MATERIALS SCIENCE-EDUCATION IN JAPAN

An example of materials science education in Japan is given. Then key factors in materials science education are discussed. We emphasize tha t it is important to give students a dream and pleasure in new discove ry, and the ambition to open a new frontier field by artificially synt hesizing a new material. In this respect the following two subjects ar e chosen as those appropriate for materials science education, in part icular for a graduate course; the dream of a room temperature supercon ductor and the ambition to see crystal growth visually.