FRONTIERLAB＠OSAKAU SCIENTIFIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

“FrontierLab@OsakaU” is a program designed to nurture creative competency in students by offering a wide range of potential research directions and emphasizing hands-on laboratory experience. It is specifically created for international students seeking a challenging, short-term upgrading of vital research and analytical skills. Applications from both undergraduate and graduate science and engineering majors/minors are welcome. Each participant in the Frontier Lab Program will be assigned to a particular research group in one of University’s internationally A Blend of Tradition and Innovation renowned science and technology fields. Thematic studies will be conducted under the The Frontier Lab Program reflects the tradition of close supervision of the faculty, through , which has long been recognized for its experiments, peer consultation, group work and world-class research output and quality training for up- interactive discussions. and-coming researchers. This is achieved in myriad ways but most recognizably in a sustained commitment SCHOOL OF SCIENCE to the integration of basic science with applied fields of study and the early introduction of laboratory experience SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE so as to nurture the spirit of invention and breakthrough. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING The Japanese tradition of ‘mono zukuri’ or the ‘spirit of creation’ is still very much alive in the frontier research OSAKA UNIVERSITY laboratories. TOYONAKA/ OSAKA Feel and Touch the Frontier

Program outline Langauges of instruction Osaka University is at the forefront of English or Japanese technological innovation in Japan and is recognized as one of the leading science universities in the world. Eligibility FrontierLab@OsakaU offers students an opportunity to study with scientists who are Both undergraduate and graduate students in top in their field and with them push the science, engineering or relevant fields registered frontier of scientific advancement in the at universities that share a student exchange following research areas within the Schools agreement with Osaka University. of Science, Engineering Science and Undergraduate students are required to have Engineering: completed at least two years of study before Learning in The Communities Nanotechnology & Molecular Science participating in the Frontierlab@OsakaU of Research Practice program. Life Science & Biotechnology Up to one-year research experience For application, please consult academic advisors Systems & Robotics and student exchange officers at the international Offered by three schools on the office of your university. frontiers of science & technology at Computing & Information Science Osaka University Advanced Materials Science Participants select a topic from basic to applied to the most FrontierLab@OsakaU Website challenging and cutting edge Photon Science http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/jp/international/iab/e/ Emphasizes proficiency in Other Emerging Fields FrontierLab.html laboratory skills

Combining individual and group OSAKA UNIVERSITY work approaches to problem- solving and analyses Scholarship http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/eng/index.html SCHOOL OF SCIENCE Students may be eligible to apply for a Interactive, experiential learning, http://www.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp/index.html not rote learning even at the basic JASSO scholarship, which provides a levels SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE monthly stipend of 80,000 yen in addition http://www.es.osaka-u.ac.jp/eng/index.html Opportunities to interact with local to 150,000 yen for travel expenses. students SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING http://www.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/index.html