The Ph.D. program at the Geophysics Department, Colorado School of Mines is designed to cultivate independent, internationally-competitive researchers and engineers. The experience at the Ph.D. program is valuable not only to catch-up state-of-the-art research and to complete a quality thesis, but also to get familiar with philosophy and sense of values at academia and industry in U.S. The Ph.D. education has contributed since then at JOGMEC to make strong proposals and presentations and build solid relationship with international partners. I believe that the academia and industry in Japan will gain significant achievements if many Japanese scientists/engineers will participate and share experiences at Ph.D. programs in U.S and get familiar with the “world standard” in the oil/gas related disciplines.