Undergraduate Programs
Interdisciplinary Engineering
The Bachelor's Program in Interdisciplinary Engineering focuses on the creation of human resources, who will contribute to developing appropriate technologies for the next generation of society based on the knowledge acquired through this program.
Bachelor’s Program in Global Issues
BPGI is a program to develop human resources capable of solving global issues including global environmental changes and the world’s population and food problems through a broad range of knowledge.
Shimoda Marine Research Center
Ocean is the source of life and has given rise to biodiversity. To understand our planet and human beings, knowledge about marine organisms are essential. The 21st century is the era of life and environmental sciences. Shimoda Marine Research Center (SMRC), the center for the research and education of marine biology in University of Tsukuba, aims to explore the basic principles of life and interactions among organisms through education and research using both basic and advanced technologies on marine organisms. Introduction Shimoda Marine Research Center (SMRC), University of Tsukuba, located on the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula, is a facility for research and education on marine biology. The marine […]
IDE Laboratories List
Name of the laboratories and PBL topics: PBL laboratories in the College of Engineering Sciences: Laboratory name Research outline & Web address Functional Polymer Division(Kanbara-Kuwahara Lab) https://www.ims.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kanbara_lab/index.htm Device Physics Lab(Sano Lab) http://www.bk.tsukuba.ac.jp/~dev-phys/ Semiconductor Materials Design Laboratory(Sakurai Lab) https://www.bk.tsukuba.ac.jp/~semicon Nanomaterials science laboratory(Kondo Lab) https://www.ims.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kondo_lab/ Fuijta-Ito Lab http://www.bk.tsukuba.ac.jp/~nanofab/index_E.html Marumoto Laboratory https://www.ims.tsukuba.ac.jp/~marumoto_lab/index-e.html Plasma Engineering and Science Laboratory(Ezumi lab) https://www.prc.tsukuba.ac.jp Semiconductor Optical Properties Laboratory(Matsuishi Lab) https://www.ims.tsukuba.ac.jp/~matsuishi_lab/index.html Environmentally Friendly Materials Lab(Suemasu & Toko Lab ) http://www.bk.tsukuba.ac.jp/~ecology/ Molecular Assembly and Optics Laboratory(Yamamoto-Yamagishi Lab) https://www.ims.tsukuba.ac.jp/~yamamoto_lab/Homepage_English/Top.html Surface Science Lab(Yamada lab) http://www.bk.tsukuba.ac.jp/~surflab/ Nakamura Takeyasu Laboratory https://www.ims.tsukuba.ac.jp/~nakamura_lab/ Nanostructured Material Lab(Tanimoto Lab) https://www.ims.tsukuba.ac.jp/~mizutani_lab/index.htm Quantum computing(Koizumi Lab ) https://nlforum.github.io/index.html Inorganic Energy & Environmental Materials Laboratory（Yoshikazu Suzuki Lab） https://www.ims.tsukuba.ac.jp/~suzuki_lab/index.html Laboratory of Advanced […]
Undergraduate
5 programs, 7 courses Life and Environmental Sciences Global Issues Social Sciences Engineering Medical Sciences
Sugadaira Field Trip Report
We went on a field study trip to the Sugadaira Montane Research Center, a research center of University of Tsukuba in Ueda, Nagano for five days during Spring break from March 7 until March 11, 2016. This course aims to provide a genuine experience of the qualities of nature and wild animals in snowy mountainous areas through animal tracking, bird watching, and collecting insects. To get to the Ueda Station, we could take either shinkansen (bullet train; around 2 hours) or express bus (4 and a half hours). We preferred to take express bus from Tokyo to Nagano Station, and continued by train from Nagano to Ueda Station. From there, […]
International Medical Sciences (Transfer only)
The International Undergraduate–Education Program for Medical Scientists is offered to international students by the University of Tsukuba’s School of Medical Sciences. In this program, transferees enter the university as 3rd-year students and study for 2 years towards a Bachelor’s degree in medical sciences. Medical scientists of the future: An undergraduate program at the University of Tsukuba aims to transform science students into world-class researchers While studying a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology in his home country of India, Lalhaba Oinam realized he wanted a career in medical research. To chase his dream he transferred to the University of Tsukuba’s International Undergraduate Program in Medical Science — an English language program offered […]
Finance (International Social Studies)
Planning your finances for university studies can be difficult. Your main expenses will be tuition, accommodation rent, food and living expenses, travel, and personal expenses. This page will provide information regarding financial information for students entering the English program in International Social Sciences. Tuition fees Students entering this program will have the admission fee (282,000 yen) and tuition the first semester (267, 900 yen: Sept – Mar) waived. After this, students are expected to pay tuition – 535,800 yen per year. Partial and full tuition waivers are available for high performing students with financial difficulties (details here). Scholarships The University’s Tsukuba Scholarship is open to all students and provides 60,000 yen per […]
Student Testimonials
Mamo Bethelehem Tilahun Prior to coming to Japan, I came up with the idea that I want to study a major that is law or International Relations oriented. Currently being in my third year in the International Social Studies program, I have discovered that the University of Tsukuba offered a holistic program that fulfills and satisfies my various interests and beyond. As I continue to learn new things here at the University, I am further reorienting my focus and further building a solid foundation, and all of this is made possible due to the course structure and the support provided by the university staff. Studying at the university here is […]
International Social Studies
The University of Tsukuba undergraduate degree in International Social Sciences equips students with the skills to understand and interpret a changing world. The program allows students to earn a degree through classes taught in English. It focuses on a comprehensive and multidisciplinary study of international affairs, including the study of languages other than English, and analytical methods drawn from social sciences and related fields. It gives insights into key topics in both Japanese and international social studies using a multidisciplinary approach. Creating citizens of the world: Our undergraduate degree in International Social Sciences equips students with the skills to understand and interpret a changing world Twenty-first century social, political and economic […]