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Education at ISSP

ISSP offers comprehensive graduate education (Masters and PhD courses) beyond conventional disciplinary fields such as physics, chemistry and engineering.

ISSP Features


  • 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

Each of ISSP’s 45 or so laboratories with about 100 master's students and 70 doctoral candidates conducts cutting-edge research on a variety of topics ranging from physics to chemistry, and from science to engineering. Since there are no undergraduate students enrolled, number of students per laboratory averages only four. On the other hand, since ISSP is a national joint-use research institute and each laboratory is well equipped with experimental facilities allowing the small number of 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, members 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. In addition to studying and doing research in the laboratory, valuable experience can be gained through exposure to a wide range of fields of condensed matter science and by interacting 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
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.

Guidance Site

List of laboratories by course

By research subject

Graduate School of Science