The is one of the national universities of Japan

Japanese national university

As of 2008, there were 87 , 89 public universities and 580 private universities in Japan. National universities, tend to be held in higher regard in higher education in Japan than private or public universities....

. It is located in the town of Hayama

Hayama, Kanagawa

is a town located in Miura District, Kanagawa Prefecture, on central Honshū, Japan. As of 2010, the town had an estimated population of 32,386 and a density of 1,900 per km². The total area was 17.06 km²...

 in Kanagawa Prefecture

Kanagawa Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...

. It was established in 1988. Its nickname is . From 1988 to 1995 the university's headquarter was located in Nagatsuta, Midori-ku

Midori-ku

, is a common ward name in a number of Japanese cities.* Midori-ku, Chiba, in Chiba Prefecture* Midori-ku, Nagoya, in Aichi Prefecture* Midori-ku, Sagamihara, in Kanagawa Prefecture* Midori-ku, Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture...

, Yokohama

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

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The university has these six schools:http://www.soken.ac.jp/en/academics/index.html

1. Cultural and Social Studies
2. Physical Sciences
3. High Energy Accelerator Science
4. Multidisciplinary Sciences
5. Life Science
6. Advanced Sciences

It offers three-year and five-year doctoral programs.http://www.soken.ac.jp/en/admissions/index.html

Source

This article incorporates material from 総合研究大学院大学 (Sōgō kenkyū daigakuin daigaku) in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on January 12, 2008.

The university's official web site provided additional information.