Master in Division of Materials Science and Engineering

Tuition fees are 535,800 JPY per year.

Hokkaido University offers the Division of Materials Science and Engineering, a master's program, in Hokkaido, Japan. The program runs for a duration of 2 years and admits students starting in October and April. Instruction is delivered in English, allowing international applicants to pursue the master's degree without first developing Japanese-language proficiency. Hokkaido University was established in 1876 as Sapporo Agricultural College and was the first institution in Japan to award a bachelor's degree. Today the university has 12 undergraduate schools and 21 graduate schools spanning nearly all fields of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, with research recognized across Japan and abroad. The division examines the structure, properties, and processing of materials including metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites, along with the methods used to characterize and engineer new materials for specific applications. Students study how the atomic and microstructural properties of materials determine their mechanical, thermal, and electrical behavior, and how processing techniques can be used to tailor materials for use in manufacturing, electronics, energy systems, and other industrial applications. Laboratory work in materials characterization and testing complements theoretical study. Graduates find careers in manufacturing and materials industries, semiconductor and electronics companies, research laboratories developing new materials, and quality-control and materials-testing roles across a range of engineering sectors. The Division of Materials Science and Engineering suits international students seeking graduate study in this field at Hokkaido University without requiring prior study of Japanese, given the program's English-medium instruction.