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Civil Engineering
Graduate MajorCurriculum

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In the Graduate Major in Civil Engineering, related courses are organized into categories to provide systematic, specialized learning according to students' level of learning and attainment.

    • Tokyo Tech
    • Other Universities,
      Technical Colleges,
      etc.

  2. Entrance
    Examination

     
    Applicants must pass an entrance examination to advance from an undergraduate major to a master's program.

  3. Master's Program
    (2 Years)*1

    400-Level and 500-Level Courses

    Systematically study more advanced knowledge and technology based on the latest research in the fields of structural mechanics, structural engineering, construction material technology, earthquake engineering, water and environment, geotechnical engineering, infrastructure and transportation planning, building on fundamental knowledge of civil engineering gained in the Undergraduate Program. Furthermore, the curriculum is structured to enable students to deepen their specialization and increase their creativity by performing research independently during Research Seminars and master's thesis research.

    • Common Courses
      This group is comprised of English communication courses and project-based courses on disaster mitigation, in which international students and Japanese students, or students from an overseas university and Tokyo Tech cooperate.
    • Structural Mechanics, Structural Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Construction Material Technology
      Students learn theories and methods related for design and management of civil engineering structures to ensure safety of them considering prevention of natural disaster and damage.
    • Water and Environment
      Covering rivers, coasts, and other water environments, this group provides courses on these natural systems and relevant management concepts and technologies, particularly on water-related disasters, water resources, water quality, aquatic ecosystems, and some others, at several different spatial scales. In courses, students deepen their understanding on such natural systems as well as related environmental problems, including uncertainty in the environment. Moreover, students obtain expertise and skills to independently apply those fundamental understandings for disaster management, water resources management, and conservation of water environments.
    • Geotechnical Engineering
      Students learn about the characteristics of geo-materials and the advanced theories for solving initial/boundary value problems in geotechnical engineering. They also study mitigation of geotechnical disasters induced by earthquake, flooding and change in human activities and acquire the ability to comprehensively solve geotechnical engineering problems.
    • Infrastructure and Transportation Planning
      What kind of infrastructure development is essential for the society? How should infrastructure be planned and operated? Students study cutting-edge theories for rationally pursuing and implementing solutions to such questions. Students specifically learn mathematical models for travel behavior, transportation network analysis, economic evaluation theory of infrastructure development/policy, theory for infrastructure management, etc.
    • Research Seminars
      Students diligently help each other improve through seminars on research in laboratories and research groups.

    *1 Indicates the standard model where the master's program is completed in two years.

    1. Completion

    2. Advancement
      Assessment
      Applicants must pass an advancement
      assessment to advance from a master's program to a doctoral program.

    1. Other Universities'
      Graduates and Working Adults

    2. Entrance
      Examination
      Applicants must pass an entrance
      assessment to advance from another university to a doctoral program.

  5. Doctoral Program
    (3 Years)*2

    600-Level Courses

    Students study cutting-edging knowledge and technology based on the latest research, building on the basic and specialized civil engineering knowledge learned in the Undergraduate Program and Master's Program. Furthermore, the curriculum is structured to enable students to further deepen their specialization and increase their creativity by performing cutting-edge research independently during Research Seminars and doctoral thesis research.

    • Common Courses
      This group is comprised of courses relating to the latest civil and environmental engineering research and projects conducted in collaboration with students from other fields.
    • Practical applications
      This group is comprised of courses in which students experience internships and are dispatched to overseas universities/research institutes, courses where students learn about actual disasters by participating in disaster surveys and reconstruction work, and courses where students experience practical initiatives for disaster prevention/mitigation.
    • Research Seminars
      Students diligently help each other improve through seminars on research in laboratories and research groups.

    *2Indicates the standard model where the Doctoral Program is completed in three years.

  6. Completion