Three projects submitted by the University were selected for the FY2007 Global COE Program.
The Global COE Program is being implemented to expand and further strengthen Japan’s graduate school education functions. This program prioritizes supporting the establishment of world-class educational programs and superior research centers in Japanese universities, and in doing so, to build a foundation for the highest-level research and to train the highest-quality creative personnel . These research centers will be developed with the aim of increasing the international competitiveness of the country’s universities.
Biosciences
Leader: Takao Kondo
Affiliation/Title: Professor, Graduate School of Science
Name of Program: System Biosciences: Biofunctional Design
Chemistry, Materials Science
Leader: Yoshihito Watanabe
Affiliation/Title: Professor, Research Center for Materials Science
Name of Program: Organizing an International Center for Molecular Functional Materials Science
Humanities
Leader: Shoichi Sato
Affiliation/Title: Professor, Literature Department, Graduate School of Letters
Name of Program: Research and Education in Text Grouping and Interpretation Studies
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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology decision on selections for the 2007 Global COE Program
