is a

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university in Japan, established in 1990. JAIST

JAIST was established in the centre of Ishikawa Science Park (ISP). It is to the south of

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City. JAIST has programs of advanced research and development in science and technology. This university has several satellite campuses: Shinagawa Campus in

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(relocated from its earlier Tamachi Campus in

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), open course in

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and Management of Technology (MOT), and satellite lectures in Kanazawa City and

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. In

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, JSPS granted two programs to JAIST. One program is the (2003), and the other program is (2004).

History

* 1989 A committee was organized at

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for foundation of a research-intensive university in Ishikawa Prefecture ( Hokuriku region). * 1990 JAIST was founded in Japan as Japan's first

university without undergraduate faculty. Graduate School of

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was organized. The Institute Library was constructed. * 1991 Graduate School of Materials Science was organized. The Center for Information Science was established. * 1992 The Center for New Materials was established. * 1993 The Center for Research and Investigation of Advanced Science and Technology was established. * 1994 The Health Care Center was established. * 1996 The Institute Library opens. Graduate School of Knowledge Science was organized. * 1998 The Center for Knowledge Science was established. * 2001 The Research Center for Remote Learning was established. The Internet Research Center was established. * 2002 The Center for Nano Materials and Technology was established, as the result of reorganization of the Center for New Materials. The Venture Business Laboratory was established. * 2003 The IP (Intellectual Property) Operation Center was established. The Center for Strategic Development of Science and Technology was established. * 2004 JAIST was incorporated as a

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. The Research Center for Trustworthy e-Society was established. * 2005 JAIST held the 15th anniversary ceremony. * 2007 The Research Center for Integrated Science was established. The Center for Highly Dependable Embedded System Technology was established.

Research departments

* Graduate School of Information Science ** Department of Information Science * Graduate School of Materials Science ** Department of Materials Science * Graduate School of Knowledge Science ** Department of Knowledge Science *9 Research Areas from April 2016. **Human life design area **Knowledge Management **Security and Networks **Intelligence Robotics **Entertainment Technology **Energy and Environment **Materials Chemistry **Applied Physics **Bio-science and Biotechnology All individual schools have MSc and

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programs. The MSc programs standard term is two to three years and the Ph.D. programs' standard term length is three years.

Rankings

JAIST has been ranked highly amongst Japanese Universities, coming 26th in Japan in the

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(and 871st in the world). In UniRank's 2017 ranking of Japanese universities, JAIST came in 25th place and 130th in Asia.

Location

* 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan * postal code: 923-1292 * For more details, please see here: https://www.jaist.ac.jp/english/top/access/index.html

External links

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Japan Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology Education in Chūbu region Education in Ishikawa Prefecture Universities and colleges in Ishikawa Prefecture Japanese national universities Engineering universities and colleges in Japan Internet mirror services Educational institutions established in 1990 1990 establishments in Japan Nomi, Ishikawa