Program Overview

University Program Information

The university offers various programs in the field of engineering sciences, including the Subprogram in Applied Physics, Master's/Doctoral Program in Engineering Sciences, and Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences.

Research Fields and Faculty

The university has a diverse range of research fields, including:

• Optical and Quantum Engineering
• Nano Instrumentation Physics
• Quantum Beam and Plasma Engineering
• Advanced Device Engineering
• Nano Functional Materials Engineering
• Spintronics and Magnetics
• Power Electronics and Wide-Gap Semiconductor Technology
• Cooperative Graduate School System

Faculty Members

The university has a team of experienced faculty members, including:

• MAKINO Toshiharu (AIST): Professor, researching unique properties of diamond and developing electronic and quantum devices.
• YUASA Shinji (AIST): Professor, researching and developing magnetic tunnel junctions, magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), and other spintronics devices.
• YAMAGUCHI Hiroshi (AIST): Professor, developing high-performance power converters for high-efficiency energy use and sustainable society.
• KOJIMA Kazutoshi (AIST): Associate Professor, researching and developing wide gap semiconductor epitaxial growth techniques and power devices.
• UCHIDA Ken-ichi (NIMS): Professor, developing novel science and technology of "Spin caloritronics", an interdisciplinary field between spintronics physics and thermal energy engineering.
• TAKANO Yoshihiko (NIMA): Professor, developing novel functional materials such as high-Tc superconductors and magnetic refrigeration materials.
• FUKATA Naoki (NIMS): Professor, researching fundamental and application aspects of next-generation high-speed semiconductor transistors and energy-related new materials.
• MITANI Seiji (NIMS): Professor, developing new magnetic materials and nanostructures by atomic scale control based on state-of-the-art thin film growth techniques.
• YOSHIKAWA Genki (NIMS): Professor, developing new molecular sensors/systems towards global-standard artificial olfaction, mobile breath analysis, and new blood/fluid test.
• ISHII Satoshi (NIMS): Associate Professor, studying novel photonic nanostructures for extraordinary optical properties and photoelectric/photothermal conversions.
• SAKURABA Yuya (NIMS): Professor, fabricating and characterizing magnetic thin film materials and multilayer nanostructures for special transport and thermoelectric effects.
• YAMAGUCHI Takahide (NIMS): Professor, researching fundamental properties of advanced electronic materials such as diamond and two-dimensional materials.
• Iimura Soshi (NIMS): Associate Professor, researching in the field of applied physics.

Programs Offered

The university offers the following programs:

• Subprogram in Applied Physics
• Master's/Doctoral Program in Engineering Sciences
• Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences
• Graduate School of Science and Technology

University Information

The university is located at 1-1-1 Ten'nodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, and is part of the University of Tsukuba.