The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University

Course Outline

Graduate School Diploma Policy

The United Graduate School has pursued to cultivate researchers and professional engineers/technologists with highly professional competence, abundant academic knowledge and a broad perspective. The Doctor of Philosophy (in Agricultural Science) authorized by the United Graduate School shall guarantee the quality and the following abilities of our authorized students.

  1. Ability to apply the advanced technologies and develop a keen analysis based on the abundant academic knowledge in their specialized fields.
  2. Ability to apply their broad knowledge and provide scientific explanations for various issues in the relevant fields to their specialties.
  3. Ability to develop an interesting research topic, solve the problems and make the results into publication as an academic paper.
  4. Ability to implement and pursue a joint project with other researchers and engineers/technologists in and out of Japan.
  5. Ability to understand and observe both codified and uncodified ethics of researchers and highly professional engineers/technologists.

We adopt a high and rigid standard of authorizing the doctoral degree in order to guarantee that our qualified students have acquired or achieved the high level of these five abilities.

"Requirements" and "Criteria" for Degree Authorization

RequirementCriteria
Application of Academic Knowledge, Technologies and Analytical Skills Able to apply the advanced technologies and develop an analysis based on the academic knowledge in the specialized field.
Provision of Scientific Explanation Able to apply broad knowledge and provide scientific explanations for various issues in the relevant fields to the specialty.
Research Development from Topic to Publication Able to develop an interesting research topic, solve the problems and make the results into publication as an academic paper.
Implementation of Joint Project Able to implement and pursue a joint project with other researchers and engineers/technologists in and out of Japan.
Observance of Ethics Able to understand and observe both codified and uncodified ethics of researchers and highly professional engineers/technologists.