NARA INSTITUTE of SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
Accelerated Graduation Programs
At NAIST, the standard period for completion of a master's program is two years, and that for a doctoral program three years. Students who are in excellent standing, however, may complete their programs in shorter periods of time. The minimum periods required for a master's degree and a doctorate are one and two years, respectively.
Master's Course
| Graduate School of Science and Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total degrees | Accelerated Degrees | Percentage | |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 321 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2020 | 337 | 4 | 1.2% |
| 2021 | 332 | 4 | 1.2% |
| 2022 | 326 | 6 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 395 | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2024 | 365 | 3 | 0.8% |
| 2025 | 368 | 11 | 3.0% |
| Total | 2,444 | 30 | 1.2% |
| Graduate School of Information Science | Graduate School of Biological Sciences | Graduate School of Materials Science | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total degrees | Accelerated Degrees | Percentage | Total degrees | Accelerated Degrees | Percentage | Total degrees | Accelerated Degrees | Percentage | |
| 1993 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | 130 | 17 | 13.1% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1995 | 129 | 11 | 8.5% | 123 | 1 | 0.8% | - | - | - |
| 1996 | 126 | 7 | 5.6% | 112 | 0 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
| 1997 | 134 | 10 | 7.5% | 118 | 0 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
| 1998 | 118 | 7 | 5.9% | 118 | 0 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
| 1999 | 129 | 8 | 6.2% | 117 | 0 | 0.0% | 97 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2000 | 136 | 9 | 6.6% | 120 | 1 | 0.8% | 85 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2001 | 122 | 8 | 6.6% | 109 | 0 | 0.0% | 92 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2002 | 123 | 2 | 1.6% | 111 | 0 | 0.0% | 83 | 1 | 1.2% |
| 2003 | 158 | 8 | 5.1% | 110 | 0 | 0.0% | 88 | 2 | 2.3% |
| 2004 | 160 | 11 | 6.9% | 109 | 0 | 0.0% | 94 | 2 | 2.1% |
| 2005 | 133 | 9 | 6.8% | 114 | 0 | 0.0% | 89 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2006 | 148 | 7 | 4.7% | 97 | 0 | 0.0% | 99 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2007 | 154 | 6 | 3.9% | 108 | 0 | 0.0% | 92 | 2 | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 154 | 7 | 4.5% | 104 | 0 | 0.0% | 95 | 1 | 1.1% |
| 2009 | 148 | 4 | 2.7% | 102 | 0 | 0.0% | 93 | 1 | 1.1% |
| 2010 | 150 | 7 | 4.7% | 99 | 1 | 1.0% | 96 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 139 | 3 | 2.2% | 94 | 0 | 0.0% | 94 | 1 | 1.1% |
| 2012 | 135 | 3 | 2.2% | 114 | 0 | 0.0% | 94 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2013 | 138 | 6 | 4.3% | 115 | 0 | 0.0% | 99 | 1 | 1.0% |
| 2014 | 136 | 4 | 2.9% | 91 | 0 | 0.0% | 97 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 135 | 5 | 3.7% | 105 | 0 | 0.0% | 98 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 132 | 3 | 2.3% | 121 | 1 | 0.8% | 101 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2017 | 141 | 2 | 1.4% | 97 | 0 | 0.0% | 98 | 1 | 1.0% |
| 2018 | 143 | 2 | 1.4% | 136 | 0 | 0.0% | 99 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 3,474 | 167 | 4.8% | 2,651 | 4 | 0.2% | 1,888 | 12 | 0.6% |
* As of March 31, 2025, there are no students remaining in the Graduate School of Information Science, the Graduate School of Biological Sciences, or the Graduate School of Materials Science.
Doctoral Course
| Graduate School of Science and Technology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total degrees | Accelerated Degrees | Percentage | |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 100.0% |
| 2020 | 43 | 11 | 25.6% |
| 2021 | 85 | 16 | 18.8% |
| 2022 | 98 | 6 | 6.1% |
| 2023 | 104 | 14 | 13.5% |
| 2024 | 85 | 18 | 21.2% |
| 2025 | 113 | 10 | 8.8% |
| Total | 533 | 81 | 15.2% |
| Graduate School of Information Science | Graduate School of Biological Sciences | Graduate School of Materials Science | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total degrees | Accelerated Degrees | Percentage | Total degrees | Accelerated Degrees | Percentage | Total degrees | Accelerated Degrees | Percentage | |
| 1995 | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | 4 | 4 | 100.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1997 | 23 | 10 | 43.5% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | - | - | - |
| 1998 | 29 | 11 | 37.9% | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | - | - | - |
| 1999 | 25 | 9 | 36.0% | 27 | 2 | 7.4% | - | - | - |
| 2000 | 27 | 9 | 33.3% | 33 | 1 | 3.0% | - | - | - |
| 2001 | 40 | 15 | 37.5% | 30 | 0 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
| 2002 | 30 | 11 | 36.7% | 32 | 0 | 0.0% | 22 | 8 | 36.4% |
| 2003 | 33 | 6 | 18.2% | 29 | 1 | 3.4% | 18 | 5 | 27.8% |
| 2004 | 35 | 14 | 40.0% | 21 | 1 | 4.8% | 17 | 5 | 29.4% |
| 2005 | 35 | 12 | 34.3% | 20 | 0 | 0.0% | 24 | 2 | 8.3% |
| 2006 | 50 | 11 | 22.0% | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | 17 | 4 | 23.5% |
| 2007 | 35 | 10 | 28.6% | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | 23 | 5 | 21.7% |
| 2008 | 33 | 8 | 24.2% | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 24 | 12 | 50.0% |
| 2009 | 41 | 12 | 29.3% | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 16 | 5 | 31.3% |
| 2010 | 27 | 9 | 33.3% | 18 | 0 | 0.0% | 23 | 7 | 30.4% |
| 2011 | 27 | 3 | 11.1% | 14 | 0 | 0.0% | 18 | 3 | 16.7% |
| 2012 | 28 | 8 | 28.6% | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | 20 | 3 | 15.0% |
| 2013 | 30 | 7 | 23.3% | 25 | 1 | 4.0% | 20 | 4 | 20.0% |
| 2014 | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | 20 | 1 | 5.0% | 21 | 4 | 19.0% |
| 2015 | 28 | 5 | 17.9% | 20 | 0 | 0.0% | 24 | 7 | 29.2% |
| 2016 | 36 | 10 | 27.8% | 28 | 0 | 0.0% | 28 | 5 | 17.9% |
| 2017 | 44 | 9 | 20.5% | 29 | 0 | 0.0% | 30 | 8 | 26.7% |
| 2018 | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | 18 | 0 | 0.0% | 18 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2019 | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | 27 | 0 | 0.0% | 20 | 5 | 25.0% |
| 2020 | 21 | 0 | 0.0% | 9 | 0 | 0.0% | 10 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0 | 0.0% | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 749 | 201 | 26.8% | 536 | 14 | 2.6% | 395 | 92 | 23.3% |
* As of March 31, 2025, there are no students remaining in the Graduate School of Information Science, the Graduate School of Biological Sciences, or the Graduate School of Materials Science.