Department of International Collaborative Programme in Science

Department of International Collaborative Programme in Science

Nagoya University's Graduate School of Science and the University of Edinburgh have continued to conduct joint research at the laboratory level and exchange students and researchers in the fields of physics, chemistry, and life sciences. The collaboration between the two universities has expanded to include educational activities through the Leading Program in Doctoral Education and other initiatives. As the two universities share common educational assets, they established this International Joint Program in October 2016 to further develop research and educational collaboration between the two universities and to implement mutually complementary education and research that makes use of each university's unique characteristics, with the aim of cultivating doctoral candidates who will become international leaders in the field of natural sciences in the future.
Successful students will receive financial support to cover their travel costs to and from Edinburgh and their accommodation costs in Edinburgh.
Furthermore, after enrolling in the doctoral program, students may transfer to the Department of International Collaborative Programme in Science as a result of the development of collaborative research.

Joint Degree Program

Voice

I graduated from the joint degree programme between Nagoya University and the University of Edinburgh in March 2020. Prof. Sugiyama (now the President) firstly introduced to me this programme. I switched my major and studied abroad for 10 months, starting in D2 2018. I received support from Prof. John Peacock and Prof. Andy Taylor at Edinburgh. Historic and cosmopolitan city centre attracted me every weekends, enjoying with friends film screenings and concerts that were reasonably discounted for students. At present, I’m a cosmologist to purse the origin of the Universe. I have frequently contacted with the researchers at the University of Edinburgh. This February I submitted a paper that developed what I studied during the programme. I am very happy to see young students who aspire to undertake joint degree programmes.

I completed the JDP in 2023. My research interest lies in acentrosomal cell division. With the support of the JDP, I had the chance to study this crucial process using two approaches: in induced acentrosomal human cells in Goshima laboratory at Nagoya University and in the natively acentrosomal system of Drosophila oocytes, which the Ohkura laboratory at the University of Edinburgh is one of the very few laboratories in the world equipped to study. I spent a year in Edinburgh, during which I gained many new skills and connections. At the end of this rare experience of true international collaborative research, I received a doctorate in Biological Sciences, jointly awarded by Nagoya University and the University of Edinburgh.

Admission Guideline

To be announced.