PQBA - Multidisciplinary PhD Program for Pioneering Quantum Beam Application | Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education (WISE Program)

Quantum beams produced by accelerators were originally applied to elementary particles and nuclear physics. Today, they are used in diverse fields to solve society's issues. This doctoral program targets students in the fields of science, medicine, and information science. Through a collaborative curriculum with the top research institutions and corporations within and outside Japan, its objective is to train people capable of social implementation of innovative quantum beam application technologies to create a safe and super-smart society with abundance, health, and longevity.

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Lead the frontier of quantum beam applications

Educational program incorporating diverse knowledge

Students gain a variety of experiences through the educational program in collaboration with top-tier institutions and corporations within and outside Japan in the field of quantum beam technologies.

Japanese Collaboration Organizations

High Energy Accelerator Research Organization Institute of Materials Structure Science
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization Institute of Particles and Nuclear Studies
National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University
Research Center for Electron Photon Science, Tohoku University
J-PARC
Kyoto Institute of Technology
Isotope Science Center, The University of Tokyo
Kalvi Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo
RIKEN
National Institute of Health Science

Overseas Collaboration Organizations

TRIUMF
The University of Queensland
Heidelberg University Hospital

Participating Corporations

ATOX
Telix Pharmaceuticals Japan
SOCIONEXT
Hitachi, Ltd.
Nihon Medi-Physics Co, Ltd.
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
FUJIFILM Toyama Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Kyoto Medical Technology
EPS Corporation
Metal Technology Co. Ltd.
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
Yamato Scientific Co., Ltd.
Japan Radioisotope Association
Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune

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