A6-1.　Please refer to LIMS homepage (the Section “Member” –> “Admitted Students”)

A6-2.　The syllabus is available from the beginning of each fiscal year at the counter of the LIMS office. In addition, time schedules and contents of the program classes can be browsed from the home page through connection to the school network terminal.

A6-3.　LIMS students can apply for a JSPS research fellowship. However, students have to decline the LIMS allowance when they are selected and receive a scholarship as JSPS research fellowships. Students can continue the courses of the LIMS program.

A6-4.　One possibility of “Proceeding to doctoral (PhD) course could be disadvantageous when it comes to finding employment” is that during the doctoral course, students only perform narrowly professional research themes and then lack flexibility when working outside academia. With awareness of such problems, the doctoral leading program targets students to not only obtain their PhD degrees but also to enable them to work on real world problems.

A6-5.　Regarding “what kind of companies will I be able to apply to”, the program will consider and design depending on the interest and aspiration of each individual student. First, medical engineering special lectures I, II; medical device industry; automotive industry; housing industry; and information and communication industry lectures will be given from lecturers outside the university. The interaction suitability between the student side and the industry side will be considered during lectures. Then, based on the students’ wishes, corporate internships will be planned in agreement with the industry’s interests in human resources and ability to offer a research environment. Although applying for or getting a job from a company which also provides lecturers to the program or internships for students, is not guaranteed, a number of cooperating companies have expressed their high expectations of graduates of such a course and want to give their cooperation in training these human resources.

Under bad economic conditions, it is difficult to foster human resources for the long-term outlook in a company. However, the problems of an aging society and a healthy-longevity society will inevitably become future important issues for Japan as well as many other countries, and universities are expected to train human resources that can respond to the problems faced. Regardless of the above-mentioned industries, all of the companies related to the construction of a healthy-longevity society, are “possible” working places for students of this program. We highly expect the students themselves will develop a new road to employment.