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Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, TEL: +81-22-215-2181／ FAX: +81-22-215-2184｜E-mail: [email protected] (General Affairs Section)｜http://www.imr.tohoku.ac.jp/ EXPLORE The future Exploring the origins of unknown physical phenomena after 100 years and materials’ functions and beyond–

The essential research methods– exploration, creation, CREATE and measurement: Creating new materials by closely connecting these with unprecedented and revolutionary functions by understanding the essence of substances methods, IMR has been leading the world’s materials research for more than 100 years.

“ Contributing to the well-being of humankind through creating truly useful materials.”

Under this founding philosophy, we keep moving forward MEASURE in the next 100 years. Measuring the various behaviors of materials with ultimate technologies

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Materials for the Future, Contact Materials for Dreams

The Institute for Materials Research (IMR or “KINKEN”) celebrated its Collaborating with IMR Studying at IMR 100 -year anniversary in 2016. In 1916, it was the first Tohoku University research institute, of which there are currently six, to be established. Aiming to contribute to the well-being of the human race and the development of civilization through the creation of new materials that For Researchers As Graduate Students or Special Research Students are useful to society, it carries out research on both the fundamentals and applications of a wide range of substances and materials. ■ GIMRT accepts your proposal submissions To study at IMR as “Graduate Students,” you must pass an entrance After its founding, IMR first focused on steel but quickly expanded exam of an appropriate graduate school that the laboratory you wish its research field to the other metals and alloys. Then, in response to to be affiliated with offers collaborative courses at. As “Special changing times and economic growth, it came to cover semiconductors, A_ If you already have GIMRT login ID, Research Students,” you are allowed to receive research guidance ceramics, and a wide range of other materials. Ever since our first director, go to GIMRT’s login page from IMR professors while being enrolled at a different domestic or Professor Kotaro Honda, invented the first artificial permanent magnet https://imr-kyodo.imr.tohoku.ac.jp/?lang=en foreign graduate school. For either student status, please contact called “KS steel,” we have developed many new materials for practical use, the admissions office of the appropriate graduate school for more including Sendust alloy, SiC fibers, and soft magnetic amorphous alloys. information. We have also focused on fundamental research, which is important for the B_ To explore GIMRT’s programs development of new materials, as well as carried out cutting-edge research and their corresponding laboratories/centers, List of List of on magnetism, optical properties, superconductivity, and materials go to GIMRT’s website Collaborative Graduate School’s microstructure. While doing so, IMR has become a leading research http://gimrt.www.imr.tohoku.ac.jp/english/ Courses Admissions Office institute in the field of materials science in the world. index.html

IMR is notable for its fusion of fundamental and applied research, as well * GIMRT is a program in which researchers from inside and outside the institute As Research Students as of science and engineering. We offer some of the best large research conduct joint research based on a common research theme. As a hub that connects facilities in the world—covering high-energy irradiation, strong magnetic domestic and foreign researchers in the field of materials science, IMR supports the As “Research Students,” with the approval of your supervising fields, and supercomputing—enabling researchers from Japan and abroad development of international collaborative research activities. professor, you have some flexibility in planning your study – such as to engage in a variety of collaborative projects. To develop superior or in setting the start and finish dates of the research guidance period. new materials that are useful, we believe it is necessary to organically This is a non-degree program, and therefore, you will not receive connect three “pillars”: (1) the “exploration” of physical phenomena that any degree. Working professionals and foreigners can also apply. The govern materials’ functions, (2) the “creation” of materials via various international students who are from the educational institutions that methods, and (3) the “measurement” of materials’ properties from various have Academic Exchange Agreements with Tohoku University or IMR perspectives. IMR has for many years been contributing to the materials may be exempt from paying certain fees. research community via our joint usage/research programs. Having been designated in 2018 as an International Joint Usage/Research Center in Contact Materials Science, known as Global Institute for Materials Research Tohoku (GIMRT), we have now further heightened our efforts to enhance such General Affairs Section of Institute for Materials Research: collaborations and cultivate new talent in materials research. [email protected] In the 21st century, our society faces global-scale environmental issues, such as global warming, resource depletion, acquiring a stable energy supply, and new kinds of environmental pollution. IMR will continue to work towards a sustainable society both by engaging in important research to solve various problems in the near future, as well as by creating new areas of research that can bring about paradigm shifts in the next hundred years. Supporting IMR Researchers

We ask for everyone’s support in the years to come. IMR gratefully accepts donations to further promote research and education of IMR students and young researchers. Please visit the website to find out more about the ways to donate, purposes of donations, and the donor recognitions and benefits. The 22nd Director of Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University Website (in Japanese only): http://www.imr.tohoku.ac.jp/ja/about/donation/ in Japanese only Tadashi FURUHARA