About NAIST

NAIST Song

The song depicts NAIST as an institution communicating Japan’s great intelligence to the world and sharing its wisdom and advanced scientific information of the new century, with the local characteristics of Nara. By integrating the poems from the Manyo era with the cutting-edge qualities of NAIST, the song achieves a harmony of the past and the present, with a wish that the Institute at the foot of Mt. Ikoma continues to lead the advancement of state-of-the-art science and technologies to the world into the future.

The teachers from the Department of Literature of Nara Women's University greatly contributed to the compilation of the lyrics.
Original writer: Takeki OKABE (Former Planning and PR Office, General Affairs Division)
Editor: Professor Nobuyuki SAKAMOTO and others from Nara Women’s University
Composer: Kiyoshi FURUKAWA (Professor of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)

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NAIST Flag

The three triangles in the center represent the three mountains of Yamato (Kaguyama, Unebiyama and Miminashiyama) which were revered by the classical Manyo poets. They also symbolize NAIST’s three research areas (Information Science, Biological Sciences and Materials Science), the mainstay of today’s advanced science and technology.
The background represents the blue sky.
The design symbolizes NAIST’s mission to deliver information on advanced science and technology from historical Nara to the world, with a hope that the Institution will make a great leap in the international arena.

NAIST Logo Mark

NAIST Logotype

The “NAIST” (pronounced as na-i-su-to) logotype, abbreviation of Nara Institute of Science and Technology, was designed in 1994. The design was created by Osamu Furumura after a survey was conducted within the Institute and symbolizes intelligence, rational thinking and fresh ideas.