Research Partnerships
International collaboration is a key element of RIKEN’s research strategy, for today, science is a truly global endeavor. We have set up a number of research facilities overseas, and have agreements of MOUs with research institutes and universities domestically and abroad covering exchanges of researchers and the conduct of joint research, with the goal to strengthen institutional research collaborations and networking and hence ensure that RIKEN’s research can be carried out efficiently.
RIKEN has collaborative agreements or MOUs with more than 420 institutions overseas. In recent years, we have focused on forging institutional collaborations with research organizations including government-related bodies around the world with the goal of promoting global partnerships in science and technology as a leading Japanese organization. In addition to our facilities in the United States and United Kingdom, we have joint research centers or laboratories in Germany, Russia, China, Korea, India, and Malaysia. To expand our network, we work closely with researchers who have returned to their home countries or moved to another institute, with help from our liaison offices in Singapore and Beijing.
Comprehensive Cooperation Agreements/MOUs between RIKEN and Major Overseas Research Organizations
| Asia |
| China |
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) |
May, 1982 |
| The Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS Shanghai) |
May, 2006 |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU） |
February, 2008 |
| Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) |
May, 2010 |
| Korea |
Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) |
November, 1989 |
| Korean Reserch Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) |
May, 1994 |
| Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) |
April, 2006 |
| Seoul National University (SNU) |
May, 2010 |
| Institute for Basic Science (IBS) |
November, 2015 |
| Taiwan |
Academia Sinica |
June, 2000 |
| National Taiwan University |
August, 2016 |
| Malaysia |
University of Malaya (UM) |
September, 2011 |
| Univeristy Sains Malaysia (USM) |
May, 2012 |
| Singapore |
Agency for Science, Technology and Research(A*STAR) |
September, 2005 |
| Nanyang Technological University (NTU) |
September, 2011 |
| National University of Singapore (NUS) |
January, 2012 |
| Indonesia |
The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology of The Republic of Indonesia (BPPT) |
September, 1989 |
| India |
Department of Science and Technology (DST) |
December, 2006 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientic Research (JNCASR)/Indian Institute of Science (IISc) |
June, 2013 |
| Department of Biotechnology (DBT) |
September, 2013 |
| National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Consortium |
September, 2013 |
| America |
| Canada |
McGill University |
July, 2010 |
| Brasil |
Amazonas State University (UEA) |
March, 2013 |
| Oceania |
| Australia |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) |
May, 1984 |
| Middle East |
| Israel |
Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) |
July, 1996 |
| Europe |
| Sweden |
Karolinska Institute (KI) |
January, 2004 |
| UK |
University of Liverpool (UoL) |
January, 2010 |
| Germany |
The Max Planck Society (MPG) |
June, 1984 |
| Technische Universität München (TUM) |
January, 2010 |
| France |
Institut Pasteur (IP) |
January, 1984 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
July, 1994 |
| Université de Strasbourg |
May, 1996 |
| Switzerland |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) |
December, 2009 |
| Russia |
Kazan Federal University |
November, 2015 |