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INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIA NEWS DEPARTMENT — Week of March 08, 2010
Japan Institutions in Educational Partnership
for Marine Science and Technology
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yasuhiro Kato, President, and Yokohama National University, Kunio Suzuki, President, concluded an agreement on a comprehensive research and educational partnership for marine science and technology.
The agreement will utilize the geographical proximity of the two institutions. It provides a framework for mutual cooperation to promote joint study, educational program development, as well as the exchange and fostering of researchers, through leveraging research infrastructures and human resources which are unique to each institution. The partnership is expected to enhance scientific and educational initiatives, and contribute to the research and development of marine science and technology in Japan.
Scope of cooperation:
Expected effects
JAMSTEC has been engaged in integrated and fundamental ocean research and development. It also extends research cooperation to academic institutions in various fields of science. Yokohama National University has been providing comprehensive and interdisciplinary ocean studies since the establishment of the Center for Oceanic Studies and Integrated Education (COSIE) in June 2007.
COSIE offers a broad spectrum of academic programs in the liberal arts and science disciplines, including the natural sciences, engineering, environmental studies, policies and law.
The two institutions have already worked together in research cruises and special projects. With the comprehensive partnership in place, the cooperation will further be enhanced in a wider spectrum of research fields, including, the Earth’s evolution, global environmental change, marine biosphere, marine technology, as well as ocean policies.
The geographical closeness will also benefit in the dispatch of tutors, the acceptance of students and the instruction of research techniques. This will help expand educational and research opportunities, and foster young scientists, thereby contributing to advancing the nation’s marine science and technology. As a kick-off, the two parties will work together in academic programs at the university’s graduate school.
About the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) was inaugurated in 2004 as one of the independent administrative institutions upon re-organized from its former organization, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center. JAMSTEC has the main objective to contribute to the advancement of academic research in addition to the improvement of marine science and technology by proceeding the fundamental research and development on marine, and the cooperative activities on the academic research related to the Ocean for the benefit of the peace and human welfare.
About Yokohama National University
Yokohama National University, located in Yokohama, Japan, a cosmopolitan city in the Tokyo metropolitan area, celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2009. Incorporated in 2004, Japan’s national universities are tasked to be the institutes of higher education to train leaders for the future, to contribute to the development of humankind through science and research, and to respond to the challenges of global environmental issues and the aging society. Moreover, education and research are required to become more global and efficient amid this competitive environment. A key strength of Yokohama National University is its leading-edge education and research. Several programs have been designated Global Centers of Excellence (COEs) by the Japanese government. Important to its success is the University’s partnerships with industry and government through the education and research activities of teaching staff and its network of talented graduates.
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