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Department	Division	Degree Sought	Student Intake	Application Period	Timing of Admission Decision Notification	Course Start Date
Graduate School of Engineering	N/A	Master's	2			Oct.1989

The Department of Systems Innovation, the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management, and the Department of Precision Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering offer advanced study and research opportunities to international students under the Special Graduate Program in Engineering for Systems Innovation.

The Program offers Master’s (two years) and doctoral (three years) programs leading to corresponding degrees in the three departments.

The Department of Systems Innovation, which was established April, 2008, aims at research and education that contribute to realization of innovative systems by integrating engineering knowledge presently divided in separate domains. In the department, more than 40 faculty members with diverse engineering backgrounds cooperate in the conduct of research and education programs focusing particularly on four topics of artifacts network systems, global circulation systems, socio-economic systems, and advanced system design methods.

The Department of Nuclear Engineering and Management was established in April 2005 to promote research and education not only on traditional nuclear technologies but also on newly expanding fields relevant to nuclear energy such as advanced nuclear technology for the future, advanced laser-beam technology, medical physics, and nuclear socio-engineering.

The Department of Precision Engineering, with a long history, is promoting applied research and education focusing on engineering technologies such as sensing technology, fabrication technology, microsystems, mechatronics, and engineering technology for design and production systems. Research and education in this department aim for specific problem-solving in industry and society using a combination of these five technologies.

Lectures and instructions for research in the three departments are generally given in English, while Japanese language courses are optionally available. The educational curriculum covers traditional engineering subjects, fundamentals of interfacing areas among engineering and social, human, economy, management sciences, and domain-specific subjects so that students can acquire comprehensive and interdisciplinary viewpoints. In addition to lectures, opportunities for practical exercises and internships in Japanese corporations or institutes will be provided. Those who graduated from this program in the past now hold leading positions at government offices, corporations, universities, and institutes worldwide.