Application Guidelines for Doctor’s Course
October 2022

Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology

OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY

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Table of Contents
I． Admission Quota
II．Application Guidelines for Entrance Examination                          

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III．Guidance for Screening for Advancement                               

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IV．Purpose of Human Resources Development by Each Division               

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V．Guide to Divisions                                                  

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I．Admission Quota
Division

Quota

Mathematics and Physics

A few

Earth, Life, and Molecular Sciences

A few

Interdisciplinary Science

A few

Industrial Innovation Sciences

A few

Applied Chemistry

A few

Total

A few

Note 1: Each division course of study will accept a small number of applications as new and advancing students for
October 2022 enrollment.
Note 2: The admission quota of each division shows the number of applicants who will be selected through screening
for advancement.

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II．Application Guidelines for Entrance Examination(Time of Enrollment: October 2022)

1. Eligibility for Application
Those to whom any of the following items is applicable, or is expected to be applicable by September 2022.
(1) Have a master’s or professional degree.
(2) Have been awarded a degree equivalent to a master’s degree or professional degree abroad.
(3) Have taken a correspondence course of education provided by a foreign school in Japan and have been awarded a
degree equivalent to a master’s or professional degree.
(4) Have completed a program in Japan provided by an educational institution that is positioned as having graduate
programs under the relevant foreign education system and which is designated separately by the Japanese Ministerof Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and who have been awarded a degree equivalent to amaster’s or professional degree.
(5) Have completed the program at United Nations University and have been awarded a degree equivalent to a master’s degree.
(6) Have completed a curriculum at a foreign school, an educational institution that has received the designation underitem (4), or the United Nations University, who have passed an examination or a screening equivalent to those
stipulated in Article 16-2 of Standards for the Establishment of Graduate Schools, and who are deemed to haveacademic ability equivalent to or greater than that of a master’s degree holder.
(7) Are designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
(8) Are deemed to have academic ability equal to or greater than that of a master’s or professional degree holder by the
Graduate School through an individual admission eligibility screening and who have reached the age of 24 years.
Note 1: Applicants who are expected to complete a master’s program or master’s course at Okayama University in
September 2022 must apply following “III Guidelines for Screening for Advancement” (described on page12).
Note 2: Those who “(A)re designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology” specified
in item (7) above refers to applicants who meet any of the following conditions, and who have the experienceof engaging in research in a university or research institution for more than 2 years after graduation orcompletion of university or other institution, with research achievements, such as published books, academic
papers, academic lectures, academic reports, or patents, which are considered to be equivalent to or higher
than a master’s thesis. (It is necessary to apply Application Eligibility Screening. See “2 Application
Eligibility Screening”.)
1) Those who graduated from a university.
2) Those who have completed 16 years of school education in a foreign country or who have completed 16 yearsof school education in Japan by taking a correspondence course of education provided by a foreign school.
Note 3: Those who “(A)re deemed to have academic ability equal to or greater than that of a master’s or professional
degree holder by the Graduate School through an individual admission eligibility screening” specified in theitem above refers to applicants who have passed an academic proficiency test (written and oral examinations)and an interview that the Graduate Schools provides as the screening of the eligibility for application after
document screening. (It is necessary to apply Application Eligibility Screening. See “2 Application Eligibility
Screening”.) However, when an applicant’s ability can be confirmed based on the documents submitted, theapplicant will be exempted from the written examination.
The date, method, and other information related to the academic ability test and the interview will be assigned
to cases individually.

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2. Application Eligibility Screening
For those applicants who fall under item (7) or (8) specified in the previously described “1 Eligibility for Application”,
we conduct application eligibility screenings before application. The applicants must submit the following documents
to the Graduate School Section, Academic Affairs Division, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
during each period.
For additional details related to the application eligibility screening, see Notes 2 and 3 in “1 Eligibility for Application.”
Please obtain the forms for submission by requesting them by mail or distributing them over the counter at the section
in charge (see page 10). Some of them can be downloaded from our website.

1) Acceptance Period of Documents for Application Eligibility Screening
June 30, 2022 to July 1, 2022
If you submit documents directly to the counter, the acceptance hour is as following; 8:30–17:00 during the“Acceptance Period of Documents for Application Eligibility Screening”. (Except Saturday, Sunday, National
holidays and 12:00 to13:00 of each day)
When sending the documents by mail, they must be sent by “Registered, Express Mail”.
Write “Enc. Documents for Application Eligibility Screening for Doctoral Program of Graduate School of Natural
Science and Technology” in red on the envelope and send it to arrive no later than each date stated in the Acceptance
Period of Documents for Application Eligibility Screening above.

2) Documents Required for Application Eligibility Screening
Documents Required for Application〈1〉Form of Eligibility for Application

Remarks
Use the forms prescribed by the Graduate School of Natural
Science and Technology.

〈2〉Record of Academic Performance

Use the form prescribed by the Graduate School of Natural
Science and Technology.
(Briefly describe objective findings from research results
relevant to the field of major.)
For academic papers, attach an offprint or a copy. In the caseof presentations, attach a summary or an abstract for researchpresentations.

〈3〉Certificate of Research Participation

Use the form prescribed by the Graduate School of Natural
Science and Technology.
(The form must be completed by the institution with which theapplicant is affiliated.)〈4〉Academic Transcript(of last completed education)〈5〉Graduation Certificate(of last completed education)

Submit a transcript issued by the president of the final schoolfrom which the applicant graduated.
Submit a graduation certificate issued by the president of the
final school from which the applicant graduated.

Note. Documents <1>, <2>, <3>, <4>, and <5> must be submitted in original. For documents<4> and <5>, a copyof the original document verified by the issuer is acceptable.

3) Result of the Eligibility Screening
The result of the eligibility screening will be notified through your prospective supervisor on July 20, 2022.

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3. Application of Persons with Disabilities
Applicants with disabilities might need special considerations when taking examinations and classes. Consult with us
in the way described below before application.
Have a consultation as early as possible, considering the time necessary to inform you of the results of the consultationand take necessary measures based on special considerations.
Deadline of Consultation

July 1, 2022
Request a “Form of Preliminary Consultation for Application”, and consult with

Method of Consultationa doctor’s medical certificate and (for only those who have been issued) a copyof the handbook for people with disabilities.
Graduate School Section Academic Affairs Division

Request to:

Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University

Consult with:

3-1-1, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
Phone: 086-251-8810

4. Application Procedures
1) How to Apply
Applicants must submit all the document described in “5) Documents Required for Application” below during theacceptance hours (8:30–17:00) in “2) Application Periods.”
Please obtain the forms for submission by requesting them by mail or distributing them over the counter at the section
in charge (see page 11). Some of them can be downloaded from our website.

2) Application Periods
August 1, 2022 to August 2, 2022
If you submit application documents directly to the counter, the acceptance hour is as following; 8:30–17:00 during
the “Application Period”. (Except Saturday, Sunday, National holidays and 12:00 to13:00 of each day)
When sending the documents by mail, they must be sent by “Registered, Express Mail”. Write “Enc. Application Formfor Doctoral Program of Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology” in red on the envelope and send it must
arrive by the last day of the above Application Period.

Applicants must contact a prospective supervisor as early as possible before application
to consult about research content, etc.

3) Address for Submission
Graduate School Section Academic Affairs Division
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Okayama University
3-1-1, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
Phone: 086-251-8810-5-4) Notes on Application(1) No change shall be permitted after submission in terms of the contents of the submitted documents.
(2) No document shall be returned for any reason after the application documents are accepted.
(3) Application with incomplete application documents or shortage of entrance examination fee shall not be accepted.
(4) Please note carefully that admission might be withdrawn even after enrollment if the contents of the submitted
documents are found to include false entries.
(5) Certificates issued under the former name (surname and first name), which differs from the name written on theapplication form are usable. However, in such cases, attach a document (in any form) that the date of namechange and the new name are written personally by the applicant.

5) Documents Required for Application
Documents Required forApplication

Remarks〈1〉Application for Admission,

Fill out necessary items on the forms prescribed by Graduate School ofCurriculum Vitae (CV) ,Natural Science and Technology personally by the applicant.

Admission Ticket for theAffix a photograph (4 cm long × 3 cm wide, upper body, no headwear, facing

Examination andforward, taken within the three months before application) on the prescribed

Photographspace on the “Application for Admission” and the “Admission Ticket for
Examination.” Before affixing, write the name of the intended major courseof study and your name on the back of the photographs.

〈2〉Entrance Examination Fee

30,000yen (A handling fee is required separately)
Please refer to “Paying for Entrance Examination Fees” below and pay theentrance examination fee by 17:00 on the last day of the application period on“Payment for Entrance Examination Fee website".
After confirming the payment of the entrance examination fee, print"Certificate of Entrance Examination Fee Payment" and attach it to theprescribed section of the prescribed form.
Also note that you can pay Entrance Examination fee from one month before
the application period.

Paying for Entrance Examination Fees
https://www.gnst.okayamau.ac.jp/en/admission/gnst_dtest_youkoutop_en
Payment for Entrance Examination Fee website
https://e-apply.jp/n/okayama-payment-eng
If you could not pay by the payment method above, contact “Office in charge(see page 10)”.
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〈2〉Entrance Examination Fee(continued from previous page)

Refund of Entrance Examination Fee
The entrance examination fee paid is not refundable for any reason, except
in the following cases:a) Entrance examination fee was paid, but application was not made(or application documents were not submitted or accepted.)b) Entrance examination fee was paid twice by mistake.
c) Those applicants who are Monbukagakusho sponsored students need not
pay the entrance examination fee, in principle. However, for cases inwhich the period of their scholarship ends by September 30, 2022, thepayment of the entrance examination fee is required.
When the extension of the scholarship period is approved, the entrance
examination fee will be refunded.
d) Those to whom the entrance examination fee exemption described below
is applicable paid the entrance examination fee and completed theprescribed application procedures because the acquisition of certificateswithin the application period was difficult.
Entrance examination fee exemption
Okayama University offers entrance examination fee exemption for those
who fell under the Disaster Relief Law after April 2021 to reduce financial
burden and secure an opportunity for advancement.

〈3〉Transcript ofFaculty〈4〉Transcript of
Graduate School〈5〉(Prospective)
Completion Certificate

Submit a certificate issued by the president of the university or the dean of thefaculty from which you graduated.
Submit a certificate issued by the president or the dean of the graduate schoolfrom which you graduated.
Submit a certificate issued by the master’s program (master’s course) or the
professional graduate school from which you completed.
Those who have completed master’s program at a graduate school of university
abroad, submit a certificate that confirms the degree you have been awarded.

〈6〉Theses

Submit one of the following:a) For master’s degree holders with a master thesis, a “copy of the master’s
thesis” and an “Abstract of Thesis (of approx. 2,000 words using the form
prescribed by Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology).”b) For applicants who are expected to complete a master’s program, who
are master’s degree holders without a master thesis, or who apply underitem (6), (7) or (8) of “1 Eligibility for Application”, a “Report of
Research Progress (of approx. 2,000 words using the form prescribed by
the Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology).”
Attach other materials such as research publications, if any.

〈7〉Research Planning Sheet

Use the form prescribed by Graduate School of Natural Science andTechnology.

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Qualifying Examination

Those who will apply under item (6) of “1 Eligibility for Application” must
submit a “Pertaining to the Qualifying Examination” (see an example of theformat) issued by the president of the university (or the graduate school) that
conducted the screening and its accompanying documents.

〈9〉Sticker of Address

Fill out the necessary items.

〈10〉Copy of Residence Card

If you are not a Japanese citizen, please submit following documents for the(both sides) or

purpose of confirmation of nationality, name, etc.

Original copy of
Residence certificate○Person who lives in Japan・A copy of both sides of the residence card or Original copy of Residence
certificate (issued by the city of municipality. The status of residence andresidence must be specified)〈11〉Copy of Passport

・A copy of passport(the page with your name, nationality, and photo)○Person who lives outside Japan・A copy of passport(the page with your name, nationality, and photo)

Note 1: Documents <1>, <3>, <4>, <5>, <7>, and <8> must be submitted in original. For documents<3> - <5>,a copy of the original document verified by the issuer is acceptable.
Note 2: Applicants who were confirmed to be eligible for application in the application eligibility screening neednot submit certificates from <3> - <5>.

6) Purpose of Use of Personal Information
Application documents submitted and personal information written on them are used for affairs related the selectionof entrants.
However, regarding entrants, we use their personal information written on the application form, including name,gender, date of birth, current address, and schools graduated from, as registry data for basic student information in
the academic affairs system at Okayama University.
In addition, successful applicants’ personal information, examinee number and name (kanji/ kana), are used for thesystems for tuition fee debt management and tuition fee exemption at Okayama University.
When application for admission fee exemption, postponement of admission fee collection, tuition fee exemption, or
scholarships such as those of Japan Student Services Organization was made, the applicant’s entrance examination
results and academic transcript might be used to handle academic ability judgment related to affairs such as
postponement of admission fee collection.

5. Issue of Admission Ticket for Examination
Admission tickets for examination will be sent to your prospective supervisor around date stated below. Please receive itfrom your prospective supervisor. When hoping for mailing, please inquire to the office in charge (see page 10).

Around August 4, 2022

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6. Methods for Selection of Entrants
Selection of entrants shall be made comprehensively based on the results of an oral examination and document review.
The oral examination will be conducted mainly concerning the applicant’s master’s thesis and research plan document.
If necessary, we will pose questions to assess English language ability (or Japanese language ability for international
students) during the oral examination.
Oral Examination Date

Place of Examination

Due date

August 22, 2022

A prospective supervisor will notify
applicants of the location later.

August 17, 2022

Note 1: The Oral Examination Date above might be changed after applicants are contacted.
Note 2: If no information about the date, time, or place of the oral examination has been received by the due date,please inquire to the office in charge (see page 10).

7. Announcement of Successful Applicants
Successful applicants will be announced on a bulletin board.
Date and Time

Place of Bulletin Board

September 7, 2022,
10:00 a.m.

The bulletin board in front of the office of Graduate School Section,
Academic Affairs Division,
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University(1F, Building No. 1, Faculty of Engineering)

Note 1: The examinee numbers of successful applicants will be announced on the bulletin board. A letter of acceptanceand other materials will be sent directly to successful applicants dated on the day of the announcement.
Note 2: After the announcement on the bulletin board, the examinee numbers of successful applicants will be postedon the homepage (https://www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp/ ja/admission/).
Note 3: We will never under any circumstances respond to inquiries by phone, etc. concerning passing or failing theexamination.

8. Admission Procedures
1) Method of Admission Procedures
Successful applicants will be accepted into the program after having completed the admission procedures.
Details will be separately informed to successful applicants later.

2) Period of Admission Procedures
The period of admission procedures has been scheduled as follows. However, successful applicants will be informed
about details later.

October 2022 Entrants: September 16, 2022 to September 20, 2022

9. Other
1) Admission Fee and Tuition Fee
Admission fee: 282,000 yen (expected amount)
Tuition fee: 267,900 yen (for half a year); 535,800 yen (for a year) (expected amount)※ When the amount was revised at the time of admission or while at school, the new amount will be applied fromthe time of the revision.
In addition, a premium for Personal Accident Insurance for Students Pursuing Education and Research, etc. will beneeded as an additional expense.

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We have many systems for study assistance: admission fee exemptions, admission fee collection postponement,
tuition fee exemptions, and scholarships.

3) Day/Evening Course System
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology applies the special provision for educational methods(Day/Evening Course System) stipulated in Article 14 of Standards for Establishment of Graduate Schools to makeit easier for students who work during class hours to take courses. We provide classes and research guidance not only
during the day, but also during evenings (and Saturdays, summer and winter vacations, etc.).
4) Extended doctoral course system
This system is designed that students, who are unable to complete their course within the standard doctoral study term
(3 years) due to circumstances such as work schedule, can complete a previously scheduled and extended course period
over a certain period of time beyond the standard term. If you are permitted, you can complete the course by paying
tuition fee of standard study term (for 3 years). Details will be announced at the entrance procedure.

5) Security Export Control Regulations of Okayama University
Okayama University has established the “Security Export Control Regulations of Okayama University” under the
Security Export Control System based on the “Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (FEFTA)”, and conducts strict
screening when accepting foreign students. If you are subjected to this regulation or FEFTA, you may not be acceptedor your desired research activities may be restricted.
For details concerning the Security Export Control System in Japan, please refer to the following website.
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/anpo/englishpage.html

6) Emergency Warning or Weather Warnings
The entrance examination day and the start time may be postponed in case of Emergency Warning or Weather
Warnings. Therefore, please check the website of the Graduate School before the examination.
https://www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp/ja/admission/nittei_henkou/

7) How to request application documents by mail1) Write “Request for Application Documents of Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Doctoral
Program” in red on the envelope surface.
2) Please enclose the following things with the envelope;- A stamped and self-addressed envelope. (Stamp:140yen, Envelope size:240mm×332mm)- A memo written your contact (phone number and e-mail address) , name of your prospective professor who has
accepted / will accept and your nationality.
3) Send the envelope with all submissions to the office in charge.
Please note that the mailing address is limited to Japan. (No shipping to foreign countries)8) Office in charge
If there is anything unclear about application, please inquire to the office in charge below.
Graduate School Section Academic Affairs Division
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Okayama University
3-1-1, Tsushima-naka, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
Phone: 086-251-8810- 10 -

URL of Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology:
https://www.gnst.okayama-u.ac.jp/
E-mail: agf8576@adm.okayama-u.ac.jp- 11 -

IV．Purpose of Human Resources Development in Each Division[Mathematics and Physics]
This division course develops pioneering researchers who can open up important subjects of research inadvanced basic science and who can promote them independently with the practical ability that is supported
by mathematical basic ability in natural sciences and broad knowledge of basic science and the experience of
cutting-edge science research that implements it as their sustenance. We also develop researchers andengineers who have both a high level of numerical analysis capability and a deep understanding of basic
concepts and who can conceive of new principles.

[Earth, Life, and Molecular Sciences]
This division conducts wide-ranging, interdisciplinary education and research on phenomena associated withthe universe, the earth, and the atmosphere, structure and function of organisms, and properties of atoms andmolecules and their aggregates, using experiments and theoretical methods based on substances. Through theeducational and research activities, we develop personnel to become researchers, engineers, and educators
who have deep knowledge and a broad view of natural sciences and possess a high level of research ability
and rich creativity.

[Interdisciplinary Science]
Our mission of this division is to cultivate global scientific leaders of the next generation who have strengths ina wide range of scientific disciplines and a high level of research ability and a rich creativity in the field ofinterdisciplinary science.

[Industrial Innovation Sciences]
This division course of study develops researchers and core engineers for employment in industry whoadvance research and development through the use of advanced knowledge of mechanical and systems
engineering and electronic information system engineering, with problem-seeking ability and communication
skills, who have the ability to create new industries and new businesses that have put cutting-edge technology,
and who are able to play an active role internationally with a wide-ranging perspective, a high degree of
specialization, and problem-solving ability.

[Applied Chemistry]
Chemistry is the starting point of manufacturing. This division develops personnel who understand theproperties based on the molecules that are the building blocks of substances, not only manufacturing things
by engineering molecules but also opening up various functions of inorganic and organic molecules, and who
further have widely various disciplines covering biological macromolecules and microorganisms.
Additionally, we develop researchers, technology developers, and business creators who can play an activerole internationally.

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Guide to Divisions （As of April 1, 2022）【１】 Division of Mathematics and Physics
１．Department of Mathematics
Research Areas

AlgebraGeometry

Analysis

Subjects

Instructors

Theory of Representations

ISHIKAWA Masao, Professor

Commutative Algebra

TERAI Naoki, Professor

Model Theory

TANAKA Katsumi, Professor ☆

Rings and Categories of Modules

SUZUKI Takeshi, Associate Professor

Algebraic Geometry

ITO Atsushi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Algebra

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Geometric Structures

KONDO Kei, Professor

Geometry and Mathematical Physics

JINZENJI Masao, Professor

Advanced Topics in Topology

MONDEN Naoyuki, Associate Professor

Stable Homotopy Theory

TORII Takeshi, Professor

Seminar in Geometry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Nonlinear Partial Differential Equation

OSHITA Yoshihito, Professor

Applied Analysis

UEHARA Takato, Associate Professor

Seminar in Analysis

Faculty Members in the Research Area
A name marked with a star (☆) is scheduled for retirement as of March 31, 2023

２．Department of Physics
Research Areas
Quantum Structural Physics inCorrelated Matter

Quantum Physics in Correlated
MatterPhysics in Advanced Functional
Materials

Materials Physics in Extreme
Environments

Subjects

Instructors

Quantum Structural Physics in Correlated Matter

NOGAMI Yoshio, Professor

Quantum Structural Physics in low Dimensional Materials

KONDO Ryusuke, Associate Professor

Seminar in Quantum Structural Physics in Correlated Matter

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Magnetism in Correlated Matter

MINO Michinobu, Professor

Seminar in Quantum Physics in Correlated Matter

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Functional Correlated Electron System

IKEDA Naoshi, Professor

Advanced Solid State Spectroscopy

KAMBE Takashi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Physics in Advanced Functional Materials

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Physics Under Extreme Environment

KOBAYASHI Tatsuo, Professor

Low Temperature Physics in Strongly Correlated Matter

INADA Yoshihiko, Professor

Low Temperature Magnetism

ARAKI Shingo, Associate Professor

Seminar in Materials Physics in Extreme Environments

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Superconductivity

ZHENG Guo-Qing, Professor

Low Temperature Condensed Matter
Physical Properties of Solids in High Magnetic Fields
Physics

Physics of Condensed Matter

Astroparticle Physics

High Energy Physics

KAWASAKI Shinji, Associate Professor

Seminar in Low Temperature Condensed Matter Physics

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Quantum Theory for Solid-State Spectroscopy

OKADA Kozo, Professor

Seminar in Physics of Condensed Matter

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Cosmology

ISHINO Hirokazu, Professor

Seminar in Astroparticle Physics

Faculty Members in the Research Area

High Energy Particle Physics

KOSHIO Yusuke, Associate Professor

Seminar in High Energy Physics

Faculty Members in the Research Area

３．Cooperative Course (Department of X-ray Frontier Physics)
Research Areas

Advance Synchrotron Radiation
Physics

Subjects

Instructors

Condensed Matter Physics Using Synchrotron Radiation

MIZUMAKI Masaitiro, Guest Professor

Instrumentation for Synchrotron Radiation Physics

TAMENORI Yusuke, Guest Professor

Application of Condensed Matter Physics Using Synchrotron
Radiation

SATO Masugu, Guest Professor

Structural Physics Using Synchrotron Radiation

ISHII Kenji, Guest Professor

Seminar in Advance Synchrotron Radiation Physics

Faculty Members in the Research Area

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【２】 Division of Earth, Life, and Molecular Sciences
１．Department of Chemistry
Research Areas
Structural Chemistry
Spectrochemistry
Synthetic and Physical Organic
Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Subjects

Instructors

Solid Structural Chemistry

GOTOH Kazuma, Associate Professor

Seminar in Structural Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Laser Spectroscopy

TANG Jian, Professor

Seminar in Spectrochemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Organic Photochemistry

OKAMOTO Hideki, Associate Professor

Seminar in Synthetic and Physical Organic Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Surface Inorganic Chemistry

OHKUBO Takahiro, Associate Professor

Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area
KADOTA Isao, Professor

Natural Products Chemistry

TAKAMURA Hiroyoshi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Organic Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry

Organic Synthetic Chemistry
NanochemistrySurface Physical Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area
KANETA Takashi, Professor

Analytical Chemistry

TAKEYASU Nobuyuki, Associate Professor

Seminar in Analytical Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry

HANAYA Tadashi, Professor

Seminar in Organic Synthetic Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Advanced Nanoscience

FUJIWARA Masazumi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Nanochemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Advanced Surface Physical Chemistry

YAMAKATA Akira, Professor

Seminar in Surface Physical Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

２．Department of Biological Sciences
Research AreasClass Subjects

Instructors

Molecular and Developmental Genetics

Molecular Genetics

Plant Ecology and Evolution

Neural Control of Behavior

Environmental Biology andChronobiology

Chemical Correlation and Control

Developmental Biology

NAKAGOSHI Hideki, Professor

Biological Chemistry of Gene Regulation

ABO Tatsuhiko, Professor

Seminar in Molecular Genetics

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Evolutionary Ecology

MIMURA Makiko, Associate Professor

Seminar in Plant Ecology and Evolution

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Behavioral Neurobiology

SAKAMOTO Hirotaka, Associate Professor

Neural Information Processing

MATSUI Teppei, Associate Professor

Seminar in Neural Control of Behavior

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Marine Genomics

HAMADA Mayuko, Associate Professor

Chronoecology

YOSHII Taishi, Professor

Seminar in Environmental Biology and Chronobiology

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Adaptational Zoology

SAKAMOTO Tatsuya, Professor

Humoral Regulation of Cell Function

TAKEUCHI Sakae, Professor

Endocrinology

AIZAWA Sayaka, Associate Professor

Seminar in Chemical Correlation and Control

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Developmental Genetics

UEDA Hitoshi, Professor

Plant Developmental Genetics

TAKAHASHI Taku, Professor☆

Regeneration Biology

SATOH Akira, Associate Professor

Plant Cell Biology

MOTOSE Hiroyasu, Associate Professor

Seminar in Developmental Biology

Faculty Members in the Research Area
A name marked with a star (☆) is scheduled for retirement as of March 31, 2023

３．Department of Earth System Science
Research Areas

Subjects

Instructors

Crustal Evolution

Petrology

Seismology

Geoinformatics

Physics of the Earth and Planetary
Interiors

Geochemistry

Atmospheric Sciences

Planetary Sciences

NAKAMURA Daisuke, Associate Professor

Petrology of Fluid-Rock Interaction

NOZAKA Toshio, Associate Professor

Seminar in Petrology

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Earthquake Physics

TAKENAKA Hiroshi, Professor

Active Tectonics

MATSUTA Nobuhisa, Professor

Seminar in Seismology

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Seismotectonics

KUMAMOTO Takashi, Professor

Seminar in Geoinformatics

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Mineral Physics

URAKAWA Satoru, Professor

Material Science of Earth and Planetary Deep Interiors

TERASAKI Hidenori, Professor

Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism

UNO Koji, Professor

Seminar in Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Solar System Chemistry

YAMASHITA Katsuyuki, Associate Professor

Carbonate Geochemistry

INOUE Mayuri, Professor

Seminar in Geochemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Physical Climatology

NOZAWA Toru, Professor

Earth System Dynamics and Environment

MICHIBATA Takuro, Associate Professor

Seminar in Atmospheric Sciences

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Science of Planetary Surface Environment

HASHIMOTO George L, Professor

Seminar in Planetary Sciences

Faculty Members in the Research Area

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【３】Division of Interdisciplinary Science

１．Department of Interdisciplinary Science
Research Areas

Subjects

Instructors

Mathematical Theory on Traveling Waves

Mathematical Analysis

Extreme Quantum Physics

Physics of Quantum Universe

TANIGUCHI Masaharu, Professor

Stochastic Differential Equations

TAGUCHI Dai, Associate Professor

Seminar in Mathematical Analysis

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Experimental Quantum Physics

YOSHIMURA Koji, Professor

Fundamental Atomic Physics

YOSHIMI Akihiro, Associate Professor

Seminar in Extreme Quantum Physics

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

UETAKE Satoshi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Physics of Quantum Universe

Faculty Members in the Research Area
SHEN Jian-Ren, Professor

Structural Biology

Structural Biology

Coordination Chemistry

Quantum Physics in Condensed
MatterPhysics of Solid Surfaces andInterfaces

Quantum Many-Body Physics

Physical Chemistry of Surface andInterface

Theoretical Physical Chemistry

Theoretical and Computational
Chemistry
Theoretical Chemistry

AKITA Fusamichi, Associate Professor
Structural Biochemistry

SUGA Michihiro, Professor

Seminar in Structural Biology

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Advanced Coordination Chemistry

SUZUKI Takayoshi, Professor

Seminar in Coordination Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area
KASAHARA Shigeru, Professor

Advanced Quantum Condensed Matter Physics

KIHARA Takumi, Associate Professor
Seminar in Quantum Physics in Condensed Matter

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Photoemission Spectroscopy of Solid Interfaces

YOKOYA Takayoshi, Professor

Physical Properties of Thin Films

MURAOKA Yuji, Associate Professor

Physics of Quantum Electronics

KOBAYASHI Kaya, Associate Professor

Seminar in Physics of Solid Surfaces and Interfaces

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Quantum Many-Body Physics

ICHIOKA Masanori, Professor

Physics in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

JESCHKE Harald Olaf, Special Contract Personnel Professor（Special Appointment)
OTSUKI Junya, Associate Professor

Quantum Transport Physics

ADACHI Hiroto, Associate Professor

Seminar in Quantum Many-Body Physics

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Science of Semiconductor Materials

KUBOZONO Yoshihiro, Professor

Solid Material Science

GOTO Hidenori, Associate Professor

Science of Interface Physics

EGUCHI Ritsuko, Senior Assistant Professor

Seminar in Physical Chemistry of Surface and Interface

Faculty Members in the Research Area
KOGA Kenichiro, Professor

Statistical Mechanics

SUMI Tomonari, Associate Professor
Seminar in Theoretical Physical Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Advanced Molecular Simulation

SHINODA Wataru, Professor

Seminar in Theoretical Physical Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Theoretical Chemistry of Condensed Matter

MATSUMOTO Masakazu, Associate Professor

Seminar in Theoretical Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area
NISHIHARA Yasushi, Professor

Functional Organic Chemistry

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

MORI Hiroki, Assistant Professor
TANAKA Kenta, Assistant Professor

Seminar in Functional Organic Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

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Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences【４】

１．Department of Computer Science
Research Areas

Subjects

Instructors

Advanced Research in Computer Software

Computer Engineering

Pattern Information Processing

Intelligent Design

Theory of Programming andArtificial Intelligence

YAMAUCHI Toshihiro, Professor

Advanced Research in Computer Hardware

WATANABE Minoru, Professor

Software Design

NOMURA Yoshinari, Associate Professor

Seminar in Computer Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research AreaIntelligent Image Information Processing

MOROOKA Ken'ichi, Professor

Natural Language Processing

TAKEUCHI Koichi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Pattern Information Processing

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Information Retrieval and Data Mining

OHTA Manabu, Professor

Advanced Research in Applied Information System

GOTOH Yusuke, Associate Professor

Seminar in Intelligent Design

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Network Computation Theory

TAKAHASHI Norikazu, Professor

Software Analytics

MONDEN Akito, Professor

Human Behavior Analysis

YÜCEL Zeynep, Associate Professor

Seminar in Theory of Programming and Artificial Intelligence

Faculty Members in the Research Area

２．Department of Information and Communication Systems
Research Areas
Mobile Communications

Multimedia Radio Systems

Distributed System Design

Subjects

Instructors

Mobile Communications

UEHARA Kazuhiro, Professor

Mobile Radio Transmission

TOMISATO Shigeru, Associate Professor

Seminar in Mobile Communications

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Multimedia Radio Systems

DENNO Satoshi, Professor

Seminar in Multimedia Radio Systems

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Theory of Distributed Algorithms

FUNABIKI Nobuo, Professor

Advanced Information Hiding Techniques

KURIBAYASHI Minoru, Associate Professor

Seminar in Distributed System Design

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Optical and Electromagnetic Waves and Circuits

TOYOTA Yoshitaka, Professor

Optical and Electromagnetic Waves Digital EMC Design

Information Security

Network Systems

TOYOTA Yoshitaka, Professor

Seminar in Optical and Electromagnetic Waves

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Cryptography Design

NOGAMI Yasuyuki, Professor

High Reliable Communication

KUSAKA Takuya, Associate Professor

Seminar in Information Security

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Network Systems

FUKUSHIMA Yukinobu, Associate Professor

Seminar in Network Systems

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Power System and Energy Network Advanced Energy Network Engineering

TAKAHASHI Akiko, Associate Professor

Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Seminar in Power System and Energy Network Engineering

３．Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Research Areas
Applied Superconductivity
Engineering

Electric Power Conversion System
Engineering
Motor System Engineering

Electronic Control Engineering

Microwave Circuits

Nanodevice and Materials
Engineering

Multiscale Device Design

Subjects

Instructors

High Tc Superconductor Engineering

KIM Seok Beom, Professor

Applied Superconductivity Machinery

UEDA Hiroshi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Applied Superconductivity Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Power Quality

HIRAKI Eiji, Professor

Modern Power Electronics

UMETANI Kazuhiro, Associate Professor

Seminar in Electric Power Conversion System Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Motor Design Engineering

TAKEMOTO Masatsugu, Professor

Seminar in Motor System Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Distributed Parameter Systems

IMAI Jun, Associate Professor

Seminar in Electronic Control Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Microwave Circuit Analysis

SANAGI Minoru, Associate Professor

Microwave Circuit Design

SANAGI Minoru, Associate Professor

Seminar in Microwave Circuits

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Introduction to Nanotechnology for Energy Research

HAYASHI Yasuhiko, Professor

Materials Properties

YAMASHITA Yoshifumi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Nanodevice and Materials Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Multiscale Numerical Analysis

TSURUTA Kenji, Professor

Functional Materials and Devices

TSURUTA Kenji, Professor

Seminar in Multiscale Device Design

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Photonics Device Engineering

FUKANO Hideki, Professor

Optoelectronic and Electromagnetic
Wireless Power Transmission Systems
Wave Engineering

FUJIMORI Kazuhiro, Associate Professor

Seminar in Optoelectronic and Electromagnetic Wave Engineering- 21 -

Faculty Members in the Research Area

４．Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems
Research Areas

Intelligent Systems Optimization

Intelligent Adaptive and Learning
SystemSubjects

Instructors

Advanced Course on Intelligent Systems Optimization

NISHI Tatsushi, Professor

Environmental Safety System Engineering

SATO Haruo, Associate Professor

Seminar in Intelligent Systems Optimization

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Construction Methodology of Robot System

MATSUNO Takayuki, Professor

Seminar in Intelligent Adaptive and Learning System

Faculty Members in the Research AreaIntelligent System Organization and Intelligent Human Interface Engineering
Management
Seminar in Intelligent System Organization and Management

Production IntelligenceIntelligent Mechanical Control

Sysetm Integration

Mechatronic Systems

MURATA Atsuo, Professor
Faculty Members in the Research Area

Selected Topics in Systems Management

ARIZONO Ikuo, Professor

Decision Making for Production

YANAGAWA Yoshinari, Associate Professor

Seminar in Production Intelligence

Faculty Members in the Research AreaIntelligent Mechanical Control System

HIRATA Kentaro, Professor

Intelligent Mechanical Control Elements

NAKAMURA Yukinori, Senior Assistant Professor

Seminar in Intelligent Mechanical Control

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Micro Sensors and Actuators

KANDA Takefumi, Professor

Actuator Engineering

WAKIMOTO Shuichi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Sysetm Integration

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Micro Robotics

MASHIMO Tomoaki, Professor

Biological Information Systems

SHIBANOKI Taro, Associate Professor

Seminar in Mechatronic Systems

Faculty Members in the Research Area

５．Department of Advanced Mechanics
Research Areas

Subjects

Instructors

Prediction and Control of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties
OKAYASU Mitsuhiro, Professorof Metals

Structural Materials Engineering

Applied Solid Mechanics

Machine Design and Tribology

Nontraditional Machining

Manufacturing Engineering

Fluid Dynamics

Heat Transfer Engineering

Heat Power Engineering

Materials Analysis

TAKEMOTO Yoshito, Associate Professor

Seminar in Structural Materials Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Solid Engineering

TADA Naoya, Professor

Materials Design

UEMORI Takeshi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Applied Solid Mechanics

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Advanced Machine Design

FUJII Masahiro, Professor

Applied Surface Engineering

SHIOTA Tadashi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Machine Design and Tribology

Faculty Members in the Research Area

High Energy Beam Machining

OKADA Akira, Professor

Nontraditional Micro-machining

OKAMOTO Yasuhiro, Associate Professor

Seminar in Nontraditional Machining

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Advanced Precision Machining Technology

OHASHI Kazuhito, Professor

Advanced Manufacturing System Design Engineering

KODAMA Hiroyuki, Senior Assistant Professor

Seminar in Manufacturing Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Aerospace Propulsion Engineering

KOUCHI Toshinori, Professor

Turbulent Flows in Engineering

SUZUKI Hiroki, Associate Professor

Seminar in Fluid Dynamics

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Heat Transfer of Multi-phase Flow

HORIBE Akihiko, Professor

Utilization of Phase-change Phenomena

YAMADA Yutaka, Senior Assistant Professor

Seminar in Heat Transfer Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Laser-aided Diagnostics

KAWAHARA Nobuyuki, Professor

Special Topics in Thermal Energy

KOBASHI Yoshimitsu, Associate Professor

Seminar in Heat Power Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

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【５】Division of Applied Chemistry

１．Department of Applied Chemistry
Research Areas

Subjects

Instructors

Thin Films of Inorganic Materials

Inorganic Materials

Solid State Chemistry

Interface Process Engineering

Fluid and Particle Process
Engineering

Bioprocess Engineering

Synthetic Process Chemistry

Organometallic Chemistry

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Bioorganic Chemistry

Heteroatom Chemistry

Industrial Catalysis

Polymeric Materials

Functional Molecular Engineering

FUJII Tatsuo, Professor

Chemistry of Functional Inorganic Materials

KANO Jun, Associate Professor

Seminar in Inorganic Materials

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Ceramics Materials

KISHIMOTO Akira, Professor

Energy Materials Chemistry

TERANISHI Takashi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Solid State Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Advanced Interface Design

ONO Tsutomu, Professor

Seminar in Interface Process Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Advance in Particle Characteristics

GOTOH Kuniaki, Professor

Thermal Transport Phenomena

NAKASO Koichi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Fluid and Particle Process Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Design of Biocatalysts and Bioprocesses

IMAMURA Koreyoshi, Professor

Interface Science and Technology for Biomaterials

ISHIDA Naoyuki, Associate Professor

Seminar in Bioprocess Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Green Process Chemistry

SUGA Seiji, Professor

Synthetic Processes of Organic Materials

MITSUDO Koichi, Associate Professor

Seminar in Synthetic Process Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Organometallic Chemistry

MIURA Tomoya, Professor

Seminar in Organometallic Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

The Logic for Organic Synthesis

EMA Tadashi, Professor

Mechanisms of Organic Reactions

TAKAISHI Kazuto, Associate Professor

Seminar in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Chemistry of Biological Reactions

SAKAKURA Akira, Professor

Chemistry of Natural Product Synthesis

MIZOGUCHI Haruki, Associate Professor

Seminar in Bioorganic Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Organic Electron Transfer Chemistry

KUROBOSHI Manabu, Associate Professor

Seminar in Heteroatom Chemistry

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Chemistry of Homogeneous Catalysts

OSHIKI Toshiyuki, Senior Assistant Professor

Seminar in Industrial Catalysis

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Physical Properties of Polymers

UCHIDA Tetsuya, Associate Professor

Fundamentals of Polymer Solid Materials

OKIHARA Takumi, Senior Assistant Professor

Seminar in Polymeric Materials

Faculty Members in the Research Area

Molecular Technology

NISHINA Yuta, Associate Professor

Seminar in Functional Molecular Engineering

Faculty Members in the Research Area

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