In today’s society, humans are expected to live intelligent and affluent lives. However, to achieve this ideal, it is essential to consider the ideal state of our equipment and tools, spaces, environments, and information from new perspectives. Furthermore, this challenge is exacerbated by a complex web of social relations, including those between individuals and groups, harmony and unity amid diversity, development and conservation, and continuity and change. The industrial world has seen the emergence of an environment that gives rise to new, complex clusters such as “environmental business,” “soft industry,” “intelligent industry,” and “experience industry.” Therefore, to contribute to the achievement of an environmentally symbiotic advanced information and communication-oriented society, the Graduate School of Design aims to foster scientific and technological knowledge and inquisitive capacity while establishing a higher-level humanistic design culture with the power to inspire creativity. Accordingly, we are engaged in research and education for the purpose of promoting cooperation among subject areas such as “culture and human science,” “planning and design,” and “science and technology” and developing and advanced design methods. Furthermore, to achieve our goal of “Humanizing Technology,” the Graduate School of Design aims to cultivate individuals equipped with the all-round abilities needed to conduct creative research and perform leading roles in the design industry.
[Master’s Program]
The program is based on the philosophy of “Humanization of Technology” that fuses science and technology with artistic sensibility. The program aims to raise “higher order designers” based on an awareness of new design fields that expand to “things (mono), matters (koto), and visions”, as well as a broad knowledge that spans the humanities, society, and nature.
[Doctoral Program]
The doctoral program is designed to nurture researchers with the academic knowledge to lead and take leadership in new trends in internationally accepted design studies, based on a comprehensive approach to art and engineering that comprises scientific knowledge of engineering and technology, understanding of people and society, and artistic creativity.
Criteria for Doctoral Dissertation Examination at the Graduate School of Design, Kyushu Universityarrow_forward
