Career Support for PhD Students and Postdocs
PhDC empowers PhD students and postdocs to explore their life and career goals.
We help them enhance transferable skills, find and get future career paths,
and form interdisciplinary networks.
Latest News
- 2023.03.27”Survey of Japanese companies’ attitudes toward hiring Ph.D. graduates” are now available.
- 2022.08.29“Basic Ph.D. Literacy” and “Ph.D. Literacy Fostering Course” schedules are now available.
- 2022.04.14Registration for “Basic Ph.D. Literacy” and “Ph.D. Literacy Fostering Course” is now open.
- 2022.04.01Uploaded video of “Career Development for Ph.D. Students”
PhDC Pamphlet
| Note for foreign students
If you want to join a Japanese company, Japanese communication capability is almost always required. * Japanese levels required Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N1 (desirable) N3 (at least) |
Our Career Support Programs
All PhD students and postdocs in Tohoku University are eligible.
Programs with gray icons can be registered throughout the year.
| Career Education詳細 | Basic Ph.D. Literacy (Graduate School Common Subject) Ph.D. Literacy Fostering Course (Former “Innovative Leaders Fostering Course”)詳細 | Transferable skills, Interdisciplinary network. | Doctoral Internship (Graduate School Common Subject)詳細 | Supporting research internships provided by Doctoral Internship, C-ENGINE(Research internships longer than 1 month.), Coop-J consortium, and others. |
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| Career Support詳細 | Individual Career Support詳細 | Support by PhDC:Career supports considering your research, skills, individuality, etc. Career counseling, support for the preparation of application forms and interviews./Research Internship Support | Job Fair詳細 | Exchange meeting event with companies *The main language is Japanese. |
Seminars/Web Exchange詳細 | Internship seminar:IS experience stories, introduction to IS programs, etc. |
PhDC Information Service詳細 | We use the mailing list of PhDC registrants to send information about events, job openings,etc. via email.Distribution of information on shared events of partner universities.*If you have already signed up for any of the following 4 programs: ①” Basic Ph.D. Literacy”/Ph.D. Literacy Fostering Course(Former“Innovative Leaders Fostering Course”) ② Research Internship Support(”Doctoral Internship ”), ③ Individual Career Support,, ④ Job Fair Dr. Presenter, you do not need to sign up for “PhDC information service.” |
Partners
団体へリンクThis consortium is a continuation of a project started in FY2016 by Hokkaido University, Tohoku University, and Nagoya University, which were supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s “Project for Establishing a Consortium for Human Resource Development in Science and Technology (Next Generation Researcher Development Program).
Currently, we have expanded our collaboration to include 12 universities: Niigata University, Tsukuba University, Ochanomizu University, Yokohama National University, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka University, Kobe University, University of Hyogo, and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.
PhDC registrants will be able to participate in career education programs and events offered by the above partner University.
団体へリンクWith the support of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, C-ENGINE was established in 2014 as a consortium of universities and companies to promote internships, and Tohoku University is a member of the consortium.
Doctoral students enrolled in Tohoku University can register with C-ENGINE to select an internship that matches their research and skills from a wide range of companies.
The faculty member in PhDC serves as a conduit between students and companies. They coordinate the content and timing of internships and assist in the matching process, taking into account individual conditions and characteristics to make the internship meaningful for both students and companies.
団体へリンクThe consortium, established in 2021 under the leadership of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), aims to promote long-term, paid research internships as part of postgraduate education, thereby matching the kind of employment appropriate for Society 5.0 with the kind of learning offered by higher education.
Tohoku University is a member of the consortium, and PhDC plays the role of a consultation office.
Contact us
Engineering Laboratory Complex Bldg., 13F(C10)6-6-11 Aoba,Aramaki,Aoba-ku Sendai city Miyagi Pref. 980-8579 Japan
