What is an advanced course?

The advanced courses of colleges of technology are set up to teach more advanced specialized education on top of the five to five and a half years of education.At our school, there are two majors, "Marine Systems Major" based on the Department of Commercial Ships and "Production Systems Engineering Major" based on the Department of Electromechanical Engineering and the Department of Control and Information Engineering.

Students who have completed the advanced course are recognized as equivalent to graduating from a four-year university, and can obtain a bachelor's degree.After graduation, you can not only get a job at a company but also go on to a graduate school master's course, and after that, you will be able to go on to a doctoral course.

　Maritime Systems Major

Although international shipping is very important for Japan, which relies on sea transport for foreign trade, the number of Japanese seafarers has been decreasing year by year, mainly for economic reasons, and the number of ocean-going seafarers is now 4,000. I've come to the point of breaking people.

However, the need to secure Japanese seafarers as key staff in the new era with a view to ship management operations is widely acknowledged by both the public and private sectors.

There is a wide range of maritime-related fields that require education and experience as a maritime engineer, and there is strong training of advanced maritime engineers with flexible problem-solving abilities that can respond to various fields on top of solid maritime technology. It is desired.

In other words, future maritime engineers will have the ability to respond to a land-sea integrated ship operation management system centered on more advanced maritime technology as maritime technology advances, and many innovative things that are predicted in the future. Creative ability to understand technology and develop itself is also required.

This major is hoped for a new era of maritime engineers who have acquired the following abilities based on the maritime skills acquired in the main course (commercial ship department voyage course and engine course) and one year of large-scale training ship training. We will develop human resources who are rare.

　Department of Production Systems Engineering

Research and development related to science and technology and engineering technology has brought about competitive development of production technology.The underlying discipline is highly subdivided or complex, seeking a wide range of interdisciplinary disciplines.Today's engineers are required to have proficiency in basic academic fields, their application abilities, collaborative abilities, as well as flexible thinking and creativity.Therefore, as an educational goal of this advanced course, we have set the basic philosophy of fostering flexible and humanistic R & D-type creative engineers.

Based on the basic engineering acquired in this department (Department of Electronic Mechanical Engineering, Department of Control and Information Engineering), this major acquires knowledge in mechanical systems, electronic / physical properties, measurement control, and information / communication related fields.

1. 1. Education to improve R & D capabilities in specialized and multidisciplinary fields
   2. Education to develop creative production capabilities in specialized and multidisciplinary disciplines
   3. Education to improve communication skills in English

Is the three pillars of education.We aim to do the following as specific educational goals.