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Q1. Does IMSUT have short-term training program for students ?
A1. No. We only accept students as postdoctoral fellows, graduate students of the University of Tokyo (Master / Doctor) or postgraduate research students.--->see "How to enter IMSUT"
Q2. I would like to enter graduate school at IMSUT. How do I go about finding such a position ?
A2. Although IMSUT has many graduate students, we are not in charge of any of the University of Tokyo's graduate schools. Our strongest affiliation is with the Medical Genome Science program of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences. Nevertheless, individual faculty members may be connected with multiple graduate schools. Therefore, if your motivation is to study in the laboratory of a specific professor, the best approach is to contact that professor directly, and ask him or her which graduate school and graduate school program to apply to. If your interest lies more in a field than a specific professor, the better course of action would be to apply to the graduate school directly. A guide to graduate admissions is available here.
Please understand, however, that in comparison to graduate biomedical training programs in the US and Europe, fewer scholarships are available, and graduate students and their families usually bear most of the financial burden for tuition and living expenses.
Q3. How to communicate with laboratories (professors) in IMSUT ?
A3. You can find their contact information in the IMSUT homepage. For other kind of inquiries, please call (+81) 03-3443-8111 or mail to intl-rel@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Q4. Does Japanese proficiency be required for postdoctoral fellows in IMSUT ?
A4. You can find information about the recruitment of postdoctoral fellow in each laboratory's website. (IMSUT homepage--->Laboratories)
Q5. How to get an English version of a document / mail from the University of Tokyo or IMSUT ?
A5. As for the students who belong to IMSUT, please contact the International Relations Office. For other students, please contact the international liaison office of your affiliation.
Q6. Can I visit IMSUT ?
A6. IMSUT (Shirokane Campus)allows free access. You are welcome to walk around the campus (there are benches and tables), use the cafeteria, visit the Medical Science Museum (charge-free)or the research hospital. However, in the following cases which call for some support from IMSUT, please do as follows.
● Personal visit to a specific faculty member or a laboratory
---> refer to the IMSUT homepage and contact the laboratory in advance.
● Personal visit to the Institute of Medical Science
---> basically, we don't accept.
● Group visit to the Institute of Medical Science
Group of Japanese---> please refer to this site
Group of foreigners---> please contact the International Relations Office of IMSUT
Q7. Does the Seikyo cafeteria provide Halal-designated menu items for individuals at IMSUT who follow Islamic practices?
A7. No. We have inquired with the director of Seikyo on our campus. According to his reply, there are currently plans in place to start introducing Halal menu items at Seikyo on the main (Hongo) campus in the summer of 2009. However, the cafeteria on our campus is much smaller and does not offer a la carte menu items. Instead, meals are sold in set menus, and some items as mundane as miso soup can be problematic due to the source of added fats. Therefore, currently the logistical cost of providing Halal meal sets cannot be justified for the relatively small number of researchers on our campus to whom this is an important issue. This issue might be reconsidered in the future if the number of affected individuals rises. In the mean time, practitioners of Islam are welcome to bring their own food to the cafeteria so that they can eat lunch or dinner alongside their colleagues.
