Research Internship Program

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) offers talented students opportunities to gain experience in our cutting-edge laboratories as Research Interns. These short-term placements, usually from 2 to 6 months, give students the opportunity to gain experience in a particular  laboratory or to learn a specific technique. They work under the direction of a professor at OIST and contribute to the research activities of OIST.

Those eligible to apply include students enrolled at graduate or undergraduate programs in universities, colleges, junior colleges, and vocational schools in Japan or overseas, or recent graduates of such institutions.

General Fields of Research

  • Chemistry
  • Environmental and Ecological Sciences
  • Marine Sciences
  • Mathematical and Computational Sciences
  • Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Physics

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