Graduate Program

About the Graduate Program

Usually it takes 2 years to obatin a Master of Science degree (master course), and additional three years (five years in total) to obatin a Doctor of Science degree (doctor course). Currently, about 25 students are enrolled in the master course every year, and approximately 80 % of them get a job in industry after completing master course. The rest 20 % students continue their study towards Doctor degree in the doctor course. A master course student belongs to a research group in one of the following three research areas: theoretical physics, condensed matter experiments, and high-energy experiments. For details, see the "Resarch" pages from menu on the left. A student will be assigned his/her own research project, and also has to take courses. Below is the list of courses offered in the master course. Basics in Theoretical Physics; Solid State Physics; High Energy Physics; Quantum Theory of Solids 1, 2; Elementary Particle Theory 1, 2; High Energy Experiments 1-4; Physics of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems; Low Temperature Solid State Physics; Electron Resonance and Applications; Quantum Optics. After obtaining required course credits, completing a master thesis, and a successful oral defense of the thesis against the thesis committee, a student is finally granted the Master of Science degree. During the doctor course, a student continues his/her own research for three more years. It is expected that a doctor course student publishes papers in scientific journals, and makes presentations at domestic and international conferences or meetings. A Doctor of Science degree is granted after the successful defense of the doctoral thesis against the thesis committee.