In developing countries, for example, in the South-East Asian area, the demands for vibrant economic growth and also full establishment and enrichment of social capital, which is an infrastructure for securing social welfare, are extremely important issues. Although some of these countries have recently been undergoing remarkable economic growth, the excessive speed at which social capital is being built is causing many problems. For example, the growth of social capital is increasing the damage potential of natural disasters and causing other problems such as widening regional disparities.

To build cooperative relationships with these countries, we must train people in civil engineering fields that cover the investigation, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and management of social infrastructures.

It will take a lot of time, human resources, and international support to establish and enrich social capital in developing countries. To meet these needs, our commitments to the establishment of this program are as follows:

1) We will cultivate and produce graduates with a broad and solid state-of-the-art civil engineering knowledge

2) We will establish an international technical support system through relationships 

    between Japan and other countries centered at the graduates’ home locations.

3) We will continue to offer these services in the future.

In the program, foreign students are trained completely in English.

Our program trains foreign students so they can acquire advanced knowledge and focuses on producing researchers and engineers who can become leaders in their countries after completing the program. Each laboratory in our department has an average of seven undergraduate or graduate students, which is one of the lowest student-faculty ratios, and as a result we can provide sophisticated, in-depth training courses. 

This program is also effective as a human resource development program for expanding the international network of our students. Over the course of 20 years, our program has produced many promising graduates. The growing number of graduates from our program is a testament to its merit, and we regard them as a precious treasure.

As highly skilled engineers, students should become familiar with the variety and complexity of new technologies and are encouraged to adopt a global viewpoint that goes beyond the boundaries of their own countries. Therefore, in addition to research training, lectures covering broad range engineering topics are provided in our course. Furthermore, by taking the lectures provided in Graduate School of Environmental Studies in Nagoya University, the students can develop an understanding of their field from an environmental standpoint. As mentioned previously, all of the courses are conducted in English.

Welcome to the Civil Engineering Foreign Student Office (FSO)

The FSO provides the following services: 

  Advise on daily life, housing, medical and health care, and family

 Process documents required for the admission of international students

  Support for orientation programs for new international students

  Advise on Immigration matter 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to visit FSO.The FSO's office hours are 11 am to 16 pm, Monday, Wendesday and Friday.In case of urgent matter, please e-mail fso@civil.nagoya-u.ac.jp We are looking forward to meeting you!

Research guidance, paper review, and all other educational procedures are done in English. However, if students want to study Japanese so they can use it in daily life and learn about Japanese culture, we help them to do so in a way that does not interfere with their main studies. At Nagoya University, the Japanese language education program is held at the ECIS.

The faculty selects students based on their application forms. Next, the selected candidates are contacted via email and given an email-based test. We then study the test results to judge the candidates’ English ability, ability to express themselves, and other points and finally make our recommendations.

Usually, after completing the program, graduates return to their home country and enter a college or university or join a company or public office. Many of them are now playing important roles as leaders in their countries. We will support the creation of an institution for promoting cooperative research between graduates and teachers and exchanging information using the Internet. Also, we will make arrangements so that graduates of the program who are working in the real world can periodically hold seminars. Through these activities, we will deepen the international relationships between the teachers, students, and graduates of this program and also Japanese students and make preparations for new types of international academic cooperation.