The primary aim of the Graduate School of Bionics, Computer and Media Sciences is two-fold: to contribute to the development of new technologies essential for the progress of society in the 21st century through interdisciplinary research in bionics, information, and media sciences, and to help students acquire practical knowledge and skills in these high-tech fields. Another goal is to educate them to become entrepreneurs equipped with practical business skills such as strategic thinking and technology/business management.
Toward these goals, the Graduate School offers four programs: bionics, computer science, media science （master’s and doctorate degrees for these three programs）, and entrepreneur （master’s only）.
With a view to building a workforce armed with working knowledge spanning a wide variety of fields that is required to effectively solve increasingly complex problems of the modern society, the Graduate School has a flexible study system in place which encourages students to take subjects in different programs so as to acquire multi-field knowledge and a pantoscopic viewpoint that are essential for conducting interdisciplinary research.
Doctorate students will be educated to become world-class researchers capable of conducting research in various advanced fields and will be trained to become teaching staff at universities. Thus, they will first find t heir own themes in bionics, computer science, media science, or a combination of these and then carry out their research following a strategic plan. Students are encouraged to present the results of their research at academic conferences outside as well as inside Japan to get objective assessment. In granting doctorate degrees, the Graduate School ensures fairness and universality by inviting, as necessary, researchers and other experts from outside as referees.