Special programs

Doctoral Degree Course of the Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology offers the following three special programs. Each student of these programs belongs to one of the two courses, i.e. Science and Engineering Course and Science of Natural Environment Systems Course, but takes the classes following the curriculum of the special program.

Materials Engineering Special Program

This program is for the students involving the research of advanced materials in Next Generation Tatara Co-Creation Centre of Shimane University. (https://tatara.shimane-u.ac.jp/en/) The students of this program will be determined by an interview to the applicants of the program in entering Doctoral Degree Course. Up to three students in each grade of this special program will be employed as research associates of Next Generation Tatara Co-Creation Centre.

Collaborative Program of Medicine, Science, Engineering and Agriculture

This is a multidisciplinary program offered jointly with the Graduate School of Medical Research. The program is designed for students with backgrounds in science, engineering, agriculture, and who have an interest in medical applications of physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, informatics, agriculture and various fields of engineering. The students of this program will be determined by an interview to the applicants of the program in entering Doctoral Degree Course.

Special Program in Earth Science and Geoenvironmental Science

This program is mainly for students from Asia and the trans-Pacific, and provides vigorous leading-edge academic training in fields including geoscience, development and conservation of the earth resources, solutions for the earth environment, prediction and prevention of natural disasters, and the sustainable long-term evolution of our society. The students of this program are determined by an entrance examination for the program.