Globalisation of research and Education is a major concern for Japanese Universities and requires a full strategy implementation. Promoting the participation of research teams into large scale international consortiums is a promising perspective as it demonstrates the international capability of the University. As research teams quality is high, if a proper promotion organisation is settled, then Japanese research teams can be enrolled in large scale … Continue reading “Training to International research proposals and consortiums”: a first edition of a training school was held at Okayama University on August 5th and 6th.

Under an exchange agreement connecting Okayama University and UNISTRA, professor Akiyama from the Graduate School of Medecine…. stayed for nearly 3 weeks at Professor MULLER’s lab. He gave several talks and in particular one at USIAS, the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study created in 2012 to fund excellent, original research in any scientific domain. And to serve as a place of intellectual innovation … Continue reading Professor Akiyama at UNISTRA (Strasbourg) April 2019 –

(Slide show of the visit is in the end of the text). Okayama University is now firmly anchored in a strong process to reach an internationally recognised global profile, a main thrust in the field of Excellence. Putting Research at the core of the development strategy is a major effort expected to significantly increase visibility and prestige of the University in all fields of activities. … Continue reading Okayama University is significantly up-grading its international profile: International Visit of a Top Delegation from University of TURIN, Italy

A Seminar focused on Innovative Materials for Energy will be held on next June 4th (Tuesday). A provisional program is available here. Okayama University members (Professors and students) are all invited to attend. Continue reading Advanced Materials for next generation Batteries

On March 20th, a large BE-ARCHAEO post appeared on the web-site of the EU Delegation to Japan. It reported the kick-off of RISE (H2020) BE-ARCHAEO project, a major research and education outcome in Japan. The events were hosted on February 21st at Okayama University. BE-ARCHAEO is a large scale project combining Archaeology and Archaeometry and focused on the Kofun period in Japan. Continue reading March-20th-2019 — A large post on the web-site of the EU Delegation to Japan: BE-ARCHAEO kick-off and project introduction.