OIST Career Fair 2025

Date

Monday, October 6, 2025 - 13:00 to Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - 18:00

Location

Auditorium, Conference Centrer meeting room 1

Description

The PCD Team will host the OIST Career Fair 2025 on October 6th and 7th, 2025. This will offer OIST students a unique opportunity to engage directly with companies across Japan and explore diverse career paths beyond academia.

 

Participating Companies:

Day 1 (October 6th, Monday):

Day 2 (October 7th, Tuesday):

 

 

Requirements:

  • Attending the Career Fair Orientation/briefing session on (Fri.) August 1st.
  • Submission of an A0 sized poster that includes a Self-Introduction and insights into your research. (Poster examples will be shared at the Orientation)
  • Attending all the Career Fair on both October 6th and 7th.

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Timeline:

Date  
July 1st Registration open to OIST PhD Students
July 14th Registration open to OIST postdoc/ PhD students from other universities
July 31st Registration Closes
August 1st Orientation (from 13:30 to 14:30 @ C700)
August 25th  Poster submission due
September 17th (TBD) Matching window opens
September 26th (TBD) Matching window closes / Company Preference list submission due
October 6th and 7th  OIST Career Fair 

**Poster for Career Fair**

Size: A0

Contents:  

  • Self introduction
  • The summary of your study/research
  • Selling points of your self (as a researcher/ professional individual)
  • Future Career Aspirations

Examples will be shown at Orientation.

**Attire**

Business Casual (minimum)

**Business Card**

If you need your business card, please make a request through this link. Please note that the resourse is limited, so this serviec is a first come, first served opportunity. Also, the total process of business card cation (from layout to final print) may take more than one month. If you have any questions regarding issuing business card, please contact gs-support@oist.jp.

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Event dates:

Orientation:

August 1st from 13:30 to 15:00 @ C700

Career Fair:

October 6th, 2025 from 13:00 to 18:00

October 7th, 2025 from 13:00 to 18:00

Please Note: Time period of each program contemt may change. We will let you know once it is confirmed.

Time

Program Item

Venue

12:30

Registration

Auditorium

13:00 – 13:45

Opening / Company presentation

Auditorium

13:45-14:15

Networking between Faculty and Companies

Auditorium

14:15 – 16:05

Poster session

Auditorium / Conference center meeting room 1

16:05 – 16:20

Break

 

16:20-17:35

Matching booths visit 1: by appointment

Conference center meeting room 1

17:40 – 18: 00

Matching booths visit 2: free

Conference center meeting room 1

18:00~18:45

Closing / Networking

Conference center foyer

 

PCD units: 3 PCD units

 

Registration period: July 1st to July 31st (Limited capacity, so please register as soon as possible!)

Registration Open on

July 1st for OIST PhD students

July 14th for OIST Postdoc / PhD students from other universities

 

Please Note:

On the registration page, there are sections for Skills, Area of Expertise, and Research Theme. The information entered in these fields will be displayed on the "Matching Page" which company representatives will be able to view.

You will not be able to edit your registration form after submission, so please be sure to review your input carefully before submitting.

<Image of your profile on the Matching Page>

 

If you have any question regarding OIST Career Fair, please contact PCD team (gscareer@oist.jp).

Looking forward to your participation!

 

**The registration has been closed.

 

 

 

 

 

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