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Profile of National Institute for Materials Science

Organization name National Institute for Materials Science - NIMS

See "NIMS Pamphlet"
Established July, 1956:Established the National Research Institute for Metals (NRIM)
April, 1966:Established the National Institute in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM)
April, 2001:Merged to National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)

See details in "History"
Sites [ Tsukuba ]
  • Sengen Site (Head office):
    1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, JAPAN
  • Namiki Site:
    1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, JAPAN
  • Sakura Site:
    3-13 Sakura, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-000., JAPAN
[ Tokyo ]
  • Meguro Site:
    2-2-54 Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0061, JAPAN
  • Tokyo Conference Room:
    2F Toranomon 30 Mori Bldg. 3-2-2 Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo 105-0001, JAPAN
[ Hyogo ]
  • Nishiharima Site:
    1-1 Kouto, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, JAPAN
See details in "Sites"
Executive
President
  • Sukekatsu USHIODA
Vice President:
  • Tetsuji NODA
  • Junichi SONE
  • Eiji MUROMACHI
Auditor:
  • Naoki KISHIMOTO (Full-time)
  • Kenji HAGA (Part-time)
See details in "Executive"
Major operations Fundamental research and generic / infrastructural technology research and development

See details in "Activity"
Annual Budget About 21.3 billion yen (FY2008)

See details in "Settlement & Workforce Report"
Workforce 1,515(As of January, 2010)

See details in "Settlement & Workforce Report"
Joint-reseach center