The Core University Program provides a framework for international cooperative research in specifically designated fields and topics, centering around universities designated as core universities in Japan and in the counterpart Asian countries. Under the program, universities and individual scientists in the affiliated countries carry out cooperative research projects with sharply focused topics and explicity delineated goals. This program started with Thailand and Indonesia in 1978, and expanded to the Philippines in 1979, to Singapore in 1983, to Malaysia in 1984, to China in 1993, to Republic of Korea in 1998, and to Vietnam in 1999. The Core University Program includes scientist exchanges, cooperative research, and scientific seminars. 

♦  The reports from Japanese core universities can be downloaded from here
 
 JSPS Core University Programs in ASIA(FY2005 edition) (PDF)
♦  These reports are also edited in one booklet.
 [ contact : Asian Programme Division +81-3-3263-1724 ]

♦  List of Core University Projects implemented in FY2009