United Graduate School of Agricultural Science

The parent body of this school consists of the postgraduate master's degree courses at the University of Ibaraki, the University of Utsunomiya, and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and their attached institutes. This school is an independent postgraduate school only for a doctoral course. The present enrollment is 282, including 91 international students. The United Graduate School carries out broad and high-grade instruction and research through the cooperation of the three Universities. In addition, we present general seminars through which wide-ranging knowledge is available about what agricultural science research should be, ways of improving and stabilizing plant and animal production, environmental conservation, securing the safety of products, and development of biotic resources using biotechnology. The number of graduates who completed this course with doctoral degrees has reached 538, including 223 international students, rating it highly both domestically and internationally.
In recent years, furthermore, this school has introduced the "adult applicants entrance examination system" to admit those who are actively engaged in businesses, etc., established the "graduate school in cooperation with other institutes" to respond to the strong demand from industry, and made other efforts to contribute to the society in a variety of form.

Courses and Departments of the United graduate School of Agricultural Science

Courses	Departments	Major Fields of Education and Research
Doctoral Course	Science of plant and Animal Production	Plant Production Phytochemistry and Taxonomy(*) Animal Production Plant Protection Animal Husbandry on Resources and Utilization of Ecosystem(*) Management and Economics of Agriculture and Forestry Agricultural Engineering
	Biochemistry and Biotechnology	Applied Biological Chemistry Environmental Gerontology(*) Utilization of Biological Resources Food Function(*)
	Science of Resources and Environment	Forest and Wood Science Environmental Science

Note: *Graduate School in cooperation with other institutes