Admission Requirements

* The application period has been closed for the general selection of this year.

Graduate Program for Real-World Data Circulation Leaders
Application for 2015 (Screening of Undergraduate Students)

PDF version (Mar. 13, 2015)

• Number of students to be accepted: A limited number of students will be accepted as undergraduate students for the second year of the RWDC program, which will start in April 2015.

• Admission requirements: Applicant must be a student of Nagoya University and must be accepted for admission in the Automotive Engineering Graduate Program, Graduate School of Engineering to start in October 2015. Students must also be willing to participate in this program for 5 years from October 2015.

• Key dates for the selection process:

• Application procedures: Fill out the form below, and send it to application::rwdc.is.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Students must submit all 3 items.

1. Application form: application form 2015 (PDF), application form 2015 (Excel)
2. Transcript: To be prepared by your undergraduate university and scanned.
3. Letter of recommendation: To be prepared by your current thesis supervisor or equivalent.

There is no application fee.

• Note: The accepted students will participate in the activities as part of the RWDC program from May 2015 to September 2015. During this period, the nominated students, who receive a high evaluation from the RWDC program committee members, will be accepted as official RWDC program students from October 2015 and will be financially supported.

For more information, please refer to the Admission Requirements (General Selection).

* The application period has been closed for the general selection of this year.

Graduate Program for Real-World Data Circulation Leaders
Application for 2015 (General Selection)

PDF version (Nov. 26, 2014)

1. Number of students to be accepted

Twenty students (including 7 students from the Early Screening) will be accepted for the second inaugural class, which will start in April 2015.

2. Admission requirements

Students must be accepted for admission or currently enrolled in one of the following graduate schools of Nagoya University to start in April 2015: Information Science, Engineering, Medicine, or Economics. Students must also be willing to participate in this program for 5 years.

3. Application procedures

Fill out the form below, and send it to application::rwdc.is.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Students must submit items 1 and 2. (Item 3 is optional.)

1. Application form: application form 2015 (PDF), application form 2015 (Excel)
2. Transcript: To be prepared by your undergraduate university and scanned.
3. Letter of recommendation (optional): To be prepared by your current thesis supervisor or equivalent.

There is no application fee.

Applications will be accepted from Monday, February 2, 2015 until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 13, 2015.

4. Selection process

4.1 Selection program

Purpose: The selection program is intended to introduce applicants to this program as well as to provide an opportunity to improve their communication and English skills.

Dates: Two days within the period of Feb. 28 (Sat) - Mar. 4 (Wed), 2015
Location: To be announced

4.2 Interviews (Details will be announced at the selection program.)

Dates: Mar. 5 (Thu) and Mar. 6 (Fri), 2015

5. Notification of the results

The selection results will be sent via e-mail and announced on our website on Monday, March 9, 2015.

6. Remarks

Applicants selected to participate in this program beginning in April 2015 will be offered financial assistance. Our financial assistance cannot be combined with any other form of financial assistance that does not require repayment.

7. Privacy policy

Personal information submitted as part of the application, including your name, address, and other information, is used solely for program selection, interviews, notification of results, and other businesses related to this graduate program. Personal information used for selection, including test scores, is used for statistical analysis and research about the selection method, and part of such work may be contracted out. If this is the case, we will first establish an agreement with the external contractor before disclosing part or all of your personal information.

8. Curriculum

[Coursework]
Courses required acquiring fundamental knowledge in Real-World Data Circulation

Introduction to Data Tools: This is an introductory course on data processing, which is offered prior to program commencement to guarantee that new students have a minimum level of knowledge on this subject.

Real-World Data Acquisition Courses:
• Engineering: Image Signal Processing Human System Engineering, Biomechanics
• Social Sciences: Advanced Econometrics Microeconomics, Social System Informatics, Social System Design
• Humanities: Molecular Neuroscience, Medical Informatics, Human Information Processing, Human-assisted Media Processing

Selected Topics in Real-World Data Analysis: Database, Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Pattern Processing, Causal Inference, Omics Analysis, Text Processing, 3D Computer Vision

Selected Topics in Real-World Data Circulation Systems I: Smart Grids, Genomic Medicine, Intelligent Robotics, Regional Medical Information Systems, Market Design

Selected Topics in Real-World Data Circulation Systems II: Case Studies from Our Industry Partners

Fundamental Courses in a Specialty Area: Dynamic Systems, Selected Topics in Media Science, Econometrics, Biochemistry, Physiology, Morphology

Leadership Seminars: The program includes lectures and seminars on practical skills required to become business leaders and managers.

[Real-world Work: Innovation Circulation]
This program lets students experience circulation between development research and fundamental research while working on their thesis. Students will engage in project-oriented group works and internships in conjunction with our industry partners.

Industry-Academia-Government Project: Students will participate in a six-month project that matches our Master's seminar projects based on industry needs.

Research Internship: Students will participate in joint research internships provided by the Graduate School of Engineering, the Graduate School of Information Science, or our industry partners.

[Real-world Work: Global Circulation]
Students will experience global circulation of industry and international cooperation through international experiences, which have a preset duration.

Global Challenge I: Students will join summer schools under the Nagoya University Summer Intensive Program (NUSIP) at major overseas production centers of Japanese corporations.
• Location: Hanoi or Istanbul (to be confirmed)
• Duration: About two weeks (during the first semester of the M2 year)

Global Challenge II: Students will do research at overseas research institutes.
• Location: Either Carnegie Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Queensland University, University of Southern Denmark, Istanbul Technical University, or Hanoi University of Science and Technology
• Duration: About three months (during D1 to D2)

Follow-up Visit: Students will revisit the research institute as a group with students from other disciplines.
• Duration: One to two weeks (during D2 to D3)

[Theses work: Master's thesis, Ph.D. thesis planning, and Ph.D. thesis]
To encourage independent research that encompasses multiple disciplines, students will choose their own supervisor for their intermediate and Ph.D. thesis projects. If desired, they can also choose an external supervisor.

Master's thesis work: Under the supervision of a faculty member in the appropriate specialty at the time of program enrollment, students will conduct their Master's thesis work on a topic of their choice within the context of "acquisition, analysis, and implementation of Real-World Data Circulation."

Ph.D. thesis planning (intermediate supervision): Under the guidance of an intermediate thesis supervisor, students will prepare a Ph.D. thesis proposal and present their research plan during the D1 year. The research plan should aim to resolve a specific issue based on the circulation of real-world data.

Ph.D. thesis work: With the approval of a Ph.D. supervisor, students will conduct and write a Ph.D. thesis based on their research plan. An internal Ph.D. supervisor should be accompanied by an external sub-supervisor.

9. Contact us

Administrative Office for the Leading Graduate School, Graduate School of Information Science
TEL: +81-52-789-3171
FAX: +81-52-789-3172
E-mail: office::rwdc.is.nagoya-u.ac.jp

* The application period has been closed for the early screening of this year.

Graduate Program for Real-World Data Circulation Leaders
Application for 2015 (Early Screening)

Admission requirements in application for 2015 (Early Screening) was partly revised. PDF version (Nov. 28, 2014)

• Number of students to be accepted: A maximum of seven students will be accepted for the second inaugural class, which will start in April 2015.

• Admission requirements: Students must be accepted for admission into one of the following graduate schools of Nagoya University to start in April 2015: Information Science, Engineering, Medicine, or Economics;and passed the entrance examination with an excellent result (within the top 30% rank).

• Key dates for the selection process:

3. Application procedures

Fill out the form below, and send it to application::rwdc.is.nagoya-u.ac.jp. Students must submit all 3 items.

1. Application form: application form 2015 (PDF), application form 2015 (Excel)
2. Transcript: To be prepared by your undergraduate university and scanned.
3. Letter of recommendation: To be prepared by your current thesis supervisor or equivalent.

There is no application fee.

Applications will be accepted from Monday, November 17, 2014 until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 28, 2014.

For more information, please refer to the Admission Requirements (General Selection).