Department of Forest Science

Setagaya Campus

Aiming for the harmony of forest functions and sustainable human life

Forests greatly contribute to the global environment, while the products from them, such as timbres, support sustainable human life and also they also help natural conservation.
Our department aims for harmonizing the functions of forests and human life. Therefore, we adopt diverse and sometimes multiple techniques for research and education.
One of the unique characteristics of the department is our two-step education scheme: in the first stage the students can get the basic knowledge and skills about forest, and in the second they will gradually be guided into the extensive and practical studies of issued related to protection, exploitation, utilization, products, and culture of forest.

Curriculum

Laboratories

Laboratory of Forest Ecology

YAMAZAKI Kohji, Professor
IMAI Nobuo, Associate Professor

Laboratory of Erosion Control and Revegetation Engineering

TACHIBANA Ryuichi, Associate Professor
SATO Takanori, Assistant Professor

Laboratory of Silviculture

UEHARA Iwao, Professor
TANAKA Megumi, Associate Professor

Laboratory of Forest Engineering

YABE Kazuhiro, Professor
KAMEYAMA Shohei, Assistant Professor

Laboratory of Wood Science and Technology

OHBAYASHI Hiroya, Professor
MOMOI Takao, Associate Professor

Laboratory of Forest Products Chemistry

EGUCHI Fumio, Professor

Laboratory of Forest Management

SATO Takayoshi, Professor
YOSHINO Satoshi, Associate Professor

Laboratory of Forest Policy

SEKIOKA Haruo, Professor
YAMASHITA Utako, Associate Professor

Course Navigator

Undergraduate

Faculty of Agriculture

Department of Agriculture / Department of Animal Science / Department of Bioresource Development / Department of Agricultural Innovation for Sustainability

Faculty of Agriculture

Department of Agriculture

Department of Animal Science

Department of Bioresource Development

Department of Agricultural Innovation for Sustainability

Faculty of Applied Biosciences

Department of Agricultural Chemistry / Department of Fermentation Science / Department of Nutritional Science and Food Safety / Department of Nutritional Science

Faculty of Applied Biosciences

Department of Agricultural Chemistry

Department of Fermentation Science

Department of Nutritional Science and Food Safety

Department of Nutritional Science

Faculty of Life Sciences

Department of Bioscience / Department of Chemistry for Life Sciences and Agriculture / Department of Molecular Microbiology

Faculty of Life Sciences

Department of Bioscience

Department of Chemistry for Life Sciences and Agriculture

Department of Molecular Microbiology

Faculty of Regional Environment Science

Department of Forest Science / Department of Bioproduction and Environment Engineering / Department of Landscape Architecture Science / Department of Regional Regeneration Science

Faculty of Regional Environment Science

Department of Forest Science

Department of Bioproduction and Environment Engineering

Department of Landscape Architecture Science

Department of Regional Regeneration Science

Faculty of International Agriculture and Food Studies

Department of International Agricultural Development / Department of Food Environment Economics / Department of Agribusiness Management / Department of International Food and Agricultural Science

Faculty of International Agriculture and Food Studies

Department of International Agricultural Development

Department of Food Environment Economics

Department of Agribusiness Management

Department of International Food and Agricultural Science

Faculty of Bioindustry

Department of Northern Biosphere Agriculture / Department of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences / Department of Food, Aroma and Cosmetic Chemistry / Department of Business, Natural Resource and Economic Development

Faculty of Bioindustry

Department of Northern Biosphere Agriculture

Department of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences

Department of Food, Aroma and Cosmetic Chemistry

Department of Business, Natural Resource and Economic Development

Teacher-training Course

This is a course for obtaining a regular teaching certificate for junior high schools and high schools based on Japan’s Education Personnel Certification Act.

Teacher-training Course

Students who take this course are awarded a teaching certificate at the time of graduation by earning specified credits while taking specialized education in their department. This course creates a heavier workload compared to other students, as it entails taking more classes, with many lectures in the evening and many practice sessions off campus, but this could lead to a student life that much richer.

Many students who have completed this course are playing active roles as teachers in junior high schools and high schools as well as other educational institutions around the country. In the academic year 2016, 130 people obtained 291 teaching certificates (including specialized certificates for those who completed a graduate program). While passing the teacher employment examination is a difficult hurdle, every year about 150 NODAI alumnae (including former graduates) become teachers.

Scientific Information Course

The objective of this course is to train natural sciences librarians and curators by having students learn the foundation of being a technical expert

Scientific Information Course

The objective of this course is to train natural sciences librarians and curators by having students learn the foundation of being a technical expert (including information usage education using computers), which includes surveying, accumulating, organizing, storing, searching, and providing (including displaying) information related to science and technology in public institutions such as museums, science museums, children’s facilities, and public libraries, as well as corporate information departments and R&D departments.