Master’s Course

1. Regular English language class

Six English classes will be regularly offered (one credit/class).
Intermediate Course
- Professional Communication I
- Professional Communication II
Advanced Course
- Academic Discussion
- Research Presentation
- Research Writing
- Advanced Research Writing

The master’s course requires graduate students to complete two credits from among English subjects. Which subjects to be completed is partly determined by the score of the TOEIC-IP test at the time of entrance. Graduate students whose score was lower than 650 on the intermediate TOEIC-IP test at the time of entrance will take the intermediate subjects of Professional Communication (ProCom) I and Professional Communication (ProCom) II. On the other hand, graduate students whose score was 650 or higher will take two subjects from among four advanced subjects instead of ProCom I and II.

2. Courses of Professional Communication (ProCom)

The purpose of ProCom I and II is to have future engineers, researchers, or human resources, who will hold a position of leadership, acquire the necessary English skills. NAIST aims to raise TOEIC scores to 650 or higher in two years. ProCom I is offered in the first year and Procom II in the second year. NAIST believes that extensive reading is effective for improving English skills. Therefore, in addition to regular English classes, graduate students learn through Xreading, an online system for extensive reading, which enables them to read English books on a daily basis. The number of books they have read is reflected in their academic results.

Doctoral Course

1. Regular English language class

Five English classes will be regularly offered (one unit/class).
- Advanced English A (to be offered jointly with Academic Discussion)
- Advanced English B (to be offered jointly with Research Presentation)
- Advanced English C (to be offered jointly with Research Writing)
- Advanced English D (to be offered jointly with Advanced Research Writing)
- Advanced English E

NAIST strongly recommends that its graduate students, whose TOEIC-IP test score was between 650 and less than 750 at the time of entrance, take two classes from among Advanced English A to D. NAIST requests even graduate students, who have reached the score of 750, to take the subject if at all possible. Another English class, Advanced English E (7029), is for graduate students whose TOEIC-IP test score is below 650 at the time of entrance. NAIST will send an e-mail to graduate students individually if it recommends that they attend Advanced English E. In this class,Xreading, a web-based learning material, will be used for self-study.