POWER ENERGY PROFESSIONALS

CURRICULUM

A special integrated 5-year curriculum
A curriculum utilizing a cooperative system
13 universities throughout Japan, foreign universities and research institutions, and electrical and energy infrastructure corporations have cooperated together to create a platform for knowledge. Each partner is responsible for different parts of the curriculum as outlined below.
  • 13 private and public universities nationwide: Offering courses that deepen understanding of various fields beyond humanities and sciences
  • Foreign universities and research institutions: Holding training courses overseas, as well as further internship opportunities, training, and joint research at cooperating partners for exceptional students
  • Electrical and energy companies: Providing student guidance through joint research, and training at companies as part of the curriculum
6 strengths gained by
the end of the course
Over 5 years, students will gain six strengths that will be demanded from the next generation of electrical and energy professionals.
Students who complete the course and gain these skills will further strengthen electrical and energy infrastructure around the world, and at the same time, take the leading role in creating value through collaboration with experts in various fields both domestically and around the globe.

  • 01

    Profound expertise

    The ability to become an expert in the cornerstones of electrical and energy chemical technology

  • 02

    Strong fusing ability

    The ability required to create new value through diverse collaboration and shared resources in various fields

  • 03

    Comprehensive perspective

    The ability to communicate, negotiate, and cooperate with governments, society, and industries

  • 04

    Ability to create industries

    The ability to create new industries in electrical and energy infrastructure

  • 05

    Ability to carry out joint research

    The ability to integrate shared research with businesses and research laboratories from an overhead perspective

  • 06

    Ability to execute international collaboration

    The ability to perform research in cooperation with foreign research laboratories and universities

Unique courses
PEP is a 5-year integrated doctoral curriculum bridging the early and latter parts of the doctoral course with years TD1 through TD5, based on the scientific principles of power source optimization*. Students are enrolled in the same Waseda University program, and provided with a diverse guided research education over 5 years, such as excellent required courses taught in an inter-university style in the same environment that transcends university boundaries, and distinguished, specialized and comprehensive elective courses.
There are also resident-style courses with on-demand contents and discussion tools, which resolves time and geographic limitations and secures more time for research.
*E3:Energy environmental economics

*Power source optimization

A new academic domain for the optimization of systems in energy society with new concepts born from technological optimization with a total science and engineering approach from energy materials to electrical engineering and social optimization with an social scientific approach from systematic, economical, and social perspectives.

PEP compulsory courses
Take courses from Waseda University Courses are implemented through science professors from 13 partner universities, humanities professors from Waseda University, and cooperating companies. Students gain the necessary expertise, unity, and broad perspective for creating and designing principles of power resource optimization and the next generation of the energy society.
  • 01
    Power Resource Optimization I (Basic)
    Class location: Facilities in Waseda University
    Lecture & Practice
  • 02
    Social Science for Energy Innovation
    On-demand
  • 03
    Seminar on Power and Energy Materials
    Class location: Decide every year
    On-site practice
  • 04
    Practical Seminar on Technological Excellence I (Basic)
    Class location: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, cooperating companies, etc.
    Practice in cooperating organization
  • 05
    Seminar on Business Creation
    Class location: Facilities in Waseda University
    Intensive study with lodging on-location
  • 06
    Power Resource Optimization II (Advanced)
    Class location: Facilities in Waseda University
    Lecture & Practice
  • 07
    Practical Seminar on Technological Excellence II (Advanced)
    Class location: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, cooperating companies, etc.
    Practice in cooperating organization
PEP specialized elective subjects
Take courses from major universities based on a curriculum policy set by cooperation between 13 universitiesElectric power students will take specialized courses in electrical power machinery (tangible) and estimation, operation, and control (intangible) in order to obtain deep specialization. Materials students will take specialized courses based on basic and applied physical and material properties and processes.
PEP comprehensive elective subjects
Take courses from major universities based on a curriculum policy set by collaboration between 13 universitiesStudents will nurture a variety of skills not constrained by specialized fields. On offer are training at overseas research institutions, business internships, lab rotations, leadership classes, basic AI and IoT lectures, basic humanities lectures, and more. Students can learn flexibly based on their own goals.
Research advisory
As academic and industrial cooperation and practical research overseas advance, supervisors, science and technology professors from other fields, humanities professors, professors from partner universities, consulting professors (at companies) provide multi-tiered academic research guidance. Students will be required to jointly co-author and publish at least 1 research paper in collaboration with a partnered institute at an international conference.
Evaluations and
examinations that
ensure skill retention
Through precise appraisal standards, students are assessed at their entrance exam, and at evaluations at the end of their 2nd and 5th years. Evaluations are based on shared criteria based on admission, curriculum, and diploma policies from 13 partner universities.
  • SE
    PEP Selective ExaminationBefore entrance to the program
    Students will be evaluated on their basic specialized knowledge through written applications, and oral examination examinations on their research backgrounds, results, and motivations.
  • QE
    PEP Qualifying ExaminationAt end of year TD2
    Students who qualify for evaluation must have completed at least 30 excellent course units and have submitted at least 1 academic paper. Through the hour-plus-long oral examination, the social significance and business potential of the outcome of their background of research output, status of research results, and research plans should they pass evaluation will be evaluated. Consulting professors will be present at the evaluation to provide guidance to the student from an industrial perspective. Should a student not pass evaluation, they are allowed up to 1 re-evaluation.
  • FE1
    PEP Final Examination（FE1）At end of year TD5
    In the thesis defenses of major universities, students are evaluated on whether they have gained advanced specialized research abilities in electrical and energy fields from materials to systems. Program directors from other institutions also attend these evaluations.
  • FE2
    PEP Final Examination (FE2)At end of year TD5
    Students are evaluated as to if they have mastered the ability required to integrate and take a broad view of design and creation of an energy society for the next generation, as well as if they possess the scholarship and skills that will contribute to solving issues in electrical and energy fields throughout the world. Students who qualify for this evaluation must have taken at least 45 excellent course units and published several academic papers. The evaluation is based on a 6-step rubric index, with self- and peer-evaluation, as well as an oral examination attended by consulting professors that will assess the business viability and social significance of the research. Successful candidates will receive an excellent certification of completion from 13 partner universities.
Handbook for PEP
WISE ProgramAppendix of Handbook for Graduate Program
The following is information for students in the PEP WISE Program.

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