Nara Institute of Science and Technology - NAIST

Nara Institute of Science and Technology

- NAIST -

Transformation to One Graduate School Founded in 1991, NAIST was composed of 3 graduate schools. In April, 2018, NAIST underwentan organizational transformation to lower barriers between academic fields and become asingle graduate school with seven education programs. The new Graduate School of Scienceand Technology allows NAIST to further adapt to the ever-changing needs of society anddevelopments in science and technology.

Information Science

Biological Sciences

Materials Science

Information Scienceand Engineering

Computational Biology

Biological ScienceMaterials Scienceand Engineering

Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems

Bionanotechnology

Data Science

3 graduate schools

Graduate School of Science and Technology

About NAISTNAIST will produce creative leaders in research and skilled technicians to be active in Japanand abroad, pivoting around information, biological and materials sciences and focusing ontheir interdisciplinary fields that evolve from frontier science.

≪Master’s Program≫ develops human resources with specialized knowledge and training, awide understanding of the related interdisciplinary fields, and the ability to approach issuesand phenomena holistically to undertake the application of science and technology and it’sinnovation throughout society.

≪Doctoral Program≫ fosters international awareness, self-reliance, and independence anddevelop researchers and skilled technicians with high ambitions that will advance theboundaries of science and technology taking leading roles throughout international industry,academia and government.

(as of May 2020)

Student Enrollment Faculty and Staff

Master’s students: 703

Doctoral students: 346

Research students, etc.: 62

Executive administration: 8

Faculty: 196

Staff: 163

Campus Map

Interdisciplinary Frontier Research

Complex No. 2

Administrative offices

Biological Science Complex

Materials Science Complex

Information Science Complex

Student and staff dormitories

Interdisciplinary Frontier Research

Complex No. 3

Kansai Science City, a research park located in the Keihanna Hillswhich are stretching over Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara prefectures in Kansairegion. The area of the city is 150 km2, with more than 150 researchfacilities, universities, and cultural facilities.

LocationNAIST is located in Ikoma City, in Japan’s historic Nara Prefecture. Home of the firstofficial capital of Japan, Nara Prefecture has an incredibly rich history as a center forinternational trade and relations. It is also conveniently located in close proximity toKyoto and Osaka.

Seven Education Programs

A focused information science program which fosters students able to support today's dynamic advanced information society, implementing further achievements in

information science in diverse fields & their wide-spread application. This program

enriches students' broad interdisciplinary vision & cultivates cutting-edge specialized

knowledge and skills covering computer hardware, software & information network technology; computer/human interaction &

media technology; & various systems to fully utilize robotics & computer technology.

Program ofInformation Science and Engineering

- Laboratories -

Interactive Media DesignOptical Media InterfaceCybernetics and Reality EngineeringHuman RoboticsIntelligent System ControlLarge-Scale Systems ManagementMathematical InformaticsImaging-based Computational BiomedicineComputational Systems BiologyRobot Learning

Computing ArchitectureDependable SystemUbiquitous Computing SystemsSoftware EngineeringSoftware Design and AnalysisCyber ResilienceInformation Security EngineeringInternet Architecture and SystemsComputational LinguisticsAugmented Human CommunicationSocial ComputingNetwork Systems

Division of Information Science

Program ofInformation Science and Engineering

An interdisciplinary information scienceand biological science program which

fosters students who are able to collect & analyze the huge amounts of data

related to the phenomena of life, such as medical imaging data & the

enormous amounts of bio-information concerning genes, proteins, &

metabolism, while fostering persons who will undertake the development of

these technologies.

Program ofComputational Biology

Division of Information ScienceComputing ArchitectureUbiquitous Computing SystemsSoftware EngineeringInformation Security EngineeringSocial Computing Network SystemsInteractive Media DesignOptical Media InterfaceCybernetics and Reality EngineeringRoboticsIntelligent System ControlMathematical InformaticsImaging-based Computational BiomedicineComputational Systems Biology

Division of Biological SciencePlant Cell FunctionPlant Developmental SignalingPlant Metabolic RegulationPlant Growth RegulationPlant PhysiologyPlant ImmunityPlant SymbiosisPlant Secondary MetabolismMolecular Signal TransductionFunctional Genomics and MedicineTumor Cell BiologyMolecular ImmunobiologyMolecular Medicine and Cell BiologyRNA Molecular MedicineStem Cell TechnologiesDevelopmental Biomedical ScienceOrgan Developmental EngineeringCell SignalingStructural Life ScienceGene Regulation ResearchSystems Neurobiology and MedicineComputational Biology

- Laboratories -

Program of Computational Biology

Program of Biological Science

A focused biological science program which fosters students able to facilitate societal development & environmental protection

through activities concerning areas such as the environment, energy, food supply,

resources, life quality & health maintenance, within industry & public institutions

foreign/domestic. This program enhances students' knowledge & cultivate expertise in

areas from the basic principles of the phenomena of life to the biodiversity found

at the molecular, cellular & individual level of plants, animals & microorganisms.

Program of Biological Science- Laboratories -

RNA Molecular MedicineStem Cell TechnologiesDevelopmental Biomedical ScienceOrgan Developmental EngineeringCell SignalingApplied Stress MicrobiologyEnvironmental MicrobiologyStructural BiologyGene Regulation ResearchSystems Neurobiology and MedicineComputational Biology

Plant Cell FunctionPlant Developmental SignalingPlant Metabolic RegulationPlant Growth RegulationPlant Stem Cell Regulation and Floral PatteringPlant PhysiologyPlant ImmunityPlant SymbiosisPlant Secondary MetabolismMolecular Signal TransductionFunctional Genomics and MedicineTumor Cell BiologyMolecular ImmunobiologyMolecular Medicine and Cell Biology

Division of Biological Science

Program of BionanotechnologyAn interdisciplinary biological science and materials science program which fosters

students who pursue new trends in bioscience based on materials science understanding,

& cultivates abilities necessary for the creation of novel functional materials to contribute to the

future of society, including development of pharmaceuticals & medical engineering

materials, development of new polymers which imitate biological functions, development of

novel compounds to increase farming productivity, & exploration of new cellular

engineering to support regenerative medicine through an understanding of the molecular

foundation of biogenic activity.

Program ofBionanotechnologyDivision of Biological Science

Plant Cell FunctionPlant Developmental SignalingPlant Metabolic RegulationPlant Growth RegulationPlant Stem Cell Regulation and Floral PatterningPlant PhysiologyPlant SymbiosisMolecular Signal TransductionFunctional Genomics and MedicineTumor Cell BiologyMolecular ImmunobiologyMolecular Medicine and Cell BiologyRNA Molecular MedicineStem Cell TechnologiesDevelopmental Biomedical ScienceOrgan Developmental EngineeringCell SignalingApplied Stress MicrobiologyEnvironmental MicrobiologyStructural Life ScienceGene Regulation ResearchSystems Neurobiology and Medicine

Division of Materials ScienceBio-process EngineeringPhotonic Device ScienceInformation Device ScienceSensory Materials and DevicesSynthetic Organic ChemistryPhotonic and Reactive Molecular ScienceFunctional Organic ChemistryBiomimetic and Technomimetic

Molecular ScienceFunctional Polymer ScienceAdvanced Functional MaterialsFunctional Supramolecular ChemistryComplex Molecular SystemsNanomaterials and Polymer Chemistry

- Laboratories -

Program ofMaterials Science and Engineering

A focused materials science program which fosters students with the foundational

knowledge of materials science & advanced knowledge to fully utilize their expertise through a program spanning solid state physics, device engineering, molecular

chemistry, polymeric materials and bionano-engineering, & undertake next generation science & technology to maintain affluent

living & support societal development.

Program ofMaterials Science and Engineering

Division of Materials ScienceQuantum Materials ScienceBio-Process EngineeringSolid-State Information PhysicsNanostructure MagnetismPhotonic Device ScienceInformation Device Science Applied Quantum Physics Organic Electronics Mesoscopic Materials Science Sensory Materials and Devices Synthetic Organic Chemistry

- Laboratories -

Photonic and Reactive Molecular Science Functional Organic ChemistryBiomimetic and Technomimetic Molecular Science Functional Polymer ScienceEcomaterial ScienceAdvanced Functional Materials Functional Supramolecular ChemistryComplex Molecular SystemsNanomaterials and Polymer ChemistryMaterials Informatics Data Driven Chemistry

Program ofIntelligent Cyber-Physical Systems

An interdisciplinary materials science and information science program which fosters

students able to holistically grasp areas including functional material design,

devices with new functions & real-world sensing, analytical device design, system

structuring to fully utilize analyzation results, & machine & robot control

systems, who have specific, specialized knowledge & experience to support the

social systems of this IoT era.

Program ofIntelligent Cyber –Physical Systems

- Laboratories -

Division of Materials ScienceQuantum Materials SciencePhotonic Device ScienceInformation Device ScienceOrganic ElectronicsMesoscopic Materials ScienceSensory Materials and DevicesPhotonic and Reactive Molecular ScienceEcomaterial ScienceAdvanced Functional MaterialsMaterials Informatics

Division of Information ScienceComputing ArchitectureDependable SystemUbiquitous Computing SystemsSoftware EngineeringSoftware Design and AnalysisCyber ResilienceInformation Security EngineeringInternet Architecture and SystemsNetwork SystemsInteractive Media DesignOptical Media InterfaceCybernetics and Reality EngineeringRoboticsIntelligent System ControlLarge-Scale Systems ManagementMathematical InformaticsComputational Systems BiologyRobot Learning

Program of Data Science

An interdisciplinary information science, biological science and materials science

program which fosters human resources with a wide range of expertise in data-driven & AI-

driven sciences related to information, biological, & materials science who will find

hidden 'value' & 'truth' through data processing, visualization, & analysis of huge amounts of collected data to contribute to next generation of science & technology, &

societal development.

Program of Data Science - Laboratories -

Computing ArchitectureDependable SystemSoftware EngineeringCyber ResilienceInformation Security EngineeringInternet Architecture and SystemsComputational LinguisticsAugmented Human CommunicationSocial ComputingInteractive Media DesignCybernetics and Reality EngineeringIntelligent System ControlMathematical InformaticsImaging-based Computational BiomedicineComputational Systems BiologyRobot Learning

Division of Information SciencePlant Cell FunctionPlant Developmental SignalingPlant Metabolic RegulationPlant Growth RegulationPlant Stem Cell Regulation and Floral PatteringPlant PhysiologyPlant ImmunityPlant SymbiosisPlant Secondary MetabolismMolecular Signal TransductionFunctional Genomics and MedicineTumor Cell BiologyMolecular ImmunobiologyMolecular Medicine and Cell BiologyRNA Molecular MedicineStem Cell TechnologiesDevelopmental Biomedical ScienceOrgan Developmental EngineeringApplied Stress MicrobiologyStructural BiologyGene Regulation ResearchSystems Neurobiology and MedicineComputational Biology

Division of Biological Science

Division of Materials ScienceBio-process EngineeringSolid-state Information PhysicsPhotonic Device ScienceInformation Device ScienceSynthetic Organic ChemistryPhotonic and Reactive Molecular ScienceFunctional Organic Chemistry Materials InformaticsComplex Molecular Systems Data Driven Chemistry

External Revenue 28%

Administrative Subsidy63%

Tuition5%

Infrastructure, Other4%

HIGH PERCENTAGE OF EXTERNAL REVENUE

Educational Research Funding

37%

Personnel 46%

Facilities, etc. 17%

HIGH ALLOCATION OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

FUNDING

FY 2019 Revenue: Total 9.9 billion (JPY) FY 2019 Revenue: Total 9.1 billion (JPY)

Numbers

FY 2019 Revenue: Total 9.9 billion (JPY) FY 2019 Revenue: Total 9.1 billion (JPY)

New employment, 273

Returned to sponsoring company/organization

1

Entered doctoral program, 39

Other, 8

2019 Master’s Course GraduatesAll Education Programs combined

Total: 321

Employment in business20

Employment in academia11

Return to sponsoring company/organization15

Post-doctoral fellow, 22

Entrepreneur, 1Other, 8

2019 Doctoral Course GraduatesGraduate School of Science and

TechnologyTotal: 77

Careers after NAIST

Academic Exchange Agreements

Europe 41

Africa 2

Asia 56

Oceania 5

N. America 8

S. America 2

114 Institutions in 31 Countries/Regions

As of October 2020

Academic Exchange Agreements

Korea• Gwangju Institute of Science and

Technology• Hanbat National University• Pohang University of Science and

Technology• Korea Advanced Institute of Science and

Technology• Kyungpook National University

China• Chinese Academy of Sciences• Tianjin University of Technology • Liaoning University• Soochow University• City University of Hong Kong• Northeast Normal University• Nanjing University• Yunnan University• Nanjing Agricultural University

Taiwan• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung

University • Southern Taiwan University of

Science and Technology• The National Taiwan University of

Science and Technology• National Cheng Kung University

Vietnam• Vietnam National University• VNU-HCMC, University of Information

Technology• Hue University of Sciences• University of Science and Technology of

Hanoi• Posts and Telecommunications Institute

of Technology• The University of Danang

As of October 2020

Academic Exchange AgreementsThailand• Mahidol University• Chulalongkorn University • Kasetsart University • Chiang Mai University• King Mongkut’s University of Technology

Thonburi

Singapore • Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited• Nanyang Technological University

Malaysia • University of Science, Malaysia • University of Malaya• University of Technology, Malaysia • Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman • Univerisiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Philippines• Ateneo de Manila University• University of the Philippines Diliman

Indonesia• Gadjah Mada University• Bogor Agricultural University• University of Indonesia• Hasanuddin University• Bandung Institute of Technology• Jenderal Soedirman University

India• KIIT College of Engineering• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay • Indian Institute of Technology• Indian Institute of Science Education

and Research, Thiruvananthapuram

Bangladesh • Bangladesh University of Engineering

and Technology• School of Health and Life Sciences,

North South University

As of October 2020

Academic Exchange AgreementsNetherlands• Leiden University• Delft University of Technology

Belgium• University of Louvain

UK• University of Edinburgh• University College London

France• Paul Sabatier University• École Polytechnique• École Normale Superieure Paris-Saclay• Science and Technology, University of Lille 1• University Paris-Est Marne-la-Valle• Telecom ParisTech• Sorbonne University• University of Paris-Saclay• Universite de Rennes 1• ESIGELEC• Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon• The University of Picardie Jules Verne• University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté• Telecom SudParis• ESIEE Paris• École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Caen

Germany• RWTH Aachen University• Justus Liebig University Giessen• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology• University of Regensburg• Ulm University• Technical University of Munich• Technical University of Munich• Coburg University of Applied

Sciences and Arts• RheinMain University of Applied

Sciences

Switzerland• University of ZurichAs of October 2020

Academic Exchange Agreements

As of October 2020

Italy• University of Cagliari• University of Trento

Finland• University of Oulu• University of Turku

Russia • The St. Petersburg State

Polytechnical University

Austria• Graz University of Technology

Kenya• University of Nairobi

Senegal• Cheikh Anta Diop

University

Hungary• Doctoral School of

Physics, University of Debrecen

North Macedonia • University of

Information Science and Technology “St. Paul the Apostle”

Australia• University of Technology Sydney • Macquarie University• The University of Newcastle • University of Adelaide

New Zealand • Unitec Institute of Technology

Canada• Queen’s University at Kingston• The University of British

Columbia

USA• University of California, Davis• University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa• University of California, San

Diego• Mississippi State University• University of Minnesota• University of Michigan

Brazil• Universidade

Federal de São Paulo

• The University of San Paulo

International Student Enrollment

As of October 2020

Europe 14

Africa 13

Asia 240

Oceania 0

N. America 0

S. America 6

275 students from 34 countries/regions

M. East 2

Researcher Exchange

Researcher mobility information for FY2019

Europe

Africa

Asia

Oceania

N. America

S. America

Active research collaboration with global partners

M. East

Inbound researchers Outbound researchers

27

902011

1

24

815

23

17

Admissions, etc.

Immigration/Academic SupportSupport for living in JapanJapanese Language Classes (6 Levels)International Friendship Meeting New Student Orientation & Welcome PartyExcursions (2 times/year)

• Students selected by interview• Multiple entrance exams: 3 times a year for master’s and 2 times a

year for doctoral program• Broad spectrum of lectures by our diverse teaching faculty• Flexible curriculum:

☆April and October enrollment ☆Masters – 2 years, Ph.D. – 3 years

Trip to Kyoto, Autumn 2019

NAIST entrance exams & curriculum encourage student enrollment from a broad range of fields and backgrounds:

■ Financial Support

MEXT ScholarshipsGraduate School

Scholarships (RA/TA)

NAIST International Scholarships

(6 students per year)

Private Foundation Scholarships

Financial Support

Support for International Students

Dormitories< Single room: 13m2 >• Furnished - Desk, chair, bed,

closet, kitchenette• Private toilet• Shared shower room• Free internet access• 300 steps to campus

■Rent: 10,000 JPY/month(Off-campus rent: starting from 40,000 JPY)

Guesthouse

Health Care Center

Cafeteria (University Union)

Digital Library

Sports facilities

Nara Institute of Science and Technology8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192 JAPAN