Graduate School of Science and Technology (GSST), Kumamoto University aims to foster people with leadership and the ability to solve various problems presented by the rapidly changing society with a flexible approach from scientific and technological points of view. In order to achieve this goal, we offer the Master’s Course in which students receive more specialized education and the Doctoral Course in which students learn from leading-edge, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive education and research. Through these two integrated courses, we provide students with a comprehensive background in multiple specialized fields as to be able to conduct interdisciplinary work.
We also aim to foster people with broader views, creativity, and leadership by promoting collaboration with leading research institutions, so that we are able to supply talented people to the local community to contribute to its development. Furthermore, we aim to make the Graduate School more open to the local and global communities by providing more educational opportunities to adult and international students.

JDS Fellows will be accepted in International Joint Education Program for Science and Technology (IJEP), in which lectures and research instructions are in English. IJEP is opened to serve the mission of GSST, which aims to become an internationally competitive educational and research institution by providing comprehensive education and research in an open and interdisciplinary environment.
In this program, master students are required to take 35 credits for completion. Four credits must be obtained from "Current Science and Technology in Japan" and "English for Science and Technology", mandatory classes for IJEP, and the remaining 31 credits are taken according to the requirements of their department. Intensive lectures on various topics in English offered in Global Joint Education Center for Science and Technology (GJEC) by professors invited from overseas universities are also available for the students and can be counted for credit requirements.

■Necessary Curriculum to Obtain to the Degrees

In the Master’s course of IJEP, students are required to obtain 35 credits including the two required classes for IJEP students and to complete dissertation.
https://www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/gsst-en/program/masters_c/masters_c_csee/

Graduate School of Science and Technology (2 years)
・Education Program for Electrical Engineering in Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

The field of electrical energy and electronic devices includes the most fundamental and key technologies to support our society and its infrastructures, for example, through the efficient utilization of electric energy, the development of renewable energy resources, the development of innovative materials and electronic devices, and so on. In the division, both research and education are performed on Electric Power Systems, Electric Energy Conversion, Industrial Applications of Power Electronics, Plasma Science, Pulsed Power, Environment Oriented Devices and Systems, Superconducting Devices, ULSI Technology, and Nano-Structure Technology.

【Research Field of Electric Power and Control 】

●Electric Power Systems
Major Research Themes
.Reliability analysis of electric power system with renewable energy source
.Development of new reliability index based on risk sensitive value measure
.Cooperative control of dispersed generator and energy storage system
.Statistical analysis of electric power demand and market price in electric power exchanges
.Asset evaluation of electric industries based on expected utility theory

●Environmental Electronics
Major Research Themes
.Ozone generation and application to agriculture
.Generation of atmospheric plasma and application to environmental issues

●System Control and Integration
Major Research Themes
.Driving assistance of next-generation welfare vehicle
.Automatic driving control
.Human-centric control system
.Construction of model error compensator for robust control
.Dynamic quantizers design

【　Research Field of Electric and Electronic Materials 】

●Electronic Devices
Major Research Themes
.Electromagnetic phenomena in high-Tc oxide superconductor
.Flux pinnig in high-Tc oxide superconductors and metallic superconductors
.Superconducting electronic device applications
.Development of magnetic nanoparticles

●Nano-Structure Devices
Major Research Themes
.Study of light-emitting materials for integrated circuits
.Development of light-emitting elements for integrated circuits
.Study of ultraviolet/visible light-emitting materials
.Development of ultraviolet/visible emission elements
.Study of high-efficiency solar cells
.Study of micro-coil production technology

●Electrical Material
Major Research Themes
.Porous piezoelectric composite material
.Thick film fabrication process development
.Non-destructive testing under harsh conditions
.Energy harvesting applications

【　Institute of Industrial Nanomaterialｓ 】

Major Research Themes
.Development of a pulsed power generator
.Energy recovery switching for pulsed power using wide band-gap power devices
.Metal removal from metal-coated plastics using pulsed power
.Generation and application of microplasma
.Observation of high-speed discharge phenomena in gas/liquid
.Air environment cleaning using ultra-short pulsed plasma in the air
.Property analysis of pulsed thermal plasma and its medical applications
.Analysis of dielectric breakdown phenomena in supercritical fluid, and its applications
.Aggregates recycling achieved by discharging pulsed power inside concrete
.Activation of genes in plant cells with pulsed stress
.Development of an EUV light source for next-generation semiconductors
.Micro-biological control using high intensity pulsed electric fields, and its medical applications
.Generation of high-powered microwaves

■List of faculty members capable of guiding JDS Fellows

We will find a suitable supervisor for JDS Fellows through director of division of special program (IJEP), before their admission.
Education Program for Electrical Engineering in Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
https://www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/gsst-en/res_act/

Professor
Takanori FUJIYOSHI
Yusui NAKAMURA
Sunao KATSUKI
Takashi SAKUGAWA
Hamid HOSANO
Ken-ichi YANO
Hiromi Suzuki
Associate Professor
Makiko KOBAYASHI
Fumiaki MITSUGI
Hajime MIYAUCHI
Takao NAMIHIRA
Douyan WANG

In the Master’s course of IJEP, students are required to obtain 35credits including the two required classes for IJEP students and to complete dissertation.

Graduate School of Science and Technology (2years)
【Computer Science and Electrical Engineering】
https://www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/gsst-en/program/masters_c/masters_c_csee/

Education Program for Electrical Engineering
The field of electrical energy and electronic devices includes the most fundamental and key technologies to support our society and its infrastructures, for example, through the efficient utilization of electric energy, the development of renewable energy resources, the development of innovative materials and electronic devices, and so on. In the division, both research and education are performed on Electric Power Systems, Electric Energy Conversion, Industrial Applications of Power Electronics, Environment Oriented Devices and Systems, Superconducting Devices, ULSI Technology, and Nano-Structure Technology.

Subjects Available for All Departments

(#) It is mandatory to take 1 credit from these subject groups offered by GJEC (Global Joint Education Center for Science and Technology, Kumamoto University)
（※） Required classes for IJEP students (students who do not belong to IJEP cannot take these classes)

Education Program for Electrical Engineering in Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

(Notice)

• - It is mandatory to take 12 credits from * marked subjects.
• - You may take up to 10 credits from other education program in GSST (Graduate School of Science and Technology).

Seminar on Special Projects I

We offer several “Seminar on Special Project”. Detail information will be given after enrolling our program.

We will find a suitable supervisor for JDS Fellows through director of division of special program (IJEP), before their admission.
https://www.fast.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/gsst-en/res_act/

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

* These professors can accept JDS Fellows.

※Reference
http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/prospective/calender/

International House Building E

・International House
International House, the dormitory for international students and foreign researchers, is located about 1.5km east of the Main Campus. A total of 232 rooms are available for international students and researchers. Rooms are furnished with furniture and even have small kitchens for making meals.
https://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/prospective/accommodation/international_house/

・University Library
The University Library provides information resources and services to support the university’s educational and research activities.

Library Holdings	Books	Periodicals
Central Library	1,042,185	14,937
Medical Library	172,784	5,314
Pharmacy Library	35,646	1,021
Total	1,250,615	21,272

Central Library: Monday to Friday 8:40a.m - 10:00p.m, Saturday and Sunday 12:00p.m - 6:00 p.m.
http://www.lib.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/eng/howtouse

From University:

In GSST, we aim to foster students who can work internationally with specialized knowledge and skills in science and technology. We have more than 150 international students from various countries, and most of them are studying in IJEP. As we consider diversity on campus is a very important factor to promote better education and research, we are very happy to welcome students from abroad.