The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

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The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Sokendai hayama.jpg
総合研究大学院大学
TypePublic (National)
Established1988
PresidentMariko HASEGAWA
Academic staff
1138 academic / 42 supports (As of May 1, 2020)
UndergraduatesNone
Postgraduates543 (As of May 1, 2020)
Location
Hayama
,
Kanagawa
,
Japan
LanguageJapanese, English
Websitehttps://www.soken.ac.jp/en

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (総合研究大学院大学, Sōgō kenkyū daigakuin daigaku) is one of the national universities of Japan, headquartered in (湘南国際村) in the town of Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture. Sōkendai (総研大), as it is generally called in its abbreviated form, was established in the year 1988. From 1988 to 1995 the university maintained its headquarters in Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama at the Tokyo Institute of Technology before shifting to the present location.

Sokendai is the first national university in Japan that started offering exclusively graduate programs. It accepts both bachelor's and master's students for its graduate programs. Students having a bachelor's degree are admitted to a five-year integrated graduate program, while masters students are admitted directly to the three years graduate program.[1]

Sokendai operates as a distributed research university that cooperates with various research institutes throughout Japan. There are six schools with each school offering various specialization programs. The administrations and general courses are provided by Sokendai headquarter at the Hayama campus. Specialized courses and research activities are conducted at the host research institutes, including sixteen research institutes working under four inter-university research institute corporations, the , and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science.

Objective[]

Sokendai is a National Graduate University of Japan, conforming to the guidelines stipulated under the provisions of National University Corporation Act of Japan. The objective of the Japanese National Graduate Universities is to foresee the future, nurture specialized researchers having broader visions and thereby contribute positively towards public benefits.

History[]

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies was inaugurated in the year 1988 and the central administration office was established at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Nagatsuda Campus). The university officially started admitting students in April 1989 and Dr. Saburo Nagakura was appointed as the first President of the University. In 1995, the University relocated to its present location at Hayama campus.[2]

Schools[]

The university has these six schools:[3]

  1. Cultural and Social Studies
  2. Physical Sciences
  3. High-Energy Accelerator Science
  4. Multidisciplinary Sciences
  5. Life Science
  6. Advanced Sciences

Rankings[]

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI has been ranked highly amongst Japanese research universities by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), coming 31st in Japan and 598th in the world (top 2.2%) in 2017.[4][5]

Location[]

Sokendai main campus is located at Shonankokusaimura, Hayama, Miura District, Kanagawa Prefecture, 240-0193 Japan. Each of its distributed schools is located at the host institutes throughout Japan. For example, the School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Informatics is located at National Institute of Informatics (NII).

References[]

  1. ^ Admissions, Sokendai official website
  2. ^ History, Sokendai official website
  3. ^ Academics, Sokendai official website
  4. ^ "Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI - CWUR ranking, 2017". Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Japan universities - CWUR ranking, 2017". Retrieved 26 April 2021.

Coordinates: 35°15′40″N 139°36′30″E / 35.2611°N 139.6084°E / 35.2611; 139.6084

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