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Attractive on-campus facilities provide support for a productive student life

Here we introduce the unique JAIST on-campus facilities that support student research in a variety of ways. Using suggestions from senior students, you can imagine just what an enjoyable campus life you will have.

Dining Hall

A relaxing spot where you can get volume and nutrition at great prices

  The student dining hall is a spacious, relaxing place on the 2nd floor of JAIST's Institute Hall. The Dining Hall offers students a wide variety of satisfying and nutritionally balanced food at great prices. The menu includes a variety of a la carte dishes, rice bowl dishes, noodles, and a self-serve salad bar as well as daily lunch specials with seasonal ingredients.

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JAIST Library

High quality library open 24 hours a day, each and every day of the year

  The JAIST Library is open 24-hours a day, 365 days a year, and boasts a world-class collection of advanced and highly professional academic material and information that make it a high-quality library excellently suited for graduate school studies. An open-shelf system for the entire area allows students access to all the books in the library's impressive collection and makes finding information quick and convenient. The library also features access to online academic material such as online journals through the JAIST on-campus information network environment. We also make JAIST research results including dissertations available to the public through the JAIST Repository.

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Dormitory

The JAIST dormitory offers a safe, secure, and comfortable living space, all just 2-minute walk from school!

  Located within the campus grounds, the JAIST dormitory offers a safe and secure living environment that is just minutes away from the facilities of each graduate school. Students can choose from among three room types, single rooms, rooms for married couples, and rooms for families; and all rooms come equipped with internal LAN connections that allow students convenient access to their laboratory networks and the Internet 24 hours a day free of charge. The dormitory is able to accommodate approximately 60% of the entire JAIST student population.

  Single rooms Rooms for Married Couples Rooms for Families
Number of rooms 533 33 33
Dorm fees 5,900 yen per month 11,900 yen per month 14,200 yen per month
Room amenities Desk, chair, shoe shelf, bed, bookcase, ventilated or electric heater, chest of drawers Desk, chair, shoe shelf, dining set, chest of drawers, gas cooker, washing machine & dryer, ventilated or electric heater Desk, chair, shoe shelf, dining set, chest of drawers, gas cooker, washing machine & dryer, ventilated or electric heater
Other Shared bath/laundry    


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Information on apartments near JAIST

There are many apartments for students located near JAIST. Most have 1 room, a kitchen, bath, and restroom, with rents ranging from about 35,000 to 41,000 yen per month, and most require no key money (non-refundable deposit).

Convenience Store

 

ATM & vending machine corner

We have everything you need for daily life.

  In addition to the wide selection of food and sundries, stationery and magazines, the JAIST campus convenience store is adding various services to make students' lives easier such as door-to-door delivery, dry cleaning, etc.

Convenience Store

Great place for a small break

  This is an oasis for students looking for a quick snack. Vending machines offer a selection of 90 different beverages, and a variety of food such as bread, fried noodles, and fried rice balls 24 hours a day.

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Tennis Courts

 

Gym

For a refreshing break from study. Also available in the evenings.

  Two hard tennis courts on campus that are also open at night make for refreshing recreation during research.

Tennis Courts

Perfect place to keep fit and reduce stress.

  This gym's training room is open 24 hours a day. After working up a good sweat on the gym's exercise bike and other workout machines, students are welcome to use the shower room to clean up before heading home, back to the laboratory or to wherever their plans take them.

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Club activities

Another refreshing way to take a break from research is to participate in club activities!
JAIST has many clubs to choose from.

- Tennis club
- Badminton club
- Table-tennis club
- Futsal club
- Hokuriku locally-brewed sake club
- Urasenke tea ceremony club, etc.

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What JAIST students have to say!

Koichi Koyama
School of Materials Science

I'm quite satisfied with JAIST's environment for studying and research. I have many chances to interact with students from abroad, and this helps me to improve my English skills.

Tomoko Oto
School of Knowledge Science

Various facilities stay open for students 24 hours a day, which really helps us to concentrate on our studies. It's also fun getting to know people coming to JAIST from different places, and it's interesting to learn about the differences among those places.

Yasuharu Nagafune
School of Knowledge Science

I got to know JAIST from a friend of mine who had graduated from JAIST. I am satisfied that we have our own work space, something that really helps us to concentrate on our research.

Masahiro Shimamori
School of Knowledge Science

It is interesting and a lot of fun for me to interact with students studying in other fields, which gives me an understanding of different values and thoughts.