Graduate School

Master's Program

Graduate School of Science and Technology
Major in Biological and Biomedical Engineering

Producing specialist engineers and researchers who possess advanced expertise along with flexible creativity.

This major utilizes education and research to facilitate a deeper understanding of essential life-sustaining functions (life functions) for organisms, as well as of the engineered utilization of these functions, and seeks to cultivate high-level researchers and specialist engineers capable of accurately, creatively, flexibly and tenaciously addressing difficult issues currently facing our world, such as population aging coupled with a declining birthrate and global food shortages.

Areas of Study

  • Basic Biomedical Systems Science

    Students are equipped with a broad range of knowledge relating to the structure and functions of the human body, the structure and functions of biomolecules, the causes of disease and the mechanisms of their onset, as well as the nervous system/physical activity-based integration of organs in the human body. Students then apply this knowledge to research into such topics as human health maintenance/management and disease prevention and early medical examination and treatment-focused activities.

  • Biomedical Engineering

    Students cultivate a high level of specialized knowledge related to the life functions of microorganisms, plants and animals, as well as of the biological materials responsible for life functions, and they pursue basic research to elucidate life functions in more details, as well as engineering research to find industrial applications for different life functions.

  • Food Processing Science

    Students are equipped with advanced food science and food engineering knowledge, which they then apply to research related to the development of new, healthier, longevity-promoting, safe and reliable food products, as well as new food processing technology and other topics of interest.

  • Medical and Biological Engineering

    Students are equipped with a high level of specialized knowledge and technical know-how related to clinical engineering, focusing on the four disciplines of bioinformatics, bioinstrumentation engineering, biofunctional engineering and clinical systems engineering, and they conduct inter-disciplinary medical and engineering research aimed at developing excellent biofunctional engineering applications and medical applications for engineering technology.

Curriculum

Japanese only

Careers and Further Study