Sophia University is a private Jesuit institution in Tokyo, Japan, established in 1913. Sophia University is famed for its superior-quality academic standards, rigorous curriculum, and robust research programs.
Sophia University is a top institution for research in Japan, and its strong focus on interdisciplinary research and collaboration between diverse disciplines make it a unique and creative institution in Japan.
Sophia University nurtures students with excellent and quality education and research for the sustainable growth of society and the world.
Address: 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
Phone: +81 3-3238-3111
Email: dorm-co@sophia.ac.jp
Website: https://www.sophia.ac.jp/
Undergraduate courses:
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Information Science and Engineering
• Media Science and Technology
Graduate courses:
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Information Science and Engineering
• Information and Media Studies
• Systems and Information Engineering
• Intelligent Interaction Technologies
Sophia University in Tokyo-Japan has a strong research focus on computer science with faculty and students investigating cutting-edge topics such as
• Speech Communication
• Acoustic Phonetics
• Computer Networks
• Network Computing
• Computational Intelligence
• Computer Simulation
• Visual information processing
• Video coding
• Image sensing
• 3D video processing
• Numerical analysis
• Intelligent Informatics
• Deep Learning
• Perceptual Information Brain Machine Interface
Speech Communication:
• Speech prosody analysis
• Speech emotion recognition
• Speech perception modeling
Acoustic Phonetics:
• Spectral analysis and synthesis
• Speech production modeling
• Acoustic feature extraction
• Speech signal segmentation
Computer Networks:
• Wireless networks and mobile computing
• Network modeling and simulation
• Cloud computing and data center networks
Network Computing:
• Distributed systems and middleware
• Peer-to-peer systems
• Grid computing and cluster computing
• Social networks and online communities
• Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber-physical systems
Computational Intelligence:
• Evolutionary computation and genetic algorithms
• Fuzzy logic and neural networks
• Swarm intelligence and multi-agent systems
• Artificial intelligence and expert systems
• Natural language processing
Computer Simulation:
• Modeling and simulation methodologies
• High-performance computing and parallel computing
• Agent-based modeling and simulation
• Visualization and virtual reality
• Simulation-based optimization
Visual Information Processing:
• Object recognition and tracking
• Feature extraction and matching
• Image and video compression
• Face recognition and biometrics
• Center for Information Technology and Faculty Development
• Sophia Computational Intelligence Research Laboratory
• Laboratory of Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments
• Laboratory of Information Systems and Technologies
• Laboratory of Information Security
• Laboratory of Human-Computer Interaction
• Laboratory of Computer Science Education
• Scholarship for New of Sophia University Graduate School
• Japan Student Services Organization Loan-Type Scholarship (reservation required)
• Sophia University Benefactors’ (Sophia Sci-Tech) Scholarship
• Sophia University Graduate School Dual Degree Program (grant type)
• Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Loan Scholarship
• External Scholarships
• Sophia University Scholarship for International Graduate Students
• Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship
• JASSO Scholarship
• Sophia International Fellowship for Graduate Students
• Honjo International Scholarship
• Rotary Yoneyama Scholarship
The admission requirements for the Ph.D. program in Computer Science at Sophia University are as follows:
• Applicants must hold a Master-s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a relevant field from an authorized institution with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Applicants whose native language is not English must submit evidence of English proficiency with a minimum score of TOEFL iBT is 79 or IELTS is 6.0
• Applicants must provide a research proposal detailing their research interests, motivation, and goals with a word limit of 1,500
• Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation from professors or professionals
