Representative contents in Master and PhD courses

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  Molecular
  Biotechnology
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  Bioresource
  Engineering
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  Molecular
  Genetics
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  Microbiology
  Advance
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  Bio-environmental
  Science
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  Cell Manufacturing
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  Molecular
  Microbiology
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  Dynamic Cell
  Biology
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  Bioprocess
  Engineering
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  Cell Technology
  Advance
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  Nanobiotechnology
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  Biotechnology
  Advance

Important Feature

• 1.

  English will be used in all lectures, instructions, and research related activities. In the Basic Course, students will acquire a solid background in advanced biotechnology. In the Project-based Training Course, students will acquire the ability to design and execute research in a critical manner. In the Thesis Research, students will acquire the ability to propose and implement their original research. Through immersion in their own research projects, students will have ample time during the remaining four years to attain their Master's and Doctor's Degrees in Engineerin

• 2.

  The Basic Courses, which will be held in the first semester of master's program, will deal with a wide range of subjects: advanced biotechnology, and basics and application s in the files of "Biotechnology," "Life Science," and "Biochemistry."

• 3.

  In the first semester of the master's program, students will take the Project-based Training Course. This course is designed to prepare students as research engineers with the ability to conceive innovative ideas, by synthesizing knowledge from different disciplines and the techniques for devising research plans towards realizing the ideas. In this course, each student will choose one laboratory different from their own, and will perform a short term research work under the supervision of the professor of that lab.

• 4.

  All students will conduct their Thesis Research in the second, third, and fourth semester of the master's program, under the supervision and instruction of his/her professor.

• 5.

  In the first semester of the doctor‘s program, students will take the Frontier Research Proposal Course. This course is designed to prepare students as a research scientist with the ability to propose original research plans independently, so that they can complete their doctoral theses. In this course, each student will propose a research, make a presentation, and have discussions with professors, associated professors, assistant professors, and doctor’s program students of the related field with diversified/multiple perspectives. During the period of the doctor program, student will devote themselves to their own research project while expanding their knowledge.

• 6.

  For Thesis Research in the master's and doctor's programs, each student will choose one laboratory among Bioenvironmental Science (Watanabe Lab.), Cell Technology (Muranaka Lab.), BioProcess Systems Engineering (Kino-oka Lab.), Bioresource Engineering (Fukusaki Lab.), Macromolecular Biotechnology (Uchiyama Lab), Biochemical Engineering (Omasa Lab), Photonic Biotechnology (Nagai Lab.), Protein Crystallography (Kurisu Lab), Applied Microbiology (Fujiyama Lab.), and Molecular Microbiology (Honda Lab). Students can change their laboratory after completion of the master's program, if they wish to do so.

• 7.

  Improving Japanese skill is highly encouraged during the course.

Detailed curriculum