Graduate School of Science and Technology(Master's Program)>Department of Aqualogy

Department of Aqualogy

Overview

The Department of Aqualogy brings together educational and research resources from both inside and outside the university to foster human resources who possess advanced specialized knowledge and skills in the field of water, which is a global-scale challenge. By providing education in disciplines related to water circulation and water-resource-based energy creation technologies, this department fosters advanced specialized personnel in water- and hydrogen-related fields who are capable of addressing these global issues.
Degree：MASTER of ENGINEERING


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Philosophy and Goals

This department proposes "Aqualogy," an academic discipline that integrally and multi-layeredly understands phenomena where matter, energy, life, and society are complexly intertwined with water (Aqua) as a starting point, and leads to problem-solving. Transcending conventional frameworks, this department develops education and research that holistically encompasses everything from conversion phenomena at the molecular and material levels to global-scale water circulation, as well as policy, business, and social acceptance. Based on the insight and ethics needed to advance science and technology, this department has the education and research goal to foster human resources who are equipped with a challenging spirit to tackle ambitious goals and difficult challenges, alongside the foresight to establish creative research topics, with the objective of "paving the way for the future of the world and local communities through water."

Target Human Resources and Their Capabilities

Target Human Resources

  • Advanced professionals with specialized knowledge and capabilities in advanced engineering fields, researchers with rich creativity and excellent research and development capabilities, and human resources with high intellectual sophistication who diversely support an environment-harmonized society and a knowledge-based society
  • Human resources who have problem-analyzing and problem-solving capabilities based on advanced specialized knowledge grounded in the fundamentals of the respective specialized fields of science, engineering, textile science, agriculture, and medicine
  • Human resources who have a wide, bird's-eye perspective and the capability for application and development to address challenges in other fields
  • Leading human resources who possess an environmental mindset considering the natural environment in their respective specialized fields, as well as research and development capabilities to pioneer interdisciplinary, leading-edge science and technology

    • Target Capabilities

  • Professional knowledge and understanding regarding water, materials, energy, and the environment
  • Professional knowledge and understanding regarding water, materials, energy, and the environment
  • Issue discovery capability and issue setting capability
  • Research execution capability and technological development capability
  • International communication capability and intercultural collaboration capability
  • Project management capability and implementation design capability
  • Data utilization capability and digital technology application capability
  • Ethical sense and awareness of social responsibility
  • Self-reflection capability and continuous learning capability

    • Main Courses

    Eligible Qualifications

    Curriculum Policy

    The Department of Aqualogy has formulated a curriculum so that you can acquire problem-analyzing capabilities and problem-solving capabilities based on advanced professional knowledge in interdisciplinary fields related to water circulation, water-resource-based energy creation technologies, and materials science that contributes to them. While placing the basic academic disciplines of physical chemistry and materials science at the core of the educational curriculum, the department conducts cross-sectional education and research to understand global social issues, such as the aqua and hydrogen economies. By participating in research projects developed at the university, you will acquire deep expertise and a wide, bird's-eye perspective, and cultivate the capability to execute creative research. To foster human resources who can play active roles in the international community as global leaders, all seminars, lectures, experiments, practical training, and exercises are conducted in English, and numerous educational opportunities are provided, including support for domestic and international internships.

    Diploma Policy

    The Department of Aqualogy will grant a Master's degree to students who have acquired adequate levels of the following knowledge and capabilities and the knowledge and capabilities satisfying the degree-granting policy determined according to the goals of the Graduate School and this department::

    1. Advanced specialized knowledge and researcher ethics to solve interdisciplinary challenges in water treatment and purification, water circulation, and energy creation technologies, grounded in engineering sophistication in the field of aqualogy
    3. Challenging spirit, foresight, and research and development capabilities to pioneer interdisciplinary leading-edge science and technology based on materials science and data science
    4. Capabilities to perceive global environmental and water issues from creative viewpoints, analyze them with logical thinking and a bird's-eye perspective, and disseminate and develop information globally
    5. Critical thinking capabilities to logically explain based on professional knowledge, alongside the capability to lead water-related technologies through collaboration with diverse people with an environmental mindset

    Admissions Policy

    For admission policy, please see admissions page.
    Admissions Policy