Learning at the Institute
Educational Activities
Core School
For high school students
Learning at the Institute
Several full-time and associate faculty members are in charge of education in Kochi University, within the Faculty of Science and Technology (Department of Global Environment and Disaster Prevention and Department of the Biological Sciences) and within the Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science (Department of Marine Resource Science).
They teach lectures in specialized fields associated with drilling Earth science and conduct experiment classes using CMCR facilities. Also, fourth-year undergraduate at the university can work on their research project under the supervision of CMCR faculty members.
CMCR faculty members are also involved in graduate education in the Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences (Science Program for master’s course and Applied Natural Sciences Program for doctoral course). Students can conduct their master’s or doctoral thesis research in one of the Center laboratories under the supervision of a CMCR faculty member. For more information on curriculum and admission, please visit the following links.
Research Fellowship
The purpose of this program is to support the development of researchers who will lead the future by employing doctoral students with innovative ideas and enthusiasm for research as research associates. The successful candidate will work with faculty members in various fields of drilling earth science (earth and planetary science, marine mineral resources science, life science, etc.) to advance their own research projects.
● Employed as a specially-appointed researcher.
● Working hours: ~10 hours/week
● Hourly wage：2,200 JPY (Estimated Salary 1,240,000 JPY per year)
● Duration: In principle, 3 years from admission to the doctoral program. For enrolled students, the minimum period until standard completion of the program.
● Applicants: Doctoral students whose primary supervisor is a full-time faculty member of the Marine Core Research Institute in charge of the doctor courses in the Applied Science Program or the Kuroshio Science Program. The students must not be a recipient of any other scholarship program or young researcher training program. New students are mainly eligible, but current students are also eligible to apply.
● Number of successful applicants: 1-2 per year
Recruitment in 2023
● Deadline：June 16th, 2023, 17:00 JST
● Application：Submit the complete set of application documents as an email attachment to the following email address.
● Submission：Admission Office, Marine Core Research Institute, Kochi University
Email: kk21［※］kochi-u.ac.jp （please change［※］the “at” symbol）
For more information about the program and application forms, please download the following links.
Educational Activities
The CMCR aims to educate and foster young researchers, undergraduate and graduate students from Japanese and overseas research institutions to focus on Earth-science drilling.
Core School
A major goal of the CMCR is to train the next generation of scientists with interests focused on marine core and related science studies. Sponsored by CMCR and the Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium (J-DESC), several core-analysis schools lasting 3 or 4 days are held regularly to train young scientists and to promote IODP-related science: the Kochi Core School for Asian Young Scientists and the J-DESC Core Schools (Basic Core Analysis, Isotope Analysis, and Paleomagnetic Analysis courses). These well-established schools are attended by many students and early-career researchers.
For more information, please visit the J-DESC Core School webpage.
For high school students
CMCR lectures include experiments and analyses as part of cutting-edge earth and planetary sciences advanced research and development. Students from many high schools in Japan are welcome to attend.
