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Academic Requirement

The department of Civil Engineering, Yokohama National University offer Doctor or Master of Engineering in the field of Civil Engineering. Doctoral degree is completed normally in three years while master degree is completed in two years.


Doctoral Program

Doctoral program in the department of civil engineering is exclusively research study. The progress of research will be continually supervised, monitored and assessed by respective supervisor through laboratory discussions, seminars and presentation through out the study period. The successful completion of the dissertation research with peer reviewed academic publication is a key for the graduation.

Duration: 3 years (6 semesters)

Requirements for Graduation:

  • Satisfactorily completion of minimum 6 credits of course works offered by department plus additional 4 credits related to Civil  Engineering Exercises and seminar
  • Satisfactorily passed his/her dissertation examination assessed by committee members of at least 5 committee members in related field
  • At least two papers published or accepted in reviewed Journals

Tentative Academic program for Doctoral Student:

Periodd Coursework Dissertation Research
1st Semester Minimum6 credits of Coursework Research Proposal Examination (January/February)
2nd Semester Research Continuation
3rd Semester - Research Progress Examination
4th Semester - Research Continuation
5th Semester - Research Continuation
6th Semester - Preliminary Dissertation Exam ( June)

Final Dissertation Exam (July/August)

 

Master Degree

Master's degree students in the Department of Civil Engineering, Yokohama National University are required to take a minimum necessary credits of course works plus additional successfully completion of Master thesis in his/her major. Student's research progress is supervised  and assessed by respective supervisor during  discussion, seminars and presentation timely within laboratory through out the study period.

Duration: 2 years (4 semesters)

Requirements for Graduation:

  • Satisfactorily completion of a minimum of 30 credits of coursework and passed Master degree thesis examination.
  • A minimum of 16 credits must be earned from courses offered by Graduate School of Engineering plus 4 credits related to civil engineering exercises and seminar.

Tentative Academic program for Master Student:

Periodd Coursework Thesis Research
1st Semester Coursework Research beginning
2nd Semester Research Continuation
3rd Semester - Research Progress Examination
4th Semester - Final Thesis Exam (July/August)


Lectures/Classes in Spring Semester

Lectures related to Urban Transportation Planning, Traffic Engineering, Transportation and Urban Planning, and the exercises on the traffic and transportation survey are conducted by professors from this research group. Courses offered in spring (April) semester and corresponding faculties in charge of Lectures and exercises are as follows. For the details about course outline, textbooks, reference books and materials etc of each subject, please click (PDF) icon.

Semester Course ID Course Title Syllabus Instructor
Spring Semester   Advanced Transportation Planning Dr. Okamura
Spring Semester   Infrastructure Planning

Prof. Nakamura

         
Lectures/Classes in Fall Semester

Lectures related to Urban Transportation Planning, Traffic Engineering, Transportation and Urban Planning, and the exercises on the traffic and transportation survey are conducted by professors from this research group. Courses offered in fall (October) semester and corresponding faculties in charge of Lectures and exercises are as follows. For the details about course outline, textbooks, reference books and materials etc of each subject, please click (PDF) icon.

Semester Course ID Course Title Syllabus Instructor
Fall Semester   Urban Transportation Management Theories Prof. Nakamura
Fall Semester   Advanced Traffic Engineering Dr. Okamura
         
Special Lectures/Classes

Students are advised to take the special lectures and classes offered by department of civil engineering from professional experts, visiting faculties from foreign country etc. Some of those special course offered were as follows. For the details about course outline, textbooks, reference books and materials etc of each subject, please click (PDF) icon.

Semester Course ID Course Title Syllabus Instructor
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Courses in Civil Engineering Exercises

These courses aimed students to have knowledge, practice and experience on civil engineering exercises, seminar, experiments etc. This research group teaches civil engineering exercises subjects focusing on Urban Transportation Planning, Traffic Engineering, Transportation and Urban Planning, and  traffic and transportation surveys etc. For the details about course outline, textbooks, reference books and materials etc of each subject, please click (PDF) icon.

Semester Course ID Course Title Syllabus Instructor
Spring Semester   Advanced Theory of Disaster Prevention System Prof. Katsuchi
Spring Semester   Computational Structural Analysis Prof. Tsubaki
         
         

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