This Center is established for the purpose to continue the mission of the Global COE Program “Center of Excellence for Advanced Structural and Functional Materials Design” which provides a unique program to educate young scientist. In order to establish global class center of Materials Science in Osaka University, this center organizes the cooperation between departments, research institutes and research centers on materials science both inside and out side of university, including industry and organizations in oversea countries.
This center is located in “Yamamoto Memorial Hall” which was built based on the grant donated for the purpose of promotion of education and research on materials science at Osaka University.