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June 02, 2025: For Other People

Press Release; [Press Release] Information Entropy Untangles Vortices and Flows in Turbulent Plasmas
May 30, 2025: For Other People

Press Release; [Press Release] Keep the cool feeling: a lipid enzyme for maintaining cool temperature sensation and avoidance
May 21, 2025: For Other People

Press Release; [Press Release] Picometric Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Molecule in Atomic-Scale Cavity
May 20, 2025: For Other People

Press Release; [Press Release] Research team traces evolutionary history of bacterial circadian clock on ancient Earth
May 12, 2025: For Other People

Press Release; [Press Release] Detecting Vibrational Sum-Frequency Generation Signals from Molecules Confined within a Nanoscale Gap using a Tightly Confined Optical Near-Field

from July 19, 2025 to September 26, 2025: For Prospective Students

For Other People; [Call for Participants] The Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI Global Environmental Studies Program Information Session

2020 parent institutions and 20 programs.

The Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies offers 20 programs with the support of parent institutes. It provides an educational environment that transcends the conventional disciplinary boundaries and allows for the more flexible use of the diverse educational resources of the parent institutes for all teaching staff and the student body.
About75%Approximately 75% of SOKENDAI students are researchers 10 years after their graduation

Approximately 75% of students who completed their doctoral programs between 2001 and 2008 have pursued a career in research (from the 2020 SOKENDAI FACT BOOK).
About30%Approximately 30% of the students are international students.

International students account for approximately 30% of the SOKENDAI student body (as of May 1, 2022).