Educational and research objectives

In the Department of Physics and Mathematics, students study physics and mathematics, which are the foundations of science and technology, and aim to develop engineers and researchers who can contribute to society by acquiring application skills through experiments and exercises. In addition, we conduct research in a wide range of fields in physical science and mathematical science, from basic to applied. In particular, as advanced physics and mathematics become directly related to cutting-edge technology and the elucidation of complex social phenomena, we aim to develop human resources who can master the research methods and technologies required by the latest physical sciences, who have mathematical literacy, and who have the ability to construct mathematical models to elucidate phenomena and apply them.

Diploma Policy (Policy for Graduation Certification and Degree Awarding)

■ Knowledge and skills
As part of their specialized skills, students will acquire the ability to analyze various subjects, understand and solve problems based on basic and applied physics and mathematics, and as part of their basic knowledge, they will have acquired English, mathematics and information technology. In other words, they will have acquired the basics of approaches to solving a variety of problems.

■Thinking ability, judgment ability, expressive ability
They have acquired the ability to communicate to others the problems in a subject and their solutions by observing and grasping the problems based on basic knowledge, using the insight and judgment based on analytical training, and reconstructing these objectively and logically, or by extracting and modeling the essential points.

■ Motivation, interest, and attitude
They have an inquisitive mind that seeks to understand unknown problems encountered in the real world.
They have an interest in difficult problems, are able to face them sincerely, and have the desire to become engineers and researchers who can use their creativity to solve them.

Curriculum Policy (Policy for creating and implementing educational courses)

We will develop an educational program that cultivates engineers and researchers who are creative and responsible toward people, society, and the natural environment through education in physical and mathematical sciences that goes beyond the basics and also takes into account applications in various fields.
In the first year, the course subjects emphasize the acquisition of basic knowledge, such as English as a communication tool, computer literacy, mathematics as the basis for systems analysis and for learning physical science and mathematical science, and information technology as the basis for systems development. In addition, lectures and exercises on mechanics, analysis, and linear algebra, which are common foundations of physics and mathematics, are placed as compulsory subjects.
In the second year, students are divided into the Physical Sciences Course and the Mathematical Sciences Course, and the most important subjects in each field of physics and mathematics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, algebra, geometry, set theory, probability theory, etc., are placed as compulsory subjects. These subjects are combined with exercises in class, allowing students to acquire basic academic skills in an intensive manner. In addition, specialized experiments are conducted for students in the Physical Sciences Course.
In the third year, more specialized lecture courses are offered to provide students with a more practical foundational knowledge, while other specialized courses are arranged to help them achieve the department's educational goal of "application to a variety of fields." At the same time, specialized experiments are offered as compulsory courses for students in each course.
In the fourth year, students will conduct graduation research in their respective laboratories as a culmination of this curriculum.

The Department of Physics and Mathematics is broadly divided into the following two fields. Students themselves must carefully consider their own path and make a course plan of their own volition and responsibility.

Physical Sciences Courses:
Students will learn physics across a wide range of hierarchies and scales, from fundamental physics such as mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and theory of relativity, to more specialized fields such as solid-state physics, astrophysics, and biophysics, as well as cutting-edge applied fields such as superconductivity, nanotechnology, and quantum electronics.

Mathematical Science Course:
Students will learn a wide range of mathematical sciences, from pure mathematics such as algebra, analysis, geometry, set theory, and probability theory, to applied mathematics such as numerical analysis, mathematical biology, financial mathematics, and integrable systems.
In parallel with the above, we will provide exercises, experiments and practical training courses such as physics experiments, physics exercises, mathematics exercises and mathematical science exercises. These courses will develop the ability to integrate and solve problems through practice.

In the Physical Sciences course, students will, as a rule, tackle new problems with unknown results during their graduation research. They will create actual experimental equipment, design and execute experiments based on new ideas, analyze new data, and conduct numerical simulations from new perspectives. In the Mathematical Sciences course, students will tackle problems head-on using approaches to familiar problems based on basic mathematics, applications to nonlinear mathematics, numerical analysis based on new algorithms, and research themes in financial mathematics and mathematical biology.

Admission Policy

■ Knowledge and skills
Students will have an understanding of the content of foreign languages, mathematics, science, etc. necessary for studying a specialized field, and will have knowledge equivalent to that of a high school graduate, with a particular focus on basic academic ability in mathematics and physics.

■Thinking ability, judgment ability, expressive ability
This is a level equivalent to graduating from high school, and students will be able to consider things from multiple perspectives and logically, and express and communicate their own thoughts in an easily understandable manner.

■ Motivation, interest, and attitude
Students who understand the characteristics of the department, have an interest in physics, mathematics and related fields of natural sciences, and are motivated and interested in using their specialized knowledge and skills to contribute to society.