Osaka University - Maritime and Naval Architecture Education and Research

Masters and Doctoral Programs in Maritime and Urban Engineering & Naval Architecture in Osaka

Founded in 1724, Osaka University is the sixth oldest university in Japan and a national university located in Osaka, Japan. Osaka University has carried on the tradition of their free and forward-looking academic culture as its spiritual pillars. Along with other national universities in Japan, the status of Osaka University was changed to that of a semi-privatized institution in 2004.

The programs at Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering department allows its students to obtain the knowledge needed to design artificial products for the oceans, while working to train personnel with impressive creativity. These products can include large-scale wind-power farms that sit on the ocean, promoting to improve the global environment and address the energy dependency.

The department is also involved in research and development of safer and more environmentally-aware ocean-bound transport. The department has become widely known as researchers come to Japan from the countries worldwide. Nearly all graduates of the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department have found employment on the global stage.

Graduate Programs

• International Program of Maritime and Urban Engineering - Master’s and Doctoral Degree Combined (5 years, English): The aim of this program is to educate students to become young scientists of the new generation with basic knowledge and state-of-the-art research skills necessary for; disaster prevention, protection of marine and urban environments; development of new energy and energy-saving technologies; and for the realization of a synthesized scheme of space, ocean and land.
• Doctoral Degree Program (3 Years, English): The education and research are on the basis of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at an international level which have academically supported by Japanese shipbuilding and Maritime industries.  Applicants who already has master's degree can enroll 3-year doctor course of international graduate course of naval architecture and ocean engineering as a private expenditure student. Since entrance examination, interview and discussion with Professors, will be done through e-mail, you do not need to come to Japan to take an extrance exam.

Osaka University Admissions

• Application form
• Certificate of graduation or completion
• Transcripts
• Recommendation letter
• Abstract of graduation thesis

Osaka University Scholarships

Japanese government scholarships shall be granted to 4 students

• 150,000 yen per month
• Air Ticket (to and from Japan)
• Tuition exempted

LAST UPDATED ON Oct 23, 2022