Research and Education System
Research and Education System
SOKENDAI is affiliated with parent institutes ("Kiban Kikan," in Japanese), consisting of 17 Inter-University Research Institutes operated by four Inter-University Research Institute Corporations and one research institute of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
SOKENDAI offers both a "dispersed" and an "integrated" research and education system: "dispersed" in that research and education on discipline-specific, advanced are carried out at each parent institute; "integrated" in that interdisciplinary research and education, including those in disciplines in which the parent institutes specialize, are provided. SOKENDAI also offers interschool/departmental education programs that meet new academic wishes and development.
