Tohoku University

Prof. Toshiya Ueki

‘Research First’The Best Education is Research Based

Dr. Einstein visited Tohoku University on December 3, 1922“Sendai is the most suitable city for academic research and its fearful competition partner is Tohoku University.”

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Disaster Recovery Related Research 

Response

Recovery（Reconstruction）

Preparedness

Mitigation

Disaster

Prediction & Early Warning

Damage Assessment

Cohort Study/Bio Bank

2012.4 International Research Institute ofDisaster Science (IRIDeS) was established

Disaster Risk Reduction

2012.2 Tohoku Medical MegabankOrganization (ToMMo) was established

Cosmological Physics

Promotion of Spintronics Research and Education 

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TohokuUniversity

Example:University of MainzRegensburg University

Other international partners

International Joint Graduate Programs

Prof. Hideo OhnoSpintronics Lab.

Prof. Yoshiro HirayamaSolid‐state Quantum 

Transport Lab.Prof. Junsaku Nitta

Nano‐materials Science Lab.Prof. Yasuo Ando

Spin‐electronics Lab.

Nagoya University

Prof. Yasuhiro Doi

Research InstituteWorld Premier International Research Center Initiative:Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM)

Research andCollaboration

Objectives: Development of molecules to “understand”, “see”, and “regulate” living organisms:• Control of Biological• Visualization of Biological Systems• Synthesis of New Bio-Functional Molecules

Organization: Team of eleven PIs within Nagoya University and from abroad:• Professors of Nagoya University along with professors from abroad• Collaborating institutions worldwide

ETH-Zürich, Switzerland, Queen's University, Canada, University of Washington, University of Southern California, USA

Research + Education

Selected for one of the Top Global Universities• By Ministry of Education (MoE), Japan

Preparation for establishing Joint Degree• "International Joint Education and Research Unit for the

Establishment of Joint Degree Programs"First approved Joint Doctoral Degree by MoE in Japan

• 2015, with the University of Adelaide (Medicine) Candidates

• University Freiburg (Medicine) • Lund University (Medicine)*• University Edinburgh (Science)*, etc.

*Candidates are under approval process by the MoE.

Nara Institute ofScience and Technology

Ms. Naomi Inoue

NAra Institute of Science and Technology Founded in 1991 as a national university

Located in Kansai Science City

Composed solely of graduate schools

Information Science▶ Computer Science▶ Media Informatics▶ Applied Informatics

Biological Sciences▶ Plant Biology▶ Biomedical Science    ▶ Systems Biology

Materials ScienceBiological, Device,Quantum, and Organic Materials

“Communication between societies, people and computers” “Computing infrastructures for the era of Big Data”

“Uncover principles of the basic phenomena of life and biological diversity”“For sustainable development and human well‐being”

“Aggressively involved in cross‐disciplinary studies” “Photonic Nanoscience”“Seeing with light”“Creating with light”“Transmitting with light”

NAIST’s Globalization

Nara, Japan

Toulouse, France Davis, U.S.A. Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

NAIST-CEMES International Collaborative Laboratory for Supraphotoactive Systems

NAIST-UC Davis International Collaborative Laboratory for Medical & Bioinformatics

With Université Paul SabatierAt CEMES‐CNRS(October 1. 2014)

With University of California, DavisAt UC Davis(March 1. 2016)

With École polytechniqueAt NAIST (February 15. 2016)

NAIST International Collaborative Laboratory for Robotics Vision

NAIST-École Porytechnique International Collaborative Laboratory for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells

With Carnegie Mellon UniversityAt NAIST (September 1. 2014)

Vancouver, Canada

With University of British ColumbiaAt NAIST (Scheduled to open in September . 2016)

NAIST –UBC International Collaborative Laboratory for Plant Cell Walls

Éole Porytechnique

The Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities(2013)

The Top Global University Project(2014)

Bogor, Indonesia  

NAIST -Indonesia OfficeAt Bogor Agriculture University (IPB)April 1, 2016

National Institutesfor the Humanities

Prof. Yo-ichiro Sato

NIHU Area Studies Program

NIHU Area StudiesNIHU* promotes research on the human sciences and aims to create new value＊National Institutes forHumanities, Tokyo JPN

Int’l Collaboration & Cooperation(Network‐based Projects)■NIHU Area Studies■Japan‐related Documents &

Artifacts Overseas

Berlin‐ JANET Forum@ Berlin, June 30

Marega Project Workshop @Vatican, Oct. 5‐6 

JSPS Bonn Colloquium@Basel, Jan. 11‐12, 2017

NIHU‐EHESS Seminar@ Paris, Oct.7

AHRC‐NIHU IPS fellowship(International Placement Scheme)

NIHU Activities in Europe 2016

NIHU seminar @Maison de la Culture du Japon a Paris, Oct.8

Hokkaido University

Prof. Yoshihiro Narita

Hokkaido University

1876   Sapporo Agricultural CollegeOctober, 2016 The 140th Anniversary of the University will be celebrated.

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Increase of foreign students

Academic staff 2000, Office staff 1800UG students 12000, G students 6000

Top Global 13 universities

Helsinki Europe office

Seoul Korea office

Lusaka Zambia office

◆Nitobe College & FSP ◆Learning Satellite(LS) ◆Hokkaido Summer Institute (SI)

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Waseda University

Mr. Hiroshi Kumabe

Cultivating young researcher through joint research

LiMES (Life & Medical Sciences Institute) at Univ. of Bonn

Started in 2006

Various collaboration

Exchanging young researchers has been the key factor from the start of collaboration.

Cultivating „next generation“ researchers will contribute to establish long‐standing partnership.

Joint research Holding annual symposium/seminar short-term research exchange etc.

How are young researchers involved?Participating in joint symposium and international conference.

PhD students and postdocs of both universities experimented at each host university.

@Waseda, 3‐12 Sep. 2012 

@Bonn, 13‐22 Sep. 2012

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Mr. Hiroshi Ando

Aim: Creating Advanced Research NetworkObjective:•Promote International collaboration in cutting edge fields by creating world‐class research hubs

•Foster talented young researchers in Japan and partner countriesGrants: Up to JPY 18 million /year from JSPS *Partner institutions are required to cover their own expenses. (cf. international exchange fees etc.) Project Duration: 5 years

Creating Research Hubs – Core-to-Core Program–

Some examples of the obtained results The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka 

Univ.→“imec Osaka office” was established in Belgium. 

Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo→2014: Japan‐ France joint lab (SMMIL‐E laboratory ) was established in  Japan

→2015: Japan office was opened in France. Nagoya Univ.→MoU with the University of Edinburgh for exchange of young researchers for medium‐and long‐term periods (launching double degree programs is under consultation.) program diagram

Selected Projects with Germany

Program Title Japan Other Partner countriesGermany

Research on the Public Policies on Migration, Multiculturalizationand Welfare for the Regeneration of Communities in European, Asian and Japanese Societies

Kobe University Belgium, Italy, France, Vietnam,Thailand, Taiwan, Korea

University of Hildesheim

International Network of Planetary Sciences The University of Tokyo USA, Switzerland,FranceGerman Aerospace Center

Solid‐state chemistry for transition‐metal oxides: Exploring for new materialswith novel functionalities

Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University

UK, France, Taiwan

Max‐Planck‐Institute for solid state research

International collaborative research network for drug discovery and the development of diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers

Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University

USA, Italy, UK, Canada, Switzerland, FranceThe University of Bonn

Number of Ongoing Projects (Selected between FY2012‐FY2016)

Number of applications / selected proposals / (): Project including German group (27 projects in total)

FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016

Application Selected App. Sel. App. Sel. App. Sel. App. Sel.

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Project Period: 2016/4/1 – 2021/3/31