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Domestic and International Cooperation

JAMSTEC has established cooperative relationships with universities, public research institutes, related ministries and agencies, private companies, and local governments to promote the return of research and development results to society.

List of Comprehensive Cooperation Agreements

Name of institution
1 Kyushu University
2 Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
3 The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
4 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
5 Japan Chemical Analysis Center
6 Yokohama National University
7 Muroto Geopark Promotion Committee
Research Organization for Regional Alliances, Kochi University of Technology
8 Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Center
9 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
10 Tohoku University
11 Kobe University
12 Wakayama Prefecture
13 Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency
14 Kochi University
15 Hokkaido University
16 Hachinohe Institute of Technology
17 Kyoto University
18 Kanagawa prefectural marine science high school
19 Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
20 Owase City
Chubu Electric Power
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
21 Shimokita Geopark Promotion Council
22 Yokohama City
23 Tokai University
24 National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology
25 Hakodate City
Fisheries and Oceans Hakodate
26 Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard
27 Enoshima Aquarium
28 National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
29 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
30 Yokosuka City
31 Shizuoka Prefecture
32 National Institute of Polar Research
33 Engineering and Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  • As of April, 2024

JAMSTEC has established partnerships with universities and other organizations to provide research and technical guidance for the purpose of developing young human resources.

List of Collaborative Graduate School and High School

University and High School Graduate School
1 Tokai University Graduate School of Oceanography
2 Hiroshima University  
3 Kochi University Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
4 Kobe University Graduate School of Maritimes Sciences
Graduate School of System Informatics
Graduate School of Science Faculty of Science
5 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology
6 Meiji University Graduate School of Science and Technology
7 Toyo University Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Graduate School of Life Sciences
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science
8 Yokohama City University Graduate School of Nanobioscience
9 Kitasato University Graduate School of Marine Biosciences
10 Yokohama Science Frontier High School
11 Tohoku University Graduate School of Science
12 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
13 Kanazawa University Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology
14 Yokohama National University Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences
15 Tsukuba University
16 Toshimagaoka-joshigakuen
  • As of April, 2024

JAMSTEC is committed to international cooperation in order to contribute to the advancement of marine-Earth science and technology and to tackle global issues. For these purposes, JAMSTEC has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with overseas organizations.

MOCs between JAMSTEC and Overseas Research Organizations

Countries & Regions Name of Organizations
United States of America University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA/OAR)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH)
United Kingdom The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and
The University of Southampton (UoS)
India Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO)
The Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Republic of India (MoES)
Indonesia Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG)
Australia The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Geoscience Australia (GA)
Netherlands Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Saudi Arabia King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Taiwan National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs)
Germany Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS Science)
Norway University of Bergen (UiB)
University of Tromso The Arctic University of Norway (UiT)
France French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER)
Consortium European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD)
  • As of April, 2024