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