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Domestic and International Cooperation

JAMSTEC has established cooperative relationships with universities, public research institutes, related ministries and agencies, private companies, and local governments to promote the return of research and development results to society.

List of Comprehensive Cooperation Agreements

Name of institution
1 Kyushu University
2 Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
3 The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
4 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
5 Yokohama National University
6 Muroto Geopark Promotion Committee
Research Organization for Regional Alliances, Kochi University of Technology
7 Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Research Center
8 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
9 Tohoku University
10 Kobe University
11 Wakayama Prefecture
12 Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency
13 Kochi University
14 Hokkaido University
15 Hachinohe Institute of Technology
16 Kyoto University
17 Kanagawa prefectural marine science high school
18 Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
19 Owase City
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
20 Shimokita Geopark Promotion Council
21 Yokohama City
22 Tokai University
23 National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology
24 Hakodate City
Fisheries and Oceans Hakodate
25 Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard
26 Enoshima Aquarium
27 National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience
28 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
29 Yokosuka City
30 Shizuoka Prefecture
31 National Institute of Polar Research
32 Graduate School of Engineering and Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  • As of April, 2025

JAMSTEC has established partnerships with universities and other organizations to provide research and technical guidance for the purpose of developing young human resources.

List of Collaborative Graduate School and High School

University and High School Graduate School
1 Tokai University Graduate School of Oceanography
2 Hiroshima University  
3 Kochi University Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
4 Kobe University Graduate School of Maritimes Sciences
Graduate School of System Informatics
Graduate School of Science
5 Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology
6 Meiji University Graduate School of Science and Technology
7 Yokohama City University Graduate School of Nanobioscience
8 Kitasato University Graduate School of Marine Biosciences
9 Yokohama Science Frontier High School
10 Tohoku University Graduate School of Science
11 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, and Agricultural and Life Sciences
12 Kanazawa University Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology
13 Yokohama National University Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences
14 Tsukuba University
15 Toshimagaoka-joshigakuen
16 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Graduate School of Engineering
  • As of April, 2025

JAMSTEC is committed to international cooperation in order to contribute to the advancement of marine-Earth science and technology and to tackle global issues. For these purposes, JAMSTEC has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with overseas organizations.

MOCs between JAMSTEC and Overseas Research Organizations

Countries & Regions Name of Organizations
United States of America University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA/OAR)
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH)
United Kingdom The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and
The University of Southampton (UoS)
India Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO)
The Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Republic of India (MoES)
Indonesia Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG)
Australia The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Netherlands Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Saudi Arabia King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Taiwan National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs)
Germany Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
New Zealand Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS Science)
Norway University of Bergen (UiB)
University of Tromso The Arctic University of Norway (UiT)
France French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER)
  • As of April, 2025