The goal is to acquire the basic knowledge necessary in the field of Earth’s interior materials science and to be able to apply that knowledge.

Understanding the dynamics occurring in the Earth’s interior from the perspectives of both rock rheology and high-pressure mineral properties.

The instructor will explain the state-of-the-art content of earth and planetary science in a way that graduate students who have majored in other fields can understand.

In the 4.6 billion years of the Earth’s history, the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere have gradually and sometimes drastically changed their forms while mutually influencing each other, until the present day. The goal of this course is to understand how the present Earth was formed by studying the mechanisms and history of global environmental change, and to acquire a basis for predicting how the Earth will change in the future.

Doctoral students will conduct advanced research activities and become researchers and engineers.

Doctoral students will acquire a broad knowledge of all fields of earth and planetary science and learn how to present and discuss them. Students will summarize research papers and other materials related to special research themes from all fields of earth and planetary sciences, and present and discuss the contents of these papers and papers.

Doctoral students will participate in joint research with overseas researchers, geological surveys overseas, and lectures and practical training at overseas universities and other institutions. I will also present my research at international conferences.

Doctoral students aim to contribute to my future research by being exposed to the world’s most advanced and sophisticated research environment through practical training at the destination.

Earth and planetary science is a typical interdisciplinary field with an extremely wide range of research targets and a wide variety of research methods based on geology, physics, chemistry, and biology. However, when students pursue research on a specific theme, they tend to be confined to their own specialty in each laboratory. In this seminar, based on the educational philosophy of “All-to-All,” students summarize the results of their research at the beginning of their second year and give a presentation in the presence of all the faculty members in charge of this program. The students then prepare a mid-term report based on the comments obtained in the presentation, which is corrected by the main and sub-supervisors.

The goal of this course is to conduct advanced research activities and to become researchers and engineers.

Doctoral students will acquire a broad knowledge of all fields of earth and planetary science and learn how to present and discuss their research. Students will summarize research papers and other materials related to their special research themes from all fields of earth and planetary science, and present and discuss their findings.

Doctoral students need to acquire a higher level of basic knowledge in all areas of earth and planetary sciences while conducting original research and working systematically on their dissertations. In the mid-term seminar, students will present the problem set for the dissertation and the actual progress of their research, compile a report, and identify current problems and future plans to guide them toward the completion of the dissertation.