Education at ISSP
ISSP offers comprehensive graduate education (master and PhD courses) beyond conventional disciplinary fields such as physics, chemistry, engineering and biology.
Features about ISSP
- Practical educational environment with world-class large experimental facilities and state-of-the-art equipment and instruments
- Research environment with a full complement of excellent researchers covering a wide range of materials science fields
- Global environment with many foreign researchers. Active international exchange through participation in international workshops and overseas study programs
Director's Message
The ISSP has about 45 laboratories with about 100 master's students and 70 doctoral candidates. Each laboratory conducts cutting-edge research on a variety of topics ranging from physics to chemistry, from science to engineering. Since there are no undergraduate students enrolled, the number of students per laboratory is not large, averaging only 4 students per laboratory. On the other hand, since ISSP is a national joint-use research institute, each laboratory is well equipped with experimental facilities, which, combined with the small number of students, allows students to conduct experiments to their satisfaction using ample machine time. In addition, the barriers between laboratories are low, and students can actively visit other laboratories to engage in discussions and conduct experiments using equipment that is not available in their own laboratory. Furthermore, they can conduct advanced experiments, calculations, and simulations by making full use of the large experimental facilities such as the High Magnetic Field Facility, the Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation Experimental Facility, the Laser Facility, and the Supercomputer, which are the major strengths of ISSP. If you have curiosity and a positive attitude, you will have plenty of opportunities to expand your abilities and potential. The comprehensive knowledge and broad academic perspective cultivated through a variety of experiences will be a great asset no matter what field you choose to enter in the future. In addition, many researchers visit ISSP, and seminars and research meetings are frequently held there. In addition to studying and doing research in the laboratory, it is a valuable experience to be exposed to a wide range of fields of condensed matter science and to interact with researchers from other research institutes. In addition to research, there are many opportunities to make a circle of friends of the same age through events such as sports tournaments, bowling tournaments, beer parties, musical evenings, and various club activities, which make it possible to have a fulfilling student life. I hope that all students will use the Institute for Solid State Physics, a rare place to study materials science, as a springboard to a great future.
Director
HIROI, Zenji
Prospective students
Both master’s and doctoral courses offer enrollment in April and September each year. The admission schedule is described below. The admission schedule is described below.
Enrollment period | Master course | PhD course |
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April | Guidance From the end of May until the beginning of June Application The beginning of July Written examination The end of August Oral examination From the end of August until the beginning of September |
Guidance From the end of May until the beginning of June Application The beginning of July Written examination The end of August Oral examination From the end of August until the middle of September Article examination, Oral examination From the end of January until the beginning of February |
Graduate school at ISSP consists of three schools: Graduate School of Science, Graduate School of Engineering, and Graduate School of Frontier Sciences. You need to pass the exam by one of these schools to purse study at ISSP. Please check the affiliation of your desired faculty in advance since the entrance examination schedule is different by each field.
The guidance session is held around the first Saturday of June every year, providing information for entrance examination and an opportunity to visiting laboratories and getting to know members of the laboratories at the social gathering.