Okinawa Institute of Science and
Technology (OIST) Conference Center
Address: 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son,
Kunigami-gun, Okinawa, 904-0495,
Japan
(In Japanese: 〒904-0495
沖縄県国頭郡恩納村字谷茶 1919-1)
The Okinawa Institute of Science
and Technology (OIST) is an
interdisciplinary graduate
school offering a 5-year PhD
program in Science and
Engineering . It was founded by
the Japanese government to
contribute to science and
technology worldwide, attract
leading researchers from Japan
and around the world to conduct
high-quality research, advance
the development of a world-class
research hub, and nucleate a
knowledge cluster that will
catalyze technology transfer and
industrial innovation in
Okinawa.
Okinawa includes around
150 islands in the East China
Sea, between Taiwan and the
Japanese mainland. The
southern-most prefecture in
Japan, it has a subtropical
climate, coral reefs, and rain
forests.
OIST is located on 500 acres of
subtropical hillside in rural
Onna Village, famous throughout
Japan for diving and snorkeling.
The campus buildings evoke a
futuristic Okinawan castle, with
soaring skywalks, shimmering
lakes, ramparts overlooking
beautiful forest, and curved
rock walls.
