Events
HOMEEvents
Cadet Program briefing session will be held
2025.12.16(Tue.) Suita Campus
2025.12.17(Wed.) Toyonaka Campus
C1-212, Graduate School of Engineering, Suita Campus
Reception Steps, Toyonaka Co-Creation Building B, Toyonaka Campus
Cadet Program briefing session will be held.
You can join us without reservation！
Date：Dec. 16th (Tue.) 12：30～13：30 (Suita Campus)
Dec. 17th (Wed.) 12：30～13：30（Toyonaka Campus)
Place： C1-212, Graduate School of Engineering, Suita Campus ⇒Suita Campus Map
Reception Steps, Toyonaka Co-Creation Building B, Toyonaka Campus ⇒Toyonaka Campus Map (Only available in Japanese)
If you have any questions, please contact our office.
Institute for Transdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs
Interactive Materials Science Cadet Program Office
Room G202, Graduate School of Engineering Science, The University of Osaka
1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531
TEL: 06-6850-6403
E-mail:
INSD NanoScience Video Exchange Lectures 2025
every Friday Oct. 10th - Nov. 14th, 2025
except October 31st
（Toyonaka Campus）
R.N. 304, 3rd floor of Toyonaka Co-Creation Building A
Lectures on nanoscience and nanoengineering are given from University of Osaka and University of Groningen in Nederland.
Exchange lectures: every Friday from October 10th to November 14th, 2025 except on October 31st.
Time (JST): 16:00-18:15 for October 10th, 16:00-18:00 for October 17th and 24th, and 17:00-19:00 for November 7th and 14th
Lecture Room: (Toyonaka Campus) R.N. 304, 3rd floor of Toyonaka Co-Creation Building A and on-time Web.
Forum for Graduate School Educational Reform 2025
Dec. 12-13, 2025
TKP Garden City Makuhari, Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall
Forum for Graduate School Educational Reform 2025 will be held.
Forum for Graduate School Educational Reform 2025
- Unlocking the Potential of Doctorates, Shaping the Future of Society-
Date and time: Friday, December 12, 2025 | 13:30–18:00 (Reception: 18:15–19:30)
Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 9:45–12:40
Venue: TKP Garden City Makuhari, Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall
(2-3 Hibino, Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba, Japan)
* On December 12, some sessions will be streamed online
For more details, please visit the following website.
⇒Website for the Forum for Graduate School Educational Reform 2025
English for Materials Scientists 3a
September 8-12, 2025
English for Materials Scientists 3a class will be held .
This course will use the LEGO® Serious Play® method. English for Materials Scientists 3a
Date: September 8-12, 2024
Lecturer : Prof. Mark D. Sheehan(HANNAN UNIVERSITY)
INSD Summer School 2025, Osaka-Tsukuba
July 15th, 2025 ～Aug 8th, 2025
(Toyonaka Campus)R.N. 305, INSD Seminar Room, 3rd floor of Co-Creation Building A
＜Topical Seminar for IMSC 2025＞
INSD Summer School 2025, Osaka-Tsukuba (Summer Lectures in 2025 on Nanotechnology/Nanoscience)
Three lectures: Live-hybrid (on site and on line)
During July 15 and August 8
Let’s participate in the graduate-level lectures on nanoscience and nanotechnology by top foreign scientists!
■ Date: July 15th, 2025 ～Aug 8th, 2024
■ Lecture Room: (Toyonaka Campus)R.N. 305, INSD Seminar Room, 3rd floor of Co-Creation Building A
Domestic & international Internship Program Debriefing Session 2025
2025.7.24（Thu）
G215 (2F of Bulid. G, Graduate School of Engineering Science)
On 24th July, Domestic & international Internship Program Debriefing Session 2025 will be held.
Date : 24th July, 2025 11：10 A.M.～
Place : G215 (2F of Bulid. G, Graduate School of Engineering Science)
Materials Science Platform-Kansai Symposium 2025
2025.3.22（Sat）
On 22th March, Materials Science Platform-Kansai Symposium 2025 will be held.
Date : 22th March, 2025 1:00 P.M.~5:00 P.M.
Place : ∑Hall (Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University)
Domestic & international Internship Program Debriefing Session 2024
2024.12.20（Fri）
On 20th December, Domestic & international Internship Program Debriefing Session 2024 will be held.
Date : 20th December, 2024 8:50 A.M.~
Place : G215 (2F of Bulid. G, Graduate School of Engineering Science)
Forum for Graduate School Educational Reform 2024
Nov. 15-16, 2024
Nagoya University, Higashiyama Campus
Forum for Graduate School Educational Reform 2024 will be held.
Forum for Graduate School Educational Reform 2024
Date and Time: November 15, 2024 (Friday) 13:10-18:00
November 16, 2024 (Saturday) 9:00-12:15
＊Networking time at the Corporate Booths
11/15日（Fri） 10:00〜18:00（Core Time：10:00〜12:50）
11/16日（Sat） 9:00〜14:00（Core Time：12:30〜14:00）
Venue: Nagoya University, Higashiyama Campus
Main Theme: “PhDs, Change the Future”
INSD NanoScience Video Exchange Lectures 2024
every Friday Oct. 11th - Nov. 15th, 2024
except on November 1st
INSD Meeting Room 304, 3rd floor, Interdisciplinary Research Building
Let’s Join International Video Exchange Live Lectures on Nano-Science between OU and UG !!
INSD NanoScience Video Exchange Lectures 2024
Exchange lectures: every Friday from October 11th to November 15th, 2024 except on November 1st.
Time (JST): 16:00-18:15 for October 11th, 18th and 15th, and 17:00-19:15 for November 8th and 15th
(because of winter time in Europe).
Places: (Main: Toyonaka Campus) INSD Meeting Room 304, 3rd floor, Interdisciplinary Research Building,
(Live on-line) URL of Webex Meeting System will be delivered upon registration.
Topical Seminar for IMSC by Prof. Laurent Ruhlmann
October 25th, 29th
Suita Campus, C1-212
Suita Campus, C4-111
Topical Seminar for IMSC 2014 will be held.
Lecturer: Prof. Laurent Ruhlmann (University of Strasbourg, France)
Title: Electrosynthetic Methods for the Construction of ComplexMolecules and for the Preparation of Conjugated Polymer
Course Objective:
The course will address first the electrochemical instrumentation and spectroelectrochemical methods basis for the synthesis of complex molecules and for the preparation and the studies of conjugated polymers.
Emphasis will be also on the most recent aspects and developments which are currently in research focus.
Schedule: October 25th (Friday) 10:00-12:00 (Suita Campus, C1-212),
13:30-15:30 (Suita Campus, C1-212),
16:00-17:45 (Suita Campus, C4-111)
October 29th (Tuesday) 10:00-12:00 (Suita Campus, C1-212),
13:30-15:30 (Suita Campus, C1-212),
16:00-17:45 (Suita Campus, C4-111)
English for Materials Scientists 3a
September 9-13, 2024
English for Materials Scientists 3a class will be held .
This course will use the LEGO® Serious Play® method. English for Materials Scientists 3a
Date: September 9-13, 2024
Lecturer : Prof. Mark D. Sheehan(HANNAN UNIVERSITY)
INSD Summer School 2024, Osaka-Tsukuba
July 12th, 2024 ～Aug 1st, 2024
(Toyonaka Campus)R.N. 305, INSD Seminar Room, 3rd floor of Interdisciplinary Research Building
INSD Summer School 2024, Osaka-Tsukuba
Summer Lectures in 2024 on Nanotechnology/Nanoscience
（International Exchange Lecture on Nanoscience and Nanoengineering B・C）
Three lectures: Live-hybrid (on site and on line)
Open during July 12th and August 1st
Live final exam. (student presentation) at the end.
Let’s participate in the graduate-level lectures on nanoscience and nanotechnology by top foreign scientists!
■ Date：July 12th, 2024 ～Aug 1st, 2024
■ Lecture Room: (Toyonaka Campus)R.N. 305, INSD Seminar Room, 3rd floor of Interdisciplinary Research Building
Topical Seminar for IMSC by Dr. KOBOYASHI Toshihide
Feb. 8 (Thu.)
Feb. 9 (Fri.)
Lec.1, 6F, Interdisciplinary Research Building
Topical Seminar for IMSC 2023 will be held.
Lecturer: Dr. KOBAYASHI Toshihide（Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, France）
Title: “Lipid organization in biomembranes”
Course Objective:
Course Objective: Current advance of lipid research changed our concept of lipids from building blocks of the membrane to the central platform of various biological events. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the current view of lipid organization in biomembranes and to the recent techniques of imaging lipids and lipid domains.
Schedule:
Feb. 8 (Thu.) 10:30-12:00, 13:30-15:00, 15:10-16:40
Feb. 9 (Fri.) 10:30-12:00, 13:00-15:00, 15:10-16:40
Place: Lec.1, 6F, Interdisciplinary Research Building, Toyonaka campus
2023 Sir Martin Wood Prize Lecture in Osaka University
2023.11.30（Thu）
Σ Hall, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University
2023 Sir Martin Wood Prize Lecture in Osaka University will be held.
2023 Sir Martin Wood Prize Lecture in Osaka University
Sponsored by Millennium Science Forum
Date and Time:2023/11/30（Thr.）14:00～16:00
Place:Σ Hall, Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University
INSD NanoScience Video Exchange Lectures 2023
October 13th, 20st and 27th,
and November 10th and 17th
Let’s Join International Video Exchange Live Lectures on Nano-Science between OU and UG !!
INSD NanoScience Video Exchange Lectures 2023
Exchange lectures:
every Friday from October 13th to November 17th, 2023 except on November 3rd.
On October 13th the introductory lecture is given only in Osaka, together with the video Nobel Prize lecture given by the 2016 Nobel Laureate, UG Prof. Benard L. Feringa.
Time (JST):
16:00-18:15 for October 13th, 20th and 27th, and 17:00-19:15 for November 10th and 17th (because of winter time in Europe).
Places:
(Main: Toyonaka Campus) INSD Meeting Room 304, 3rd floor, Interdisciplinary Research Building
(Live on-line) URL of Webex Meeting System will be delivered upon registration
Forum for Graduate School Educational Reform 2023
Dec. 1st-2nd, 2023
Tsukuba International Congress Center
Forum for Graduate School Educational Reform 2023 will be held.
Date and Time : 2023/12/1（Fri.）13:00～18:00
2023/12/2（Sat.） 9:00～12:30
Venue and Format : Tsukuba International Congress Center
Simultaneous online streaming via ZOOM.
ZOOM URL will be provided to registered participants.
Main Theme : Normalization of internationality and Interdisciplinarity
9th Interactive Discussion Meeting Summer School
24-25th August
Nambu Yoichiro Hall (Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus)
9th Interactive Discussion Meeting Summer School will be held at Nambu Yoichiro Hall on 24-25th August, 2023.
9th Interactive Discussion Meeting Summer School
【Date】24-25th August, 2023
【Place】Nambu Yoichiro Hall (Osaka University, Toyonaka Campus)
English for Materials Scientists 3a
Sep. 11th - 15th
English for Materials Scientists 3a class will be held . This course will use the LEGO® Serious Play® method.
English for Materials Scientists 3a
Date: September 11-15,2023
Lecturer : Prof. Mark D. Sheehan(HANNAN UNIVERSITY)
INSD Summer School 2023, Osaka‐Tsukuba
July 18th - August 2nd
Toyonaka Campus, R.N. 305, INSD Seminar Room,
3rd floor of Interdisciplinary Research Building
＜Topical Seminar for IMSC 2023＞
Let’s participate in the graduate-level lectures on nanoscience and nanotechnology by top foreign scientists!
R3 Institute for Newly-Emerging Science Design, Osaka University, opens the INSD Summer School 2023 on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, where three lectures are provided by live-hybrid (two of the three) and on-demand styles. This summer school is aimed for fostering international young talent on nanoscience and nanotechnology. Each set of lectures is composed of seven or eight classes during July 18th and August 2nd, 2023.