Institute of Science Tokyo Exchange

This exchange will allow up to 2 MIT undergraduate students to study at the Institute of Science Tokyo for an equivalent of one semester every year. The application deadline is February 15th for the following academic year.

1. Complete your application for the exchange through the MISTI Portal, including academic recommendation.
2. Once your application is complete, it will be reviewed by MISTI and your department. You may be invited to a ~30 minute informal interview. Following the interview, you will receive a decision on your application and be given two weeks to confirm your space on the program.

MIT students will be talking engineering courses in English and they will be expected to take Japanese language courses as well.

Engineering Course Selection

There is no link with courses for our students.  Options are listed below.

Two options:

Option 1: (recommended) Three package classes in 3Q and 4Q in graduate major in Nuclear Engineering + Research in a research group of Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy

Option 2: Four package classes graduate major in Nuclear Engineering in 3Q and 4Q

Note: Each package class in Science Tokyo corresponds to a 12 unit MIT class.

Study Plan - Classes (Quarters, Units, Credit)

Required classes:

Japanese Language (Q3 + Q4, 12 units, HASS)

(NCL.N502) Innovative Nuclear Systems Design Project (Q3 + Q4, 12 units, 22.033)

12 units, selected from the following options:

(NCL.C401) Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering (Q3, 6 units, 22.051)

(NCL.D407) Experiment on Severe Thermal-Hydraulic & Accident Eng. (Q4, 6 units, 22.099)

(NCL.D402) Experiments for Materials Related to Decommissioning (Q3 or Q4, 6 units, 22.099)

(NCL.D405) Ex. for Nuclear Fuel Debris and Back-end Fuel Cycle (Q3 or Q4, 6 units, 22.099)

Course Descriptions

Japanese Language Classes

There are several Japanese language classes for international students. Proper Japanese language classes will be decided based on the Japanese language skill of the students. Assignments may be provided before the student comes to Science Tokyo if they are a beginner.

(NCL.N502) Innovative Nuclear Systems Design Project

The students design an innovative nuclear which the students decide by themselves. It will include numerical analysis of reactor physics, thermal hydraulics and other issues by using computer codes. Students are requested to make the presentation about the design of  the reactor at a workshop which will be held in Science Tokyo with several experts in nuclear institutions in Japan. The lecturers are Professor Obara and other professors in Science Tokyo.

Visit to Fukushima-Daiichi NPS is planned. (Optional, travel expenses are not supported)

(NCL.C401) Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering

Science and technologies in nuclear fuel cycle, consisting of uranium mining and refining, uranium enrichment, fuel fabrication, spent fuel reprocessing, partitioning and transmutation of actinides and lanthanides, and waste management, will be lectured.

(NCL.D407) Experiment on Severe Thermal-Hydraulic & Accident Engineering

Concerning Thermal-hydraulic measurements using ultrasonic waves, after learning measurement principles and techniques, students will learn measurement skills through experiments. Students will learn the basics of robot control, and through transport experiments for robots designed for reactor measurements done after a severe accident, they will acquire basic skills as a robot engineer.

(NCL.D402) Experiments for Materials Related to Decommissioning

Students learn the basic principles of physical properties evaluation for solid materials required to decommissioning of nuclear reactors using the text. Students also learn fundamentals of handling nonsealed radioisotopes, contamination tests and decontamination, exposure prevention of exposure etc.

(NCL.D405) Experiments for Nuclear Fuel Debris and Backend Fuel Cycle

This course aims to study the various chemical analysis operations, which are required for the treatment of nuclear debris and nuclear liquid and solid waste matrix generated from the nuclear severe accidents. In particular, 3 types of experiments consisting of solvent extraction, refining and conversion, and decommissioning will be performed. Syllabus in the reference.

Research Opportunity in Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy

MIT student can have a research opportunity in a research group in Laboratory in Advanced Nuclear Energy and perform research while being mentored by a professor or a associate professor.

You can find the research topic of each professor here: https://www.ne.titech.ac.jp/en/faculties/index.html.

Transfer Credit

Information on the transfer credit process at MIT can be found here.

Students admitted to the program will continue to pay MIT tuition for the exchange semester and will pay all their living expenses locally for that semester.

A few months before departure, SFS and MISTI will share with the students and the most up-to-date budget for the participation on the Exchange based on an agreement with the host institution.

MIT financial aid is portable for this program. Admitted students who receive financial aid should make an appointment with the financial aid representative to whom they are assigned to discuss the details.

Students have a variety of options for housing. More information can be found on the Science Tokyo housing website.

 Institute of Science Tokyo has an Immigration and Visa Consulting Service to assist MIT students participating in the exchange in obtaining Certificate of Eligibility and student visa for the program.