Provide undergraduate and graduate students with technical experience of cutting-edge research activities in the field of materials and science

NEW 2024.04.16 Update

This program is designed to provide undergraduate and graduate students from domestic and international universities with practical technical experience in the field of materials science at NIMS. It also aims to increase the visibility of NIMS and its Joint Graduate School Program.

Applications for NIMS Internship Program 2024's second round are now open.
The application deadline is May 10, 2024 (Friday).

Features of NIMS Internship Program

NIMS is the world-top-level research institute in the fields of materials and science and you have an opportunity to experience the cutting-edge research activities. NIMS is widely open to the world with many international researchers and students and provides a great personal network. NIMS accepts about one hundred (100) students from over the world every year. There are financial supports for daily allowance and accommodation fee for the excellent students. The internship period is up to 90 consecutive calendar days.
* This program does not guarantee the acceptance of all applicants’ internship/financial support.
* JSPS researchers,MEXT scholars and JST grants are not eligible to receive the financial support. 　

How to apply

ONLY NIMS RESEARCHER CAN APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM.
Graduate Program Office will not accept the application directly from students.
Please check NIMS Researchers Directory Service “SAMURAI” website below.
And please contact the NIMS researcher DIRECTLY and send the documents listed below to him/her by E-mail. After the NIMS researcher receives your application documents, the researcher will request your supervisor for the reference letter. If the researcher approves the acceptance of the student, the researcher will send application documents to the Graduate Program Office. The screening result will be announced by the researcher.

Necessary documents for application

Students are required to send the following documets to NIMS Researcher by E-mail.
  • Student Application form for NIMS Internship Program (English)
  • CV (English)
  • Student enrollment/registration certificate (English, a scanned copy is acceptable.)* Within the last 3 months
    * A diploma or certificate of Master's degree is not considered as a student enrollment/registration certificate.
  • Official academic transcript (English, a scanned copy is acceptable.)
    * Only an officially issued academic transcript is acceptable.
    * Doctoral and master's students are required to submit both undergraduate and graduate transcripts.

Inquiry about this page

Graduate Program Group, Academic Collaboration Office,
Divisions of International Collaborations and Public Relations
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
1-2-1 Sengen Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050047 JAPAN
FAX. +81-29-859-2799
E-Mail: nims-graduate=nims.go.jp(Please change "=" to "@")