NARA INSTITUTE of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY

Faculty Composition

NAIST recruits faculty through open searches and employs researchers who have a wide variety of backgrounds and experience in advanced research. These diverse backgrounds range from national, public, and private universities to companies and research institutions. With their experience, faculty members are able to conduct research and education in a broad range of fundamental and applied areas.
We thus aim to train our faculty in a way that enables flexible and creative research while meeting the needs of society. In fact, our faculty has already produced numerous world-leading research achievements.

Number of Faculty

As of May 1, 2026
Professors Associate Professors Assistant Professors Research Associates Total
Current 59 41 93 1 194
Fixed-term faculty (1) (11) (84) (0) (96)

*Figures in parentheses indicate the number of fixed-term faculty (included in the total number).