IPADS MSc Program is a two-year coursework and research program towards the University of Tokyo’s MSc (Agricultural Sciences) degree. To graduate, students must gain equal or more than 30 credit points and pass the defense of their Master’s thesis.
Subjects below are the courses offered by IPADS in 2021. Subjects with * are compulsory.
The lectures are mainly taught by the professors at the Department of Global Agricultural Sciences of the University of Tokyo. The professors have excellent academic carrier and wide experiences in international researches. Students can also use the university’s link with other universities and institutes both national and international.
| Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|
| IPADS Development Studies (*) | ２ |
| IPADS Case Studies (*) | ２ |
| IPADS International Food Resources | ２ |
| IPADS Crop Modeling | ２ |
| IPADS Summer Crop Management | ２ |
| IPADS Crop Management (*) | １ |
| IPADS Plant Improvement | ２ |
| IPADS Soil Fertility Management | ２ |
| IPADS Environmental Science | ２ |
| International Forest Development | １ |
| Forest Insect Ecology | ２ |
| IPADS Economics | ２ |
| IPADS Statistics | ２ |
| IPADS Global Fisheries: Science and Policy | １ |
| IPADS Global Fisheries: Science and Economics | １ |
| IPADS Coastal Ecology | ２ |
| Sustainability and Crop Production | ２ |
| IPADS Guest Seminars | ２ |
| IPADS Research Seminars Ⅰ (*) | １ |
| IPADS Research Seminars Ⅱ (*) | ３ |
| IPADS Introductory Course | １ |
| Practice in International Agricultural Development | １ |
| IPADS Master’s Research (*) | ８ |
Moreover, students can take courses of the Department of Global Agricultural Sciences other than the IPADS-Department common courses, common Courses to the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Common Graduate Courses to the University and other courses provided by the departments and graduate schools of the University with the prior approval of the supervisor and count a limited number of credits towards the required 30 credits for graduation.
The PhD students must gain equal or more than 20 credit points including IPADS Advanced Research Seminars, 8 credits, and IPADS PhD Research, 8 credits.
| Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|
| IPADS Advanced Research Seminars (*) | 8 |
| IPADS Advanced Environment Policy | 2 |
| IPADS PhD Research (*) | 8 |
| IPADS Field Studies | 4 |