

Envisioning the establishment of a world-class and internationally competitive university, the following programs are selected for the program "the 21st Century COE Program - Targeted Support for Creating World Standard Research and Education Bases (Centers of Excellence)."
Three COE programs were selected in FY 2002 by the University of Tsukuba.
Program Title |
Program Leader |
Graduate School |
Doctoral Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion of Creative Interdisciplinary Materials Science for Novel Functions |
Professor Kazuo Kadowaki (Institute of Materials Science) |
Pure and Applied Sciences | Materials Science Chemistry Applied Physics Frontier Science |
| Functional Analysis of Communication Mechanism in Bioconsortia and Its Agricultural Hyper-Utilization |
Professor Akiyoshi Fukamizu (Institute of Applied Biochemistry) |
Life and Environmental Sciences | Life Sciences and Bioengineering Appropriate Technology and Sciences for Sustainable Development Biosphere Resource Science and Technology |
| Promotion of Health and Sports Scientific Research |
Professor Yoshiaki Nishihira (Institute of Health and Sport Sciences) |
Comprehensive Human Sciences | Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences and Sports Medicine |
One COE program was selected in FY 2003 by the University of Tsukuba.
Program Title |
Program Leader |
Graduate School |
Doctoral Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion of Kansei Science for Understanding the Mechanism of Mind and Heart |
Professor Masayuki Masu (Institute of Basic Medical Sciences) |
Comprehensive Human Sciences | Kansei, Behavioral and Brain Sciences Psychology Art and Design |