Nara Institute of Science and Technology accepts students from in and outside of universities and also from foreign countries, irrespective of the specialties they graduated from. Undergraduate students of distinction who have studied at college for over three years may be admitted to our institute. For students from other fields of science, the institute organizes flexible curriculums with the help of our excellent research and education staff. Furthermore, the institute cooperates with researchers from all over the world to create the new fundamental sciences and technologies in the 21st century. Recently, science and technology have been developing rapidly in some areas such as information science and biological sciences.
Progress occurs constantly in basic research.
Results in basic research transfer rapidly to technology, and the advance in technology in turn causes further progress in basic research. In other words, science and technology are fused in these areas. To cope with this situation, the promotion of interdisciplinary research free from traditional scientific classification is necessary. There is also an urgent need for the systematic education of talented researchers and engineers who can carry out research and development in these high-tech fields. Both the information science and biological sciences areas require talented persons who can follow the progress of science and technology flexibly and continue to work at the frontiers of these fields.