- School of Science: the Department of Mathematics (The Master's Course)
- School of Science: the Department of Material Science (The Master's Course)
Opening of the Department of Material Science in which an emphasis is placed on information science, nanoscience, organic electroconductive material and molecular design of magnetic substance
Training for researchers and advanced technical experts
The School of Science provides an advanced education for students who want to further their undergraduate studies or for working adults who aim to upgrade their skills. The curriculum organization is linked with the studies and research fields at the undergraduate division to enable graduate students to effectively improve their knowledge and abilities.In addition, both the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Material Science have adopted a "Teaching Assistant System" in which graduate students, as assistants to the teaching staff, support undergraduate students in their studies and give them advice.
School of Science: the Department of Mathematics (The Master's Course)
The master's course in the Department of Mathematics was founded with the objective of providing profound learning from a wide field of vision and "cultivating advanced abilities necessary for professions which require a high degree of specialization", the object being based on the spiritual legacy of this university's foundation "the formation of character by learning". The Department of Mathematics' master's course is based on the curriculum of the undergraduate division at this university, and cultivates such persons as can meet various demands, such as mathematical researchers, mathematical educationists with a high degree of mathematical abilities, and mathematical technical experts. The field of mathematics is composed of pure mathematics and applied mathematics, the former having three fields, that is, algebra, geometry and analysis and the latter having one field, mathematical science. Required courses are Thesis Training I and Thesis Training II (each course is 8 credits, 16 credits in total). Elective courses are Special Lectures of Algebra I~V, Special Lectures of Geometry I~IV, and Special Lectures of Analysis I~V, Special Lectures of Mathematical Science I~IV and Mathematical Special Lecture I~VI; each course is worth 2 credits. In order to acquire the 30 credits necessary for completion of a master course, students must take 7 elective courses (14 credits in total) and the two required courses, Thesis Training I (freshman) and II (sophomore), 16 credits in total.
School of Science: the Department of Material Science (The Master's Course)
For the purpose of getting a job as a technical expert with a high degree of specialization
The Department of Material Science was opened in April of 2004. In recent years completion of a graduate degree has been vital to playing an active role as a technical expert at companies or universities. Such a tendency is noticeable, in particular, at companies in the chemical industry and in other related industries. In the past, students who completed their undergraduate studies in chemistry here had to attend the graduate schools of other universities. Now, however, with the establishment of the master's course in the Department of Material Science, students can smoothly continue and deepen their studies here on the same campus.
Promotion of chemical education and research by means of IT
The Department of Material Science is composed of four departments: the Department of Information Science, the Department of Molecular Photophysical Science, the Department of Functional Materials and the Department of Molecular Design. These departments meet the demands of science and technology in the twentieth century by emphasizing computer science, nanoscience, organic electroconductive material, and molecular design of magnetic substances. Within the curriculum, an emphasis is placed on the Department of Information Science, in which education and research are carried out with free use of computers. This aims to combine the study of material science and the study of information technology, a remarkable feature not seen at other universities.