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The Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology or JAIST (北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, hokuriku sentan kagaku gijutsu daigakuin daigaku^?) is a postgraduate university in Japan, established in 1990.

The university was established in the centre of Ishikawa Science Park (ISP) with a view of Hokuzan to the south. It has programs of governmental cooperation and several advanced research and development departments in science and technology. There are also two satellite campuses: the Tamachi Campus in Minato-ku, Tokyo, dedicated to Information Technology; and the Yaesu Campus in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, which has courses in Management of Technology (MOT). There are also satellite lectures in Kanazawa and Toyama, and JAIST aims to be the premier university in the entire area of West Japan (北陸, hokuriku^?).

In the 21st Century Excellence Program, the "The Development and Practice of Technology based on Knowledge Science" (知識科学に基づく科学技術の創造と実践, chishiki kagaku ni motozuku kagaku-gijutsu no sōzō to jissen^?) (2003), and the "Feasibility Evaluation of an Electronic Society" (検証進化可能電子社会, kenshō shinka kanō denshi shakai^?) (2004) central program that was adopted by the Information Technology Department are expected to bear fruit.

The university was originally planned to be a daughter institute of Keiōdai in the Kantō area, but it was later opened in Ishikawa Prefecture to curry favour with the minister of education at that time, Yoshiro Mori, who was born in Ishikawa. While in Japanese the institute's name only mentions West Japan (北陸, hokuriku^?), the institute's English name contains "Japan" to indicate the international scope of its research interests.

1 History
2 Research departments and areas
3 Location
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

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1989 A committee is established in Tokyo Institute of Technology to set up an advanced technology institute in Ishikawa.
1990 The JAIST opens. The Information Science department and an associated library is established.
1991 The Material Science research department and the Information Sciences Center are established
1992 The New Raw Materials Center is established
1993 The Advanced Technology Study Center is established
1994 The Insurance Management Center is established
1996 The Knowledge Science Research Center is establihed
1998 The Knowledge Science Education Center is established
2001 The Remote Training Research Center and the Internet Research Center are established
2002 The Nanomaterial Technology Center and the Bencher Business Laboratory are established
2003 The IP Operation Center and the Technology Development Strategy Center are established
2004 Inauguration as a new National University.
2006 The Peaceful Electronic Society Research Center is established.

[edit] Research departments and areas

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Information Science Research Department
- Data Processing Area
- Information System Area
Material Science Research Department
- Physical Scienced Area
- ?? (機能科学, kinōkagaku^?) Area
Knowledge Science Research Department
- Public Information Systems Area
- Foundations of Information Systems Area

The Management of Technology Department has a lecture program. In this course there are several lecture units that can only be completed in the Yaesu Campus.

The Ph.D. program in every department has a 2 year introductory program and a following 2 year second phase, and at the end of the program every department confers a degree with the department's name stamped on it.