Students gain diverse experiences through our curriculum in collaboration with related departments within Osaka University as well as with top-tier institutions and corporations in the field of quantum beam technologies within and outside Japan. The curriculum offers interdisciplinary and internationally collaborative joint research, including domestic training outside the student's home department and overseas training in collaboration with overseas partner institutions. Through these activities, students gain high levels of specialized skills and the ability to see from broader perspectives that encompass a variety of fields. In addition, students cultivate leadership abilities to excel internationally and expand their professional networks.
Five-year and four-year curricula
The program targets the following students in graduate schools:
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science
- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science
- Division of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine
- Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine
- Department of Information Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
Students in the Graduate School of Science and Graduate School of Information Science and Technology enroll in a five-year curriculum (P1-P5). Students in Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine enroll in a five-year curriculum(P1-P5). Students in Division of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine enroll in a four-year curriculum (R1-R4) to complete this program.
Completion Requirements
A certificate of completion is issued to students who complete both the masters and doctoral curricula in their home graduate school, obtain the required credits for the program, and pass both the QE and FE.
Compulsory, Compulsory Elective, and Elective Courses
Students enrolled in this program must complete 10.5+ credits in the following courses. This program is a "major-type" study program. Some of the courses count towards both this program and the requirements of the home graduate school.
- Compulsory Courses
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- Quantum Beam Domestic Internship (2 credits): Students participate in joint research on a topic different from their dissertation and in a field outside their specialized academic subject for 28 days or more.
- Quantum Beam Overseas Internship (2 credits): Students conduct research for 28 days or more at an overseas partner institution.
- Quantum Beam Interdisciplinary Exchange 1-3 (1.5 credits): Students participate in the annual Quantum Beam Application Symposium and present at an international conference (at least once a year). Through activities such as planning and operating the "Future Society Workshop", students gain experience in interdisciplinary collaborative co-creation.
- Compulsory Elective Courses
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- Courses for broad perspective/social implementation training (1 credit): Some courses are shared with "Honors Program for Graduate Schools in Science, Engineering and Informatics", Institute for Nanoscience Design, and WISE Program "Transdisciplinary Program for Biomedical Entrepreneurship and Innovation."
- Quantum beam application courses (4 credits): Students select at least two courses from one of the following groups: 1) Quantum beam informatics courses, 2) Quantum beam medical courses, 3) Quantum beam application courses, 4) Quantum beam physics application courses, 5) Quantum beam chemistry courses, and 6) Quantum beam functional molecule creation courses, 7) Quantum beam macromolecular science courses, 8) Comprehensive quantum beam fundamentals courses.
- Elective Courses
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- Quantum beam practical English courses: Some courses are shared with "Honors Program for Graduate Schools in Science, Engineering and Informatics" and "Interactive Materials Science Cadet Program".
- Quantum Society-Academia Cooperation Courses: Shared subjects from other graduate schools such as Corporate Research Special Lectures or Machine Learning