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Institute of Integrated Research
The Institute of Integrated Research (IIR) is dedicated to advancing innovative science and technology by fostering research driven by the interests of individual researchers and integrating insights from diverse disciplines. Our mission is to create new research fields and produce outcomes that support the development of future industrial and medical foundations.
At a Glance
Laboratories
Research Centers
Supercomputing Research Center
Research Units
Other
Featured Education and Research Activities
The Collaborative Research Project (CRP)
In Japan, the system of “Joint Usage and Research Centers” has played a crucial role in advancing academic research by enabling nationwide collaboration and shared facilities. Each facet of IIR engages in this system, capitalizing on its unique strengths.
Young Researcher Support
The Center for Fundamental Research provides young researchers with opportunities to explore innovative and emerging research topics based on their academic interests while emphasizing the importance of promoting research with a sense of social responsibility and expectation.
Industry-academic collaboration
At IIR, we aim to create new industrial technologies to meet contemporary needs and contribute to the realization of a prosperous future society through cooperative research with industry. Various frameworks for collaborative research projects are available to support these efforts.
Research Center / Research Unit
IIR consists of several research laboratories, centers, and units located across the Yushima, Surugadai, Suzukakedai, and Ookayama campuses. Our advanced research spans a wide variety of fields such as life science, materials, energy, electronics and information, mechanical engineering, and disaster prevention. Respecting researchers’ freedom of thought, we foster collaboration across all groups to create new knowledge and contribute to society.
Number of Faculty Members
497 Members
- Number of faculty members are as of Oct 1, 2024.
Message from Director
-Science is the future.
The world is facing threats from energy issues, climate change, falling birthrates combined with aging populations, and infectious diseases. These challenges demand technological solutions developed based on science and in consideration of diverse values.
With 13 research centers as well as 14 research units, the Advanced Research Initiative, the Young Researcher Support Center, and the Center for Fundamental Research, the Institute of Integrated Research comprises the largest department within Science Tokyo. Our goal: to explore science that tackles fundamental questions, develop innovative new technologies, and lead the development of industry and healthcare to help achieve a sustainable society.
Our academic environment promotes a bottom-up approach, where self-driven researchers can pursue their interests, freely cultivate priority fields of study and strategic research areas, and take research from the planning stages to implementation, via flat and open collaboration, to drive innovation at the nexus of science, technology, and medicine.
Join us in pioneering the future!
Hiroshi Nishina, Director-General, Integrated Research
Associate Directors-General
- Hideki Hosoda (Research Affairs)
- Takeo Yamaguchi (Finance and Information Network Management)
- Yutaka Majima (Environmental Health, Safety, and Compliance)
- Hiroyuki Kagechika (Public Relations)
- Yukitaka Kato (International Affairs and Future Initiatives)
- Yasuko Yanagida (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
- Takehiko Sasaki (Management and Administration)
Donations
Request for Support
IIR is committed to leading innovation in the science and medical technologies targeted by Science Tokyo’s research reform and contributing to the resolution of societal issues and the development of future industries amidst global change.
We aim to create new value by dynamically integrating value chains across resources, chemicals, energy, machinery, and medical technologies, which form the foundation of society, as well as life science and information science, which provide immense value to people's lives and economic activities for wellbeing. We look forward to your continued support.