Recruitment
For international students
Okada laboratory has accepted a lot of international students from China, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, Jordan, India, Cuba, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Bangladesh, Kenia, Laos, Swiss, Egypt, Italy, etc, and is always willing to widely accept new students from any countries.
- Tsinghua University, Peking University, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Dalian University of Technology, SUSTech, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xidian University, UESTC, USTC, Southeast University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and many
- Bandung Institute of Technology
- Chulalongkorn University, Thammasat University
and many universities
I can support your living cost depending on your ability and contribution on research projects. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Why Science Tokyo?
Tokyo Institute of Technology has been renewed as Science Tokyo (Institute of Science Tokyo) as of October 2024, following its merger with Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Tokyo Institute of Technology has a higher-education history of more than 140 years, and has been Japan’s top engineering school.
Institute of Science Tokyo (as Tokyo Institute of Technology) has been ranked 2nd among the Japanese universities and ranked in the top 100 worldwide. Particularly, Electrical and Electronic Engineering field has numerous research achievement and has been ranked in the top 30 worldwide.
Careers of graduated international students
Graduated students from Okada laboratory joined high-tech companies, and especially the doctor students joined top leading companies in Japan and USA with very high salary :astonished_face:.
- Sony, Panasonic, Apple, NTT, NEC, Fujitsu, Renesas, Socionext, Kioxia, Advantest, Micron, Western Digital, SanDisk, etc in Japan
- Apple, Qualcomm, Analog Devices, Broadcom, Nvidia, Samsung, MediaTek, etc in USA
- imec, Ericsson, etc in Europe
In addition, many of the doctor students have been promoted as a professor at prestigeous universities.
- Tsinghua University, University College Dublin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sabanci University, University of Tokyo, Beijing Institute of Technology, Southeast University, Fudan University, etc.
International Graduate Programs
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International Graduate Program (A)
The International Graduate Program (A) offers an Integrated Doctoral Education Program, designed to combine the Master’s Program and the Doctoral Program so that graduate students can obtain both degrees.
There is no Japanese language requirement for this program as lectures and seminars are held in English. However, students are given opportunities to attend Japanese language classes on a regular basis in order to better adapt to daily life in Japan.
A limited number of students with outstanding academic records are eligible to apply for a scholarship from Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT scholarship) with a recommendation from Institute of Science Tokyo.
Okada laboratory joins Interdisciplinary Program for Super-Smart Society (IPSSS) program. Firstly, you have to pass preliminary application in case of IGP(A). Please see IPSSS web site for studying about how to apply.
Note: When you send the preliminary application documents to ipsss@e.titech.ac.jp, please Cc me and my secretary.
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ext link: Interdisciplinary Program for Super-Smart Society (IPSSS)
International Graduate Program (C)
The International Graduate Program (C) offers the Master’s and Doctoral Programs. After the Master’s program, you can continuously join the Doctral program if you can be approved.
There are two chances of the enrollment in a year (Spring, April; Fall, September) *.
There is no Japanese language requirement for this program as lectures and seminars are held in English. However, students are given opportunities to attend Japanese language classes on a regular basis in order to better adapt to daily life in Japan.
In general, no Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship is expected, but you can apply scholarships after coming to Japan.
Note: Institute of Science Tokyo provides domestic application (not International Graduate Program) on Augest, but please do not choose this. If you fail this application, you will lose your chance for applying to IGP programs ever. I’d strongly recommend you to directly apply to IGP(A) or IGP(C).
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Exemption from English proficiency test score submission
Please carefully read Application Guide for IGP(C), and send me the required documents.
- Native English speakers
- Individuals who have been awarded an undergraduate and/or graduate degree from an institution where all instruction was in English
MEXT Scholarship
Okada laboratory widely accepts application for MEXT Schorlarship through Embassy recommendation. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
MEXT scholarship through University recommendation, except for IGP(A), is not accepted presently.
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Other Scholarship Programs
Useful Links
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Lab alumni: Dr. Yu HOU, Dr. Teerachot SIRIBURANON
For post-doctoral researchers
It is very limited but Okada laboratory accepts new post-doctoral researchers. If you have a strong research background that matches Okada laboratory’s research projects, please contact me.
JSPS also offers Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan.
For visiting students/researchers
Presently, Okada laboratory does not actively accept short-term visiting students and researchers. Only programs funded by the Japanese government such as AOTULE, YSEP, ACAP, etc, are considered.