Program Overview

Curriculum Overview

The curriculum is designed to equip students with the skills necessary to become global leaders. This requires a wide variety of skills, including:

• Communication, management, and leadership
• Broad knowledge on problems in today’s society
• Technical knowledge
• Practical problem-solving skills

Teaching Methods

Besides lectures from civil engineering faculty, teaching is based on:

• Small group learning
• Involvement of industrial partners
• Interdepartmental lectures
• Practical exercises
• Internship at industrial partner firms

The Pillars of Our Curriculum

The curriculum is structured around the following pillars:

1. Advanced English and Japanese for communication skills, including:

• Debate
• Discussion
• Presentation
• Reading and Writing

2. Graduation Research and Liberal Arts subjects for wider knowledge
3. Advanced Civil Engineering for specialized knowledge, including:

• Structural Dynamics
• Soil Mechanics
• Hydrology
• Planning

4. Basic Science knowledge, including:

• Information Processing
• Math, Physics, Chemistry
• Geoscience
• Probability and Statistics

5. Practical Problem Solving, including:

• International Internship
• Exercises in Infrastructure Design

Curriculum Structure

The curriculum is structured as follows: | Grade | Description | | --- | --- | | 1st grade | Advanced English and Japanese for communication skills | | 2nd grade | Graduation Research and Liberal Arts subjects for wider knowledge, Advanced Civil Engineering for specialized knowledge | | 3rd grade | Basic Science knowledge and Practical Problem Solving | | 4th grade | Continued development of skills and knowledge in all areas |