Degree Programs in Comprehensive Human Sciences

Doctoral Programs / Three-year Doctoral Programs
(Art and Sport, Interdisciplinary Sciences)

Dual Degree Programs at the Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences

Overview

Dual Degree Programs allow doctoral students to enroll in a master’s or professional degree program either at the same graduate school or at different ones to earn a master’s degree there.

In this context, a “dual degree” refers to a degree obtained by a graduate school student enrolled in a doctoral program at this university simultaneously enrolling in a master’s program or professional degree program (except legal professional qualifications at the Graduate School of Business Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences), and obtaining both degrees.

A Dual Degree Program is currently in operation by the Design Doctoral Program in Design (the primary program) and the Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems Masterʼs Program, at the Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology (the secondary program). For details about this program, refer to the doctoral program homepage.

It is not easy to obtain two degrees within a limited time. However, if you wish to do this, you can consult your expected supervisor in the Design Doctoral Program in Design (included in the list of faculty members’ research fields), get a sufficient explanation, and then submit an application.

If you do decide to submit an application, you should receive the Dual Degree Program Application Form in relation to the graduate school educational activities of the Art and Sport Sciences Area Academic Service Office, which is responsible for the Design Doctoral Program in Design (the primary program), after which you should get the names of your expected supervisors for the primary and secondary programs, and submit the items required for student enrollment by the deadline for application eligibility screening.

If you are approved for the Dual Degree Program on the basis of the screening, we will send you a Dual Degree Program Completion Permission Document, and you should attach a photocopy of this to your application. If you decide to apply simultaneously for the doctoral and master’s programs, you should attach the Dual Degree Program Completion Permission Document to each application, and there will then be no examination fee for the master’s program.

Please be aware that to join the program, you must pass the stipulated entrance examinations, and go through the other entrance procedures. If you have a lot of interest in this program, you may apply simultaneously for the master’s and doctoral programs, but in this case, if you are not accepted for the doctoral program, you will also not be accepted for the master’s doctoral program.

If you pass the entrance examination, neither an admission fee for the master’s doctoral program or tuition fees for the duration of the program will be charged.