• Specialized Research

  Extending the cutting-edge chemistry education combining science and engineering with the fields of materials science and life sciences.

  

• QE（Qualifying Examination）

  QE1(September of 2nd year)

  Cross-disciplinary research proposal
  Level of completion for coursework
  Research for master's thesis

  QE2(Janauary of 4th year)

  Level of completion for research work
  Research proposal

  

• Independent Research

  After pass the QE2, final year doctoral students will select one of the following.

  ・Administration of an Independent Laboratory
  ・Cutting-Edge Collaborative Research
  ・Industry-Collaborative Research
  ・Overseas Collaborative Research

  

• Visits to Laboratories of Diverse Fields

  Research experience in a research group of a different field and acquisition of new techniques and concepts.

  

• Active Learning

  Cross-disciplinary discussion and PBL (Problem Based Learning) in education and research unit comprising five members from different academic fields.

  

• Frontier Mathematical Sciences I,II,III

  Lectures on the investigative approaches that promote cross-disciplinary fusion of materials science, based on the viewpoint of mathematics and physics, cooperated with the department of Mathematics.

  

• Interaction in Companies

  Discussion with companies’ research managers to understand the expected doctors’ abilities.

  

• Career Management Seminar

  Active learning as Problem-Based Learning to improve the abilities of industry leaders.

  

• Company Internships

  Staying at research laboratory of Japanese Materials Science companies as internship trainee for 3 weeks to 3 months.

  

• Company Consortium

  Implementation of idea competitions to solve difficult problems within companies.

  

• Ambitious Leadership Theory

  Two Leadership theory class. One is held by the graduate school of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, another is held by CEED.

  

• Science and Technology Policy

  Introduce to governmental policies of Science and Technology fields lectured by Governmental officers and Research managers.

  

• Overseas Training

  Travel fund to Academic Conferences to present students’ research.

  

• Overseas Network

  Travel fund to Overseas Universities and Research Laboratories to make network with overseas researchers.

  

• International Symposium

  Organization Activities of International Symposium and workshop inviting top overseas researchers and young graduate students to improve English abilities and to make friendly relationship with foreigners.

  

• Overseas Internships

  Staying at Overseas Universities or Research Laboratories as Internship trainee for 1 or 2 months.

  

• Overseas Summer Camps

  Academic Conference at overseas universities or research laboratories held by Leading Program Students.

  

• English Proofreading Support in Academic Paper

  Proofreading Support Fund to improve Scientific English in Academic papers.

  

• Brush-UP English

  Training in practical scientific English and in presentation and debating abilities in English.

  

• Language Training

  Overseas travel fund for short-time English study program.

  

Fostering Communicative Abilities in Science and Technology:

Practice in presenting one’s research results to people in diverse fields and engaging in intensive debates on issues.

• Public Caravan of Outreach

  Public Events delivering research’s significance, attractiveness, results planned and held by students own.

  

• Lecture of Self Promotion

  Lecture class to get the effective methods of Public Engagement of Science and Technology,, cooperated with the Communication in Science and Technology Education and Research Program (CoSTEP,) .

  

• Exercise of Outreach

  Exercise class to practice the methods of Public Engagement of  Science and Technology, based on getting knowledge  in the its lecture class.

  

• Ethics Seminars of Business, Science and Technology

  Seminars to foster High level Reserch Ethics including business, Science and Technology.

  

• Short-Term Domestic Training Support

  Travel fund to participate in short-term training program inside Japan.

  

• Long-Term Domestic Training Support

  Travel fund to stay at Universities, Laboratories and Companies inside Japan within 3 months.

  

• Ambitious Seminar of Materials Science

  Seminars inviting top researchers and professionals to acquire various knowledge of materials science, liberal arts and ethics.