Overview

The AI, Quantum Computing and Data Science program at Tohoku University is designed to acquire not only basic knowledge and skills of data sciences based on computer sciences, fundamental mathematics, and engineering, but also practical skills for discovery and solving the real world problems in life sciences, social sciences, economics, and others.

Key facts

The Graduate School of Information Sciences (GSIS) conducts this program in collaboration with graduate schools of Life Sciences, Economics and Management, and Engineering in Tohoku University. The courses will mainly be given in English except for some optional subjects to learn Japanese language and culture.

AIQDS is a graduate program to develop highly-specialized globally working researchers who can find out and solve real-world problems by utilizing knowledge and skills of data science and artificial intelligence through HPC and quantum computing. This program started in October, 2021, as a part of “The International Priority Graduate Programs (PGP) -Advanced Graduate Courses for International Students-” supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Technology (MEXT). In this program, students take courses related to their own expertise in their graduate school, and also learn data science, artificial intelligence, and fundamentals of computations including HPC and quantum computing.

On top of that, through various trainings including PBL, students sharpen their sense for finding out real-world problems and learn practical skills for solving them by utilizing state of the art computing technologies such as HPC and quantum computing.

Graduate School of Information Sciences (GSIS) plays a managing role of AIQDS in collaboration with Graduate Schools of Life Sciences, Economics and Management, and Biomedical Engineering at Tohoku University. Actually, the students take their expertise course in their graduate school, and learn most of the subjects/trainings related data science and PBL in GSIS. The courses related to the program are mostly taught in English. In addition to learning of the expertise and data science, AIQDS expects the students to be familiar with Japanese language and culture, and to build various human networks.

Programme Structure

Structure:

Data science project-based learning of real-world problem solving
Advanced data science seminars
The program assigns international conference, symposium, and/or workshop as advanced data science seminar
Research work for the PhD in the student's graduate school

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Sendai, Japan

Disciplines

Data Science & Big Data Artificial Intelligence

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants must be an excellent student newly coming from abroad to study as a graduate-level foreign student.
Applicants must have earned over 2.3 evaluation point average of their latest two-year’s academic grade based on the specialized calculation.

Applicants for DSP need to satisfy ONE of the following conditions:

Those who have earned, or will earn, master's degree by September 30.
Those who have engaged in research activities for at least 2 years at an educational or research institution after graduation from a university and can be recognized to have an academic ability equivalent or superior to those who have earned master’s degree on the basis of their research performance.
Those who have reached 24 years of age by September 30 and can be recognized to have scholastic ability equivalent or superior to those who have earned master’s degree based on individual qualification examinations.

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Tuition Fees

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International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

535800 JPY / year

≈ 535800 JPY / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

535800 JPY / year

≈ 535800 JPY / year

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