Graduate School Academic Courses and Faculty Members of the Doctoral Program

List of Academic Courses and Credits of Each Course in the Doctoral Program

Name of Course Required or Selected Credits
*Applied Seminar in PBL compulsory subject 2
Design Theories compulsory subject 8
Design Theories Research Instruction

*In cases where students enter the program via the working adult entrance examination, the requirement for the Applied Seminar in PBL will be waived in consideration of their practical experience.

Requirements for completion of the Doctoral Program

All of the following course requirements must be met:
  • Students must be enrolled in the Doctoral Program at NID Graduate School for three years or more.
  • Students must earn 10 or more credits in the Doctoral Program at NID Graduate School. Furthermore, with regards to credits earned at other universities’ graduate schools, these may, depending on the contents, be accepted as credits earned in the Doctoral Program at NID Graduate School.
  • After receiving research supervision, students must pass all the necessary examinations regarding their doctoral dissertation.
  • Students must present the required number, or higher, of research papers submitted for peer-review.

List of Faculty Members in the Doctoral Program

Research Field Instructional Research Field Name of Faculty
Design Theory
  • Product Design
  • Visual Communication Design
  • Art and Craft
  • Architecture and
    Environmental Design
  • Innovation Design
 Amano, Makoto
Itagaki, Jumpei
*Endo, Ryotaro
Kita, Yusuke
Kim, Bongsu
*Komatsu, Kayoko
Suzuki, Kinji
Nagase, Kimihiko
Hasegawa, Katsuyoshi		 *Hirayama, Ikuo
Fukumoto, Rui
*Makabe, Tomo
Masuda, Yuzuru
*Matsumoto, Akihiko
Minorikawa, Tetsuro
Yamashita, Hideyuki
*Watanabe, Seisuke

*Research Advisor (person in charge of research guidance and some courses in the Doctoral Program as a main instructor), all others are Research Assistant Advisor (person assisting research guidance)

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