On June 25th, Okayama University Institute for Education and Student
Services’ Center for Enrollment Management Department of Student Support
Services hosted the 2021 Student-Company Exchange on Research
Internships in collaboration with the general incorporated association
C-Engine (also known as the Industry-Academia Collaboration Project to
Accelerate Open Innovation Human Resources Development Council).
Okayama University actively promotes research internships, in which
graduate students pursuing their doctoral or Five-year doctoral degree
has the opportunity to gain experience working at companies with
in-house research facilities. This exchange session was organized with
the aim of matching graduate students to companies where they could
potentially complete a research internship.
Approximately 100 people attended the event, including representatives
from nine major companies with research internship programs, and
graduate students and faculty members from Okayama University. After
opening remarks by Okayama University Executive Vice President and
Executive Director for Academic Affairs FUNAHASHI Hiroaki, C-Engine
business manager FUJIMORI Yoshihiro introduced the association’s
activities, followed by Associate Professor MACHIDA Hisashi from Okayama
University Center for Enrollment Management Department of Student
Support Services, who gave a brief overview of what students can expect
from research internships. Afterwards, company representatives gave
presentations on their respective companies and business activities to
attentive graduate students.
Okayama University promotes the career development of graduate students
pursuing their doctoral or Five-year doctoral degrees in order to
support young researchers who will play an important role in the
development of science, technology, and innovation in Japan.
Apart from this exchange session, Okayama University also supports
graduate students through its Science, Technology, and Innovation
Creation Fellowship (OU Fellowship), which was established in 2021.
〇 Participating companies: KYOCERA Corporation; Daicel Corporation; DNP
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.; TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.; Nitto Denko
Corporation; HORIBA, Ltd.; MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corporation; Murata
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; and ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
○ The OU fellowship is scheduled to continue in 2022. Applications for 2022 will open around October 2021.
Please see here for details on the fellowship.
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