Student Enrollment　Overview of the Cooperating Graduate School Program (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and National Institute for Materials Science) and Enrollment by Graduate Students

In the academic majors in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, a Cooperating Graduate School Program is conducted with the following institutions.

• National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Research group of Professor Makoto Kobashi, Professor Noritaka Usami, Professor Seiichi Takami (Materials Process Engineering), and Professor Toshiyuki Koyama (Materials Design Innovation Engineering)

• National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

Research group of Professor Toru Ujihara (Materials Process Engineering) and Professor Toshiyuki Koyama (Materials Design Innovation Engineering)

1. Research Groups

A. Materials Design Innovation Engineering

• Professor Toshiyuki Koyama, Visiting Professor Yasumasa Chino (Light Metal Design Group, Multi-Material Research Institute, AIST Chubu)）

B. Materials Process Engineering

• Professor Makoto Kobashi, Visiting Professor Akihiro Matsumoto (Soft Magnetic Materials Team, Magnetic Powder Metallurgy Research Center, AIST Chubu)

• Professor Seiichi Takami, Visiting Professor Yoshitake Masuda (Electroceramics Group, Innovative Functional Materials Research Institute, AIST Chubu)*

• Professor Noritaka Usami, Visiting Professor Takuya Matsui (Global Zero Emission Research Center, AIST Tsukuba)*

　　*: Conducted on a trial basis in academic year 2021, to be officially launched in academic year 2022

2. How Research Is Conducted

In the Cooperating Graduate School Program, research is carried out through multiple guidance programs of Nagoya University instructors and visiting professors from collaborating research institutions. Students are assigned to the Koyama Laboratory, Kobashi Laboratory, Takami Laboratory, or Usami Laboratory, and seminars (zemi) and research activities are conducted. In cases where the collaborating instructor belongs AIST Chubu, research is carried out at AIST Chubu (https://www.aist.go.jp/chubu/) around three times a week (which may be subject to variation according to the laboratory). In cases where the collaborating instructor belongs AIST Tsukuba, concentrated research during a specific period is conducted at AIST Tsukuba (https://www.aist.go.jp/tsukuba/). This Cooperating Graduate School Program also provides opportunities to be employed by AIST as a research assistant (RA) and carry out research while earning a salary.

For information regarding this, please check the following website.

• AIST Cooperative Graduate School website: https://www.aist.go.jp/aist_j/collab/pgs/index.html

3. Contact

Toshiyuki Koyama: koyama@material.nagoya-u.ac.jp