Study at TCU

Educational Goals and Outcomes

Students in the Graduate School are advised by professors from the relevant discipline and acquire the ability as researchers through direct or indirect involvement in research activities. Intensive education through daily personal interaction with teaching staff is a characteristic of the education at the graduate level. Thirty-nine full-time instructors are allocated to the quota of 40 students in the master’s program and eight instructors to six students in the doctoral program.

The Graduate School makes every effort to enhance education with an emphasis on processes. We consider it very important that graduate students convey their ideas to other people. During the master’s program, each student has an opportunity to give two presentations in English in the middle and the latter half of the first year, a poster session in Japanese or English at the beginning of the second year, and an interim presentation of the master’s thesis in Japanese a half year later to be prepared for the presentation of the thesis at the end of the course.

In the process of compiling the master’s thesis, students experience a part of the leading-edge research activities regarding the environment and information, sophisticate logical and constructional abilities, and enhance the power of expression. The School also recommends making a presentation at a relevant academic conference. In this way, students acquire the aforementioned abilities and strengths, which are required for any position in society through substantial research on the environment and information.

Three Policies

Admission Policy

Master’s Program

[Invited Personality]

The Master’s Program of Environmental and Information division seeks students with the following skills who are interested in the four fields such as “Environmental Management”, “Communication Environment”, “Information System”, and “Regional/Urban Environment”.

1. Basic knowledge at the level of graduation with a bachelor’s degree that is required of a researcher to undertake studies in the chosen field (However, it is not necessarily required to have taken environmental-and information-related classes.)
2. Language skills to participate in lectures and conduct research on a global scale
3. Specific awareness of environmental- and information-related issues and the skill to explain the issues to others

In seeking such students, we carry out admission examinations, including written exams and interviews, for the General Admission examination. We also provide Screening for working adults (requiring two years of work experience), and Special Screening for international students (application document must be created after a consultation about language used in education before an application is submitted), which waives the written exam.

Doctoral Program

[Invited Personality]

The Doctoral Program of Environmental and Information division seeks students who have strong interest in either environmental field or information field with the following capabilities.

1. Specialized knowledge at the level of graduation with a master’s degree that is required to research on one of the selected academic field from “Environmental Management”, “Communication Environment”, “Information System”, and “Regional/Urban Environment”.
2. Language skills to participate in lectures and conduct research on a global scale.
3. Specific awareness of environmental- and information-related issues and the skill to explain the issues to others.

In seeking such students, we carry out admission examinations, including written exams and interviews, for the General Admission examination. We also provide Screening for working adults (requiring two years of work experience), and Special Screening for international students (application document must be created after a consultation about language used in education before an application is submitted), which waives the written exam.

Examples of Elective Subjects Available in English (April 1, 2018)

Environmental Management Field

• Environmental and Social Systems
• Assessment Methods and Indicators for Economy Environment
• Environment and Risk Society
• Advanced Environmental Management and Sustainability
• Environmental Communication and Governance

Communication Environment Field

• Social Research and Data Analysis
• Information Society
• Mass Media in Modern Society

Information System Field

• Intelligent Science

Regional / Urban Environment Field

• Urban Environment Modeling
• Environmental and Ecological Symbiosis
• Biogeochemical Cycle
• Lectures on Environmental Architecture
• Regional and Local Environmental Planning Theory

Common Subjects

• Presentation Skills in English
• Academic Presentations
• Advanced Comprehension Skills
• Reading & Discussion
• Special Course (Global Management, Culture and Strategy)
• Special Course (Artificial Intelligence)