Graduate University for Advanced Studies

The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (総合研究大学院大学, Sōgō kenkyū daigakuin daigaku^?) is one of the national universities of Japan. It is located in the town of Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture. It was established in 1988. Its nickname is Sōkendai (総研大^?). From 1988 to 1995 the university's headquarter was located in Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama.

The university has these six schools:[1]

1. Cultural and Social Studies
2. Physical Sciences
3. High Energy Accelerator Science
4. Multidisciplinary Sciences
5. Life Science
6. Advanced Sciences

It offers three-year and five-year doctoral programs.[2]

Source

This article incorporates material from 総合研究大学院大学 (Sōgō kenkyū daigakuin daigaku) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on January 12, 2008.

The university's official web site provided additional information.