Career Paths

About 90% of graduates continue to the master’s degree program, and about 10% of the master’s program students continue to the doctoral program to explore their potential in research and education.

Graduates pursue careers in diverse industries such as steel, nonferrous metals, machinery, electric and precision machinery, automotive and transport equipment, materials and chemicals, energy, etc. Some graduates choose academic or government career paths.

	Steel and nonferrous materials
	Kobe Steel, JFE Bars & Shapes, JFE Steel, Sumitomo Electric, Daido Steel, Dowa Holdings, NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel, NIPPON STEEL, Hitachi Metals, Furukawa Electric, MITSUI MINING & SMELTING, UACJ, etc.

	Machinery
	IHI, Kubota, Komatsu, JTEKT, Daikin, DMG MORI, Hitachi Zosen, MODEC, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Power, Murata Machinery, Yanmar, etc.

	Electric and precision machinery
	OMRON, Olympus, Canon, KYOCERA, SHARP, Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, Hitachi, FUJITSU, Mitsubishi Electric, Ricoh, etc.

	Automotive and transport equipment
	ISUZU, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, SUBARU, Sumitomo Rubber Industries, TOYOTA MOTOR, Toyota Industries, DENSO, Nissan Motor, Honda Motor, Mazda Motor, Mitsui E&S, Yamaha Motor, etc.

	Materials and chemicals
	Asahi Chemicals, KANEKA, 3M Japan, SEKISUI CHEMICAL, DAIICHI KIGENSO, Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals, Tosoh, Toray Industries, NICHIA, etc.

	Energy, power, and gas
	Idemitsu Kosan, Osaka Gas, Kansai Electric Power, INPEX, JX Energy, Chubu Electric Power, J-POWER, Tokyo Gas, etc.

	Transport and logistics
	JR Central, ANA, JR West, JAL, etc.

	Academia and government
	Osaka University, Osaka Prefectural Government, Kobe University, Technical University of Darmstadt, Northwestern Polytechnical University (China), ATLA (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency), NIMS, RIKEN, etc.

	Others
	AGC, NTT Docomo, NTT West, SanDisk, Dai Nippon Printing, Toppan Printing, NGK Insulators, YONEX, etc.