Overview

About the program

Since then the English Engineering Education (e3) program of the Hokkaido University has been bringing in English speaking students with diverse educational and cultural backgrounds from around the world, a sharp departure from the past when international student population consisted largely of Japanese speaking students from East Asia. Courses at our School of Engineering are given in Japanese and in English.

Programme Structure

Courses are offered in the following fields:

Mechanical Engineering

Materials Science

Applied Physics

Civil, Environmental and Resource Engineering

Architecture and Design

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-03-08 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

79

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Education General Engineering & Technology View 6 other PhDs in General Engineering & Technology in Japan

Academic requirements

GPA

3

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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Accidents
Legal aid

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Other requirements

General requirements

To qualify for the degree of doctor, you must have satisfactorily earned a minimum of 10 credits from the coursework and passed the dissertation defence.

2 credits come from Advanced Study (research guidance in your division)

A minimum of 8 credits shall be earned from the coursework. If you got M.Eng. from HU, these courses must be from Divisions other than the one you graduated from.

Fulfil the requirements on the number of published papers set up by each division.

Tuition Fee

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International

535800 JPY/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 267900 JPY per semester during 36 months.
National

535800 JPY/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 267900 JPY per semester during 36 months.

Living costs for Sapporo

111200 - 165260 JPY /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.