Concept of this field | Field of Advanced Functional Chemistry

Overview


	Overview
	The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the Graduate School & Faculty of Science of Hokkaido University established a new doctoral degree in the field of Advanced Functional Chemistry within the Division of Chemistry, Graduate School & Faculty of Science of Hokkaido University (doctoral degree course) with NIMS as the parent organization, in order to jointly promote cutting-edge research in the field of materials science and forester the outstanding young researchers.
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	Difference with graduate school system for old model
	NIMS has in the past supported research and education with prestigious universities both in Japan and overseas to assist the graduate-level education conducted by universities. The current joint field of Advanced Functional Chemistry differs significantly from those past collaborations in the following respects.
	The project will involve establishing, within the joint department, three research laboratories to conduct research and training in the three fields of superconductors, fuel cells, and photocatalysts. These areas of focus for the new project are expected to yield key tools for Japan to solve issues such as global warming and energy shortages. Each of the three research laboratories will conduct the proactive doctoral research activities and education by the adjunct professors and the associate professors who are selected among the NIMS researchers and will manage the review of doctoral dissertations. For the education of doctoral degree students, they can use a top-level domestic research environment provided by the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics at NIMS and the research facilities at Global COE program in Hokkaido University for the aim of forestering the young researchers who will be truly active in international society.
	Through those initiatives, the new joint graduate school program will make possible upper-level education, spanning from fundamental to advanced science, which was not achievable in educational program at one university and previous collaborations, all within an environment where world-class scientists gather. It will also enable doctoral degree students to be trained in an educational and research environment of the highest level in Japan.