NAIST's international network is based upon our international partner institutions and the faculty and staff there that continue to strengthen ties in both research and education. The academic agreements below are achieved through extensive collaboration and their contents cover areas including research collaboration, symposia, guest lectures, faculty and student exchange, and the sharing of scientific information and materials. We have also established a MIT-Japan Program agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
104 institutions from 27 countries/regions (As of October 2, 2023)
- Agreement types
- I: Institute-wide level,
IS: Information Science (Graduate school-level),
BS: Biological Science (Graduate school-level),
MS: Materials science (Graduate school-level)
Asia（50）
Europe（38）
North America（8）
| Country / region |
Agreement type |
Institution (MOU PDF) |
Initial agreement date |
Current agreement expiration date |
Website |
| Canada | BS | Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia | 2012.05.02 | 2027.05.02 | |
| I | Queen's University at Kingston | 2013.06.27 | 2023.06.25 (under renewal) |
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| U.S.A. | BS | Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota | 1997.02.19 | 2027.04.01 | |
| I | University of California Davis | 2003.04.15 |  [MOU] 2027.09.26 |
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| MS | Macromolecular Science & Engineering program, University of Michigan | 2011.11.04 | 2021.10.07 (under renewal) |
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| I | University of California, San Diego | 2013.04.29 | 2023.10.09 | ||
| I | Mississippi State University | 2017.10.19 | 2022.10.18 (under renewal) |
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| I | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Joint Genome Institute（JGI） |
2022.04.25 | 2027.04.24 |
[MOSE*]...Memorandum on Student Exchange
South America（4）
| Country / region |
Agreement type |
Institution (MOU PDF) |
Initial agreement date |
Current agreement expiration date |
Website |
| Brasil | I | Universidade Federal de São Paulo | 2019.07.31 | 2024.07.30 | |
| IS | The University of San Paulo Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture | 2019.10.22 | 2024.10.21 | ||
| The University of San Paulo Higher School of Agriculture "Luiz de Queiroz" | |||||
| The University of San Paulo Institute of Mathematics and Statistics |
Africa（1）
| Country / region |
Agreement type |
Institution (MOU PDF) |
Initial agreement date |
Current agreement expiration date |
Website |
| Senegal | I | Cheikh Anta Diop University | 2017.09.22 | 2027.09.21 |
Oceania（3）
| Country / region |
Agreement type |
Institution (MOU PDF) |
Initial agreement date |
Current agreement expiration date |
Website |
| Australia | |||||
| I | The University of Newcastle | 2017.12.20 | 2027.12.19 | ||
| I | University of Adelaide | 2019.04.08 | 2024.04.07 | ||
| New Zealand | I | Unitec Institute of Technology | 2012.03.08 | 2027.03.07 |