Program Policy
・To develop a strong research interest
in your own scientific field.
・To develop multi-disciplinary insight.
・To obtain a capacity for leadership infields of academia, industry, andgovernment.

Program Period
4 years (beginning from a master's
course 's 2nd year to the 3rd year of a
doctor's course). The program will
start in April for all students entering
graduate school in April of the current
year or October of the previous year.

Qualifications
Students from the Graduate Schoolsof Science, Engineering, Engineering
Science, or Information Science andTechnology.

・Students are selected before theirdoctor’s course. Document screening
and interviews for acceptance areconducted from February to March.
・ A Qualifying Examination (QE) is
conducted before students proceed
to their doctor's course.
・After passing the PhD defense andthe final examination, a certificate ofcompletion for the Honors Program
will also be awarded.
(All examinations of this program areconducted according to the rules ofeach research unit.)

Since 2020

Honors Program for Graduate Schools inScience, Engineering and Informatics,
Administrative Office
Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, B101, 1-1
Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, JAPANTEL +81 6 6850 5293
Ｅ-Mail honor-jimu@office.osaka-u.ac.jp
httpｓ://www.sth.osaka-u.ac.jp
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All Graduate Schools and ResearchInstitutes and Centers in the science,engineering, and informatics fields at
Osaka University jointly organize research
units that reach beyond the frames of thegraduate schools themselves.
Students choose and belong to one of thefollowing research units:Curriculum■■Life Science Research Unit
■Photonics Research Unit■

■Internship List■

DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd., KANEKA CorporationKawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.,KYOCERA Corporation
MAZDA Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Nitto Denko Corporation,
OMRON Corporation
Panasonic Group,Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Shimazu Corporation
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
TDK Corporation,Toshiba Corporation■Ｓｏｃｉａｌ Ｄｅｓｉｇｎ Research Unit
■Mechanics Research Unit
■Materials Science Research Unit
■Humanware Research Unit■

Students choose another laboratory in theirresearch units and study new researchmethods and themes for 3 to 9 weeks. Thisis designed to foster new skills andabilities.

After conducting a document review, thesescholarships are awarded at 480,000 yen peryear to a student starting from the 2nd yearof a master's course, and 720,000 yen peryear to a student in their doctor's course.
These awarded scholarships do not need tobe repaid.
* The Materials Science Research Unit and Humanware
Research Unit are mainly managed by the Program for
Leading Graduate Schools schemes, and the Pioneering
Quantum Beam Application Research Unit is managed by
the Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative &Smart Education. The content of these programs andapplication guidelines are different. Please contact theadministrative offices of these programs for details.

Internships (domestic or international) arerequired. Credits are applied at 1 credit per
three-week internship stay.
Students are able to decide their destinationand internship duties after discussions with
their supervisors. A program mentor will
provide planning support. This program
strongly encourages students to engage infields and research methods different fromtheir own to broaden their perspective in
multiple fields.

Scholarship Qualifications
In each year, grants are awarded to students inaccordance with the conditions below:
1) Those who are not taking a leave of absence.
2) Those who do not receive any research fellowships
for young scientists from the Japan Society for the Promotion ofScience or the Japanese Government Scholarship.
3) Those who do not receive any grant-type scholarships of morethan 100,000 yen per month from corporations or foundations.

National Institute for Materials Science
Institute for Molecular Science
Institute of Physical and Chemical Research

Thammasat University,
National Taiwan University
Nanjing University,
Dalian University of Technology
Shanghai Normal University,
Lanzhou University
Chongqing University,
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Mahidol University,
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Seoul National University,
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia,
Macquarie University,
Institut Mines-Télécom,Ecole Centrale de Nantes,
RWTH Aachen University,
Technische Universität Dresden,
University of California,Davis,
Indian Institute of Technology,Monash University
University of Genoa
Imperial College London
University of Toronto
Istanbul University

Domestic and international travel expenses for research/training will be supported by this program separate fromany scholarships