Educational and Research Objectives

In the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, we aims to develop, in response to the diverse social needs, human resources who can creatively and internationally undertake the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and management of social infrastructure in harmony with the natural environment. In the Environmental Science and Civil Engineering Course, we aim to develop human resources who can contribute to the establishment of a sustainable recycling-oriented society that minimizes the environmental impact of human activities by systematically understanding the relationship between humans, organisms, and the environment from the viewpoint of global environmental conservation.

Civil and Environmental Engineering Program

Tour of a dam inspection gallery with international students (Takizawa Dam, Saitama)
In the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program, we provide the education and research needed for students to creatively undertake the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and management of social infrastructure in harmony with the natural environment and to respond to diversifying social needs. This course consists of the following five groups.
    1. Geotechnical and Geosphere Research Group: This group considers an ideal society in harmony with the nature of the earth. To support the notion, the group is responsible for education and research on geotechnical disaster prevention, geotechnical environment, and geoscience systems.
    2. Earthquake Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Group: This group is responsible for education and research on various issues related to earthquake engineering, seismology, disaster prevention engineering, and reliability engineering,
    3. Structural Engineering, Mechanics, and Materials Group: This group is responsible for education and research on the planning, design, performance assessment, and maintenance of steel, steel-reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, and other structures, which constitute the social infrastructure.
    4. Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering Group: This group is responsible for education and research on river/coast, water utilization/flood management, and disaster mitigation from the viewpoint of “harmony between disaster prevention and the environment.”
    5. Transportation & Planning Group: This group is responsible for education and research on regional/urban planning and transportation planning.
These grouped fields are based on engineering knowledge, with academic fields such as humanities, social sciences, and political economy incorporated as well. https://www.civil.saitama-u.ac.jp/en.html