Tohoku University Global COE Program - Materials Integration -

We are further developing the achievements through the experience of the 21st Century COE to raise young researchers with high research competence based on firm basic academic knowledge and skills. The following kinds of competence are aimed at:
(1) High expertise concerning materials science:
Our education programs are designed for young people to complete doctorate courses in a short period of time, so as to obtain many PhDs at age 25.
We implement qualifying examinations for those graduate students who have completed the latter half of the doctorate courses to make sure they have obtained high research abilities added to firm basic knowledge and skills, so as to provide resourceful young researchers to flourish in international arena.

(2) Abilities for international communication:
We promote master's and doctor's dissertations to be written and submitted in English.
Our graduate students in the latter half of the doctorate courses are obliged to make presentations at an international conference. We also provide internship programs for those graduate students with excellence.

(3) Practical abilities:
We support internship programs both domestically and internationally so as to help our students enhance practical abilities.

(4) Originality to develop research fields of trans-, inter- and integrated disciplines:
Our students must learn at the courses of the International Advanced Research and Education Organization, which is meant to help them further develop highly original and interdisciplinary competence.

(5) Competence to take part in world class materials science:
Our young people learn to obtain high expertise and sufficient language skills to be able to post more than one research article in world class academic magazines.