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School of Engineering has the largest number of students population.  There are over 3,000 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students including over 200 students from overseas.  Courses are available in Japanese and in English.  For graduate level, 115 courses are taught in English.  Starting April 2012, some undergraduate courses in civil engineering will also be available in English.


Courses available in English



  

Graduation requirements
 
1. Master's degree (normally 2 years)

 To qualify for the degree of master, you must satisfactorily earn a minimum of 30 credits from coursework and pass a thesis defense.
   
  1.1 A minimum of 16 credits must come from courses offered by your Division/Subject Group.  However, if deemed necessary by your supervisor, 2 credits may come from a new course (introduced after your enrollment) or courses offered by other Divisions or other graduate schools within or outside Hokkaido University including those overseas.  
     
  1.2 A minimum of 4 credits come from courses offered by another Division/Subject Group.   
     
  1.3 The remaining 10 credits come from laboratory seminar.
 
2.
Doctoral degree (normally 3 years)
 
  To qualify for the degree of doctor, you must have
 
  2.1 satisfactorily earned a minimum of 10 credits of coursework and passed the dissertation defense. 
 
  2.2


2.2		 (students enrolled before October 2008) at least one paper published or accepted with confirmed publishing schedule and one paper submitted.  At least one of the papers must be in an international refereed journal*.

(students enrolled in October 2008 and later) at least one paper published or accepted with confirmed publishing schedule and one paper submitted.  If the published or accepted paper is not in an international journal*, his/her dissertation must be reviewed by an external examiner.

*In principle, a journal contained in ISI journal list or equivalent, is considered international. 
     

 Important note

  • All publications and courses that can be counted toward graduation requirement must be in English. 

  • When e3 practices are more stringent, some Divisions simply follow e3 practices.  However some Divisions want their students to also follow their practice.  In such cases, please follow both practices.    Practices in Divisions.

  • Similarly Divisions also have their own graduation requirements.   Please make sure that you meet the graduation requirement set by your Division as well.

  • All e3 doctoral students are subject to a progress evaluation by the program committee at the end of the 1st and 2nd year.