Establishment of the Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research (April 2019)
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the University of Electro-Communications conceived of establishing a "Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research" a new, interdisciplinary field that would be a collaboration between the three universities, in April 2019, and submitted a plan for its establishment to the Subcommittee on University Chartering of the Council for University Chartering and School Corporations, which is established in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, for review. On August 28, 2018, they received a response stating that the establishment of the major was "approved."
For an overview of this research major, please see the following webpage:
http://www.tufs-tuat-uec.jp
In order to train people who can contribute to solving the various issues facing international society, such as the environment and energy, production and consumption, labor, hunger, and poverty, the three universities will pool the strengths of their respective educational and research resources to train doctoral candidates through collaboration between the humanities and sciences. We hope you will look forward to the collaborative education of the three universities.
Outline of Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research

Student Application Guidelines
Please refer to the following website for Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research student application guidelines.
Original website Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research
Press Conference Information
- Date and time: Thursday, September 27, 2018, 15:30-16:15 (ended)
- Location: Hitotsubashi Auditorium, Middle Conference Room 1
(2F Academic Center, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8439) - Presentation: outline of the "Establishment of a Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research" by the Three Universities
Please check this out for details.
Information Session for Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research Entrance Exam
Newly established in April 2019
Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Engineering Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Information Session for Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research Entrance Exam
(Ended)
We will be holding an entrance exam information session on the following date and time. We hope you will be able to attend.
Record
- Date and time: Friday, September 7, 2018, 18:00 (ended)
(※ The event was originally scheduled for Tuesday, September 4th, but was postponed due to the typhoon.)
- Location: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei Campus Lecture Building L0011 (planned)
(Click here for access to Koganei Campus) - Note: This seminar will be held after the "Special Lecture Graduate School of Engineering (Standardization)" and "Special Lecture by Faculty of Engineering I (Standardization)" lectures on the day (starting at 6:00 PM).
"Joint Doctoral Program for Sustainability Research Leaflet (Japanese version)" (648KB)
- Contact:
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Koganei Administration Division Student Support Office Admissions Section
〒184-8588 2-24-16 Nakamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo
TEL 042-388-7014
Email tnyushi (put @ here) cc.jskrtf.com