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学士(Undergraduate)

University of Tsukuba

• 農学･環境科学 (Agriculture & Environmental sciences)
• ライフサイエンス （Life sciences）

agriculture, Agrobiology, forestry, Applied Biological Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Economics, Sociology

Japanese, English

Our Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Program in Life and Environmental Sciences has a modular organization, which allows students to study a wide variety of subjects in early years, before specializing in one particular field in later years.

First year offers a broad general education with students taking foundational courses in biology, chemistry, physics and math, along with courses in Japanese, English (for non-native speakers), cultural studies, sports and arts. We strongly encourage students to continue their Japanese language studies throughout their degree.

In second and third years, students can choose from a range of specialized subjects offered by the College of Agro-Biological Resource Sciences, while broadening their understanding by selecting courses offered by the other Colleges in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences. Core transferrable skills courses provide training in how to prepare conference posters, give oral presentations, and prepare a manuscript for submission to a scientific journal. In the final year, students undertake a research project supervised by one of our professors.

The following four courses are available.
1)Course of Biological Sciences for Agrobiology and Forestry
In this course, students study the various properties of Agro-biological resources from the individual molecule up to substance and ecosystem level, based on biology and life sciences. Our students gain knowledge of the theory and technology for sustainable food production and the preservation and maintenance of ecosystems.

2)Course of Applied Biological Chemistry
In this course, students study various functions of living substances from individual substances down to the cell, gene and molecular level based on chemistry and life sciences. It is aimed at fostering people who may become leaders in the fields of medicine, food production, agriculture, the environment, etc.

3)Course of Environmental Engineering
Based on engineering, students study the theory and technology for the efficient use of the earth resources such as water, food, forests and land. This course aims to foster people who are able to contribute to the fields of food, the environment, and the existence and well-being of humans.

4)Course of Economics and Sociology
Based on economics and sociology, students study the mechanisms of production, distribution and consumption and business marketing regarding agriculture, forestry and fisheries in Japan as well as developed and developing countries. This course aims to foster personnel who may become leaders in the fields of rural development, environmental preservation and international relations.
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• Crop cultivation without any influence by environmental changes
• Building and evaluating stainable crop production systems
• Analysis of yield and quality of rice with high yield and low-cost cultivation
• Molecular and cellular biology on totipotency of higher plants
• Development of breeding methods for outcrossing crops, environmental risk assessment of the genetically modified crop
• Development of breeding techniques and materials for horticultural crops
• Development of breeding methods and techniques for quantitative trait of allogamous crops
• Research of development, analysis and environment assessment of the genetically modified plant
• Growth control of horticultural crop with environmental control
• Development of tomato which is delicious, nutritious and high yield
• Physiology and molecular biology of horticultural plants
• Plant transformation technology
• Isolate DNA which controls important fruit character by tomato mutant
• Regulation of fruit ripening and fruit shelf life by using tomato mutants
• Mechanisms of physiological phenomena of fruits and fruit trees to improve fruit production
• Plant gets weaker or stronger with coldness
• Conservation of animal genetic resource/ Mapping of nuclear cell transfer chicken
• Formulation of agro-remediation system in the deserted land
• Molecular and cellular basis of fertilization and embryonic development in domestic animals
• Behavioral and chemical ecological aspects of insect parasitoids
• Physiological research on vectors of disease
• Insect immune system and interaction with parasitoids
• Chemical Ecology, dissecting inter-organismal communication
• Relationships between parasitic fungus and other organisms
• Plant pathogenic and decomposing fungi
• Ecology and use of mycorrhizal fungi which promote the growth of plants
• Molecular plant-microbe interactions
• Genetic diversity, differenatiation and local adaptation of forest tree species
• Ecological interractions among forest vegetation, soils and animals, and restoration of forest ecosystem
• Conservation of biodiversity and wildlife management in agriculture and forestry ecosystems
• Mechamism of species and functional diversity of forest ecosystem
• Biological research of animal and conservation of Agriculture and forestry ecosystem
• Plant resource use and ecosystem management in semi-arid land
• Function analysis of food resource by various bioassay
• Analysis of food/bioresources functionality using mammalian cell-based bioassays
• Comprehensive understanding of biological phenomena at a systems level in metabolic networks
• Genetic analysis of agronomically important traits in horticultural crops
• Characterization of epigenetic regulation of genes associated with agronomic trait development
• Pedosphere which protects the global environment
• Plant and rhizosphere microorganism chemical interaction
• Elucidation of mysterious life and biological phenomena in nature by bioactive substances
• Voice of organism through unknown chemical material
• Elucidation of the biological phenomenon and apply it to the agriculture
• Various responses to physiologically active substances and oxidative stress in plants
• New food function and create new food
• Relationships between the development of insect sociality and the chemical communications among the social individuals
• Molecular and Cellular Biology of Reproduction
• RNA regulation in cell differentiation and development
• Reproduction science which supports your life
• Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of gene transcription, nutrition, and metabolism
• Chemical biology of low-molecular substance related to disease and aging
• Gene machines which determines life span
• Regulatory role of receptor-mediated signaling and protein arginine methylation on health and disease
• Regulation of lifespan using nematode
• Higher-order structure of chromosome and gene expression control
• Prevention and improvement of metabolic syndrome and stress-induced sterility of human and livestock using food-derived functional compounds
• Flavour research
• Screening and Analysis of usefull bioactive compounds, Elucidation of the mechanisms of action for their application
• Screening, breeding and industrial application of microorganisms
• molecular biology, environmental microorganism engineering
• Biological physics/Chemical physics/Soft matter physics
• Applied microbiology of aquatic environments
• Exploring the wonder of life using microorganism
• Metabolisms of filamentous fungus and biorefinery
• Screening, analysis and development of new function of miroorganisms and enzymes
• Survival strategies of living systems
• Development of useful material production system using cell and protoplast
• Discover the effect of electromagnetic wave
• Development of Nano-microbio technology
• Make use of the biotechnology for the international contributions
• Formulation of biomimetic function using self-assembly of molecules
• Elucidation of the enigma of origins of life
• Control mechanism of periplast phospholipid metabolism
• Colloid and interface in soil and water
• Preferred method of development, conservation and management of water resources and agricultural land
• Nature conservation by experienceing diverse protected areas including small gardens to huge national parks like world heritage sites
• Relationship between global environment and microbes
• Paper-based eco-friendly devices applied to environmental, medical, and food areas
• Let's study chemical usage of woods and pulp and paper production
• Development of wood-based materials making the best of fine structure of the wood cell wall
• Novel materials with hetero atoms
• Helthy food for eco-energy for machine
• Optimization of postharvest processes by spectroscopy
• The development of "environmental and colloidal engineering" for the sustainability of soil and water environments
• Wildland planning and wildlife management
• Inteligence system development that can be applied to biological production
• Development of high efficient conversion and recycling technologies for organic wastes
• Autonomous agricultural machinery and sensing of biomass and crop, local field spraying, variable spraying
• Chemical characterization for the utilization of bioresources, lignin, wood preservation
• Food nanotechnology, formulation of high functional foods based on advanced food engineering
• Remote sensing
• Utilization systems of bioresources and energy to contribute both environment and economy
• Comprehensive evaluation, environmental policy
• Watershed conservation through understanding behaviors of water and sediment
• Advanced processing technology for the effective use of biological resources based on micro-/nano-engineering
• Optimal environmental policy based on the co-benefit approach
• Integrated management of watershed
• Hydrological processes in mountain watersheds
• Colloid facilitated transportation, colloidal aspects of humicsubstances
• Environmental cleanup and high eficiency of bioenegy production
• New technologies for wastewater treatment and resource recovery
• Economic analysis of food consumption
• Analysis of food security problem, Trade structure analysis
• "Decision Support System" for farm management agency
• Risk management and consumers’ behavior on agricultural products and food
• Farm management of the advanced farmers and agricultural corporations
• Consumer evaluation of food
• Early modern, modern and current history of Japanese agriculture and rural community .Study on reconstruction of the rural community
• Rural area and economic development, Research of local society
• Natural resource administration and management in developing countries
• Sustainable Forest Management and Wood Utilization
• Forest corporate organization and forest management system
• Family forestry business, forestry business, forestry workers