News / RIKEN CBS Joint Graduate School Program

The RIKEN Center for Brain Science (RIKEN CBS) is Japan's core center for research on the brain as the basis of the mind. We promote basic research at multiple levels, including cells, individuals, and social systems, in order to understand the brain, one of the great remaining frontiers in natural science, and return the results to society.RIKEN CBS offers graduate students who join a laboratory through the graduate student acceptance system the opportunity to complete their master's and doctoral theses and obtain their degrees from their graduate schools while receiving research guidance in a well-developed research environment. RIKEN CBS has an international research environment and offers a variety of research training programs.