In the Doctoral Program, in light of our professional training objectives, our educational objectives are to train people to acquire the following capabilities.

• Individuals who possess specialist knowledge and the ability to engage in creative research in the natural sciences and specialist areas.
• Individuals with high-level logical writing skills, presentation abilities, and communications skills in Japanese or English.
• Individuals with the ability to set out and solve social problems in society and the leadership qualities required to work toward their resolution, on the basis of their awareness of their own responsibility as researchers or technicians.

In the Doctoral Program, in light of our professional training objectives, we admit individuals with the following qualities.

• Individuals with reliable knowledge and research abilities in the natural sciences and specialist areas.
• Individuals with logical writing skills, presentation abilities, and communications skills in Japanese or English.
• Individuals who are strongly motivated to develop the ability to set out and solve social problems in society and the leadership qualities required to work toward their resolution, on the basis of their awareness of their own responsibility as researchers or technicians.

In the Doctoral Program, the curriculum is formed as described below, in accord with the educational objectives. The Graduate School will establish Major Subjects and Research Subjects as subject categories, where educational objectives will be achieved through the systematic completion of these subjects. The definition of each subject type is as follows.

• Major Subjects: Subjects established to cultivate advanced knowledge in the natural sciences and specialized fields.
• Research Subjects: Subjects established to cultivate students’ ability to independently conduct research which either deepens the pursuit of truth in a specialized field, or which contributes to the advancement of a sustainable society, as well as to develop advanced logical writing skills, presentation skills, communication skills, the ability to pose and solve problems, and leadership skills for addressing challenges.

In the Doctoral Program, a doctoral degree will be conferred upon individuals who have fulfilled the educational objectives and earned the prescribed credits as specified by the Graduate School of Life Sciences. Furthermore, Doctor of Science degree recipients must have submitted a dissertation aimed at the pursuit of truth in their specialized field and passed an evaluation of their academic dissertation based on dissertation evaluation standards for the doctoral program. Doctor of Engineering degree recipients must have submitted a dissertation that contributes to the advancement of a sustainable society and passed an evaluation of their academic dissertation based on dissertation evaluation standards for the doctoral program.

• Those who possess advanced knowledge and creative research abilities in the natural sciences and specialized fields.
• Those who possess advanced logical writing skills, presentation skills and communication skills in Japanese and English.
• Those who, in addition to being aware of their responsibility as a researcher/engineer, possess the ability to pose and solve problems in society as well as leadership skills in problem-solving.