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We welcome aggressive students who will contribute to the promotion of industry and the development of art and culture. There are several issues to be solved in our region and the community. Graduate School of Design will foster high-leveled specialists, researchers and educators with the ability to solve such issues. They will contribute to the promotion of industry, the development of art and culture, the reconstruction and the activation of the community through education and research based on Design. There are three areas in our Graduate School of Design; ‘Spatial Design’, ‘Product Design’, and ‘Contents and Media Design’. They include Architectural Design, Environmental Design, Product Design, Kansei-Engineering, Human Engineering, Information Design, Contents Design, and Media Design. We have various talented faculty members who will teach and assist and support our students to obtain knowledge and skills in such areas. In the collaborative class with the Graduate School of Nursing, the regional issues are focused not only from design but also from nursing point of view. The solutions obtained in such classes from this multiple perspectives will be suggested to local governments at ‘Collaborative Project Practicum’. We welcome prospective students who are eager to contribute to promote industry and develop art and culture as the creative social leader utilizing design. We would like to welcome those who will join in our affluent and creative design research at ‘Geijutsu-no-mori, the Art Park’. |
![]() Dean, Graduate School of Design Yoshiyuki SHIROMA |
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In the Graduate School of Design, we will educate and research on the various issues that are indwelling in the regional society. Through education and research, we aim to foster a professional who has advanced knowledge and is an expert in design. Our graduate students will be high-leveled specialists, researchers and educators who will contribute to the welfare of regional society by promoting industry, developing art and culture, restructuring and activating the community. Our students will obtain the following abilities when they graduate the Graduate School. |
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| ・ | Be able to solve the complex and complicated issues and problems related in design. |
| ・ | Be able to show creativity which will bring out the new values through design. |
| ・ | Be able to manage and organize designing process from finding the problems, analyze the facts and produce the result. |
| ・ | Be able to investigate, analyze, make decisions, act, evaluate and propose on the issues and problems from the design point of view. |
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