For Enrollment October 2024

Prospectus for International Graduate Program for Global Engineers

Nagoya Institute of Technology

1. General Information
Nagoya is at the heart of Japan’s industrial area and is famous as the heart of the
Japanese manufacturing industry. Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) is the longest
established national higher education institute of engineering in this area. Many of our
alumni are working in major companies related to the manufacturing industry.
Because the Japanese manufacturing industry is rapidly expanding its business
worldwide, especially into Asian countries, NITech has launched a master course program
for manufacturing technology. The International Graduate Program for Global Engineers
(hereinafter referred to as the “IGPGE”) is designed for overseas students who want to
develop a career in the Japanese manufacturing industry.
Several manufacturing companies in the region cooperate with IGPGE, and some of
them will offer students internship opportunities. The graduates of IGPGE are obliged to find
employment in Japanese companies in manufacturing industry and play an important role
worldwide as highly skilled engineer.

2. IGPGE (subject to change)

IGPGE is based on the curriculum of the existing master courses and also offers some
additional subjects aimed at developing highly skilled engineers for the manufacturing
industry. The students can choose his/her program from the following:
a) Life Science and Applied Chemistry Program
b) Physical Science and Engineering Program
c) Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Program
d) Computer Science Program
e) Architecture, Civil Engineering and Industrial Management
Engineering Program

The introduction of each program can be seen on the NITech website.

https://www.nitech.ac.jp/eng/about/departments/index.html

Note
The program is scheduled to change in April 2024 due to the reorganization of the
educational program. Please refer to the information on the Graduate School Application
Guidelines page of our website (Japanese) for the details of the reorganization.

Besides the existing curriculum of each master program, the students will take the
following special subjects.

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 (1) Subjects of Production Engineering
1) An "Introduction to Automobile Engineering" is given for all students.
2) A subject related to Production Engineering is given in each program.
(2) Multicultural Symbiosis
Japanese manufacturing companies are expanding their businesses worldwide.
Students learn the strengths and weaknesses of such Japanese companies and how to
deal with the business in light of advancing globalism. The subject features the practical
study of “Kaizen”, the unique improvement activities carried out in the Japanese
manufacturing companies, offering the practical experiences in the factories.
(3) Global Human Resources
This subject is also designed for Japanese students who have a strong interest in working
overseas. Both International and Japanese students work together on the tasks related
to their own cultures and languages, aiming to develop themselves to be “Global Human
Resources” and to develop career plans in global business.
(4) Japanese
IGPGE offers a 1 year of comprehensive Japanese course, which consists of a basic
course in the first half and advanced course in the latter half. The goal is to be qualified
for Level N2 of JLPT.
(5) Internship
All students should carry out his/her internship in Japanese companies.
(6) Thesis
All students should write his/her thesis on a specific theme related to manufacturing
technology in each specialized field of study.

The duration of IGPGE is two years from October of 2024 to September of 2026.
Students are encouraged to possess a basic Japanese knowledge of JLPT4 (Japanese
Language Proficiency Test), or an equivalent level of Japanese proficiency. NITech considers
your effort and eagerness to acquire the Japanese language, and your Japanese study
experience. The lectures of IGPGE are given either in English or Japanese. In case the
lecture is given in Japanese, the students will receive supplementary explanation in
English.

3. Number of Students
The number of students to be admitted is THIRTEEN (13).

4. Japanese Government Scholarship

Applicants with excellent academic records are entitled to apply for the Japanese
Government Scholarship (Monbukagakusho: MEXT Scholarship). The monthly stipend of the
scholarship is 144,000 (JPY) for graduate students (the amount of the scholarship is subject
to change according to Japanese Government rules). Successful students for the Japanese
Government Scholarship are exempt from paying the application fee, the admission fee, and
the tuition fee described in Article 8.

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 A Japanese Government Scholarship will be granted to 5 students.
Applicants for the Japanese Government Scholarship must have a designated language
proficiency (English or Japanese), and understand all the matters and requirements in the
Application for the Japanese Government Scholarship for 2024.
Successful students for the Japanese Government Scholarship must fulfill all the
requirements for receiving the Japanese Government Scholarship.

5. Qualifications
(1) Applicants must satisfy the following conditions.
1) Must complete or will complete a 16-year school curriculum in a foreign country by
September 30, 2024.
2) Must have excellent academic marks.
The Grade Point Averages (GPA)* should meet 2.3 or higher
* GPA will be calculated using the 3.0 grading scale.
(2) Applicants must have been born on or after April 2, 1989.
(3) Applicants must have the nationality of a country that has diplomatic relations with
Japan. An applicant who has Japanese nationality at the time of application is not
eligible. However, persons with dual nationality who hold Japanese nationality and
whose place of residence at the time of application is outside of Japan are eligible to
apply as long as they choose the nationality of the other country and renounce their
Japanese nationality by the date of their arrival in Japan (the acquisition of student
status.)
(4) Possessing basic Japanese knowledge is desirable and sufficient English ability is
required to carry out research and attend classes.
(5) Applicants have no physical or mental conditions hindering the applicant’s study in
Japan.
(6) Those who meet any one of the following conditions are ineligible. If identified
ineligible after being selected as a scholarship student, he/she must withdraw from
the scholarship.
1）Those who are military personnel or military civilian employee at the time of their
arrival in Japan or during the period of the payment of the scholarship.
2) Those who cannot arrive in Japan by the date specified by MEXT or NITech.
3) Those who are previous grantees of Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarship
programs (including those who withdraw from the scholarship program after the
arrival in Japan). This does not apply to: those who have educational or work
experience exceeding more than three years from the following month of the period
of the previous scholarship to the estimated first month of the payment of this
scholarship; and the past grantees of Japanese Studies Students program who have
graduated or are going to graduate from universities in their home countries; Japan-
Korea Joint Government scholarship Program for the Students in Sciences and
Engineering Departments and Young Leaders’ Program. The Monbukagakusho
Honors scholarship for Privately-Financed International Students is not included in

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 the Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Programs.
4) Those who are currently also applying to another program under the Japanese
Government (MEXT) Scholarship system which scholarship payments will begin in
FY2024.
5) Those who are already enrolled in a Japanese university or other institution with a
residence status of “Student,” or who are going to be enrolled, or plan to enroll, in a
Japanese university or other institution as a privately-financed international
student from the time of application to the MEXT scholarship program in the
applicant’s country until the commencement of the period for payment of the MEXT
scholarship.
6) Those who are expected to graduate at the time of application and cannot satisfy
the condition of academic background by the deadline given.
7) Holders of dual nationality at the time of application who cannot verify that will
give up Japanese nationality by the time of the arrival in Japan (the acquisition of
student status.)
8) Those who plan to, from the time of application for the MEXT scholarship program,
engage in long-term research (such as field work or internship) outside Japan or
plan to take a long-term leave of absence from the university.
9) Students who cannot complete their studies within the standard number of years
required for graduation.

6. Application Procedure
The applicant should contact the academic advisor first and obtain the approval of the
academic advisor on his/her study in IGPGE. Next, the applicant should send the following
documents to International Affairs Division of NITech (see the contact address shown in 10)
by January 12, 2024. (The date of deadline may be changed.)
Note: If it is difficult to submit some of these documents before the closing date for an
unavoidable reason, please consult with the academic advisor in advance.
(1) Application Form (attached form: must be original, copies cannot be accepted)
*One photo taken within the past 6 months (4.5cm×3.5cm) should be attached.
(2) Field of Study and Research Plan [Research Proposal] (attached form)
(3) Official transcript of academic record (original or certified copies)
(4) Summary of Thesis (free format)
*Outline of your study or research in your undergraduate course.
(5) Recommendation Letter from the Dean or equivalent official of the applicant's home
university addressed to the President of NITech (free format) (original or photocopies)
(6) Certificate of Graduation or Expected Graduation (original or certified copies)
(7) Japanese language certificate
Instead of a Japanese language certificate, you can submit a document that shows
your Japanese language study experience and eagerness for Japanese (A4 free format,
written in Japanese).
(8) English language certificate

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 If you submit a Japanese certificate in (7), you do not need to submit an English
certificate.
(9) Copy of your passport containing the page of your name and photo
(10) Pledge (attached form: must be original, copies cannot be accepted)
(11) Declaration of Applicable Specific Categories

Note;
* These documents should be made in English with word-processing software and
printed double-sided on size A4 paper.
* Submitted documents will not be returned.
* Your application will not be evaluated if the above documents are incomplete or not
accurately completed. Applications that arrive after the deadline will not be accepted.

7. Preliminary Consultation for Applicants with Disabilities or Other

Special treatment is available for students with disabilities. Please contact the
International Affairs Division prior to the application if you have a disability stipulated in
Article 22-3 of the Order for Enforcement of the School Education Act and other disability or
others, and therefore need special care to enable you to attend the admission examination.
You should inform the International Affairs Division of the content of your requirements
by e-mail. Please refer to section “12 Contact/Inquiries.”

8. Selection and Notification

1. Application Period
Deadline: January 12, 2024
2. Screening
Based on the application form, academic transcripts, other documents submitted, and
interview (including an online interview).
3. Date of Examination
Will be announced after submission of application documents.
4. Notification of Result
Will be announced by March 8, 2024.

9. Examination Fee, Admission Fee and Tuition Fee

All the application except the successful applicants who are awarded the Japanese
Government Scholarship will be required to pay the following fee:
Application Fee 30,000JPY

Successful Applicants who are not awarded the Japanese Government Scholarship will be
required to pay the following fees:
Admission Fee 282,000JPY
Tuition Fee 535,800JPY
(The admission and tuition fees are subject to change.)

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 Applicants will be informed of the payment method after the notification of their admission
result. Admission Fee and Tuition Fee can be exempted, or the payment can be postponed upon
request. Students who wish for the exemption or payment postponement are required to
submit the application form. The detailed procedure and deadline will be informed to
successful applicants separately.

10. Accommodation
NITech has a dormitory, NITech Cosmo Village, for overseas students in the main
campus.

11. Security Export Control

Nagoya Institute of Technology has established the “Nagoya Institute of Technology
Security Export Control regulations” in accordance with the “Foreign Exchange and Foreign
Trade Act”, and rigorously screens potential international students on the basis of these
regulations.
In November 2021, in accordance with the clarification of the scope of control for “deemed
exports” under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (“FEFTA”), all applicants who
are to study at Nagoya Institute of Technology will be required to submit a “Declaration of
applicable specific categories” based on the “Flowchart for determining applicable specific
categories.” In addition, some students may be required to submit a “pledge” at the time of
admission procedures.
Please be aware that applicants who fall under any of the conditions set out in said
regulations may have their education or research activities restricted.

[Reference]
Ministry of Economy, "Trade and Industry “Security Export Control”
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/anpo/englishpage.html

“Nagoya Institute of Technology Security Export Control regulations”

https://www.nitech.ac.jp/eng/about/regulations/files/c-1_Security_Export_Control_Regulations.pdf

12. Contact/ Inquiries

International Affairs Division
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8555, Japan
Tel:+81-52-735-5079
E-mail: [email protected]

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Graduate School of Engineering Master’s Degree Program
The List of Advisers
Life Science and Applied Chemistry Program
(subject to change)
Life and Materials Chemistry
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
AOKI Atsushi ISHII Yosuke IIGUNI Yoshinori
ITOH Hiroshi INOMATA Tomohiko KONDO Masaharu
IWATA Shuichi ONO Katsuhiko FURUKAWA Haruki
OHKITA Masakazu KATAYAMA Kota
OZAWA Tomohiro SUMII Yuji
KATO Yoshihito SONOYAMA Noriyuki
KAWASAKI Shinji NAGUMO Ryo
KITAGAWA Shinya HANAI Yoshiteru
SHIBATA Norio HIRASHITA Tsunehisa
TAKADA Kazutake HIROTA Yuichiro
DEWA Takehisa FURUTANI Yuji
NAKAMURA Shuichi MIZUNO Toshihisa
YAMAMURA Hatsuo MIYAGAWA Atsushi
YAGYU Takeyoshi
YASUI Takashi
YAMAMOTO Yasushi

Soft Materials
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
INAI Yoshihito ISHII Daisuke
INOMATA Katsuhiro OKAMOTO Shigeru
TAKASU Akinori SAKO Katsuya
TSUKIJI Shinya SHIOTSUKA Michito
NAGATA Kenji SUGIMOTO Hideki
HIGUCHI Masahiro TAKAGI Koji
NOBUKAWA Shogo
MATSUOKA Shinichi
YAMAMOTO Katsuhiro
YOSHIZATO Hideo
YOSHIMIZU Hiroaki

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Advanced Ceramics
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
ADACHI Nobuyasu ASAKA Toru
IDA Takashi OBATA Akiko
IWAMOTO Yuji SHIRAI Takashi
KAKIMOTO Kenichi DAIKO Yusuke
KAGOMIYA Isao
SHIN Woosuck
NAKAYAMA Masanobu
HASHIMOTO Shinobu
HANEDA Masaaki
HAYAKAWA Tomokatsu
HYUGA Hideki
FUKUDA Koichiro
FUJI Masayoshi
FUDOZI Hiroshi
MAEDA Hirotaka

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Graduate School of Engineering Master’s Degree Program
The List of Advisers
Physical Science and Engineering Program
(subject to change)
Materials Function and Design
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
OHARA Shigeo IDE Naoki
KURE Shochiku OKUMURA Keiji
SATO Hisashi KURITA Noriaki
HAGIHARA Koji TANAKA Masaaki
HAMANAKA Yasushi HOSHI Yoshinao
HAYASHI Koichi MIYAZAKI Hidetoshi
HIHARA Takehiko
MIBU Ko
WATANABE Yoshimi

Applied Physics
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
ARITA Kenichiro ISOBE Masaharu TAKIKAWA Yoshinori
IKEDA Katsuyoshi ONO Shingo HONDA Mitsuhiro
IWATA Makoto KIMURA Takashi MIYAGAWA Reina
OGATA Shuji TAMURA Tomoyuki
TAKAHASHI Akira KOBAYASHI Ryo
WATANABE Takeshi SAITO Izumi
TANZAWA Yasutoshi
NAITOH Takashi
MOTOBAYASHI Kenta
YONEYA Akihiko

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Graduate School of Engineering Master’s Degree Program
The List of Advisers
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Program
(subject to change)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
IWASAKI Makoto AOKI Mutsumi KATO Shinya
WANG Jianqing ABE Koji
KATO Masashi ANZAI Daisuke
KANNO Atsushi OKAMOTO Eiji
KOSAKA Takashi KISHI Naoki
SAKAKIBARA Kunio KITAGAWA Wataru
NIRAULA Madan KUBO Toshiharu
HIRATA Akimasa KODERA Sachiko
MIYOSHI Makoto SATO Noritaka
MORITA Yoshifumi SEKI Kenta
YASUI Shinji HIRAYAMA Hiroshi
MAEDA Yoshihiro
MATSUMORI Hiroaki
WAKATSUCHI Hiroki
WAKEJIMA Akio

Mechanical Engineering
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
ISHINO Yojiro IIDA Oaki YAMADA Toru
IDO Yasushi IWAMOTO Yuhiro RYU Gyogyoku
ITOIGAWA Fumihiro UJIHARA Yoshihiro
SAKAGUCHI Masamichi USHIJIMA Tatsuo
SANO Akihito SAIKI Yu
TANAKA Yoshihiro SUGITA Shukei
TAMANO Shinji HAYAKAWA Shinya
NAKAMURA Masanori HOURA Tomoya
NISHIDA Masahiro MAEGAWA Satoru
FURUTANI Masahiro MAKINO Takehiko
MORINISHI Yohei WASAKA Toshiaki
YAMADA Manabu

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Graduate School of Engineering Master’s Degree Program
The List of Advisors
Computer Science Program
(subject to change)
Networks
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
KATAYAMA Yoshiaki UCHIYA Takahiro TATEIWA Yuichiro
SAITO Shoichi KAWASHIMA Ryota
ITO Yoshihiro NUNOME Toshiro
TSUMURA Tomoaki FUKUSHIMA Norishige
WADAYAMDA Tadashi

Computational Intelligence
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
INUZUKA Nobuhiro OTSUKA Takanobu
OZONO Tadachika KARASUYAMA Masayuki
KATO Shohei KIM Eunju
SAKURAI Yuko FUNASE Arao
SHIRAMATSU Shun MATSUI Toshihiro
NAGAI Masashi MUTOH Atsuko
TANAKA Gohei MORIYAMA Koichi

Multimedia and Human Computer Interaction

Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
ODA Ryo KUROYANAGI Susumu KUGLER Mauricio
CULLEN Brian GOTO Tomio
SATO Jun SAKAUE Fumihiko
TAMAKI Toru SAKOH Shinji
HONTANI Hidetaka TAGUCHI Ryo
RI Akinobu TANAKA Yuko
NANKAKU Yoshihiko
HASHIMOTO Kei
HIRANO Satoshi
FUNAHASHI Kenji
YAMAMOTO Daisuke
YOKOTA Tatuya

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Mathematics and Mathematical Science
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
HIRASAWA Mikami OHASHI Misa
MATSUZOE Hiroshi OTABE Shusuke
YAMAGISHI Masakazu SAEKI Akihiro
YOKOGOSHI Azusa SUZUKI Masahiro
YOSHIDA Eiko CHIKAMI Noboru
MIZUNO Yoshinori NAKASHIMA Norihiro
HAYASHI Tomohiro

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Graduate School of Engineering Master’s Degree Program
The List of Advisors
Architecture, Civil Engineering and Industrial Management Engineering Program
(subject to change)
Architecture and Design
Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
ISHIKAWA Yuka ITO Takanori
ISHIMATSU Takeyoshi ITO Yosuke
KAMO Kiwako UMEMURA Hisashi
KITAGAWA Keisuke KOMATSU Yoshinori
KUSUHARA Fumio SUDO Mine
SATO Atsushi NATSUME Yoshinori
HAMADA Shinichi

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
UEHARA Naoto IWAMOTO Masami
KAYABA Yuichi KYOKAWA Hiroyuki
KITANO Toshikazu SHO Kenjiro
SUZUKI Koji NAGATA Kazutoshi
HIDESHIMA Eizo YOSHIDA Naoko
FUJITA Motohiro YOSHIDA Ryo
FUJIMOTO Tsumoru
MAEDA Kenichi
MASUDA Michiko

Systems Management and Engineering

Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor
ARAKAWA Masahiro KAWAMURA Hironobu
IMURA Naoe KANDA Koji
SUMI Katsunori KOJIMA Mitsutoshi
NAKADE Koichi SUN Jing
YOKOYAMA Junichi HAMAGUCHI Takashi
WATANABE Kenji

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