OIST at Tancha is state-of-the art in every way.

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology is the newest high education institution on Okinawa. Its campus id located in Tancha, Onna Village and it’s an interdisciplinary graduate school offering a 5-year PhD program in Science.

Over half of the faculty and students are recruited from outside Japan, and all education and research is conducted entirely in English. OIST researchers are conducting multi-disciplinary research in five major areas: Neuroscience, Molecular Sciences, Environmental and Ecological Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Mathematical Computational Sciences.

In the six years leading up to its graduate school accreditation, OIST received recognition for doing original research and sponsoring innovative international workshops and courses. The graduate school accepts only 20 students per year, creating a very low student to instructor ratio.

Students also receive support for living costs, health care, housing, childcare, and other needs that would otherwise distract them from the science. Balancing lectures and lab work, the doctoral program places students in well-funded labs where they work side-by-side with top researchers on state-of-the-art equipment.

Frequent visits from internationally-known scientists further enrich the program and provide opportunities for collaboration and exchange. By the time they graduate, students have accumulated not only abstract knowledge and practical skills but also the kind of professional connections necessary to launch their careers as world-class researchers. OIST is at http://goo.gl/maps/ZdhnS

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