashi S.

22Prevention ofdisaster and safety

22Prevention ofdisaster and safety

Sawamura J.

船 舶 推 進 エ ネ ル ギ ー 論

Theory of Ship Propulsion Energy
造波理舶耐航動制御続体力

Continuum Mechanics

22Development
and design
Environmental
symbiosis andenergy saving
Environmental
symbiosis andenergy saving

2性Minoura M.

22Development
and design

学

Maki A.

22Environmental
symbiosis andenergy saving

学

Osawa N.

2

Theory of Dynamics and Control
連2Iida T.

Sea-keeping of Ships
運2論

Theory of Ship Waves
船Spring

2Ⅱ

Design Philosophy of Ship Structures

AutumnRemarks

Serizawa H.

Strength of Ships II構

Second Year

622Prevention ofdisaster and safety

Table of Lectures for Master’s Course of Civil Engineering to be offered in English
CreditStaffin charge

Name of Lectures

応用鋼構

造

学

Applied Steel Structures

First Year
Com- Electivepulsory
Autumn Spring

Hirohata M.

2Aoki S.
Araki S.
Waves and Nearshore Currents
Kawasaki K.
Irie M.
水工
計画
論 Araki S.
Planning for Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering Nakatani Y.
Sasaki Y.
波変

地盤形環論

境工学

Geoenvironmental Engineering
国際プロジェクトマネージメント論

International Project Management*
応用シス

テム分

Applied Systems Analysis, Adv.

Classes per week
Second Year
AutumnRemarksSpring

Prevention ofdisaster and safety

222Prevention ofdisaster and safety

22Development anddesign

Inui T.

22

Environmental
symbiosis andenergy saving

Doi K.
Kamada T.
Kaito K.

22Development anddesign析 Doi K.

2Iida K.

Development anddesign

2*Some lectures are delivered in Japanese, although the handout is written in English
Table of Lectures for Master’s Course of Architectural Engineering to be offered in English
CreditStaffin charge

Name of Lectures

Classes per week

First Year
Com- Elective
pulsory
Autumn Spring

Second Year
AutumnRemarksSpring論

Sanada Y.

22

Prevention ofdisaster and safety

鉄筋コンクリート構造設計演習

Sanada Y.

1

2

Prevention ofdisaster and safety

Sanada Y.

22

Prevention ofdisaster and safety

Sanada Y.

12

Prevention ofdisaster and safety

Kuwahara S.

22

Prevention ofdisaster and safety

Kuwahara S.

12

Prevention ofdisaster and safety

36Development anddesign

建築構

造設計

特

Structural Design for Buildings
Structural Design Practice for Reinforced Concrete
鉄筋コンクリート構造学特論

Reinforced Concrete Structure, Adv.
鉄筋コンクリート構造学特論演習

Seminar in Advanced Reinforced Concrete Structures
鋼構

造性能評

価工学

Performance Based Design of Steel Structures
鋼 構 造 性 能 評 価 工 学 演 習Exercises in Performance Based Design of Steel Structures

Kita M.
Yokota T.
建 築 ・ 都 市 デ ザ イ ン Ａ Abe H.
Architectural and Urban Design A Matsubara S.
Yasufuku K.
Itami E.
Kita M.
Yokota T.
建 築 ・ 都 市 デ ザ イ ン Ｂ Abe H.
Architectural and Urban Design B Matsubara S.
Yasufuku K.
Itami E.

3

7

6

Development anddesign

Advanced Studies for Architecturaland Urban Design

Kita M.

2

2

Development anddesign

Redesign of Housing and Suburb

Itami E.

2

2

Development anddesign

Kobayashi T.

2

2

Yamanaka T.

2

Yamanaka T.

2

2

Kobayashi T.

22

建 築 環 境 デ ザ イ ン 演 習 Yamanaka T.

22建築設

備設

計論

Design Theory of Building Equipment
建築衛生学

Healthy and Sanitary Environment in Buildings
建築環

境設

計論

Design Theory of Building Environment
建

築環

境物理

学

Physics in Architectural Environmental Engineering

Exercise in Architectural Environment Design Kobayashi T.

2[Note]Refer to the guideline book for the subject category of each lecture.

82

Environmental
symbiosis andenergy saving
Environmental
symbiosis andenergy saving
Environmental
symbiosis andenergy saving
Environmental
symbiosis andenergy saving
Environmental
symbiosis andenergy saving

Requirements for Completion of the Program with Degrees (continued)(2) Doctor’s program Successful completion of lectures and seminars for a total of no less than 6 units of credit Satisfactory performance in the Qualification Test Part I Publication of not less than two peer-reviewed journal papers
 Successful defense of the doctoral dissertation
 Successful passing of the Qualification Test Part II of the course

Table of Lectures from 3rd to 5th years (Doctoral Course)
to be provided at International Program of Maritime and Urban Engineering
CreditStaffin charge

Name of Lectures

防災・安全工学特論

Disaster Prevention and Safety Engineering
環 境 共 生 ・ 省 エ ネ ル ギ ー 特 論

Environmental Symbiosis and Energy Saving
開発・デザイン特論

Development and Design of Space, Land and Ocean

Number of Subjects

Com- Elective Third Yearpulsory
Autumn Spring

All professors

22

All professors

22

All professors

22

Fourth Year
AutumnSpringFifth Year

Remarks

Autumn Spring

海 洋 ・ 都 市 基 盤 工 学 総 合 ゼミナール

Cross-Boundary Seminar on Maritime
and Urban Engineering
地 球 総 合 工 学 超 域 インターンシップ

Cross-Boundary Internship in Global
Architecture

All professors

2All professors

22←――――――――――→[Course requirement]
Successful defense of a doctoral dissertation and a minimum of 6 credits from Major Subjects in the abovelist.
[Important Notice]
Doctor course students must register “Research Training (Code: 287524) at the beginning of each schoolyear (when starting the Autumn Semester).
Course name
Code number

Research Training for Doctoral Thesis
287524
Doctor course students must register “Research Training for Doctor’s
Thesis” at KOAN at the beginning of each school year. https://koan.osaku.ac.jp/koan/

Refer to the syllabus for the Abstracts of all the Lectures, offered by International
Program of Maritime and Urban Engineering and three Departments.
https://koan.osaka-u.ac.jp/
9Important Features in the Special Program

Fig. 2 Illustrative explanation of 5-year course of Maritime & Urban Engineering
1) An intensive short-term course may be organized to guarantee the fundamental knowledge for startingthe course with Japanese students, if necessary.
2) Special interdisciplinary (cross-boundary) seminars will be arranged, in which all students will berequired to give presentation on the progress of the special research, to learn how to make goodpresentation, and to widen the spectrum of professional knowledge.
3) Rigorous evaluation will be conducted on the achievement and academic level at the end of the 1ststage (Master’s course). If the result is below the requirement, a short-term special training program
must be taken.
4) In the Qualification Test Part I, the students will be required to write a proposal of research plan for thedoctoral course, review the state-of-the-art in desired research theme, and give a presentation on theplan and review which will be followed by discussions with professors.
5) During the doctoral course, the students should be involved in the International Research Meetingthrough organization, preparation, and presentation on the progress of the doctoral special research.
6) Qualification Test Part II consists of the defense of dissertation and a trial lecture by the students on aresearch topic assigned in advance by their supervisors.
Areas for the Special ResearchStudents will conduct their Special Research from the third semester (the second year) of Master’s course
under the supervision and instruction of his/her professor or associate professor. In this scheme, each student
will choose one research theme from the following categories:Naval Architecture
Ocean Systems Engineering
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering
Civil and Social Systems Engineering
Architectural Structures and Strength
Environmental and Human Engineering in Architecture10