The Positioning of the Institute of Advanced Sciences (IAS)
The Institute of Advanced Sciences (IAS) was founded in October 2014 to undertake research in the areas of safety engineering and risk (which are both areas where YNU is particularly strong), having been chosen to receive funding support under the Subsidies for Promotion of University Reform and Strengthening program initiated by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Subsequently, during Phase 2, which covered the period from the 2018 academic year to the 2022 academic year, IAS accelerated the pace of cutting-edge research by bringing together YNU researchers in academic disciplines that have a major impact throughout the world, and by providing focused support for their research. Not only has IAS seen innovative developments and advances in these specialist areas, it has also generated new academic fields through cross-disciplinary fusion, and has exploited new ways to innovate and create value. YNU decided that, viewed from this perspective, there was a real need for the university to play a role in generating new categories of academic study and in disseminating information about them to society.
For this reason, in Phase 3, which began in the 2023 academic year, a new Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (IMS) was established in addition to the existing IAS. The IAS is promoting world-class research in cutting-edge fields, while the IMS is fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration between YNU researchers to develop new academic fields, in line with YNU’s vision for the future.
Framework for Collaboration with External Partners
In recent years, the competition in the university sector to secure high-level international research talent has become increasingly intense, and the movement of research talent between countries has accelerated. Faced with this environment, the IAS has made the recruitment and securing of first-rate foreign researchers a priority, and has been proceeding with the putting in place of the necessary systems. It has been forging an international collaboration network with overseas companies, overseas universities, and other international partner organizations, aimed at realizing the YNU’s vision, and has been strengthening measures to build itself into an International Network Hub that will be at the center of innovative, high-level research activities. In addition, by implementing initiatives for ongoing strengthening of collaboration with non-academic bodies, including the local community and industry, the IAS is aiming both to enhance international research capabilities and promote the social implementation of research results.
Faculty Profile
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