RIKEN Joint Graduate School Program
"International Program Associate (IPA)"

RIKEN is now inviting non-Japanese doctoral candidates attending a Japanese or overseas graduate school that is participating in RIKEN's joint graduate school program to conduct research at RIKEN under the supervision of RIKEN scientists as part of their work toward obtaining a PhD. Candidates accepted into the program will be designated as International Program Associates (IPAs).

Outline

RIKEN's joint graduate school program is based on agreements with a number of Japanese and overseas universities. The objective of the program is to find and foster the development of young scientists who will in the future contribute to the advancement of science and technology by forming an international network of excellent research. The position of International Program Associate (IPA) was created in October 2006. Under the terms of the joint graduate school program, RIKEN may provide the IPA with a daily living allowance and cover the IPA's housing costs for up to a maximum of three years.

RIKEN scientists with concurrent positions as visiting faculty at a collaborating university graduate school will supervise and instruct the IPA in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and engineering.

Openings for IPAs from collaborating Japanese graduate schools

These are schools that have already signed an agreement with RIKEN to participate in RIKEN's joint graduate school program.

	The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Science
	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Biomedical Science PhD Program
	Tokyo Institute of Technology Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Science and Engineering
	Saitama University Graduate School of Science and Engineering
	Kobe University Graduate School of Science
	Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Department of Genome System Science
	University of Tsukuba

>>IPAs at RIKEN

>>List of RIKEN scientists with concurrent positions as visiting faculty at collaborating universities

RIKEN institutes and centers with openings for IPAs from collaborating overseas graduate schools

Screening of IPA applications will commence after RIKEN has signed agreements for its joint graduate school program with overseas graduate schools. Please contact us to confirm if there is a joint graduate school agreement with your graduate school.

	Advanced Science Institute	(ASI)
	Brain Science Institute	(BSI)
	Center for Intellectual Property Strategies	(CIPS)
	RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science	(RNC)
	BioResource Center	(BRC)
	Plant Science Center	(PSC)
	Center for Genomic Medicine	(CGM)
	Research Center for Allergy and Immunology	(RCAI)
	Omics Science Center	(OSC)
	Systems and Structural Biology Center	(SSBC)
	Bioinformatics and Systems Engineering Division	(BASE)
	Center for Developmental Biology	(CDB)
	RIKEN SPring-8 Center	(RSC)

>>IPAs at RIKEN

Future program goal: A total of 100 IPAs per year (by 2011-12)

60 IPAs from Japanese graduate schools and 40 IPAs from overseas graduate schools

Please see To apply to become an IPA for application procedures.