# Research

**Source**: https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/

Learn about our world-class research and comprehensive support systems that empower our researchers to tackle humanity's shared challenges.

[Research activities](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/activities/)

- [Research collaboration opportunities](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/activities/opportunities/)
- [International collaborations](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/activities/collaboration/)
- [Research and faculty databases](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/activities/databases/)

[Corporate relations](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/corporate/)

- [Industry-academia-government collaboration](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/corporate/iag-collaboration/)
- [Entrepreneurship](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/corporate/entrepreneurship/)
- [Intellectual Property & Technology Transfer Division](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/corporate/ipo/)

[Research support](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/support/)

- [Postdoctoral fellows](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/support/postdoc/)
- [Visiting researcher programs](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/support/visiting/)
- [Ethics and funding policies](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/support/ethics/)

[Distinguished faculty](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/distinguished-faculty/)

- [Ryoji Noyori](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/distinguished-faculty/ryoji_noyori/)
- [Osamu Shimomura](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/distinguished-faculty/osamu_shimomura/)
- [Makoto Kobayashi](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/distinguished-faculty/makoto_kobayashi/)
- [Toshihide Maskawa](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/distinguished-faculty/toshihide_maskawa/)
- [Isamu Akasaki](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/distinguished-faculty/isamu_akasaki/)
- [Hiroshi Amano](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/distinguished-faculty/hiroshi_amano/)
- [Awards and honors](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/distinguished-faculty/awards/)
- [Distinguished professors](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/distinguished-faculty/distinguished_professors/)

[Educational and research organizations](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/)

- [Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences (ILAS)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/ilas/)
- [Doctoral Education Consortium](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/doctoral-education-consortium/)
- [Asian Satellite Campuses Institute (ASCI)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/asian-satellite-campuses-institute/)
- [Nagoya University Hospital](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/nagoya-university-hospital/)
- [Nagoya University Affiliated Upper and Lower Secondary Schools](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/nagoya-university-affiliated-upper-and-lower-secondary-schools/)
- [Information and Communications](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/information-and-communications/)
- [Research Center of Health, Physical Fitness and Sports](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/research-center-of-health-physical-fitness-and-sports/)
- [Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/institute-for-advanced-study-ias/)
- [Institute for Advanced Research (IAR)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/iar/)
- [Institute of Transformative Bio‑Molecules (ITbM)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/itbm/)
- [Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/kmi/)
- [Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences (IRCCS)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/integrated-research-consortium-on-chemical-sciences/)
- [Institutes of Innovation for Future Society](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/institutes-of-innovation-for-future-society/)
- [Global Multi-campus Institute (GMC)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/organizations/global-multicampus-institute-gmc/)

[Research institutes](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/institutes/)

- [Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (RIEM)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/institutes/riem/)
- [Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/institutes/imass/)
- [Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/institutes/isee/)

[Joint-use educational and research facilities](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/)

- [Radioisotope Research Center](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/radioisotope-research-center/)
- [Center for Gene Research](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/center-for-gene-research/)
- [Research Center for Materials Science](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/research-center-for-materials-science/)
- [Center for Higher Education Research](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/center-for-higher-education-research/)
- [International Center for Research and Education in Agriculture](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/international-center-for-research-and-education-in-agriculture/)
- [Nagoya University Museum](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/nagoya-university-museum/)
- [Psychological Support & Research Center for Human Development](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/psychological-support-research-center-for-human-development/)
- [Center for Asian Legal Exchange (CALE)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/center-for-asian-legal-exchange/)
- [Bioscience and Biotechnology Center](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/bioscience-and-biotechnology-center/)
- [Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NUSR)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/synchrotron-radiation-research-center-nusr/)
- [Disaster Mitigation Research Center (DMRC)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/dmrc/)
- [Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/cellular-and-structural-physiology-institute/)
- [Center for Brain & Mind Research](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/center-for-brain-mind-research/)
- [National Composites Center Japan](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/national-composites-center-japan/)
- [Center for Gender Diversity](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/center-for-gender-diversity/)
- [Center for Low-temperature Plasma Sciences (cLPS)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/clps/)
- [Center for Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical and Data Science](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/center-for-artificial-intelligence-mathematical-and-data-science/)
- [Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/igcore/)
- [Deep Tech Serial Innovation Center (D-Center)](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/d-center/)
- [Language Education Center](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/lec/)
- [The Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/joint-facilities/the-center-for-digital-humanities-and-social-sciences/)

[Internal consortia](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/consortia/)

- [Leading Graduate School Programs](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/consortia/leading-graduate-school-programs/)
- [Office for GaN Research Strategy](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/consortia/office-for-gan-research-strategy/)
- [Research Center for Future Earth](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/consortia/research-center-for-future-earth/)
- [Research and Education Center for Japanese Law](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/consortia/research-and-education-center-for-japanese-law/)

- [A decade of baseball data shows the designated hitter system does not affect how teams win](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles/a-decade-of-baseball-data-shows-the-designated-hitter-system-does-not-affect-how-teams-win/)

  2026/03/19

  [Research & Innovation](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_category/research_innovation/)[Press release](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_type/press_release/)
- [New tools and techniques accelerate gallium oxide as next-generation power semiconductor](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles/new-tools-and-techniques-accelerate-gallium-oxide-as-next-generation-power-semiconductor/)

  2026/03/13

  [Research & Innovation](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_category/research_innovation/)[Press release](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_type/press_release/)
- [Stars like our Sun may maintain the same rotation pattern for life, contrary to 45 years of theoretical predictions](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles/stars-like-our-sun-may-maintain-the-same-rotation-pattern-for-life-contrary-to-45-years-of-theoretical-predictions/)

  2026/03/05

  [Research & Innovation](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_category/research_innovation/)[Press release](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_type/press_release/)
- [Stem cells from lost baby teeth show promise for treating cerebral palsy](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles/stem-cells-from-lost-baby-teeth-show-promise-for-treating-cerebral-palsy/)

  2026/03/04

  [Research & Innovation](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_category/research_innovation/)[Press release](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_type/press_release/)
- [Why letting museum visitors smell horse manure might be good for conservation](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles/why-letting-museum-visitors-smell-horse-manure-might-be-good-for-conservation/)

  2026/02/25

  [Research & Innovation](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_category/research_innovation/)[Press release](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_type/press_release/)
- [Researchers develop a high-efficiency photocatalyst using iron instead of rare metals](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles/researchers-develop-a-high-efficiency-photocatalyst-using-iron-instead-of-rare-metals/)

  2026/02/25

  [Research & Innovation](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_category/research_innovation/)[Press release](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_type/press_release/)
- [Scientists discover “bacterial constipation,” a new disease caused by gut-drying bacteria](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles/scientists-discover-bacterial-constipation-a-new-disease-caused-by-gut-drying-bacteria/)

  2026/02/19

  [Research & Innovation](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_category/research_innovation/)[Press release](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_type/press_release/)
- [Study reveals how chills develop and support the body’s defense against infection](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles/study-reveals-how-chills-develop-and-support-the-bodys-defense-against-infection/)

  2026/02/12

  [Research & Innovation](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_category/research_innovation/)[Press release](https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/news/articles_type/press_release/)