International Cooperative Graduate Program (ICGP)

NIMS researchers supervise postgraduate students at leading graduate schools around the world.

International Cooperative Graduate Program (ICGP) arranges partnership agreements with leading institutes/universities worldwide to accept doctoral students. NIMS researchers guide these students in their research. Research conducted at NIMS is recognized as part of their coursework and the results are included in their doctoral dissertations. The agreement is signed by the NIMS president.

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How to Apply

To apply for International Cooperative Graduate Program (ICGP), please refer to the link below.
International Cooperative Graduate Program (ICGP) | NIMS

ICGP Partner Universities

NIMS has International Cooperative Graduate Program (ICGP) agreements with the following universities.

World map of universities signed the ICGP. See the list below for more details.

List of institutions with ICGP agreement

Institution Name Location Inaugural Year
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur India: Kanpur 2025.03.22
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taiwan: Taipei 2025.02.13
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
 		India:Delhi 2024.10.19
National Sun Yat-sen University

 		Taiwan:Kaohsiung 2024.10.09
The University of Newcastle Australia:Callaghan 2024.09.03
Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay India: Mumbai 2024.04.24
Indian Institute of Technology–Mandi (IIT-Mandi) India: Himachal Pradesh 2024.01.30
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) India: Bangalore 2024.01.23
Czech Technical University Czech Republic: Prague 2023.11.02
Monash University Australia: Melbourne 2023.10.04
Korea University Korea: Seoul 2023.05.11
Université Grenoble Alpes France: Grenoble 2023.03.17
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) India: Chennai 2022.12.22
University of the Philippines The Philippines: Quezon 2022.07.29
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi (IIT-BHU) India: Varanasi 2021.10.25
University of Caen Normandy France: Caen 2021.05.31
Seoul National University Korea: Seoul 2020.09.11
Indian Instuitute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) India: Assam 2020.07.24
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Taiwan: Hsinchu 2020.07.15
National Cheng Kung University Taiwan: Tainan 2020.07.08
Northwestern University USA: Illinois 2020.03.12
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) India: Telangana 2020.01.22
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Malaysia: Selangor 2019.12.01
The University of Tennessee USA: Tennessee 2019.06.14
Technische Universität Darmstadt Germany: Darmstadt 2019.06.05
University of Twente The Netherlands: Enschede 2019.01.29
University of Waterloo Canada: Ontario 2018.10.12
Chulalongkorn University Thailand: Bangkok 2018.04.24
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway: Trondheim 2016.05.03
Institut Teknologi Bandung Indonesia: Bandung 2014.12.09
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Malaysia: Johor Bahru 2014.05.28
National Tsing Hua University Taiwan: Hsinchu 2013.12.03
University of Rennes France: Rennes 2013.10.29
Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (IMS- VAST) Vietnam: Hanoi 2013.09.09
National Taiwan University Taiwan: Taipei 2013.01.10
Flinders University Australia: Adelaide 2011.07.19
University of Pardubice Czech Republic: Pardubice 2009.04.20
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) Hungary: Budapest 2008.12.01
Anna University India: Chennai 2007.03.08
Warsaw University of Technology Poland: Warsaw 2005.03.29
Charles University Czech Republic: Prague 2002.02.07

Contact Information

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Division of International Collaborations and Public Relations
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