The Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology,
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology“WISE (World-leading Innovative & Smart Education)
Program to foster AI (Artificial Intelligence) Professionals forMarine Industries”

Application information for the October 2024 period
andApplication information for the April 2025 period【Master's program】

June 2024

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CONTENTS

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Application Schedule2

Overview of the Program

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Number of applicants and qualifications
Application method
Selection criteria
Briefing session for students
Announcement of successful applicants
Procedures for participating in the Program

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Curriculum and requirements for completion of the Program
Supports for students
Marine Industry AI Professional Faculty
Handling of personal information
About security export control

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Application Schedule* Applications for Schedule B will be accepted only from those who are unable toapply for Schedule A due to special reasons (such as boarding for classes).
Those who fail the Schedule A cannot apply.
For the October 2024 period
Schedule A(Only Schedule B)
Prior Contact Period

Schedule B
June 5 - August 21, 2024

Application period

August 9 - 21, 2024

October 4 - 10, 2024

Announcement ofthe result of the firstscreening

August 27, 2024

October 17, 2024

Date of the second
screening

August 28 and 29, 2024

October 21 and 22, 2024

Announcement of
successful applicants

September 9, 2024

October 30, 2024

Schedule A

Prior Contact Period

For the April 2025 period(Only Schedule B)
Prior Contact Period

June 5, 2024 - January 20,2025

Application period

January 10 - 20, 2025

April 3 - 10, 2025

Announcement of
the result of the firstscreening

January 27, 2025

April 15, 2025

Date of the second
screening

February 3 - 5, 2025

April 17 and 18 2025

Announcement of
successful applicantsFebruary 21, 2025

April 30, 2025

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Overview of the Program
Development of WISE (World-leading Innovative & Smart Education) Program
to foster AI (Artificial Intelligence) Professionals for Marine Industries recruits
program students (master's program at our university).
In modern society, the marine industry workforce is expected to decrease.
Development of WISE Program to foster AI Professionals for Marine Industries
develops researchers who will lead diverse fields in domestic and international
research communities as well as in other countries. As such, we build innovativesystems, create diverse values, and re-establish the international presence ofJapan in the global marine industry. The Program is established as an educational
program for a five-year integrated graduate school course where all activities,
including coursework, thesis writing, and evaluation of the written thesis, help
students earn a degree in an organic and synergic manner.
The program assumes a five-year consistency (two-year master's program +three-year doctoral program) and will be completed at the end of the doctoral
program five years later.
We are soliciting proposals from students who understand the Program’s vision
and would like to participate in the program.
【Diploma policy】① Characteristics of personnel in the Program
Innovators, advanced professional engineers, and marine policymakers withtechnical literacy in big data analysis and machine learning capable ofevaluating AI performance accurately and leading the social implementationof AI based on expertise and extensive field experience learned at TUMSAT.
② Skills and qualities to be learned by students
In addition to the diploma policy of each graduate school, the Program’sstudents acquire the following skills and qualities:
・ Ability to apply scientific knowledge and skills required for its social
implementation in Data science, including big data analysis and machinelearning.
・ Ability to plan and formulate the applied technologies to solve the issues,
with clear understanding of those issues to which big data and AI should beapplied in their respective fields of expertise.
・ Ability to scientifically evaluate the effectiveness and appropriateness of
the application of big data and AI to social issues.
・ Ability to make appropriate decisions and disseminate information basedon the results of big data analysis and machine learning.

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Number of applicants and qualifications
For the October 2024 period
Schedule A

Schedule B

Master's Program
2024 enrollment

Some people

Some people

Master's Program
2023 enrollment

Some people

Some people

Qualification requirements
Satisfy the following ① or ② or ③, and ④.In case of ③, the requirement of⑤ must also be met.
① Those who are scheduled to enroll in the first year of the master's program at
our graduate school in October 2024.
* If you have applied for the selection of students for the master's program atour university, you can apply even before the announcement of the results.
② Those who enrolled in the first year of the master's program at our graduate
school in April 2024.
③ Those who enrolled in the first year of the master's program at our graduate
school in October 2023.
④ Those who are willing to continue on to the doctoral program of theUniversity after obtaining a master's degree and have goals that match theeducational and research principles of this program.
⑤ Those who have completed at least one of the WISE Program Common
subjects "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning", "Deep Learning","Data Science ", and " Data Engineering " by September 30, 2024.(If you are
currently taking the course, we will judge it as a prospect of acquisition, but if
you do not meet the conditions, we will cancel the pass.)
For the April 2025 period
Schedule ASchedule B

Master's Program
2025 enrollment

About 10 peoples

Some people

Master's Program
2024 enrollment

Some people

Some people

Qualification requirements
Satisfy the following ① or ② or ③, and ④.In case of ③, the requirement of⑤ must also be met.

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① Those who are scheduled to enroll in the first year of the master's program at
our graduate school in April 2025.
* If you have applied for the selection of students for the master's program at
our university, you can apply even before the announcement of the results.
② Those who enrolled in the first year of the master's program at our graduate
school in October 2024.
③ Those who enrolled in the first year of the master's program at our graduate
school in April 2024.
④ Those who are willing to continue on to the doctoral program of theUniversity after obtaining a master's degree and have goals that match theeducational and research principles of this program.
⑤ Those who have completed at least one of the WISE Program Common
subjects "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning", "Deep Learning","Data Science ", and " Data Engineering " by March 31, 2025.(If you are
currently taking the course, we will judge it as a prospect of acquisition, but if
you do not meet the conditions, we will cancel the pass.)
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Application method
Please submit 1-3 documents within the applicable period.
As a general rule, application documents should be submitted by email.
[Address for the submission] marine-ai_office@o.kaiyodai.ac.jp
1) Application form of the Program
2) Research plan (The dedicated form is attached to this document. The planmust include the motivation for applying to the Program and a statement
about the applicant’s interests in AI or big data).
3) Transcript of the final school (submitted in the master's program entranceexamination)* No examination fee is required to apply to the Program.
* If the applicant studied at any School (undergraduate course) of TUMSAT, acertificate of academic results is not required. Instead, the applicant mustinclude the student number given at the School in the application.
* Prior to submitting an application and research plan, the applicant mustobtain approval of the main academic advisor.

5Selection criteria(1) First selection: document screening
Screening will be conducted based on Transcript of the final school,
motivation for the application, and research plan in a comprehensive
manner.
* Please note that the submitted documents may not be changed and will not
be returned.

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The interview screening includes a presentation regarding the contents ofthe submitted research plan (5 minutes) and a subsequent question andanswer session (total 15 minutes). The sessions evaluate applicants in acomprehensive manner based on their academic abilities, research skills, andunderstanding about and motivation for the Program.
* Interviews will be conducted online using Cisco Webex.
* Details will be notified separately by e-mail.
6Briefing session for students
An online briefing session will be held by Cisco Webex before the application
period.
① July 4, 2024 from 15:00 to 15:30② December 12, 2024 from 15:00 to 15:30
7Announcement of successful applicants
Successful applicants will be announced on the Program website.
(https://www.g2.kaiyodai.ac.jp/marine-ai/)
Successful applicants will be also notified individually.

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Procedures for participating in the Program
The Program’s administration personnel will notify successful applicants of theprocedures to participate in the Program.
No additional fee is needed for entry or study in the Program.
9Curriculum and requirements for completion of the Program
In addition to completing the coursework of the Graduate School to which thestudent belongs, all students who study in the Program must take subjects thatare offered by the Program and earn credits as shown below. Students must passQualifying Examination and the Program’s completion review provided by Quality
Assurance Unit（“QAU”）.
Students who complete the Program earn doctor's degree of Marine Science or
doctor's degree of Engineering. They also receive a certificate of degree with a note
stating that they have completed the Development of WISE Program to foster AI
Professionals for Marine Industries.
If you complete the master's program without going on to the doctoral program,
you will not have completed this program, but you will be awarded master's degreeof Marine Science or master's degree of Engineering.
*About the Program completion review
The Program completion review will be conducted by QAU during the thirdyear of the doctoral course.

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Master’s course completion requirements
Subject title etc. (number ofDivision of subjects
Common subjectscredits)

numbersof credits※1

Topics in AI (machine learning)

Artificial Intelligence andMachine Learning (2)5

Deep Learning (2)Requiredsubjects

Required

Exercise in Machine Learning (1)Topics in Big data

Data Science (2)Data Engineering (2)5Exercise in Data Science (1)Interdisciplinary subjects
RequiredElectives

Requiredsubjects

Specialization subjects

Marine AI Workshop I
Subjects required by the※2

program in each Major

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Lecture, experiment, or practicum in your Specialization field

4

Special seminar of specialization

4

Research of specialization or Research on specific topic in yourSpecialization field
Total

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* 1 Each common subject is offered as a common subject for all graduate programs.
* 2 Each Specialization subject will be determined by your Major.

8Doctoral course completion requirements
Subject title etc. (number ofDivision of subjects
Common subjects

credits)

numbersof credits※1Topics in AI (machine learning)

Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Requiredsubjects

Requiredand Machine Learning (2)Topics in Big data

4

Social Implementation of Data
Science (2)Interdisciplinary subjects
Specialization subjects

Marine AI Workshop Ⅱ

1Lectures Exercises / experiments

2/ practices required in your※2specialization field
Required

Courses ※3

Electives

Course on Advanced Reliability

Advanced Evaluation of Ship

Assessments

Navigation Safety (2)Course on Social Implementation

Interlaboratory Seminar in

Impact Assessments

Social Implementation (2)Requiredsubjects

2

Marine AI Residency Program

2Seminars for Doctoral Academics2Advanced Research of Specialization

4Total17* 1 Each common subject is offered as a common subject for all graduate programs.
* 2 Each specialization subject will be determined by your academic advisor.
* 3 You need to select one course when you proceed to Doctoral Program.

10 Supports for students
Students who participate in the Program may receive support for travel
expenses for overseas training opportunities offered by the Program.
Expenses for implementing the Program may also be supported. Please consult
with the Academic Affairs Division in charge of the WISE Program for the detailsof available supports.
In addition to the above supports, the Marine AI Consortium, which is anindustry-academia-government collaboration, provides different support
opportunities, including 1) matching needs and interests between students
studying in the Program and private companies, 2) in-residence projects, wherestudents work in actual projects at partner institutes. In-residence projects will beoffered to doctoral course students.

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The program provided training for faculty members with the aim of further
utilizing AI in research and certified the completion of AI training.
Please use it as a reference when deciding on an academic advisor.
https://www.g2.kaiyodai.ac.jp/marine-ai/students/
12 Handling of personal information
Personal information that is provided in the application documents, including
supporting documents and those provided by the Course to which the applicant
belongs, will be used to select successful students who will participate in the
Program and to prepare for acceptance, education, and research guidance ofsuccessful students.
13 About security export control
TUMSAT thoroughly vets international students when accepting them. The
examination is conducted pursuant to the Rules for Security Export Control at theTokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, which is established according
to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act of Japan.
14 Document submission destination
WISE Program Promotion Support Office [Academic affairs division]
2-1-6 Etchujima, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8533
Phone: 03-5245-7660
Email: marine-ai_office@o.kaiyodai.ac.jp
HP：https://www.g2.kaiyodai.ac.jp/marine-ai/

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