This faculty aims to produce individuals equipped with fundamental theories which lay at the base of today's scientific technology, a fertile imagination, and the ability to apply their knowledge in response to the technological innovation of a new age.

The faculty is comprised of Information Communication Engineering and Biotechnology Departments, both of which are leading-edge disciplines expected to increasingly develop in the coming years. Specialized subjects are offered along with common subjects from the first year.

Students learn fundamental subjects in the first year, and deepen their knowledge in the second and third years by taking courses which emphasize experiments and practices. From the second semester of the third year and through the fourth year, they undertake special research as a required course to learn how to apply the fundamental knowledge they have attained.

In addition, in order to nurture individuals who can respond to scientific technology in a new age when interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches become more and more important, this faculty offers the following courses as common subjects to students of both departments. In the department of information communication engineering Software Engineering, Simulation Engineering, Data Processing in the Brain and in the department of biotechnology Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Breeding Technology, and Genetics.

Department of Information Communication Engineering

This department aims to provide students with a theoretical and practical base in information-communication systems with a focus on Electronic Engineering and Communication Engineering. Courses offered cover Hardware, Software, Optical Communication, Networks, Databases, Knowledge Information, Numerical Simulation, Visual Information Processing in the Brain, Electromagnetic Wave Information, and their respective applications. The curriculum for each year is as follows:

First Year to First Semester of Third Year
Fundamental courses required for information communication are offered in the first year and more specialized courses are offered in the following years. Students also acquire programming techniques in programming seminars.

Second Year
Students acquire experimental techniques which can be utilized immediately using updated experimental equipment.

Second Semester of Third Year to Fourth Year
Students focus on graduation research in their elected specialized field.

Department of Biotechnology

This department has a unique set of cross-disciplinary domains of Biotechnology in the fields of teaching and research. Specifically, the department offers a curriculum to teach students predominantly Genetics, Cell Biology and Conservation Biology of Biotechnology. In research fields, clarification of phenomena which form the foundation of life, research on the development and spread of cancer, and application research based on Breeding and Genetics are conducted.

First Year
Fundamental courses such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Computer Exercises required in Biotechnology are offered. At the same time students have an opportunity to expose themselves to the research and interests of researchers in a course titled 'Introduction to Biotechnology'.

Second Year and Third Year
Students deepen their knowledge through lectures in specialized fields of Biotechnology and acquire basic experimental techniques through laboratory training. They also learn application technology well-adapted for the latest Biotechnology through biotechnological experiments.

Third and Fourth Year
Students focus on research that holds vision for the future and undertake graduation research in either Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Glycoscience, Immunology, Hemology, Genetics and Breeding, and Pedology.

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