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5-year Integrated Doctoral Program - Policy for Curriculum Organization and Implementation (Curriculum Policy)

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Science of Technology Innovation

Nagaoka University of Technology, in accordance with its Diploma Policy, offers subjects required by the Department of Science of Technology Innovation, and assigns faculty members to supervise doctoral research. In this way, the program develops leading engineers and researchers who possess in-depth and abundant knowledge in specialized fields, creativity to pioneer unexplored areas, and practical skills to independently implement their own research projects and guide innovation. To this end, the university offers a systematic curriculum based on the following policies.

  1. To cultivate the research implementation abilities that facilitate the formation of novel theories and development of new technologies, students are required to take Advanced Experiment of Science of Technology I and II in the first two years of study. From their third year, students will receive research guidance for the preparation of their doctoral dissertation.
  2. To cultivate the ability to learn and effectively apply advanced specialized knowledge, students are required to participate in seminars and journal clubs conducted by their academic supervisors.
  3. To cultivate the ability to guide innovation through research and development while collaborating with diverse entities based on insightful international perspectives and advanced conversational skills, students are required to participate in the International Research Internship.
  4. To cultivate the ability to advance academic research based on high ethical standards, students are required to take Researcher Ethics.
  5. To cultivate the ability to pioneer unexplored areas based on the integration of scientific principles from multiple specialized fields and to develop the various abilities required of global innovation leaders, the university offers elective-compulsory subjects and Science of Technology Innovation subjects (elective). In principle, these subjects are conducted in English.
  6. Common subjects are offered to students to support the development of expertise from a broad perspective and increase their abilities to implement technology in society.
  7. To cultivate the ability to engage in discussions and debates about research and to develop an international perspective, students are encouraged to actively participate in academic conferences both in Japan and abroad.
  8. The program offers a course to enable students to gain the skills and abilities to adopt a scientific approach to corporate management, and to acquire a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
  9. Various courses are offered to enable advanced and systematic studies to address the challenges of modern society. Students will be certified as completing a course if they take and pass the designated subjects.

[Policy for Academic Achievement Evaluation]

Grading is conducted in a fair, rigorous, and objective evaluation of performance, and credits will be awarded to students who pass the subjects. For the doctoral dissertation, the screening criteria and methods are clearly stated, and pass/fail decisions are made through screening and examination by multiple faculty members.