The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
Sokendai is the first national university in Japan that started offering exclusively graduate programs. It accepts both bachelor's and master's students. Students with bachelor's degrees enter a five-year integrated graduate program, while master's students enter its three-year graduate program. Sokendai operates as a distributed research university that cooperates with research institutes throughout Japan. There are six schools, each offering specialization programs. 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 Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. Objective. Sokendai is a National Graduate University of Japan, conforming to the guidelines stipulated under the provisions of Japan's National University Corporation Act. TheNational Graduate Universities' objective is to anticipate the future, nurture specialized researchers with broader visions, and contribute to the public benefit. Schools. The university has these six schools: Rankings. The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI has been ranked highly amongst Japanese research universities by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR ), coming 31st in Japan and 598th in the world (top 2.2%) in 2017. Location. Sokendai main campus is located at Shonankokusaimura, Hayama, Miura District, Kanagawa Prefecture, 240-0193 Japan. Each of its distributed schools is located at the host institutes throughout Japan. For example, the School of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Department of Informatics is located at National Institute of Informatics (NII).