is one of the national universities of Japan, headquartered in Shonan Village (湘南国際村) in the town of Hayama in

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. , as it is generally called in its abbreviated form, was established in 1988, with Dr. Saburo Nagakura as its president. SOKENDAI is the first national university in Japan having offered exclusively

graduate programs Postgraduate or graduate education refers to academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree. The organization and s ...

. Graduate students are trained at affiliated research institutes distributed around Japan and the world. It has both five-year doctoral programs for students with a

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and three-year programs for those with a

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Objective

SOKENDAI is a National Graduate University of Japan, conforming to the guidelines stipulated under the provisions of Japan's National University Corporation Act. The National Graduate Universities' objective is to anticipate the future, nurture specialized researchers with broader visions, and contribute to the public benefit.

Schools

SOKENDAI operates as a distributed research university that cooperates with research institutes throughout Japan. Administration and general courses are provided by SOKENDAI headquarters at the Hayama campus. Specialized courses and research activities are conducted at the host research institutes, including 16 research institutes working under four inter-university research institute corporations, the National Institute of Multimedia Education, and the

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. There are six schools, each offering specialization research programs in collaboration with the research institutes. The six schools include:
Cultural and Social StudiesPhysical SciencesHigh-Energy Accelerator ScienceMultidisciplinary SciencesLife ScienceAdvanced Sciences

Rankings

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI has been ranked highly amongst global universities by th
Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)
placed 598th in the world (top 2.2%) in 2017. It has also been ranked highly amongst Japanese research universities b
U.S. News & World Report
placed 16th in Japan in 2022 based on research strength indicators.

Location

SOKENDAI main campus is located at Shonan-Kokusai-Mura(Shonan Village), Hayama Town, Miura District,

, 240-0193 Japan. Each of its distributed schools campus is located at the host institutes. * Hayama, (

) - Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies head office * Suita, ( Osaka Prefecture) - National Museum of Ethnology * Katsurazaka( Kyoto City), ( Kyoto Prefecture) - International Research Center for Japanese Studies * Kamigamo(Kyoto City), (Kyoto Prefecture) -

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* Toki, (

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) -

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* Okazaki, ( Aichi Prefecture) - Institute for Molecular Science, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences * Mishima, (

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) - National Institute of Genetics * Sagamihara, (Kanagawa Prefecture) -

* Tachikawa, (

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, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics,

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* Mitaka, (Tokyo Metropolis) - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan * Chiyoda, (Tokyo Metropolis) - National Institute of Informatics * Sakura, (

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) - National Museum of Japanese History * Tsukuba, (

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) - High Energy Accelerator Research Organization * Tokai, (Ibaraki Prefecture) - High Energy Accelerator Research Organization * Mizusawa( Ōshū City), (

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) - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan * Nobeyama( Minamimaki Village), (

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) - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan * Hawaii, (

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) - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan * Atacama Desert, (

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) - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan * Showa Station, (

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References

Japanese national universities Universities and colleges in Kanagawa Prefecture Educational institutions established in 1988 Engineering universities and colleges in Japan 1988 establishments in Japan {{DEFAULTSORT:Graduate University for Advanced Studies