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Company Name | Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology Graduate University |
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Country of Company HQ | Japan |
Location of Company | Japan |
Company Intro |
![]() About fifty world-class faculty in the life, physical and environmental sciences have joined OIST as leaders of the University’s research units. One of the key objectives in creating OIST is to contribute to the promotion and self-sustaining development of Okinawa. The combination of highly imaginative academic minds and sophisticated research infrastructure will generate scientific breakthroughs in diverse areas, which will be the driving force for innovation and technology development on Okinawa. Students are being recruited worldwide and the OIST campus is undergoing construction toward the commencement of the first class in September 2012. |
Industry | Education/School |
Location | Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa Japan |
President | Dr. Jonathan Dorfan |
Year of Establishment | 2011 |
Capital | |
Number of Employees | 257 |
Description of Business | The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) will become a model for change in education and research with the best international graduate students, working side by side with world-class faculty in modern well-equipped laboratories. Beautifully situated on the island of Okinawa, OIST relies on a cross-disciplinary approach, with an emphasis on creativity and exchange, to offer unique, individualized graduate training. OIST is a university with no departments, eliminating artificial barriers between people working in different fields, but many nationalities, with students and faculty being attracted from all over the world. Concentrating initially on Neuroscience, Molecular Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Environmental and Ecological Sciences and Physical Sciences, OIST is bringing some of the best brains in the world to Okinawa to transform the way science and education is done in the global academic world. |
Work Location (Nearest Station) |
Approx. 1 hour from Naha Airport. Take Okinawa Expressway, exit at Yaka IC (No. 7) and turn left onto Route 88. Turn left at the next traffic light [Onna East Intersection]. Turn left at the next traffic light [Onna South Intersection] and onto Route 58 |
URL | http://www.oist.jp/en.html |
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