Special Program for International Students
GRADUATE COURSE IN EARTH SCIENCE
& GEOENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
The Interdisciplinary Faculty of Science and Engineering offers a special graduate course in Earth Science and Geoenvironmental Science for both international students and Japanese students. The course is available at the Master's level (M.Sc., M.Eng. and M.Sc. Eng.) and for doctoral study (D.Sc, D. Eng., Ph.D) The Master's course is of two years duration, and comprises course work, seminars and a research thesis. The doctoral course runs for three years, and consists of course work, seminars and a research thesis, plus a requirement for completion of two reviewed publications. At both levels courses are taught in English.
This course follows an earlier program from which over 100 international students successfully graduated from Shimane University. The original program was reorganized and extended in 2007 to form our current course of study.
General aims of the program
Our graduate program accepts students of excellence from all over the world, especially from Asia and the Pacific rim regions. Japanese students can also be accepted into the program.
Research and education in the program is based on geology and earth science, to solve worldwide problems and to enhance sustainable development of the human world. The aims of the graduate program are to:
- encourage a systematic understanding of earth materials and earth resources;
- to promote better understanding of the mutual relationships among humanity, living things, and the earth from historical and geoenvironmental viewpoints; and
- to establish effective prevention engineering against natural hazards and disasters, based on a wide knowledge of geological processes and environmental changes.
Our graduate program is aimed at producing international-level researchers and technical specialists in the earth sciences, geoenvironmental science, and related fields.
Course work is now available in three categories:
- Advanced Earth Science
- Earth Resource Science and Technology
- Geoenvironment and Natural Hazards
The above categories are outlined in more detail on
the Course Contents page.
The course is currently supported by 25 academic staff who supervise the research of each student
and their graduate thesis. Students also have access to a variety of analytical equipment,
including TIMS, EPMA, XRF, XRD, AAS and SEM, among others.
Follow the links at left for further details of the program.
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