Dept. of Earth Resource Engineering
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Dept. of Earth Resource Engineering and Environmental Science

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Dept. of Earth Resource Engineering and Environmental Science

To foster world-class engineers for the next-generation resource development

To realize sustainable living for all people on planet earth, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were set at the 2015 UN Summit. They are 17 detailed goals with 169 targets, one of which is “Affordable and clean energy”. Japan's “Mining Law” also states that developing mineral resources is to contribute to public welfare, never causing harm to health and hygiene. By SDGs, we reaffirm that resource and energy development must be “affordable and clean”. Based on this noble philosophy, we hope that students who study here in the Department of Earth Resource Engineering and Environmental Science will grow as engineers who can fulfill minimally invasive development and production of resources and energy, and distribute them justly around the world.

Coursework explores

Resource Environment Substance Circulation Studies

The movement and concentration mechanisms of metallic elements and hazardous substances involves in resource development and water resource conservation.

Energy Resources Engineering

Efficient and eco-friendly production methods of petroleum and geothermal resources, through experimentation and numerical calculation.

Rock Engineering

Environmentally sound resource development through rock surveys, stability analyses, and water jet drilling technologies, with a foundation in rock dynamics.

Geosystem Engineering

Oil, gas, geothermal, and other resource developments including offshore resources and CCS with focuses on drilling engineering and reservoir simulation.

Mineral and Metallurgical Processing

The development of isolation and concentration technologies that utilize mineral resources, rare metals, and other resource recycling technologies, as well as the efficient recovery of scarce resources from urban mines, and the basic principles of pyro and hydrometallurgy.

Mining Technologies

Studies are conducted to develop a new discipline which takes an interdisciplinary approach such as ICT (Information and Communication Technology), Soft-computing and Robotics into Mining and Disaster Control.

Registration model: Dept.of Resource Policy and Management

Cultural and basic subjects	Cultural subjects	1st-year seminar Theme-specific subjects
Basic subjects	I-EAPⅠ I-EAPⅡ I-EAPⅢ I-EAPⅣ Rudimentary mathematics I, Rudimentary mathematics II, Rudimentary mathematics III Theoretical physics I, Basic chemistry I Experiments of theoretical physics and basic chemistry Rudimentary mathematics IV ★, Basic chemistry II ★
Special subjects	Common in the department	Practice of resource sciences Introduction to resource geology ★ Introduction to environmental studies for resource　development
Course specific

Cultural and basic subjects	Cultural subjects	Theme-specific subjects
Basic subjects	I-EAPⅤ I-EAPⅥ Theoretical physics II ★ Basic chemistry III ★ Rudimentary mathematics V ★
Special subjects	Common in the department	Introduction to international relations ★ Practice of discussions ★
Course specific	Material mechanics, Fluid mechanics Physical chemistry, Geophysics Geochemistry Resource processing Fundamental engineering lab Engineering drawing Petroleum engineering Historical geology Mineralogy Study of metallic mineral deposit I Petrology I
Outside the department	Introduction to mechanical engineering I

Cultural and basic subjects	Cultural subjects
Basic subjects
Special subjects	Common in the department	International resource creative practice Overseas resource field work
Course specific	Experiment on earth resource engineering and environmental science I Specialized presentation skill (earth resource engineering and environmental science) Experiment on earth resource engineering and environmental science II Physical prospection I Geothermal engineering Rock mechanics Rock engineering Surveying and practice I Recycling and wastewater treatment engineering Refining process engineering Resource recycling Resource environment economics
Outside the department	Introduction to electric engineering Electric and electronic experiments

Cultural and basic subjects	Cultural subjects
Basic subjects
Special subjects	Common in the department
Course specific	Study proposals (earth resource engineering and environmental science) Graduation work study (earth resource engineering and environmental science) Reading of documents related to earth resource engineering and environmental science Explosives engineering Oil exploration studies
Course specific

Global resource company
National or international organization for resource policy
National or private research institute
University teaching or research job

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Dept. of Earth Resource Engineering
and Environmental Science

Introduction of Faculty